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Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre

In research, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,425 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,919 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,769 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Surgery — Infectious Diseases is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,322
of 28,054 · #12,840 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#9
of 43
Research works
1.3k
▲ 97% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,425 of 11,982 11.1%406 #6962
MedicineField #3,919 of 10,443 9.8%369 #5932
SurgerySubfield #1,769 of 1,816 1.2%73 #3993

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#6,962 #4,425
  2. Medicine#5,932 #3,919
  3. Surgery#3,993 #1,769
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 31.4 works9.2×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 73.2 works6.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.47× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.43× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 369 worksMedicineNursing: 2.17× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Courtright, Susan Lewallen and David Msuya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Paul Courtright Tanzania · #184,244 worldwide 113 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Susan Lewallen Tanzania · #322,666 worldwide 90 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 David Msuya Tanzania · #769,296 worldwide 35 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Blandina T. Mmbaga Tanzania · #783,266 worldwide 132 citations · 85 works
  5. 5 Jay Lodhia Tanzania · #802,550 worldwide 37 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Gibson Kibiki Tanzania · #822,917 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Alex Mremi Tanzania · #968,345 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Sia E. Msuya Tanzania · #985,219 worldwide 31 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Mramba Nyindo Tanzania · #1,026,342 worldwide 33 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Michael Johnson Mahande Tanzania · #1,039,009 worldwide 39 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre

Which keywords describe research at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Risk Factors, Surgical Management, Antiretroviral Therapy, Maternal Mortality and Mortality Rates.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology99▲ 5.0×113 topics
  2. Diagnosis31▲ 6.7×32 topics
  3. Treatment30▲ 4.8×37 topics
  4. Risk Factors26▲ 4.7×28 topics
  5. Public Health24▲ 3.3×35 topics
  6. Inflammation23▲ 2.1×44 topics
  7. Surgical Management20▲ 9.7×18 topics
  8. Antiretroviral Therapy20▲ 24×6 topics
  9. Complications17▲ 6.8×14 topics
  10. Maternal Mortality17▲ 15×5 topics
  11. Mortality Rates17▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Chemotherapy17▲ 4.7×22 topics
  13. Immune Response16▲ 5.7×14 topics
  14. Quality of Life16▲ 2.2×28 topics
  15. Global Burden16▲ 5.8×11 topics
  16. Management16▲ 3.9×20 topics
  17. Cancer Incidence15▲ 22×4 topics
  18. Vaccine14▲ 6.9×11 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors14▲ 6.3×13 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 4.9×12 topics
  21. Immunotherapy13▲ 3.6×15 topics
  22. Drug Resistance12▲ 8.6×7 topics
  23. Community Health Workers12▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Mortality12▲ 4.1×12 topics
  25. Vaccine Development12▲ 9.3×8 topics
  26. Health Inequalities12▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 5.9×11 topics
  28. Child Mortality11▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Health Systems11▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Prenatal Diagnosis11▲ 15×7 topics
  31. Radiotherapy10▲ 5.3×10 topics
  32. HIV Transmission10▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Medical Education10▲ 7.5×9 topics
  34. Population-Based Study9▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Health Disparities9▲ 6.9×4 topics
  36. Global Health9▲ 12×5 topics
  37. Viral Load9▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Preexposure Prophylaxis9▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Preventive Services9▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Stigma and Discrimination9▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 11 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 9 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …8Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 8 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…6Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 6 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 6 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…5Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 5 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…5Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV …4Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 4 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…4Malaria Research and Control: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesOncologyUrology4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 9 works
  3. 3 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 8 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 6 works
  5. 5 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 6 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 5 works
  8. 8 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available83.6%not open16.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.2%domestic only53.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 97% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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