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Kinshasa General Hospital

In research, Kinshasa General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,371 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,341 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,122
of 28,054 · #23,764 all time
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
#8
of 15
Research works
324
▲ 166% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Kinshasa General Hospital 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 #8,371 of 11,982 6.7%103 #16008
MedicineField #7,341 of 10,443 6.8%92 #13872

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kinshasa General Hospital 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).

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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.63× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 6.58× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kinshasa General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Léon Tshilolo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kinshasa General Hospital.

  1. 1 Léon Tshilolo Democratic Republic of the Congo · #710,388 worldwide 45 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kinshasa General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kinshasa General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Global Burden, Risk Factors, Maternal Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, Immune Response, Vaccine and Cancer Incidence.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 4.6×76 topics
  2. Risk Factors8▲ 5.5×17 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 4.9×22 topics
  4. Inflammation7▲ 2.5×30 topics
  5. Global Burden7▲ 9.8×9 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality6▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress6▲ 3.0×19 topics
  8. Immune Response6▲ 7.5×9 topics
  9. Quality of Life6▲ 2.9×21 topics
  10. Public Health5▲ 2.8×25 topics
  11. Vaccine5▲ 9.6×10 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 4.5×13 topics
  13. Diagnosis4▲ 3.7×20 topics
  14. Treatment4▲ 2.7×24 topics
  15. Cancer Incidence4▲ 24×3 topics
  16. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 19×6 topics
  17. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Genetic Regulation4▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Mortality Rates4▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Child Development4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  21. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.3×12 topics
  22. Sickle-cell Disease4▲ 63×1 topic
  23. Thalassemia4▲ 63×1 topic
  24. Insulin Resistance3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  25. Health Inequalities3▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Medical Education3▲ 9.5×7 topics
  27. Child Mortality3▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Health Systems3▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Mortality3▲ 4.2×8 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  31. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Pathophysiology3▲ 7.4×7 topics
  33. Primary Care3▲ 5.8×7 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-23▲ 6.9×6 topics
  35. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 13×7 topics
  38. Cervical Cancer2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  40. Cytology Screening2▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Kinshasa General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research.

Hemoglobinopathies and R…4Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…3Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…3Child Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV …2Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …2Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…2Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional works
GeneticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  4. 4 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 2 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 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 available74.2%not open25.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.4%domestic only46.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kinshasa General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 166% 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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