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Kinshasa General Hospital

In research, Kinshasa General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,331 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,620 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,183
of 22,385 · #24,197 all time
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
#14
of 15
Research works
324
▲ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
53%
world 18%
Kinshasa General Hospital

What is Kinshasa General Hospital known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,331 of 9,902 4.5%103 #8506
MedicineField #5,620 of 8,541 4.3%92 #7941

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kinshasa General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Kinshasa General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Health Professions (5%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 121 fractional works · 77.8% of its workMedicine: 107 fractional works · 68.7% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 8.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 9.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKinshasa GeneralHospital155fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10768.7%
    2. Health Professions85.1%
    3. Nursing53.0%
    4. Dentistry21.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology63.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Social Sciences53.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    3. Psychology21.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science32.1%
    2. Engineering31.6%
    3. Computer Science10.8%
    4. Mathematics10.4%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.89× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.93× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 6.14× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.14×5 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.89×6 works
  3. Medicine3.57×107 works
  4. Dentistry2.10×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.93×8 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.08×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.70×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×6 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.41×3 works
  11. Mathematics0.37×1 works
  12. Psychology0.37×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.28×5 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×1 works
  15. Energy0.16×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×1 works
  17. Veterinary0.14×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  20. Engineering0.11×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.11×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.10×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kinshasa General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Léon Muepu Tshilolo, Farzin Davachi and Jeff Ntalaja lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kinshasa General Hospital.

  1. 1 Léon Muepu Tshilolo Democratic Republic of the Congo · #629,627 worldwide 3.6k citations · 131 works
  2. 2 Farzin Davachi Democratic Republic of the Congo · #1,638,510 worldwide 2k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Jeff Ntalaja Democratic Republic of the Congo · #1,667,411 worldwide 301 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 B Kapita Democratic Republic of the Congo · #2,047,238 worldwide 734 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Patricia V. M. Lelo Democratic Republic of the Congo · #4,670,932 worldwide 465 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Adolphe Ndarabu Democratic Republic of the Congo · #4,824,293 worldwide 181 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Kinshasa General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Kinshasa General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Kinshasa General Hospital is "Sickle cell disease" (Russell E. Ware, Mariane de Montalembert, Léon Muepu Tshilolo et al., 2017), with 980 citations. Next come "Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events" (505) and "Perinatal Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 to Infants of Seropositive Women in Zaire" (462).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sickle cell disease Russell E. Ware, Mariane de Montalembert, Léon Muepu Tshilolo et al. · The Lancet Feb 2017 980
2 Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events Vanessa Wong et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 11 May 2015 505
3 Perinatal Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 to Infants of Seropositive Women in Zaire Robert W. Ryder, Wato Nsa, Susan E. Hassig et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 22 Jun 1989 462
4 Treatment of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever with Blood Transfusions from Convalescent Patients Kibadi Mupapa, Matondo Massamba, Kapay Kibadi et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases Feb 1999 421
5 Transmission of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: A Study of Risk Factors in Family Members, Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995 Scott F. Dowell, Rose Mukunu, Thomas G. Ksiazek et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases Feb 1999 399
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Which keywords describe research at Kinshasa General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Global Burden, Immune Response, Risk Factors, Vaccine, Cardiovascular Disease 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-now 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. Epidemiology28▲ 4.5×84 topics
  2. Risk Factors9▲ 5.1×18 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality8▲ 23×5 topics
  4. Global Burden8▲ 9.3×11 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 2.4×34 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 4.3×22 topics
  7. Immune Response7▲ 8.4×10 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress7▲ 2.9×19 topics
  9. Public Health7▲ 3.1×28 topics
  10. Quality of Life7▲ 3.1×27 topics
  11. Vaccine7▲ 11×10 topics
  12. Diagnosis5▲ 3.7×23 topics
  13. Treatment5▲ 2.7×29 topics
  14. Pathogenesis5▲ 6.3×16 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.9×13 topics
  16. Cancer Incidence5▲ 22×4 topics
  17. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 17×6 topics
  19. Genetic Regulation4▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Mortality Rates4▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Sickle-cell Disease4▲ 62×1 topic
  22. Thalassemia4▲ 62×1 topic
  23. Child Development4▲ 6.1×3 topics
  24. Medical Education4▲ 9.2×8 topics
  25. Mortality4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  26. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 9.3×2 topics
  27. Child Mortality4▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Health Inequalities4▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Health Systems4▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Insulin Resistance4▲ 5.0×6 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-24▲ 7.5×6 topics
  32. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  35. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 13×7 topics
  36. Vaccine Development3▲ 7.1×7 topics
  37. Cervical Cancer3▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Human Papillomavirus3▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  40. HIV Transmission2▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Kinshasa General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 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 worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery2Global Health and Surgery: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Diso…2Iron Metabolism and Disorders: 2 fractional works
GeneticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsEpidemiology4 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 4 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 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kinshasa General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kinshasa General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Kinshasa General Hospital0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kinshasa General Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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