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Lighthouse Trust

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Research works
58
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
88%
world 18%
Lighthouse Trust

Not ranked overall: Lighthouse Trust is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Lighthouse Trust work in?

In all years, 79% of research at Lighthouse Trust is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Health Professions (12%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 46 fractional works · 78.8% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 66.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 32.2% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 11.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 8.2% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLighthouse Trust58fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3966.6%
    2. Health Professions711.9%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology58.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences23.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    4. Psychology00.8%
    5. Decision Sciences00.5%
    1. Computer Science12.0%
    2. Environmental Science00.1%
    3. Chemistry00.1%
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: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.17× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceHealth Professions: 5.16× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.92× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.17×1 works
  2. Health Professions5.16×2 works
  3. Medicine2.92×10 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.58×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.47×0 works
  6. Computer Science0.81×1 works
  7. Social Sciences0.70×2 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.62×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×0 works
  11. Nursing0.37×0 works
  12. Psychology0.27×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lighthouse Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Jacqueline Madalitso Huwa, Sam Phiri and Geldert Davie Chiwaya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lighthouse Trust.

  1. 1 Jacqueline Madalitso Huwa Malawi · #917,250 worldwide 292 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Sam Phiri Malawi · #1,216,276 worldwide 6.1k citations · 301 works
  3. 3 Geldert Davie Chiwaya Malawi · #1,254,930 worldwide 100 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Ralf Weigel Malawi · #1,346,108 worldwide 2.3k citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Colin Speight Malawi · #1,539,274 worldwide 545 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Christine Kiruthu-Kamamia Malawi · #1,696,096 worldwide 105 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Hannock M. Tweya Malawi · #1,755,865 worldwide 4.2k citations · 237 works
  8. 8 Aubrey G. Kudzala Malawi · #1,803,757 worldwide 196 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Agness Thawani Malawi · #2,230,838 worldwide 143 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Odala Sande Malawi · #2,485,825 worldwide 133 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Lighthouse Trust

What are the most cited papers from Lighthouse Trust?

The most cited paper from Lighthouse Trust is "Retention in care under universal antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women (‘Option B+’) in Malawi" (Lyson Tenthani, Andreas D. Haas, Hannock M. Tweya et al., 2014), with 376 citations. Next come "Prevalence of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, and cascade of care in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional, population-based study in rural and urban Malawi" (373) and "The public health approach to identify antiretroviral therapy failure: high-level nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance among Malawians failing first-line antiretroviral therapy" (285).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Retention in care under universal antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women (‘Option B+’) in Malawi Lyson Tenthani, Andreas D. Haas, Hannock M. Tweya et al. · AIDS Open access 27 Jan 2014 376
2 Prevalence of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, and cascade of care in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional, population-based study in rural and urban Malawi Alison Price, Amelia Catharine Crampin, Alemayehu Amberbir et al. · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Open access 19 Jan 2018 373
3 The public health approach to identify antiretroviral therapy failure: high-level nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance among Malawians failing first-line antiretroviral therapy Mina C. Hosseinipour, Joep JG van Oosterhout, Ralf Weigel et al. · AIDS Open access 21 May 2009 285
4 Prognosis of patients with HIV-1 infection starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative analysis of scale-up programmes MARGARET T. MAY, Andrew Boulle, Sam Phiri et al. · The Lancet Open access 16 Jul 2010 254
5 Mortality of HIV-Infected Patients Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparison with HIV-Unrelated Mortality Martin W. G. Brinkhof, Andrew Boulle, Ralf Weigel et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 27 Apr 2009 209
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lighthouse Trust?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Mortality Rates, Viral Load, Preexposure Prophylaxis, Stigma and Discrimination, HIV Infection and HIV.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Antiretroviral Therapy24▲ 181×6 topics
  2. HIV Transmission13▲ 263×2 topics
  3. Mortality Rates13▲ 231×2 topics
  4. Viral Load13▲ 318×2 topics
  5. Preexposure Prophylaxis12▲ 386×1 topic
  6. Stigma and Discrimination12▲ 386×1 topic
  7. HIV Infection7▲ 103×4 topics
  8. Epidemiology6▲ 2.6×31 topics
  9. HIV6▲ 89×4 topics
  10. Drug Resistance6▲ 31×3 topics
  11. Immune Response5▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Risk Factors5▲ 8.1×4 topics
  13. Vaccine5▲ 21×7 topics
  14. Integrase Inhibitors4▲ 186×1 topic
  15. Nucleoside Analogues4▲ 186×1 topic
  16. HIV Prevention4▲ 113×2 topics
  17. Adolescent Health4▲ 85×1 topic
  18. Sexual Behavior4▲ 177×1 topic
  19. AIDS4▲ 115×1 topic
  20. Antibodies4▲ 68×1 topic
  21. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 5.4×7 topics
  22. Community Health Workers3▲ 76×2 topics
  23. Diagnosis3▲ 5.3×10 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance3▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Inflammation3▲ 2.1×3 topics
  26. Treatment3▲ 3.7×6 topics
  27. Aging2▲ 8.1×1 topic
  28. HIV/AIDS2▲ 60×3 topics
  29. Metabolic Abnormalities2▲ 198×1 topic
  30. Maternal Mortality2▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Child Mortality2▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Health Systems2▲ 71×1 topic
  33. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 26×4 topics
  34. Adherence2▲ 54×2 topics
  35. Behavior Change2▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Cancer Incidence2▲ 24×3 topics
  37. Mobile Health2▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Health Apps2▲ 96×1 topic
  39. mHealth2▲ 96×1 topic
  40. Opportunistic Infections2▲ 69×2 topics

Which research topics does Lighthouse Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV-related health complications and treatments.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…3HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…1Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…1Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksHIV-related health compl…1HIV-related health complications and treatments: 1 fractional worksICT in Developing Commun…1ICT in Developing Communities: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Resp…0HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 0 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 0 fractional worksReproductive tract infections research: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsEmergency MedicineInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 works
  2. 2 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 ICT in Developing Communities Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 0 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 0 works
  9. 9 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 0 works
  10. 10 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 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 available83.0%not open17.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors88.5%domestic only11.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lighthouse Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting2010201520202025
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Lighthouse Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000074% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Lighthouse Trust0.00011% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Lighthouse Trust over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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