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Lira Hospital

In research, Lira Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,562 of 9,902 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,745 of 9,585 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,391 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,067
of 22,385 · #17,668 all time
Rank in Uganda
#12
of 32
Research works
297
▲ 315% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
94%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Lira Hospital

What is Lira 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 #4,562 of 9,902 12.1%86 #9459
Social SciencesDomain #6,745 of 9,585 4.6%79 #11813
MedicineField #6,391 of 8,541 10.8%61 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lira 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 Lira Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Lira Hospital is in Health Sciences, 42% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (23%), Health Professions (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 101 fractional works · 42.5% of its workMedicine: 72 fractional works · 30.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 15 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 7.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 99 fractional works · 41.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 54 fractional works · 22.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 5.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 5.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLira Hospital238fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences42%

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. Medicine7230.2%
    2. Health Professions229.2%
    3. Nursing72.8%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences5422.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance156.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting135.6%
    4. Psychology135.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.0%
    6. Decision Sciences20.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences114.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology52.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Environmental Science72.8%
    2. Computer Science52.2%
    3. Engineering41.7%
    4. Materials Science10.6%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. 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: 1.02× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.04× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.50× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.57× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 5.73× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.74× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.94× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 54 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing5.73×7 works
  2. Health Professions3.50×22 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.94×15 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.04×5 works
  5. Social Sciences1.79×54 works
  6. Psychology1.75×13 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.74×13 works
  8. Medicine1.57×72 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.02×12 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.74×2 works
  11. Dentistry0.58×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.55×6 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.36×2 works
  14. Veterinary0.34×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.28×5 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×3 works
  17. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  19. Engineering0.11×4 works
  20. Neuroscience0.05×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  22. Energy0.03×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lira Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard Nyeko, Eustes Kigongo and Raymond Tumwesigye lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lira Hospital.

  1. 1 Richard Nyeko Uganda · #834,927 worldwide 2.6k citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Eustes Kigongo Uganda · #1,008,331 worldwide 265 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Raymond Tumwesigye Uganda · #1,039,822 worldwide 205 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Marvin Musinguzi Uganda · #1,206,816 worldwide 221 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Anne Ruth Akello Uganda · #1,353,031 worldwide 120 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Samson Udho Uganda · #1,371,086 worldwide 320 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Amir Kabunga Uganda · #1,475,741 worldwide 558 citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Ponsiano Okalo Uganda · #1,538,414 worldwide 226 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Maxson Kenneth Anyolitho Uganda · #1,683,709 worldwide 196 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Bosco Opio Uganda · #1,868,464 worldwide 94 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Lira Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Lira Hospital?

The most cited paper from Lira Hospital is "Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (Nicholas J Kassebaum et al., 2014), with 1,682 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (998) and "The protective effect of BCG against Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: a controlled trial in an endemic area of Uganda" (143).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Nicholas J Kassebaum et al. · The Lancet Open access349 authors 2 May 2014 1,682
2 Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access366 authors 21 Jul 2014 998
3 The protective effect of BCG against Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: a controlled trial in an endemic area of Uganda Peter G. Smith, W. D. L. Revill, E.W. Lukwago et al. · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1976 143
4 Antivenin plants used for treatment of snakebites in Uganda: ethnobotanical reports and pharmacological evidences Timothy Omara, Sarah Kagoya, Abraham Openy et al. · Tropical Medicine and Health Open access 11 Feb 2020 78
5 Densification of raw and torrefied biomass: A review Jimmy Eling, David Kilama Okot, Emmanuel Menya et al. · Biomass and Bioenergy 13 Apr 2024 74
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lira Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Antiretroviral Therapy, Poverty Reduction, Development, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality and Health Systems.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 1.88×40 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality14▲ 27×5 topics
  3. Antiretroviral Therapy14▲ 36×6 topics
  4. Poverty Reduction12▲ 40×4 topics
  5. Risk Factors12▲ 4.6×15 topics
  6. Mental Health12▲ 3.5×17 topics
  7. Development12▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Health Inequalities12▲ 40×2 topics
  9. Economic Growth12▲ 6.0×9 topics
  10. Sustainable Development12▲ 3.1×15 topics
  11. Community Health Workers11▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Child Mortality11▲ 65×1 topic
  13. Health Systems11▲ 65×1 topic
  14. Mortality Rates10▲ 44×2 topics
  15. HIV Transmission10▲ 53×2 topics
  16. Preexposure Prophylaxis9▲ 80×1 topic
  17. Stigma and Discrimination9▲ 80×1 topic
  18. Globalization9▲ 1.93×18 topics
  19. HIV Prevention8▲ 59×2 topics
  20. Public Health8▲ 2.4×16 topics
  21. Gender Equality8▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Governance8▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Social Determinants of Health8▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Gender Inequality8▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Adolescent Health8▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Sexual Behavior8▲ 90×1 topic
  27. Innovation8▲ 3.1×9 topics
  28. Political Economy8▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Social Capital8▲ 6.1×6 topics
  30. Child Development7▲ 6.8×5 topics
  31. Vaccine6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  32. Conditional Cash Transfers6▲ 73×1 topic
  33. School Subsidies6▲ 73×1 topic
  34. Global Burden6▲ 4.6×7 topics
  35. Empowerment5▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Microfinance5▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Psychological Impact5▲ 7.0×9 topics
  38. Fiscal Decentralization5▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Local Public Goods5▲ 152×1 topic
  40. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 8.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Lira Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 11 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 9 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…8Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 8 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …6Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 6 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 5 fractional worksLocal Government Finance and Decentralization: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…4Child Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsSafety Research4 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 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 8 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 6 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  6. 6 Local Government Finance and Decentralization Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available93.7%not open6.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lira Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 315% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Lira Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00068% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Lira Hospital0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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