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Lira Hospital

In research, Lira Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,674 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#8,943 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,554 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,058
of 28,054 · #30,524 all time
Rank in Uganda
#14
of 33
Research works
297
▲ 1995% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
94%
world 28%

What is Lira 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 #4,674 of 11,982 27.8%86 #10971
MedicineField #8,943 of 10,443 24.4%61 —
Social SciencesDomain #9,554 of 10,521 10.1%79 #15712

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 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: 0.99× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.12× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.82× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 5.34× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.72× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.52× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.85× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lira Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, David Mwesigwa and John James Audubon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lira Hospital.

  1. 1 David Mwesigwa Uganda · #594,719 worldwide 50 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 John James Audubon Uganda · #1,330,156 worldwide 5 citations · 438 works
All ranked researchers at Lira Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Lira Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, Poverty Reduction, Maternal Mortality, Development, Mortality Rates, Economic Growth, Health Inequalities and HIV Transmission.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.0×35 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy13▲ 40×6 topics
  3. Poverty Reduction12▲ 48×4 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality12▲ 27×5 topics
  5. Mental Health11▲ 3.8×17 topics
  6. Economic Growth10▲ 6.2×9 topics
  7. Development10▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Mortality Rates9▲ 51×2 topics
  9. Sustainable Development9▲ 3.0×14 topics
  10. Risk Factors9▲ 4.3×11 topics
  11. Health Inequalities9▲ 39×2 topics
  12. HIV Transmission9▲ 63×2 topics
  13. Community Health Workers9▲ 54×2 topics
  14. Child Mortality9▲ 65×1 topic
  15. Health Systems9▲ 65×1 topic
  16. Preexposure Prophylaxis9▲ 91×1 topic
  17. Stigma and Discrimination9▲ 91×1 topic
  18. Gender Equality8▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Gender Inequality8▲ 28×2 topics
  20. COVID-198▲ 2.8×7 topics
  21. Public Health8▲ 2.7×16 topics
  22. Social Capital7▲ 7.2×6 topics
  23. HIV Prevention7▲ 63×2 topics
  24. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Governance7▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Adolescent Health7▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Sexual Behavior7▲ 96×1 topic
  28. Innovation7▲ 3.2×9 topics
  29. Pandemic6▲ 3.1×6 topics
  30. Vaccine6▲ 7.8×7 topics
  31. Economic Development6▲ 3.9×2 topics
  32. Conditional Cash Transfers6▲ 83×1 topic
  33. Political Economy6▲ 12×4 topics
  34. School Subsidies6▲ 83×1 topic
  35. Empowerment5▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Microfinance5▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Child Development5▲ 6.0×4 topics
  38. Global Burden5▲ 4.7×6 topics
  39. HIV4▲ 25×4 topics
  40. Psychological Distress4▲ 8.3×5 topics

Which research topics does Lira Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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: 9 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 9 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…7Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 7 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …6Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 6 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 5 fractional worksLocal Government Finance and Decentralization: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…3Child Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsSafety Research5 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 9 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 9 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 7 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 4 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lira Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1995% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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