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Malawi Blood Transfusion Service

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Research works
24
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
524
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Malawi Blood Transfusion Service

Not ranked overall: Malawi Blood Transfusion Service 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 Malawi Blood Transfusion Service work in?

In all years, 49% of research at Malawi Blood Transfusion Service is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Social Sciences (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 12 fractional works · 48.9% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 36.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 31.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 14.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 12.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 11.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 16.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMalawi BloodTransfusion…24fractional works, all years
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences31%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine936.4%
    2. Health Professions26.5%
    3. Nursing15.5%
    4. Veterinary00.5%
    1. Social Sciences414.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting312.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.1%
    4. Psychology01.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology314.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    1. Computer Science12.8%
    2. Chemistry00.7%
    3. Mathematics00.2%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.22× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Mathematics: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 19.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.61× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 19.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary19.39×0 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.61×1 works
  3. Medicine3.35×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.22×0 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.96×0 works
  6. Mathematics0.84×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Malawi Blood Transfusion Service?

Ranked on the quality score, Bridon M’baya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Malawi Blood Transfusion Service.

  1. 1 Bridon M’baya Malawi · #1,037,159 worldwide 637 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Malawi Blood Transfusion Service

What are the most cited papers from Malawi Blood Transfusion Service?

The most cited paper from Malawi Blood Transfusion Service is "Impact of improved treatment of sexually transmitted diseases on HIV infection in rural Tanzania: randomised controlled trial" (Heiner Grosskurth et al., 1995), with 1,416 citations. Next come "Immediate Transfusion in African Children with Uncomplicated Severe Anemia" (92) and "Transfusion Volume for Children with Severe Anemia in Africa" (71).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Impact of improved treatment of sexually transmitted diseases on HIV infection in rural Tanzania: randomised controlled trial Heiner Grosskurth et al. · The Lancet Open access Aug 1995 1,416
2 Immediate Transfusion in African Children with Uncomplicated Severe Anemia Kathryn Maitland et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 31 Jul 2019 92
3 Transfusion Volume for Children with Severe Anemia in Africa Kathryn Maitland et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 31 Jul 2019 71
4 SARS-CoV-2 exposure in Malawian blood donors: an analysis of seroprevalence and variant dynamics between January 2020 and July 2021 Jonathan J. Mandolo et al. · BMC Medicine Open access 18 Nov 2021 65
5 International forum: an investigation of iron status in blood donors. Tomislav Vuk et al. · PubMed Open access 2017 63
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Malawi Blood Transfusion Service?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Blood Transfusion, Risk Factors, Disaster Response, Blood Donation, Supply Chain Management, Biopharmaceuticals, Protein Aggregation and Anemia.

▲ 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Blood Transfusion4▲ 274×2 topics
  2. Disaster Response3▲ 161×2 topics
  3. Risk Factors3▲ 12×3 topics
  4. Blood Donation3▲ 791×1 topic
  5. Supply Chain Management3▲ 23×1 topic
  6. Biopharmaceuticals2▲ 122×1 topic
  7. Protein Aggregation2▲ 105×1 topic
  8. Anemia2▲ 69×4 topics
  9. Epidemiology2▲ 1.92×7 topics
  10. Global Burden2▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Ethical Considerations1▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Immune Response1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  13. Blended Learning1▲ 44×1 topic
  14. Child Development1▲ 14×1 topic
  15. Climate Change1▲ 1.56×1 topic
  16. Conflict1▲ 27×1 topic
  17. Hemorrhage1▲ 59×2 topics
  18. Maternal and Child Undernutrition1▲ 68×1 topic
  19. Online Learning1▲ 9.3×1 topic

Which research topics does Malawi Blood Transfusion Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Blood donation and transfusion practices, Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema, Blood transfusion and management and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer.

Blood donation and trans…1Blood donation and transfusion practices: 1 fractional worksCoagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema: 0 fractional worksBlood transfusion and management: 0 fractional worksPI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling …0PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer: 0 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 0 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 0 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 0 fractional worksClinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control: 0 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 0 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationGeneticsBiochemistryMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Blood donation and transfusion practices Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  2. 2 Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema Genetics 0 works
  3. 3 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 0 works
  4. 4 PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 0 works
  6. 6 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Physiology 0 works
  9. 9 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available48.1%not open51.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.9%domestic only61.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Malawi Blood Transfusion Service's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Malawi Blood Transfusion Service as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000012% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Malawi Blood Transfusion Service0.000036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Malawi Blood Transfusion Service over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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