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Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme

In research, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,802 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,942
of 28,054 · #10,091 all time
Rank in Malawi
#4
of 11
Research works
364
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
39.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme 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 #8,802 of 11,982 28.8%63 #10017

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme 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: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.18× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.95× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.96× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 3.45× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Diagnosis, Drug Resistance, Vaccine Development, Immune Response, Antiretroviral Therapy and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology31▲ 8.0×57 topics
  2. Vaccine10▲ 24×9 topics
  3. Diagnosis7▲ 7.8×13 topics
  4. Drug Resistance7▲ 24×7 topics
  5. Vaccine Development6▲ 26×9 topics
  6. Treatment6▲ 5.4×14 topics
  7. Immune Response6▲ 11×10 topics
  8. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 38×6 topics
  9. Public Health6▲ 4.1×20 topics
  10. Maternal Mortality6▲ 26×5 topics
  11. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 28×6 topics
  12. Infection5▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Pathogenesis5▲ 10×11 topics
  14. Global Burden5▲ 9.1×9 topics
  15. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 12×10 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 8.1×6 topics
  17. Health Inequalities4▲ 37×3 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  19. Community Health Workers4▲ 49×2 topics
  20. Disease Burden4▲ 58×2 topics
  21. Child Mortality4▲ 57×1 topic
  22. Health Systems4▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Respiratory Infections4▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Infectious Diseases3▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Mycobacterium tuberculosis3▲ 62×1 topic
  26. Tuberculosis3▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Global Health3▲ 22×4 topics
  28. Community-Acquired Pneumonia3▲ 93×1 topic
  29. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine3▲ 93×1 topic
  30. Pathogenicity3▲ 46×4 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-23▲ 9.1×5 topics
  32. HIV3▲ 33×4 topics
  33. Viral Load3▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Ethical Considerations2▲ 7.1×9 topics
  35. Norovirus2▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Rotavirus2▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Foodborne Illness2▲ 67×2 topics
  38. Genome Sequence2▲ 28×2 topics
  39. HIV Transmission2▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Helminth Infections2▲ 58×2 topics

Which research topics does Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Global Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…3Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksPneumonia and Respirator…3Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 3 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…2Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…2HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resis…2Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 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 4 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 2 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 2 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 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 available84.2%not open15.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors100.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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