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Mbale Hospital

ROR OpenAlex
Research works
94
▲ 121% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
89%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Mbale Hospital

Not ranked overall: Mbale Hospital is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Mbale Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Mbale Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Health Professions (6%), Nursing (3%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 46 fractional works · 87.3% of its workMedicine: 41 fractional works · 77.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 13.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 9.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMbale Hospital53fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences87%Social Sciences5%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4177.8%
    2. Health Professions35.8%
    3. Nursing23.1%
    4. Dentistry00.7%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology12.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    1. Social Sciences12.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    3. Psychology00.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Environmental Science11.0%
    2. Computer Science00.4%
    3. Engineering00.3%
    4. 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.72× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.77× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.19× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 6.28× its world share, 2 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.28×2 works
  2. Medicine4.04×41 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.72×2 works
  4. Health Professions2.19×3 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.77×0 works
  6. Dentistry1.43×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.52×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.22×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.19×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×0 works
  13. Psychology0.19×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  17. Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mbale Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Olupot‐Olupot, Charles Engoru and Cate Namayanja lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mbale Hospital.

  1. 1 Peter Olupot‐Olupot Uganda · #598,360 worldwide 5.1k citations · 244 works
  2. 2 Charles Engoru Uganda · #652,964 worldwide 2.8k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Cate Namayanja Uganda · #880,485 worldwide 306 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 George Paasi Uganda · #894,517 worldwide 149 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Rita Muhindo Uganda · #1,180,214 worldwide 357 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Grace Abongo Uganda · #1,563,120 worldwide 160 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Denis Amorut Uganda · #1,822,475 worldwide 208 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Paul Ongodia Uganda · #1,862,578 worldwide 139 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Kathy Burgoine Uganda · #3,062,176 worldwide 667 citations · 65 works
  10. 10 Julian Abeso Uganda · #4,868,603 worldwide 135 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Mbale Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Mbale Hospital?

The most cited paper from Mbale Hospital is "Mortality after Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection" (Kathryn Maitland, Sarah Kiguli, Robert Opika Opoka et al., 2011), with 1,612 citations. Next come "Hydroxyurea for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia in Sub-Saharan Africa" (389) and "Exploring mechanisms of excess mortality with early fluid resuscitation: insightsfrom the FEAST trial" (248).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mortality after Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection Kathryn Maitland, Sarah Kiguli, Robert Opika Opoka et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 May 2011 1,612
2 Hydroxyurea for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia in Sub-Saharan Africa Léon Muepu Tshilolo, GEORGE A. TOMLINSON, Thomas Neil Williams et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Dec 2018 389
3 Exploring mechanisms of excess mortality with early fluid resuscitation: insightsfrom the FEAST trial for the FEAST trial group et al. · BMC Medicine Open access 14 Mar 2013 248
4 Determinants of male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey Robert Byamugisha, James Kashugyera Tumwine, Nulu Semiyaga et al. · Reproductive Health Open access 23 Jun 2010 248
5 Male partner antenatal attendance and HIV testing in eastern Uganda: a randomized facility‐based intervention trial Robert Byamugisha, Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm, Grace Ndeezi et al. · Journal of the International AIDS Society Open access 2011 162
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mbale Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Vaccine, Immune Response, Drug Resistance, Vaccine Development 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-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▲ 8.2×38 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 17×9 topics
  3. Treatment8▲ 13×9 topics
  4. Vaccine6▲ 27×7 topics
  5. Immune Response6▲ 18×7 topics
  6. Drug Resistance5▲ 30×4 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality5▲ 38×5 topics
  8. Vaccine Development5▲ 34×5 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity4▲ 19×3 topics
  10. Mycobacterium tuberculosis4▲ 131×1 topic
  11. Tuberculosis4▲ 139×1 topic
  12. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 18×5 topics
  13. Mycobacterium avium3▲ 195×1 topic
  14. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria3▲ 195×1 topic
  15. Global Burden3▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Health Inequalities3▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Child Mortality3▲ 74×1 topic
  18. Health Systems3▲ 74×1 topic
  19. Genome Sequence3▲ 61×2 topics
  20. Infertility3▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Abdominal Tuberculosis3▲ 244×1 topic
  22. Diagnostic Challenges3▲ 244×1 topic
  23. Insecticide Resistance2▲ 59×2 topics
  24. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.8×8 topics
  25. Public Health2▲ 3.2×15 topics
  26. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 137×1 topic
  27. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 137×1 topic
  28. Pathogenesis2▲ 7.6×7 topics
  29. Vector Control2▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Arboviral Diseases2▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Child Development2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  32. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Zika Virus2▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 16×5 topics
  35. Maternal and Child Undernutrition1▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Water Sanitation Hygiene1▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Transmission1▲ 44×2 topics
  38. Helminth Infections1▲ 55×2 topics
  39. Sickle-cell Disease1▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Thalassemia1▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does Mbale Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Global Maternal and Child Health and Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…3Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment …3Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 3 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  4. 4 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  8. 8 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 1 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 available88.6%not open11.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.3%domestic only57.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mbale Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 121% 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 Mbale Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Mbale Hospital0.00022% in 20251990200020102020

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

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