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Médecins Sans Frontières

In research, Médecins Sans Frontières stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,230 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,407 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,269 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases is 11.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#2,982
of 22,385 · #1,490 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#35
of 186
Research works
2.5k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
58k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%

What is Médecins Sans Frontières 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 #1,230 of 9,902 11.9%210 #730
MedicineField #1,407 of 8,541 12.4%165 #918
Social SciencesDomain #4,269 of 9,585 12.8%108 #1757

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Médecins Sans Frontières 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#730 #1,230
  2. Medicine#918 #1,407
  3. Social Sciences#1,757 #4,269
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Médecins Sans Frontières work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Médecins Sans Frontières is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Social Sciences (13%), Health Professions (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 254 fractional works · 50.2% of its workMedicine: 200 fractional works · 39.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 39 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 25 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 45 fractional works · 8.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 127 fractional works · 25.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 65 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 6.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 23 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 67 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 58 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMédecins SansFrontières507fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences25%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine20039.4%
    2. Health Professions458.8%
    3. Nursing61.3%
    4. Dentistry30.5%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Social Sciences6512.7%
    2. Psychology326.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance102.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting102.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities61.1%
    6. Decision Sciences51.0%
    1. Environmental Science214.2%
    2. Engineering214.1%
    3. Computer Science112.2%
    4. Mathematics61.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    7. Chemistry10.2%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology234.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology163.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences112.2%
    4. Neuroscience71.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Médecins Sans Frontières specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 38.8 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.11× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.34× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 200 worksMedicineNursing: 2.61× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.05× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.34×45 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.11×16 works
  3. Nursing2.61×6 works
  4. Medicine2.05×200 works
  5. Psychology2.05×32 works
  6. Veterinary1.30×1 works
  7. Dentistry1.08×3 works
  8. Social Sciences1.01×64 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.00×5 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×10 works
  11. Mathematics0.92×6 works
  12. Neuroscience0.87×7 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×23 works
  14. Environmental Science0.85×21 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×10 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×11 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.40×6 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×2 works
  20. Computer Science0.28×11 works
  21. Engineering0.27×21 works
  22. Energy0.22×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.21×2 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.15×1 works
  26. Materials Science0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Médecins Sans Frontières?

Ranked on the quality score, Teri Roberts, Iza Ciglenečki and Robin Nesbitt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Médecins Sans Frontières.

  1. 1 Teri Roberts Switzerland · #205,609 worldwide 3.5k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Iza Ciglenečki Switzerland · #357,425 worldwide 3.8k citations · 242 works
  3. 3 Robin Nesbitt Switzerland · #435,205 worldwide 1.3k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Tammam Aloudat Switzerland · #567,775 worldwide 930 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Isabelle Andrieux‐Meyer Switzerland · #754,231 worldwide 1.9k citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Philippe Calain Switzerland · #763,249 worldwide 2.8k citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Daniel Martínez García Switzerland · #793,991 worldwide 566 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Esther Sterk Switzerland · #794,584 worldwide 676 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Nathalie Lachenal Switzerland · #938,813 worldwide 628 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Barbara Milani Switzerland · #952,872 worldwide 1.1k citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Médecins Sans Frontières

What are the most cited papers from Médecins Sans Frontières?

The most cited paper from Médecins Sans Frontières is "Estimating the Global Burden of Endemic Canine Rabies" (Katie Hampson et al., 2015), with 1,859 citations. Next come "A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ebola Virus Disease Therapeutics" (1,664) and "Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control?" (1,495).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimating the Global Burden of Endemic Canine Rabies Katie Hampson et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 16 Apr 2015 1,859
2 A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ebola Virus Disease Therapeutics Sabué Mulangu, Lori Elizabeth Dodd, Richard T. Davey et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Nov 2019 1,664
3 Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control? François Chappuis, Shyam Sundar, Asrat Hailu et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology ReviewOpen access 16 Oct 2007 1,495
4 Emergence of Zaire Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea Sylvain Baize et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Apr 2014 1,399
5 Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine in preventing Ebola virus disease: final results from the Guinea ring vaccination, open-label, cluster-randomised trial (Ebola Ça Suffit!) Ana Maria Henao Restrepo et al. · The Lancet Open access 23 Dec 2016 1,142
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Médecins Sans Frontières?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, Immune Response, Diagnosis, Treatment, Mental Health and Drug Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology77▲ 3.8×99 topics
  2. Public Health39▲ 5.2×44 topics
  3. Mental Health30▲ 4.2×25 topics
  4. Treatment29▲ 4.7×29 topics
  5. Vaccine27▲ 13×10 topics
  6. Diagnosis27▲ 5.7×23 topics
  7. Immune Response27▲ 9.2×13 topics
  8. Drug Resistance22▲ 15×7 topics
  9. Pathogenesis18▲ 6.8×17 topics
  10. Antiretroviral Therapy16▲ 20×6 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity15▲ 6.9×5 topics
  12. Infectious Diseases14▲ 8.5×7 topics
  13. Global Health14▲ 17×6 topics
  14. Trauma12▲ 12×7 topics
  15. Ethical Considerations12▲ 6.8×10 topics
  16. Maternal Mortality12▲ 10×4 topics
  17. Mycobacterium tuberculosis12▲ 42×2 topics
  18. Host-Pathogen Interaction12▲ 32×1 topic
  19. Tuberculosis12▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Antibiotic Resistance12▲ 5.8×14 topics
  21. Mortality11▲ 3.9×10 topics
  22. Global Burden11▲ 4.0×11 topics
  23. Health Disparities11▲ 8.1×6 topics
  24. Resettlement10▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Health Inequalities10▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Psychological Adjustment10▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Acculturation10▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Immigrant9▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Refugee9▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Transmission9▲ 33×3 topics
  31. Child Mortality9▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Community Health Workers9▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Health Systems9▲ 25×1 topic
  34. HIV9▲ 21×4 topics
  35. Healthcare Workers9▲ 7.3×5 topics
  36. Vaccine Development8▲ 6.5×10 topics
  37. Risk Perception8▲ 6.0×6 topics
  38. Outbreak8▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Ebola Virus7▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Reservoirs7▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Médecins Sans Frontières publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Migration, Health and Trauma, Global Maternal and Child Health and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research.

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 12 works
  2. 2 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 9 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 9 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 6 works
  6. 6 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 5 works
  7. 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 5 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  9. 9 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 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 available67.3%not open32.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.7%domestic only49.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Médecins Sans Frontières's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Médecins Sans Frontières as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Médecins Sans Frontières0.0025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Médecins Sans Frontières over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Médecins Sans Frontières12.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.4% in 2004.

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