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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- Health Sciences#730 #1,230
- Medicine#918 #1,407
- Social Sciences#1,757 #4,269
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.
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
- Health Sciences25450.2%
- Medicine20039.4%
- Health Professions458.8%
- Nursing61.3%
- Dentistry30.5%
- Veterinary10.2%
- Social Sciences12725.1%
- Social Sciences6512.7%
- Psychology326.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance102.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting102.0%
- Arts and Humanities61.1%
- Decision Sciences51.0%
- Physical Sciences6713.2%
- Environmental Science214.2%
- Engineering214.1%
- Computer Science112.2%
- Mathematics61.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
- Physics and Astronomy20.5%
- Chemistry10.2%
- Materials Science10.2%
- Energy10.2%
- Chemical Engineering00.1%
- Life Sciences5811.5%
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.
- Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 38.8 works11×
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.
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
- Health Professions3.34×45 works
- Immunology and Microbiology3.11×16 works
- Nursing2.61×6 works
- Medicine2.05×200 works
- Psychology2.05×32 works
- Veterinary1.30×1 works
- Dentistry1.08×3 works
- Social Sciences1.01×64 works
- Decision Sciences1.00×5 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×10 works
- Mathematics0.92×6 works
- Neuroscience0.87×7 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×23 works
- Environmental Science0.85×21 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×1 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.62×10 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×11 works
- Arts and Humanities0.40×6 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×2 works
- Computer Science0.28×11 works
- Engineering0.27×21 works
- Energy0.22×1 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.21×2 works
- Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
- Chemistry0.15×1 works
- Materials Science0.06×1 works
- Health Professions 3.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 3.1×
- Nursing 2.6×
- Medicine 2.0×
- Psychology 2.0×
- Veterinary 1.3×
- Dentistry 1.1×
- Social Sciences 1.0×
- Decision Sciences 1.0×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.9×
- Mathematics 0.9×
- Neuroscience 0.9×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.8×
- Environmental Science 0.8×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.5×
- Arts and Humanities 0.4×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.3×
- Computer Science 0.3×
- Engineering 0.3×
- Energy 0.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
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
Teri Roberts
Switzerland · #205,609 worldwide 3.5k citations · 77 works
- 2
Iza Ciglenečki
Switzerland · #357,425 worldwide 3.8k citations · 242 works
- 3
Robin Nesbitt
Switzerland · #435,205 worldwide 1.3k citations · 54 works
- 4
Tammam Aloudat
Switzerland · #567,775 worldwide 930 citations · 28 works
- 5
Isabelle Andrieux‐Meyer
Switzerland · #754,231 worldwide 1.9k citations · 29 works
- 6
Philippe Calain
Switzerland · #763,249 worldwide 2.8k citations · 44 works
- 7
Daniel Martínez García
Switzerland · #793,991 worldwide 566 citations · 36 works
- 8
Esther Sterk
Switzerland · #794,584 worldwide 676 citations · 24 works
- 9
Nathalie Lachenal
Switzerland · #938,813 worldwide 628 citations · 34 works
- 10
Barbara Milani
Switzerland · #952,872 worldwide 1.1k citations · 22 works
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.
- Reservoirs
- Outbreak
- Vaccine Development
- HIV
- Community Health Workers
- Transmission
- Immigrant
- Psychological Adjustment
- Resettlement
- Global Burden
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Host-Pathogen Interaction
- Maternal Mortality
- Trauma
- Infectious Diseases
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Drug Resistance
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Vaccine
- Immune Response
- Pathogenesis
- Genetic Diversity
- Global Health
- Ethical Considerations
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Mortality
- Health Disparities
- Health Inequalities
- Acculturation
- Refugee
- Child Mortality
- Health Systems
- Healthcare Workers
- Risk Perception
- Ebola Virus
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
- Epidemiology77▲ 3.8×99 topics
- Public Health39▲ 5.2×44 topics
- Mental Health30▲ 4.2×25 topics
- Treatment29▲ 4.7×29 topics
- Vaccine27▲ 13×10 topics
- Diagnosis27▲ 5.7×23 topics
- Immune Response27▲ 9.2×13 topics
- Drug Resistance22▲ 15×7 topics
- Pathogenesis18▲ 6.8×17 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy16▲ 20×6 topics
- Genetic Diversity15▲ 6.9×5 topics
- Infectious Diseases14▲ 8.5×7 topics
- Global Health14▲ 17×6 topics
- Trauma12▲ 12×7 topics
- Ethical Considerations12▲ 6.8×10 topics
- Maternal Mortality12▲ 10×4 topics
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis12▲ 42×2 topics
- Host-Pathogen Interaction12▲ 32×1 topic
- Tuberculosis12▲ 44×1 topic
- Antibiotic Resistance12▲ 5.8×14 topics
- Mortality11▲ 3.9×10 topics
- Global Burden11▲ 4.0×11 topics
- Health Disparities11▲ 8.1×6 topics
- Resettlement10▲ 24×2 topics
- Health Inequalities10▲ 16×3 topics
- Psychological Adjustment10▲ 13×3 topics
- Acculturation10▲ 25×2 topics
- Immigrant9▲ 27×1 topic
- Refugee9▲ 34×1 topic
- Transmission9▲ 33×3 topics
- Child Mortality9▲ 25×1 topic
- Community Health Workers9▲ 21×2 topics
- Health Systems9▲ 25×1 topic
- HIV9▲ 21×4 topics
- Healthcare Workers9▲ 7.3×5 topics
- Vaccine Development8▲ 6.5×10 topics
- Risk Perception8▲ 6.0×6 topics
- Outbreak8▲ 39×2 topics
- Ebola Virus7▲ 52×1 topic
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 12 works
- 2 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 9 works
- 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 9 works
- 4 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
- 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 6 works
- 6 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 5 works
- 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 5 works
- 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
- 9 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 4 works
- 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Other research institutions in Geneva
- University of Geneva
- European Organization for Nuclear Research
- World Health Organization
- Hôpital Beau-Séjour
- Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Clayton Foundation
- Musée d'Art et d'Histoire
- International Labour Organization
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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