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Médecins Sans Frontières

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World rank, all time
#22,728
of 42,892
Rank in South Africa
#84
of 154
Research works
151
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
34.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.50× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.79× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.99× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Médecins Sans Frontières?

Ranked on the composite score, Petros Isaakidis and Lynne Wilkinson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Médecins Sans Frontières.

  1. 1 Petros Isaakidis South Africa · #384,920 worldwide 73 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Lynne Wilkinson South Africa · #416,841 worldwide 43 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Médecins Sans Frontières

Which keywords describe research at Médecins Sans Frontières?

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

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

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 6.7×19 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 147×6 topics
  3. Treatment3▲ 14×7 topics
  4. Immune Response3▲ 28×7 topics
  5. Diagnosis3▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Drug Resistance2▲ 44×4 topics
  7. Vaccine2▲ 31×5 topics
  8. HIV2▲ 143×4 topics
  9. Viral Load2▲ 150×2 topics
  10. HIV Transmission2▲ 151×2 topics
  11. Preexposure Prophylaxis2▲ 226×1 topic
  12. Stigma and Discrimination2▲ 226×1 topic
  13. Genetic Diversity2▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Mycobacterium tuberculosis2▲ 166×1 topic
  15. Tuberculosis2▲ 176×1 topic
  16. Public Health2▲ 5.9×9 topics
  17. HIV Infection1▲ 61×3 topics
  18. Substance Abuse1▲ 89×2 topics
  19. drug use1▲ 177×1 topic
  20. harm reduction1▲ 177×1 topic

Which research topics does Médecins Sans Frontières publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…2HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 1 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 1 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and …1Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiologySurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  8. 8 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 0 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available77.0%not open23.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.5%domestic only39.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Médecins Sans Frontières's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% lower 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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