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Médecins Sans Frontières

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Research works
116
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

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

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: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.36× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.78× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.32× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.98× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.67× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Médecins Sans Frontières?

Ranked on the composite score, Patricia Kahn and Chiara Lepora lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Médecins Sans Frontières.

  1. 1 Patricia Kahn United States · #451,468 worldwide 42 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Chiara Lepora United States · #1,142,181 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Médecins Sans Frontières

Which keywords describe research at Médecins Sans Frontières?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Immune Response, Drug Resistance, Global Health, Vaccine, Ethical Considerations and Diagnosis.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology19▲ 4.0×53 topics
  2. Public Health15▲ 9.3×24 topics
  3. Immune Response8▲ 11×13 topics
  4. Treatment8▲ 5.0×16 topics
  5. Drug Resistance7▲ 20×6 topics
  6. Global Health7▲ 48×4 topics
  7. Vaccine7▲ 16×11 topics
  8. Ethical Considerations7▲ 19×4 topics
  9. Diagnosis7▲ 6.0×12 topics
  10. Mental Health6▲ 5.0×16 topics
  11. Medical Education6▲ 23×4 topics
  12. Globalization6▲ 2.7×11 topics
  13. Pathogenesis5▲ 7.8×12 topics
  14. Health5▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases5▲ 17×5 topics
  16. Vaccine Development5▲ 13×8 topics
  17. Mortality4▲ 7.9×7 topics
  18. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 16×6 topics
  19. Surgical Care4▲ 98×2 topics
  20. Global Surgery4▲ 236×1 topic
  21. Health Development4▲ 236×1 topic
  22. Genetic Diversity4▲ 6.7×3 topics
  23. Violence4▲ 25×3 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 7.3×10 topics
  25. Conflict3▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Trauma3▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Democratic Republic of Congo3▲ 171×1 topic
  28. Iraq3▲ 171×1 topic
  29. Acculturation3▲ 49×2 topics
  30. Psychological Adjustment3▲ 23×3 topics
  31. Health Disparities3▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Healthcare Workers3▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Resettlement3▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Ebola Virus3▲ 108×1 topic
  35. Immigrant3▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Outbreak3▲ 72×1 topic
  37. Refugee3▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Resource Allocation3▲ 9.9×2 topics
  39. Disaster Response3▲ 29×1 topic
  40. HIV3▲ 19×4 topics

Which research topics does Médecins Sans Frontières publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Global Security and Public Health, Water Resource Management and Quality and Workplace Health and Well-being.

Tuberculosis Research an…1Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksGlobal Security and Publ…0Global Security and Public Health: 0 fractional worksWater Resource Managemen…0Water Resource Management and Quality: 0 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Wel…0Workplace Health and Well-being: 0 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety in Workplaces: 0 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 0 fractional worksAcademic Publishing and …0Academic Publishing and Open Access: 0 fractional worksMeta-analysis and system…0Meta-analysis and systematic reviews: 0 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid…0Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 0 fractional worksDiverse Educational Inno…0Diverse Educational Innovations Studies: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesSociology and Political ScienceWater Science and TechnologyGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  2. 2 Global Security and Public Health Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Water Resource Management and Quality Water Science and Technology 0 works
  4. 4 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces Occupational Therapy 0 works
  6. 6 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 0 works
  8. 8 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  9. 9 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 0 works
  10. 10 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 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 available63.0%not open37.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.6%domestic only45.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Médecins Sans Frontières's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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