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Medical Care Development International

In research, Medical Care Development International stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,835 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,205 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,698
of 22,385 · #15,911 all time
Rank in United States
#2,755
of 3,332
Research works
296
▲ 77% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Medical Care Development International

What is Medical Care Development International known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #5,835 of 16,688 10.9%172
MedicineField #6,205 of 14,558 11.8%129

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medical Care Development International 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 fields of science does Medical Care Development International work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Medical Care Development International is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Social Sciences (16%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 49 fractional works · 60.5% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 49.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 10.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 22.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMedical CareDevelopment…81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences60%Social Sciences22%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4049.6%
    2. Health Professions67.2%
    3. Dentistry22.7%
    4. Nursing10.9%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1316.3%
    2. Psychology22.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering56.6%
    2. Computer Science21.9%
    3. Environmental Science11.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
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: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.48× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.74× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.58× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry5.48×2 works
  2. Health Professions2.74×6 works
  3. Medicine2.58×40 works
  4. Nursing1.80×1 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.42×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.29×13 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.16×0 works
  8. Veterinary1.00×0 works
  9. Psychology0.94×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×3 works
  12. Engineering0.44×5 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.35×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.30×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.25×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.24×2 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.14×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Medical Care Development International?

Ranked on the quality score, Carlos A. Guerra, Christopher Schwabe and Guillermo Alberto García lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medical Care Development International.

  1. 1 Carlos A. Guerra United States · #53,168 worldwide 13k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 Christopher Schwabe United States · #345,545 worldwide 1.8k citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Guillermo Alberto García United States · #488,194 worldwide 1.3k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Wonder P. Phiri United States · #764,731 worldwide 748 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Matilde Riloha Rivas United States · #933,420 worldwide 541 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Erica B. Pollack United States · #1,014,112 worldwide 933 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Carl D. Maas United States · #1,020,841 worldwide 910 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Jordan Michael Smith United States · #1,070,424 worldwide 816 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Jeremías Nzamío Mba Eyono United States · #1,371,649 worldwide 231 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Godwin Fuseini United States · #1,420,904 worldwide 734 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Medical Care Development International

What are the most cited papers from Medical Care Development International?

The most cited paper from Medical Care Development International is "Training and simulation for patient safety" (Raj Aggarwal, Oliver Tristan Mytton, Miliard Derbrew et al., 2010), with 745 citations. Next come "The Lancet Commission on diagnostics: transforming access to diagnostics" (489) and "Outdoor host seeking behaviour of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes following initiation of malaria vector control on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea" (444).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Training and simulation for patient safety Raj Aggarwal, Oliver Tristan Mytton, Miliard Derbrew et al. · BMJ Quality & Safety Open access Aug 2010 745
2 The Lancet Commission on diagnostics: transforming access to diagnostics Kenneth A Fleming et al. · The Lancet Open access 7 Oct 2021 489
3 Outdoor host seeking behaviour of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes following initiation of malaria vector control on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea M. Rami Reddy, Hans Jørgen Overgaard, Simón Abaga et al. · Malaria Journal Open access 7 Jul 2011 444
4 Mapping the global endemicity and clinical burden of Plasmodium vivax, 2000–17: a spatial and temporal modelling study Katherine E. Battle et al. · The Lancet Open access 19 Jun 2019 434
5 Ultrasound for Breast Cancer Detection Globally: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Rupali Sood, Anne F. Rositch, Delaram Shakoor et al. · Journal of Global Oncology ReviewOpen access 27 Aug 2019 252
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Medical Care Development International?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Culture, Vaccine Development, Ethnicity, Medical Education, Maternal Mortality, Ethical Considerations and Global Burden.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.3×31 topics
  2. Culture4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  3. Vaccine Development3▲ 16×2 topics
  4. Ethnicity3▲ 11×3 topics
  5. Global Burden3▲ 7.4×8 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality3▲ 18×4 topics
  7. Medical Education3▲ 15×4 topics
  8. Ethical Considerations3▲ 11×4 topics
  9. History3▲ 5.3×2 topics
  10. Literature3▲ 6.7×2 topics
  11. Healthcare3▲ 3.2×7 topics
  12. Global Health3▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Modernization3▲ 18×2 topics
  14. COVID-193▲ 2.5×9 topics
  15. Science3▲ 13×2 topics
  16. Islam2▲ 15×1 topic
  17. Social Influence2▲ 14×1 topic
  18. Global Surgery2▲ 137×1 topic
  19. Health Development2▲ 137×1 topic
  20. Design2▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Quality Improvement2▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Air Force2▲ 22×1 topic
  23. Legal Regulation2▲ 12×1 topic
  24. Transport Policy2▲ 22×1 topic
  25. Warfare2▲ 22×1 topic
  26. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Diagnostic Accuracy2▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 78×1 topic
  29. Critical Care2▲ 10×5 topics
  30. Radiation Exposure2▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Radiology Errors2▲ 114×1 topic
  32. Structured Reporting2▲ 114×1 topic
  33. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Occupational Exposure2▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Cancer Risk2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  36. Computed Tomography2▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Ionizing Radiation2▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Placenta Accreta1▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Postpartum Hemorrhage1▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Medical Care Development International publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Global Health and Surgery, Military Technology and Strategies and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…2Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery2Global Health and Surgery: 2 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 2 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…2Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…2Malaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 2 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…1Maternal and fetal healthcare: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAerospace EngineeringTransportation2 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 2 works
  5. 5 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  9. 9 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political Science 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 available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.1%domestic only69.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Medical Care Development International's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Medical Care Development International as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Medical Care Development International0.00059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Medical Care Development International over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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