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Mengo Hospital

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World rank, all time
#38,042
of 42,892
Rank in Uganda
#39
of 44
Research works
270
▲ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
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: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.84× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.68× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Mengo Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Epidemiology, Health Education, STEM Education, Maternal Mortality, Mobile Learning, Media Literacy and Diabetes.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology4▲ 2.3×24 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 6.0×12 topics
  3. Inflammation3▲ 2.7×16 topics
  4. E-Learning2▲ 4.6×3 topics
  5. Health Education2▲ 11×4 topics
  6. COVID-192▲ 3.3×10 topics
  7. STEM Education2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  8. Maternal Mortality2▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Pandemic2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  10. Media Literacy2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  11. Diabetes2▲ 7.7×7 topics
  12. Insulin Resistance2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  13. Mobile Learning2▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Community Empowerment2▲ 4.8×2 topics
  15. Breastfeeding2▲ 13×2 topics
  16. Local Wisdom2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  17. Maternal Health2▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Digital Literacy2▲ 5.1×1 topic
  20. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  21. Quality Improvement2▲ 17×5 topics
  22. School Literacy Movement2▲ 14×1 topic
  23. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Character Education1▲ 5.6×3 topics
  25. Child Nutrition1▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Digital Learning1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  27. Medical Education1▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Stunting1▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Child Development1▲ 6.0×5 topics
  30. Ionizing Radiation1▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Atherosclerosis1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  32. Child Mortality1▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Global Prevalence1▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Glucose Metabolism1▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Health Systems1▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Lifestyle Intervention1▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Teacher Performance1▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Computed Tomography1▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Global Health1▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Radiation Exposure1▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Mengo Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Educational Methods and Media Use, Public Health and Nutrition, Global Maternal and Child Health and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins.

Educational Methods and …2Educational Methods and Media Use: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrit…1Public Health and Nutrition: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…1Global Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular…1Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 1 fractional worksSTEM Education1STEM Education: 1 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 1 fractional worksEducational Methods and …1Educational Methods and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksOnline Learning Methods and Innovations: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Im…1Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  4. 4 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  5. 5 STEM Education Education 1 works
  6. 6 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 Educational Methods and Outcomes Education 1 works
  8. 8 Online Learning Methods and Innovations Education 1 works
  9. 9 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 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 available45.8%not open54.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.5%domestic only67.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mengo Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher 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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