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Ministre de la Santé

In research, Ministre de la Santé stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,647 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,737 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#874 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies (Urban Studies is 20.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,973
of 22,385 · #3,254 all time
Rank in Benin
#1
of 10
Research works
3.7k
▼ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.8k
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Ministre de la Santé

What is Ministre de la Santé known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,647 of 9,585 7.9%413 #1258
Social SciencesField #1,737 of 5,988 7.3%273 #1253
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #874 of 2,526 6.9%136 #654
Arts and HumanitiesField #735 of 1,896 10.6%90 #663
Health SciencesDomain #7,038 of 9,902 12.1%80 #6140

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministre de la Santé 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.

  1. Social Sciences#1,258 #1,647
  2. Social Sciences#1,253 #1,737
  3. Sociology and Political Science#654 #874
  4. Arts and Humanities#663 #735
  5. Health Sciences#6,140 #7,038
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 Ministre de la Santé work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Ministre de la Santé is in Social Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (51%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Health Professions (10%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 418 fractional works · 76.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 275 fractional works · 50.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 138 fractional works · 25.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 45 fractional works · 8.2% of its workUrban Studies: 30 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAnthropology: 18 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCultural Studies: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 90 fractional works · 16.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 18 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhilosophy: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 22 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 82 fractional works · 15.0% of its workHealth Professions: 54 fractional works · 10.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 52 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 6.1% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMinistre de laSanté545fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences77%

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
    1. Social Sciences27550.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities9016.6%
    3. Psychology264.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance142.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting112.0%
    6. Decision Sciences20.3%
    1. Health Professions5410.0%
    2. Medicine264.7%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science152.8%
    2. Engineering61.1%
    3. Environmental Science61.1%
    4. Energy40.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences71.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.3%
    3. Neuroscience20.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ministre de la Santé specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 20.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 30.0 works20×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.79× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.73× its world share, 90 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.99× its world share, 275 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.73×90 works
  2. Social Sciences3.99×275 works
  3. Health Professions3.79×54 works
  4. Psychology1.58×26 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.19×14 works
  6. Veterinary0.90×1 works
  7. Energy0.87×4 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×11 works
  9. Computer Science0.36×15 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.32×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×7 works
  12. Nursing0.26×1 works
  13. Medicine0.24×26 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.22×6 works
  16. Neuroscience0.21×2 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×1 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  20. Engineering0.07×6 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×2 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.01×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ministre de la Santé?

Ranked on the quality score, Jérôme Poirot, Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu and Albert Lautman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministre de la Santé.

  1. 1 Jérôme Poirot Benin · #2,090,705 worldwide 8 citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu Benin · #3,131,666 worldwide 76 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Albert Lautman Benin · #3,883,104 worldwide 35 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Michel Delebarre Benin · #3,913,064 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Jacques Duboin Benin · #3,934,907 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Christiane Taubira Benin · #3,948,156 worldwide 47 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Radosław Sikorski Benin · #3,958,351 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Louis-Charles Viossat Benin · #4,009,906 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Jean-Pierre Raffarin Benin · #4,027,401 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Benin · #4,043,687 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Ministre de la Santé

What are the most cited papers from Ministre de la Santé?

The most cited paper from Ministre de la Santé is "Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study" (Bruce McClure Biccard et al., 2018), with 604 citations. Next come "Maternal and neonatal outcomes after caesarean delivery in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study" (202) and "Structure of the low permeable naturally fractured geothermal reservoir at Soultz" (178).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study Bruce McClure Biccard et al. · The Lancet Open access1,093 authors 3 Jan 2018 604
2 Maternal and neonatal outcomes after caesarean delivery in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study David Gray Bishop et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access1,093 authors 14 Mar 2019 202
3 Structure of the low permeable naturally fractured geothermal reservoir at Soultz Chrystel Dezayes, Albert Genter, Benoît Valley · Comptes Rendus Géoscience 29 Dec 2009 178
4 Lithosphere tectonics and thermo-mechanical properties: An integrated modelling approach for Enhanced Geothermal Systems exploration in Europe Sierd A.P.L. Cloetingh, J.D. van Wees, Peter A. Ziegler et al. · Earth-Science Reviews 10 Jun 2010 151
5 Mycobacterium ulceransDisease (Buruli Ulcer) in Rural Hospital, Southern Benin, 1997–2001 Martine Debacker, Julia Aguiar, Christian Steunou et al. · Emerging infectious diseases Open access Aug 2004 148
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ministre de la Santé?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Territorial Governance, Community Engagement, Local Development, Public Policy, Social Justice, Sustainable Development, Citizen Participation and Environmental Participation.

▲ 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. Territorial Governance103▲ 164×3 topics
  2. Community Engagement103▲ 58×6 topics
  3. Local Development102▲ 181×2 topics
  4. Public Policy89▲ 34×9 topics
  5. Social Justice82▲ 25×10 topics
  6. Sustainable Development78▲ 9.1×15 topics
  7. Citizen Participation73▲ 116×2 topics
  8. Environmental Participation73▲ 187×1 topic
  9. Proximity and Innovation73▲ 187×1 topic
  10. Mental Health37▲ 4.8×14 topics
  11. Social Determinants of Health36▲ 31×5 topics
  12. Globalization36▲ 3.3×45 topics
  13. Gender35▲ 12×16 topics
  14. Public Health34▲ 4.3×20 topics
  15. Economic Development33▲ 7.5×10 topics
  16. Citizenship31▲ 47×6 topics
  17. Colonialism30▲ 12×14 topics
  18. Social Innovation30▲ 36×3 topics
  19. Institutionalization30▲ 59×4 topics
  20. Cooperatives29▲ 73×1 topic
  21. Solidarity Economy29▲ 95×1 topic
  22. Gender Studies29▲ 34×8 topics
  23. Migration29▲ 15×12 topics
  24. Religion24▲ 9.6×14 topics
  25. Primary Care24▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Digital Health24▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Healthcare Policy24▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Inequalities24▲ 135×1 topic
  29. Sociolinguistics22▲ 22×5 topics
  30. Social Change21▲ 32×5 topics
  31. Democracy21▲ 11×7 topics
  32. Islam20▲ 18×2 topics
  33. North Africa20▲ 103×2 topics
  34. Cultural Studies20▲ 9.8×15 topics
  35. Family Law19▲ 81×2 topics
  36. Resilience19▲ 7.1×6 topics
  37. Palliative Care19▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Clinical Practice18▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Group Therapy18▲ 93×2 topics
  40. Reform18▲ 53×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministre de la Santé publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Social Sciences and Governance, Healthcare Systems and Practices and Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender.

French Urban and Social …73French Urban and Social Studies: 73 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…29Social Sciences and Governance: 29 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…24Healthcare Systems and Practices: 24 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 18 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 18 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…17Health, Medicine and Society: 17 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 16 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 13 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 12 fractional worksSocial Policies and Family: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesGeneral Health ProfessionsPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 73 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 29 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 24 works
  4. 4 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  5. 5 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 18 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 17 works
  7. 7 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 13 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 12 works
  10. 10 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 11 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.4%domestic only70.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ministre de la Santé's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Ministre de la Santé as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Ministre de la Santé0.00094% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ministre de la Santé 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.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ministre de la Santé8.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 2017.

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