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Ministry for Health

deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/Pages/health.aspxROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#38,246
of 42,892
Rank in Malta
#8
of 8
Research works
155
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.72× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.92× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.13× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.63× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry for Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Miriam Gatt and Neville Calleja lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry for Health.

  1. 1 Miriam Gatt Malta · #283,922 worldwide 99 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Neville Calleja Malta · #572,466 worldwide 41 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry for Health

Which keywords describe research at Ministry for Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Mental Health, Epidemiology, COVID-19, Health Promotion, Depression, Learning Styles and Cardiovascular Disease.

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

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.4×42 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 5.1×21 topics
  3. Mental Health3▲ 4.7×12 topics
  4. COVID-192▲ 4.2×8 topics
  5. Sustainable Development2▲ 3.1×5 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.1×13 topics
  7. Depression2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  8. Community Empowerment2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  9. Quality of Life2▲ 2.7×13 topics
  10. Health Promotion1▲ 11×4 topics
  11. Management1▲ 4.6×4 topics
  12. Leadership1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  13. Learning Styles1▲ 136×2 topics
  14. Maternal Mortality1▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Education1▲ 1.76×2 topics
  16. Neuroscience1▲ 10×3 topics
  17. Obesity1▲ 4.0×10 topics
  18. Climate Change1◆ 1.05×6 topics
  19. Risk Factors1▲ 2.7×13 topics
  20. Social Justice1▲ 4.8×2 topics
  21. Stress1▲ 7.7×3 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 9.2×4 topics
  23. Cognitive Neuroscience1▲ 82×1 topic
  24. Collaborative Partnerships1▲ 129×1 topic
  25. Community Capacity Building1▲ 129×1 topic
  26. Global Burden1▲ 4.9×7 topics
  27. Health Inequalities1▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Neuromyths1▲ 135×1 topic
  29. Organizational Development1▲ 163×1 topic
  30. Positive Emotions1▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Psychological Resilience1▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Strategic Management1▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry for Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Community Health and Development, Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function, Leadership and Management in Organizations and Resilience and Mental Health.

Community Health and Dev…1Community Health and Development: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience, Education …1Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function: 1 fractional worksLeadership and Managemen…1Leadership and Management in Organizations: 1 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…1Resilience and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing: 1 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…0Global Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrit…0Public Health and Nutrition: 0 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surv…0Data-Driven Disease Surveillance: 0 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and D…0Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsCognitive NeuroscienceStrategy and ManagementClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  3. 3 Leadership and Management in Organizations Strategy and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  8. 8 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child 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 available58.6%not open41.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.6%domestic only60.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry for Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% 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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