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Ministry of Health and Child Welfare

In research, Ministry of Health and Child Welfare stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,227 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#14,447 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,649
of 28,054 · #22,489 all time
Rank in Zimbabwe
#14
of 17
Research works
321
▲ 89% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Health and Child Welfare 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 #10,227 of 20,462 21.5%211
MedicineField #14,447 of 17,978 19.0%163

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Health and Child Welfare 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.82× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.46× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.42× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 3.92× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.77× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Health and Child Welfare?

Ranked on the composite score, Kudakwashe C Takarinda, Tsitsi Apollo and Owen Mugurungi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.

  1. 1 Kudakwashe C Takarinda Zimbabwe · #691,552 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Tsitsi Apollo Zimbabwe · #1,008,379 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Owen Mugurungi Zimbabwe · #1,109,540 worldwide 45 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Getrude Ncube Zimbabwe · #1,487,903 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Health and Child Welfare

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Health and Child Welfare?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Epidemiology, Viral Load, Mortality Rates, Preexposure Prophylaxis, Stigma and Discrimination and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 4.2×36 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy12▲ 97×6 topics
  3. HIV Transmission10▲ 170×2 topics
  4. Viral Load10▲ 156×2 topics
  5. Mortality Rates9▲ 127×2 topics
  6. Preexposure Prophylaxis9▲ 230×1 topic
  7. Stigma and Discrimination9▲ 230×1 topic
  8. COVID-197▲ 6.6×15 topics
  9. Vaccine7▲ 22×10 topics
  10. Risk Factors6▲ 7.1×6 topics
  11. HIV Prevention6▲ 124×2 topics
  12. Immune Response5▲ 12×7 topics
  13. Adolescent Health5▲ 76×1 topic
  14. Sexual Behavior5▲ 179×1 topic
  15. Public Health5▲ 4.3×18 topics
  16. HIV5▲ 72×3 topics
  17. HIV/AIDS4▲ 76×3 topics
  18. Treatment4▲ 4.1×6 topics
  19. Maternal Mortality4▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Mental Health4▲ 3.1×14 topics
  21. Community Health Workers3▲ 53×2 topics
  22. Pandemic3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  23. Diagnosis3▲ 4.4×5 topics
  24. Drug Resistance3▲ 14×5 topics
  25. SARS-CoV-23▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Child Mortality3▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Health Systems3▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Genetic Diversity2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  29. Global Burden2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  30. Substance Abuse2▲ 44×2 topics
  31. drug use2▲ 106×1 topic
  32. harm reduction2▲ 106×1 topic
  33. Development2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  34. Mycobacterium tuberculosis2▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Tuberculosis2▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Stigma2▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Poverty2▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Risk Perception2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  39. Sex Work2▲ 84×1 topic
  40. Trafficking2▲ 84×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Health and Child Welfare publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Global Maternal and Child Health and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…9HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 9 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…5Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 5 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…3Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksSex work and related iss…2Sex work and related issues: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 2 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 9 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 5 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  4. 4 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 1 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 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 available69.2%not open30.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors57.3%domestic only42.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health and Child Welfare's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% 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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