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Ministry of Health and Sanitation

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Research works
102
▲ 122% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
24.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Ministry of Health and Sanitation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.73× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.85× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.85× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 8.24× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Health and Sanitation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, Infectious Diseases, Immune Response, Maternal Mortality, Pathogenesis and Health Inequalities.

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

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology7▲ 5.0×36 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 8.2×16 topics
  3. Vaccine4▲ 26×8 topics
  4. Infectious Diseases4▲ 31×5 topics
  5. Immune Response4▲ 18×8 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality4▲ 43×4 topics
  7. Pathogenesis3▲ 18×8 topics
  8. COVID-193▲ 6.1×12 topics
  9. Health Inequalities3▲ 63×2 topics
  10. Child Mortality3▲ 100×1 topic
  11. Health Systems3▲ 100×1 topic
  12. Transmission3▲ 129×2 topics
  13. Global Health2▲ 44×4 topics
  14. Ebola Virus2▲ 242×1 topic
  15. Outbreak2▲ 181×1 topic
  16. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 15×7 topics
  17. SARS-CoV-22▲ 15×5 topics
  18. Global Burden2▲ 8.9×6 topics
  19. Child Development2▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Drug Resistance2▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Healthcare Workers2▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Risk Perception2▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations2▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Risk Factors2▲ 3.6×9 topics
  26. Antimicrobial Stewardship1▲ 85×1 topic
  27. Bacterial Infections1▲ 85×1 topic
  28. COVID-19 Vaccine1▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition1▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Pandemic1▲ 3.6×6 topics
  31. Vaccine Hesitancy1▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Water Sanitation Hygiene1▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.7×6 topics
  34. Depression1▲ 3.2×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Antibiotic Use and Resistance and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resis…1Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…1COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  3. 3 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 1 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  6. 6 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available88.6%not open11.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors92.0%domestic only8.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 122% 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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