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Government institution · Banjul · Gambia

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

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World rank, all time
#26,771
of 42,892
Rank in Gambia
#3
of 5
Research works
138
▲ 123% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
23.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
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: 2.13× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.11× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.59× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.36× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 4.95× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Socio-economic Factors, Community Health Workers, Vaccine, Health Inequalities, Child Mortality and Health Systems.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 3.6×38 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality3▲ 32×5 topics
  3. Sustainability3▲ 2.6×5 topics
  4. Climate Change3▲ 2.2×7 topics
  5. Socio-economic Factors2▲ 52×2 topics
  6. Community Health Workers2▲ 66×2 topics
  7. Health Inequalities2▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Mental Health2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  9. Vaccine2▲ 13×9 topics
  10. COVID-192▲ 3.7×11 topics
  11. Child Mortality2▲ 74×1 topic
  12. Diversity2▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Health Systems2▲ 74×1 topic
  14. Adaptation2▲ 17×2 topics
  15. Agricultural Development2▲ 28×1 topic
  16. Livestock Farming2▲ 75×1 topic
  17. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 64×1 topic
  18. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 64×1 topic
  19. Pandemic2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  20. Pathogenesis2▲ 8.3×9 topics
  21. Risk Factors2▲ 3.7×7 topics
  22. Social Media2▲ 2.9×4 topics
  23. Maternal Health2▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Breastfeeding2▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Chronic Disease2▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Immune Response2▲ 6.5×8 topics
  27. Vaccine Development2▲ 15×7 topics
  28. Child Development2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  29. Community Empowerment2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  30. Health Outcomes2▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Risk Perception1▲ 12×3 topics
  32. COVID-19 Vaccine1▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Conditional Cash Transfers1▲ 84×1 topic
  34. Global Access1▲ 35×2 topics
  35. HIV Transmission1▲ 40×2 topics
  36. School Subsidies1▲ 84×1 topic
  37. Vaccine Hesitancy1▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Non-Communicable Diseases1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  39. SARS-CoV-21▲ 7.8×5 topics
  40. Social Determinants1▲ 12×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…1Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksFood Security and Health…1Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineHealth4 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 2 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 works
  6. 6 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 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 available73.3%not open26.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors65.9%domestic only34.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 123% 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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