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Government institution · Dar es Salaam · Tanzania

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

In research, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare stands highest in Health Sciences (#12,145 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#13,207 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,256
of 42,892
Rank in Tanzania
#27
of 59
Research works
266
▼ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
27.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Health and Social 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 #12,145 of 20,462 29.0%179
MedicineField #13,207 of 17,978 28.0%134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Health and Social 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: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.67× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.00× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 3.65× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.19× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

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

Ranked on the composite score, Tolbert Nyenswah and Bojan Rode lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.

  1. 1 Tolbert Nyenswah Tanzania · #339,499 worldwide 74 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Bojan Rode Tanzania · #1,354,666 worldwide 4 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

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, Global Burden, Vaccine Development, Diagnosis, Immune Response, Treatment, Vaccine and Drug Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 7.3×41 topics
  2. Global Burden4▲ 19×9 topics
  3. Vaccine Development4▲ 41×4 topics
  4. Diagnosis4▲ 9.7×9 topics
  5. Treatment4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  6. Immune Response3▲ 14×9 topics
  7. Vaccine3▲ 18×8 topics
  8. Risk Factors3▲ 6.3×11 topics
  9. Drug Resistance3▲ 24×4 topics
  10. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 40×6 topics
  11. Insecticide Resistance3▲ 79×3 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality3▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Public Health2▲ 4.2×13 topics
  14. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 185×1 topic
  15. Health Inequalities2▲ 47×3 topics
  16. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 185×1 topic
  17. Genetic Diversity2▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Socio-economic Factors2▲ 50×2 topics
  19. Child Mortality2▲ 76×1 topic
  20. Health Systems2▲ 76×1 topic
  21. Mycobacterium tuberculosis2▲ 91×1 topic
  22. Tuberculosis2▲ 96×1 topic
  23. Arboviral Diseases2▲ 60×1 topic
  24. Mortality Rates2▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Zika Virus2▲ 60×1 topic
  26. HIV Transmission2▲ 49×2 topics
  27. Health System Reform1▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Mental Health1▲ 2.2×10 topics
  29. Viral Load1▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Preexposure Prophylaxis1▲ 65×1 topic
  31. Stigma and Discrimination1▲ 65×1 topic
  32. Helminth Infections1▲ 73×2 topics
  33. COVID-19 Vaccine1▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Disease Burden1▲ 37×2 topics
  35. HIV1▲ 31×4 topics
  36. Health Financing1▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Pathogenesis1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  38. Universal Coverage1▲ 73×1 topic
  39. Vaccine Hesitancy1▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Stigma1▲ 18×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Global Maternal and Child Health, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Malaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…2Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …2Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…1Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesFinance4 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  4. 4 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 1 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  8. 8 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 1 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 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 available69.5%not open30.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.6%domestic only39.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% lower 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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