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Ministry of Health

In research, Ministry of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,194 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,244 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,213 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,185
of 28,054 · #22,605 all time
Rank in Iraq
#51
of 67
Research works
1.2k
▲ 510% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.8k
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,194 of 11,982 2.3%485 #11319
MedicineField #5,244 of 10,443 2.1%397 #10589
Life SciencesDomain #6,213 of 7,800 1.8%115 #11745
Physical SciencesDomain #11,173 of 12,888 4.8%77 #19715
Social SciencesDomain #10,398 of 10,521 3.7%61 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Health 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#11,319 #5,194
  2. Medicine#10,589 #5,244
  3. Life Sciences#11,745 #6,213
  4. Physical Sciences#19,715 #11,173
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Ministry of Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 39.8 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.52× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.92× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.24× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 11.13× its world share, 40 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.01× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.80× its world share, 397 worksMedicineNursing: 2.27× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Oxidative Stress, Metabolic Syndrome, Pandemic, Quality of Life and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Epidemiology99▲ 3.4×111 topics
  2. Inflammation50▲ 3.3×67 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress42▲ 3.5×48 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease40▲ 4.9×34 topics
  5. Quality of Life39▲ 3.6×33 topics
  6. COVID-1935▲ 3.5×21 topics
  7. Pandemic35▲ 4.5×10 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome33▲ 5.5×23 topics
  9. Treatment28▲ 3.1×36 topics
  10. Mental Health27▲ 2.5×19 topics
  11. Public Health26▲ 2.4×38 topics
  12. Nanoparticles26▲ 2.8×23 topics
  13. Depression25▲ 3.9×16 topics
  14. Cancer24▲ 2.4×35 topics
  15. Vaccine23▲ 7.7×10 topics
  16. Obesity23▲ 4.1×19 topics
  17. Risk Factors22▲ 2.7×29 topics
  18. Insulin Resistance22▲ 6.4×9 topics
  19. Mortality20▲ 4.7×13 topics
  20. Health19▲ 6.5×6 topics
  21. Antioxidant19▲ 3.7×29 topics
  22. Coronavirus18▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Pathogenesis18▲ 4.8×22 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-218▲ 7.5×6 topics
  25. Stress18▲ 6.7×8 topics
  26. Immune Response18▲ 4.2×15 topics
  27. ACE2 Receptor17▲ 9.4×3 topics
  28. Elderly17▲ 9.2×5 topics
  29. Social Support16▲ 3.8×9 topics
  30. Global Burden15▲ 3.8×12 topics
  31. Self-Efficacy14▲ 7.3×4 topics
  32. Nursing14▲ 9.9×2 topics
  33. Prevention14▲ 4.5×14 topics
  34. Mitochondrial Dysfunction13▲ 6.1×7 topics
  35. Educational Achievement13▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Herbal Medicine13▲ 6.1×8 topics
  37. Job Stress13▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Pregnancy12▲ 7.7×8 topics
  39. Deficiency10▲ 37×2 topics
  40. economic burden10▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, Diverse Scientific Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Health and Well-being Studies: 13 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 10 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …8SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…7COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 7 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 6 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…6Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 6 fractional worksVitamin D Research Studies5Vitamin D Research Studies: 5 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsInfectious DiseasesReproductive Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 13 works
  2. 2 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 10 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 8 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 7 works
  5. 5 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  7. 7 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 6 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 6 works
  10. 10 Vitamin D Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 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 available89.0%not open11.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 510% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.