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Ministry of Health

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,844
of 28,054 · #37,763 all time
Rank in Barbados
#3
of 3
Research works
163
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
24.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
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: 1.72× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.91× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.54× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.71× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 8.41× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.81× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.4×. 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, Health Education, Community Empowerment, Maternal Health, Breastfeeding, Non-Communicable Diseases, Maternal Mortality and Child Nutrition.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 3.6×42 topics
  2. Health Education7▲ 22×5 topics
  3. Community Empowerment6▲ 11×4 topics
  4. Maternal Health5▲ 29×4 topics
  5. Breastfeeding5▲ 31×2 topics
  6. Public Health5▲ 5.3×19 topics
  7. Non-Communicable Diseases5▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Maternal Mortality5▲ 31×4 topics
  9. Child Nutrition4▲ 33×1 topic
  10. Stunting4▲ 33×1 topic
  11. Vaccine Development4▲ 24×6 topics
  12. Obesity4▲ 7.7×9 topics
  13. Global Burden3▲ 9.3×8 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 6.1×7 topics
  15. Socio-economic Factors3▲ 42×2 topics
  16. Mental Health3▲ 3.1×7 topics
  17. Immune Response3▲ 7.5×9 topics
  18. Child Development3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.6×11 topics
  20. Family Dynamics3▲ 30×3 topics
  21. Vaccine3▲ 9.7×10 topics
  22. Insecticide Resistance3▲ 50×2 topics
  23. Pathogenesis3▲ 7.6×12 topics
  24. Health Inequalities2▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Infectious Diseases2▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 115×1 topic
  27. Child Mortality2▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Health Systems2▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 115×1 topic
  30. Food Safety2▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Health2▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Healthcare Workers2▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Nursing2▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Chronic Disease2▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Ebola Virus2▲ 97×1 topic
  39. Outbreak2▲ 72×1 topic
  40. Transmission2▲ 51×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Health and Nutrition, Global Maternal and Child Health, Malaria Research and Control and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Public Health and Nutrit…4Public Health and Nutrition: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…2Malaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 2 fractional worksAdolescent Health and Be…2Adolescent Health and Behaviors: 2 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 1 fractional worksMethodologies in Health Research and Practice: 1 fractional worksFood and Agricultural Sciences: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNutrition and DieteticsInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Health and Behaviors General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  9. 9 Methodologies in Health Research and Practice Health Information Management 1 works
  10. 10 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 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 available79.4%not open20.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors67.8%domestic only32.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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