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Ministry of Health

In research, Ministry of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,412 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,972 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 25.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,241
of 28,054 · #12,456 all time
Rank in Uganda
#6
of 33
Research works
696
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
29.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
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 #5,412 of 11,982 30.1%140 #7369
MedicineField #4,972 of 10,443 29.6%117 #7607

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).

What does Ministry of Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 25.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 38.1 works26×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.72× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.82× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.03× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.80× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 3.72× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Health?

Ranked on the composite score, James Tibenderana, Jimmy Opigo and Alex Riolexus Ario lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Health.

  1. 1 James Tibenderana Uganda · #619,415 worldwide 33 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Jimmy Opigo Uganda · #1,308,373 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Alex Riolexus Ario Uganda · #1,322,867 worldwide 8 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Lilian Bulage Uganda · #1,479,360 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Health

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, Vaccine, Immune Response, Antiretroviral Therapy, Public Health, Vaccine Development, Pathogenesis and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology54▲ 6.3×65 topics
  2. Vaccine24▲ 27×11 topics
  3. Immune Response23▲ 19×15 topics
  4. Antiretroviral Therapy18▲ 51×6 topics
  5. Public Health18▲ 5.7×28 topics
  6. Vaccine Development15▲ 28×10 topics
  7. Pathogenesis14▲ 13×15 topics
  8. Maternal Mortality14▲ 30×5 topics
  9. Drug Resistance14▲ 23×7 topics
  10. Infectious Diseases14▲ 19×6 topics
  11. COVID-1913▲ 4.4×15 topics
  12. Community Health Workers13▲ 70×2 topics
  13. Health Inequalities13▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Child Mortality12▲ 81×1 topic
  15. Health Systems12▲ 81×1 topic
  16. Treatment12▲ 4.7×13 topics
  17. Diagnosis12▲ 6.1×16 topics
  18. Global Burden12▲ 10×11 topics
  19. HIV Transmission11▲ 67×2 topics
  20. Viral Load11▲ 61×2 topics
  21. Mortality Rates10▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity10▲ 10×5 topics
  23. Preexposure Prophylaxis10▲ 91×1 topic
  24. Stigma and Discrimination10▲ 91×1 topic
  25. Insecticide Resistance10▲ 56×4 topics
  26. Transmission9▲ 78×3 topics
  27. Outbreak9▲ 115×2 topics
  28. Ebola Virus9▲ 151×1 topic
  29. Reservoirs9▲ 151×1 topic
  30. Genome Sequence8▲ 46×2 topics
  31. Artemisinin Resistance8▲ 117×1 topic
  32. Plasmodium falciparum8▲ 117×1 topic
  33. Mycobacterium tuberculosis7▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Tuberculosis7▲ 65×1 topic
  35. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 8.7×10 topics
  36. Helminth Infections7▲ 86×2 topics
  37. Global Health6▲ 20×4 topics
  38. HIV6▲ 34×4 topics
  39. Risk Perception6▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Disease Burden6▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research and Malaria Research and Control.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 12 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 10 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…9Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 9 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…8Malaria Research and Control: 8 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …5Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 5 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 5 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth3 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 12 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 10 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 9 works
  4. 4 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  6. 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  8. 8 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 5 works
  9. 9 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 5 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 4 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 available78.9%not open21.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.3%domestic only36.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% 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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