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Ministry of Health

In research, Ministry of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,809 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#12,373 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,618
of 28,054 · #25,503 all time
Rank in Rwanda
#16
of 17
Research works
277
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
20.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Health 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 #13,809 of 20,462 23.2%190
MedicineField #12,373 of 17,978 22.7%156

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).

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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.41× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.83× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.60× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.13× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 2.73× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. 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, Immune Response, Public Health, Global Burden, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development 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. Epidemiology13▲ 4.2×59 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 4.0×25 topics
  3. Immune Response4▲ 8.4×9 topics
  4. COVID-193▲ 3.3×16 topics
  5. Risk Factors3▲ 4.1×18 topics
  6. Global Burden3▲ 7.6×10 topics
  7. Inflammation3▲ 1.83×24 topics
  8. Pathogenesis3▲ 7.3×14 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 2.6×20 topics
  10. Vaccine3▲ 9.2×8 topics
  11. Maternal Mortality3▲ 15×4 topics
  12. Vaccine Development3▲ 14×5 topics
  13. Primary Care2▲ 8.1×8 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.5×13 topics
  15. Community Health Workers2▲ 33×2 topics
  16. Diagnosis2▲ 3.1×16 topics
  17. Pandemic2▲ 2.7×8 topics
  18. Health Inequalities2▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Infectious Diseases2▲ 8.5×6 topics
  20. Child Mortality2▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Health Systems2▲ 38×1 topic
  22. Biodiversity2▲ 3.3×4 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-22▲ 7.8×5 topics
  24. Clinical Trials2▲ 3.6×10 topics
  25. Prevention2▲ 5.5×12 topics
  26. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  27. Ethical Considerations2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  28. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Global Health2▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Medical Education1▲ 6.9×5 topics
  31. Modeling1▲ 7.0×1 topic
  32. Mortality Rates1▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Thrombosis1▲ 6.4×4 topics
  34. transmission dynamics1▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Adolescent Health1▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Community Health1▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Outbreak1▲ 46×2 topics
  38. Transmission1▲ 32×3 topics
  39. Vector Control1▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Quality Improvement1▲ 8.2×6 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Global Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…1COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…1Malaria Research and Control: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 1 fractional worksUkraine: War, Education, Health: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…1Child and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksCentral European and Russian historical studies: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthModeling and SimulationInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 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 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Ukraine: War, Education, Health Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Central European and Russian historical studies Political Science and International Relations 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 available70.6%not open29.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors74.8%domestic only25.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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