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Ministry of Health

In research, Ministry of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,914 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,069 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,396
of 28,054 · #21,161 all time
Rank in Zambia
#6
of 15
Research works
414
▲ 98% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.8k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
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 #8,914 of 11,982 20.5%77 #12294
MedicineField #9,069 of 10,443 19.5%61 #11886

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: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.70× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.53× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.75× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.11× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.42× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 4.77× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.66× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.8×. 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, Antiretroviral Therapy, Vaccine, Immune Response, Maternal Mortality, COVID-19, Health Inequalities and Community Health Workers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 4.9×55 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy9▲ 43×6 topics
  3. Vaccine9▲ 17×9 topics
  4. Immune Response8▲ 11×11 topics
  5. COVID-198▲ 4.2×16 topics
  6. Public Health8▲ 3.9×25 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality6▲ 22×4 topics
  8. Treatment6▲ 4.0×18 topics
  9. Community Health Workers6▲ 50×2 topics
  10. Diagnosis6▲ 4.5×17 topics
  11. Health Inequalities6▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Child Mortality5▲ 58×1 topic
  13. Health Systems5▲ 58×1 topic
  14. HIV Transmission5▲ 54×2 topics
  15. Mortality Rates5▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Pandemic5▲ 3.8×9 topics
  17. Viral Load5▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Drug Resistance5▲ 13×6 topics
  19. Preexposure Prophylaxis5▲ 78×1 topic
  20. Stigma and Discrimination5▲ 78×1 topic
  21. Vaccine Development5▲ 15×7 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases5▲ 11×7 topics
  23. Pathogenesis4▲ 6.7×12 topics
  24. Global Burden4▲ 5.9×12 topics
  25. Child Development4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  26. Global Impact4▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Risk Perception3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  28. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 10×2 topics
  29. HIV3▲ 30×4 topics
  30. HIV Prevention3▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 6.4×9 topics
  32. Global Access3▲ 25×2 topics
  33. HIV Infection3▲ 21×4 topics
  34. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  36. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 26×1 topic
  37. COVID-19 Vaccine3▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Mycobacterium tuberculosis3▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Tuberculosis3▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Vaccine Hesitancy3▲ 31×1 topic

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, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksVibrio bacteria research…2Vibrio bacteria research studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…2COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…2Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …2Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesNutrition and DieteticsGeneral Health Professions4 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 5 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 5 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  6. 6 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Vibrio bacteria research studies Endocrinology 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 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 available77.8%not open22.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.4%domestic only38.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% 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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