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Ministry of Health

In research, Ministry of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,077 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,972
of 28,054 · #14,705 all time
Rank in Kenya
#19
of 75
Research works
557
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
30.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.2%
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 #7,077 of 11,982 26.6%78 #7128

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: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.04× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.82× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.20× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 5.52× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.66× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Health?

Ranked on the composite score, John H. Ouma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Health.

  1. 1 John H. Ouma Kenya · #70,578 worldwide 174 citations · 34 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, Antiretroviral Therapy, Vaccine, Immune Response, Community Health Workers, Maternal Mortality, Mortality Rates and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 5.8×62 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy11▲ 55×6 topics
  3. Vaccine9▲ 19×10 topics
  4. Immune Response9▲ 13×13 topics
  5. Public Health9▲ 5.0×30 topics
  6. Community Health Workers8▲ 77×2 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality8▲ 29×3 topics
  8. Mortality Rates7▲ 66×2 topics
  9. HIV Transmission7▲ 80×2 topics
  10. Viral Load7▲ 74×2 topics
  11. COVID-196▲ 4.0×12 topics
  12. Health Inequalities6▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Child Mortality6▲ 76×1 topic
  14. Health Systems6▲ 76×1 topic
  15. Risk Factors6▲ 4.8×12 topics
  16. Preexposure Prophylaxis6▲ 106×1 topic
  17. Stigma and Discrimination6▲ 106×1 topic
  18. Global Burden6▲ 9.3×9 topics
  19. Vaccine Development6▲ 19×6 topics
  20. HIV5▲ 53×4 topics
  21. Pathogenesis5▲ 8.2×11 topics
  22. Drug Resistance5▲ 14×7 topics
  23. Treatment5▲ 3.2×10 topics
  24. Infectious Diseases4▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Diagnosis4▲ 3.9×11 topics
  26. Risk Perception4▲ 13×4 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-24▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Child Development3▲ 6.8×4 topics
  29. Disease Burden3▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Insecticide Resistance3▲ 36×4 topics
  31. Adolescent Health3▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Global Access3▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Helminth Infections3▲ 70×2 topics
  35. HIV Prevention3▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Global Epidemiology3▲ 59×2 topics
  38. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Sexual Behavior3▲ 71×1 topic
  40. Youth Risk Behavior3▲ 71×1 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, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 6 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…2COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and Dietetics6 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 6 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 6 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  6. 6 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  8. 8 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 2 works
  10. 10 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 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-authors64.5%domestic only35.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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