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Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine

In research, Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,814 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,608 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,732
of 28,054 · #31,163 all time
Rank in Sri Lanka
#26
of 37
Research works
486
▲ 110% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine 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 #7,814 of 11,982 9.1%111 #14432
MedicineField #8,608 of 10,443 7.8%80 #14677

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine 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: 1.06× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.12× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.60× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.96× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.25× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 3.37× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.81× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.85× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Antioxidant, Neuroprotective, Traditional Medicine, COVID-19, Herbal Medicine and Antioxidant Activity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 2.9×56 topics
  2. Public Health13▲ 4.8×26 topics
  3. COVID-1910▲ 3.8×17 topics
  4. Mental Health9▲ 3.3×19 topics
  5. Antioxidant9▲ 7.0×15 topics
  6. Cancer9▲ 3.5×11 topics
  7. Neuroprotective8▲ 29×6 topics
  8. Pandemic8▲ 4.0×9 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.5×20 topics
  10. Antioxidant Activity7▲ 6.0×14 topics
  11. Traditional Medicine7▲ 26×4 topics
  12. Healthcare7▲ 3.1×9 topics
  13. Inflammation7▲ 1.72×20 topics
  14. Herbal Medicine6▲ 12×8 topics
  15. Quality of Life6▲ 2.3×17 topics
  16. Risk Factors6▲ 3.1×18 topics
  17. Immunomodulatory6▲ 102×2 topics
  18. Ocimum sanctum6▲ 125×1 topic
  19. Withania somnifera6▲ 125×1 topic
  20. Depression5▲ 3.2×13 topics
  21. Mortality5▲ 4.6×10 topics
  22. Vaccine Development5▲ 10×5 topics
  23. Global Burden5▲ 4.8×9 topics
  24. Pathogenesis5▲ 5.0×12 topics
  25. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.1×13 topics
  26. Infectious Diseases4▲ 7.2×6 topics
  27. Child Development4▲ 5.1×4 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  29. Vaccine4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  30. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 10×5 topics
  31. Health System Reform4▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Well-being4▲ 4.9×6 topics
  33. Anti-inflammatory3▲ 6.5×10 topics
  34. Low- and Middle-Income Countries3▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Health Financing3▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Universal Coverage3▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Healthcare Workers3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  38. Maternal Mortality3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. Quality Improvement3▲ 8.3×8 topics
  40. Maintenance3▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Quality and Safety in Healthcare and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Phytochemicals and Medic…6Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants: 6 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 3 fractional worksQuality and Safety in He…3Quality and Safety in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …2Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksMedicinal Plants and Neu…2Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection: 2 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 2 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 2 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineFinanceMedical Laboratory TechnologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants Complementary and alternative medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 3 works
  3. 3 Quality and Safety in Healthcare Medical Laboratory Technology 3 works
  4. 4 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  7. 7 Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  9. 9 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available77.0%not open23.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 110% 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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