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Ministry of Public Health

In research, Ministry of Public Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,650 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,168
of 28,054 · #22,233 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#10
of 25
Research works
326
▲ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Public 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 #9,650 of 11,982 17.7%61 #13560

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Public 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: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.58× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.47× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.66× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 3.99× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.79× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Public Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Antiretroviral Therapy, Pathogenesis, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and Pandemic.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 5.1×46 topics
  2. Vaccine12▲ 30×10 topics
  3. Immune Response10▲ 18×10 topics
  4. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 51×6 topics
  5. COVID-197▲ 5.2×15 topics
  6. Pathogenesis7▲ 13×10 topics
  7. Pandemic6▲ 5.7×8 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-26▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Public Health6▲ 3.9×24 topics
  10. COVID-19 Vaccine5▲ 67×2 topics
  11. Risk Perception5▲ 18×4 topics
  12. Social Media5▲ 3.4×3 topics
  13. Viral Load5▲ 61×2 topics
  14. Global Burden5▲ 8.9×11 topics
  15. Health Behavior5▲ 46×1 topic
  16. Vaccine Hesitancy5▲ 70×1 topic
  17. Vaccine Development4▲ 18×8 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases4▲ 13×6 topics
  19. HIV Transmission4▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Mortality Rates4▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Drug Resistance4▲ 15×6 topics
  22. Maternal Mortality4▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Transmission4▲ 73×2 topics
  24. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Helminth Infections4▲ 96×2 topics
  26. Preexposure Prophylaxis4▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Stigma and Discrimination4▲ 76×1 topic
  28. Ebola Virus3▲ 124×1 topic
  29. Immunity3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  30. Outbreak3▲ 93×1 topic
  31. Viral Transmission3▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Community Health Workers3▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Health Inequalities3▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Antibodies3▲ 52×2 topics
  35. Child Mortality3▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Health Systems3▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Coronavirus3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. HIV3▲ 34×4 topics
  39. Insecticide Resistance3▲ 36×4 topics
  40. HIV Infection3▲ 25×4 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Public Health publish most on?

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

Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…3Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…3Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…2HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…2COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional works
HealthInfectious DiseasesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 5 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 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 available76.8%not open23.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.9%domestic only44.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Public Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% 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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