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MRC Unit the Gambia

In research, MRC Unit the Gambia stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,394 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,176 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,305
of 28,054 · #5,823 all time
Rank in Gambia
#1
of 3
Research works
1.5k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
64k
41.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is MRC Unit the Gambia 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 #5,394 of 11,982 29.1%125 #4018
MedicineField #5,176 of 10,443 29.2%107 #3733

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where MRC Unit the Gambia 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).

What does MRC Unit the Gambia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 26.6 works9.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.26× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.69× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 8.21× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.95× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at MRC Unit the Gambia?

Ranked on the composite score, Anna Roca, Andrew M. Prentice and Martín Antonio lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MRC Unit the Gambia.

  1. 1 Anna Roca Gambia · #34,708 worldwide 1k citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Andrew M. Prentice Gambia · #44,136 worldwide 715 citations · 99 works
  3. 3 Martín Antonio Gambia · #46,728 worldwide 308 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Beate Kampmann Gambia · #65,461 worldwide 304 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 R. S. Bray Gambia · #90,194 worldwide 161 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Kris A. Murray Gambia · #111,191 worldwide 407 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Sophie E. Moore Gambia · #142,962 worldwide 289 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Brian Greenwood Gambia · #210,832 worldwide 117 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Umberto D’Alessandro Gambia · #213,720 worldwide 227 citations · 70 works
  10. 10 H Whittle Gambia · #240,247 worldwide 169 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at MRC Unit the Gambia

Which keywords describe research at MRC Unit the Gambia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Global Burden, Vaccine Development, Vaccine, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Infectious Diseases and Insecticide Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 6.2×65 topics
  2. Global Burden16▲ 14×11 topics
  3. Vaccine Development16▲ 31×8 topics
  4. Vaccine15▲ 18×11 topics
  5. Immune Response14▲ 12×16 topics
  6. Public Health12▲ 4.1×32 topics
  7. Pathogenesis11▲ 10×15 topics
  8. Infectious Diseases10▲ 15×7 topics
  9. Insecticide Resistance10▲ 60×4 topics
  10. COVID-199▲ 3.1×15 topics
  11. Genome Sequence9▲ 51×2 topics
  12. Artemisinin Resistance8▲ 130×1 topic
  13. Child Development8▲ 9.7×7 topics
  14. Plasmodium falciparum8▲ 130×1 topic
  15. Treatment7▲ 3.0×16 topics
  16. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Maternal Mortality7▲ 15×5 topics
  18. SARS-CoV-27▲ 9.8×6 topics
  19. Diagnosis6▲ 3.4×15 topics
  20. Maternal and Child Undernutrition6▲ 37×1 topic
  21. Water Sanitation Hygiene6▲ 37×1 topic
  22. Genetic Diversity6▲ 6.3×5 topics
  23. Vulnerability6▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Drug Resistance6▲ 9.7×6 topics
  25. Risk Perception6▲ 9.8×4 topics
  26. Leadership5▲ 5.4×3 topics
  27. Mortality5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.7×6 topics
  29. Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 13×8 topics
  30. Disease Burden4▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Global Access4▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Vector Control4▲ 19×3 topics
  33. COVID-19 Vaccine4▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Vaccine Hesitancy4▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Community Health Workers4▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Human Resource Management4▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Arboviral Diseases4▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Health Inequalities4▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Zika Virus4▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Socio-economic Factors4▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does MRC Unit the Gambia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Malaria Research and Control: 8 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 6 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 4 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…3Climate Change and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 3 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…3Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNutrition and DieteticsHealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 6 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  4. 4 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  6. 6 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  7. 7 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  8. 8 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 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 available59.5%not open40.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.5%domestic only40.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MRC Unit the Gambia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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