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Muhimbili National Hospital

In research, Muhimbili National Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,499 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,461 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,467
of 28,054 · #27,823 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#15
of 43
Research works
492
▲ 75% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is Muhimbili National Hospital 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
MedicineField #4,499 of 10,443 10.3%151 #10209
Health SciencesDomain #5,461 of 11,982 10.7%165 #12300

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Muhimbili National Hospital 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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.16× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.98× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.82× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 151 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Muhimbili National Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hussein Kidanto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Muhimbili National Hospital.

  1. 1 Hussein Kidanto Tanzania · #1,183,557 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Muhimbili National Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Muhimbili National Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Risk Factors, Surgical Management, Quality of Life, Complications, Global Burden and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology31▲ 4.1×81 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 2.6×25 topics
  3. Quality of Life10▲ 3.5×26 topics
  4. Risk Factors9▲ 4.3×21 topics
  5. Treatment8▲ 3.3×26 topics
  6. Diagnosis8▲ 4.2×22 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.4×15 topics
  8. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 23×6 topics
  9. Global Burden7▲ 6.8×12 topics
  10. Complications7▲ 7.2×12 topics
  11. Surgical Management7▲ 8.6×14 topics
  12. Mortality7▲ 5.9×9 topics
  13. Public Health7▲ 2.4×22 topics
  14. Maternal Mortality6▲ 15×4 topics
  15. Ethical Considerations6▲ 9.2×6 topics
  16. Management6▲ 3.9×15 topics
  17. Medical Education6▲ 11×9 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors6▲ 6.7×13 topics
  19. Global Health5▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Prevention5▲ 6.3×12 topics
  21. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.6×17 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.8×17 topics
  23. Guidelines5▲ 5.4×9 topics
  24. Health Inequalities5▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Immune Response5▲ 4.2×13 topics
  26. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 16×7 topics
  27. Community Health Workers4▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Child Mortality4▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Health Systems4▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Mortality Rates4▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.7×11 topics
  32. Quality Improvement4▲ 10×6 topics
  33. Surgical Care4▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Drug Resistance4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  36. HIV Infection4▲ 18×4 topics
  37. Global Surgery3▲ 91×1 topic
  38. Health Development3▲ 91×1 topic
  39. Critical Care3▲ 7.4×8 topics
  40. Sepsis3▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Muhimbili National Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Health and Surgery, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Urological Disorders and Treatments.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…3HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…3Urological Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux …2Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 2 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…2Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesUrology5 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 4 works
  2. 2 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 works
  4. 4 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 3 works
  5. 5 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 2 works
  8. 8 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available84.5%not open15.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.9%domestic only60.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Muhimbili National Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 75% 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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