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Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

In research, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,072 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,092 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,650 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Infectious Diseases is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,437
of 28,054 · #8,005 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#3
of 43
Research works
3.3k
▲ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
53k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences 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 #2,072 of 11,982 15.7%658 #3585
MedicineField #2,092 of 10,443 15.8%541 #3728
Life SciencesDomain #2,650 of 7,800 13.3%125 #3845
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #494 of 828 25.4%71 #816
Health ProfessionsField #1,257 of 1,928 18.4%76 #1806
Social SciencesDomain #7,968 of 10,521 18.3%104 #5627
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #289 of 345 18.1%64 #539

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#3,585 #2,072
  2. Medicine#3,728 #2,092
  3. Life Sciences#3,845 #2,650
  4. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#816 #494
  5. Health Professions#1,806 #1,257
  6. Social Sciences#5,627 #7,968
  7. Infectious Diseases#539 #289
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 63.6 works10×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 20.7 works9.2×
  3. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 57.4 works8.3×
  4. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 20.6 works7.7×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.55× its world share, 42 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.08× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.13× its world share, 76 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.03× its world share, 541 worksMedicineNursing: 4.56× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Bruno Sunguya, W.H. van Palenstein Helderman and Julie Makani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences.

  1. 1 Bruno Sunguya Tanzania · #59,403 worldwide 3.1k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 W.H. van Palenstein Helderman Tanzania · #425,054 worldwide 76 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Julie Makani Tanzania · #452,547 worldwide 62 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Said Aboud Tanzania · #616,141 worldwide 54 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Billy Ngasala Tanzania · #645,609 worldwide 47 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Gideon Kwesigabo Tanzania · #767,085 worldwide 51 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Mecky Matee Tanzania · #777,297 worldwide 56 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Enica Richard Massawe Tanzania · #777,726 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Twalib Ngoma Tanzania · #796,533 worldwide 21 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Gasto Frumence Tanzania · #830,962 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality, Health Systems 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. Epidemiology144▲ 3.9×112 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy55▲ 36×6 topics
  3. Public Health51▲ 3.8×39 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality50▲ 24×5 topics
  5. Risk Factors42▲ 4.1×28 topics
  6. Inflammation40▲ 2.1×45 topics
  7. Quality of Life40▲ 3.0×43 topics
  8. Community Health Workers38▲ 49×2 topics
  9. Health Inequalities38▲ 34×2 topics
  10. Child Mortality37▲ 56×1 topic
  11. Health Systems37▲ 56×1 topic
  12. Cardiovascular Disease35▲ 3.4×25 topics
  13. Mortality Rates33▲ 38×2 topics
  14. Global Burden32▲ 6.5×12 topics
  15. HIV Transmission29▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Viral Load27▲ 37×2 topics
  17. Preexposure Prophylaxis27▲ 60×1 topic
  18. Stigma and Discrimination27▲ 60×1 topic
  19. Diagnosis27▲ 3.1×32 topics
  20. Global Health27▲ 19×5 topics
  21. Drug Resistance26▲ 9.9×8 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance25▲ 7.1×12 topics
  23. Immune Response25▲ 4.7×19 topics
  24. HIV Infection23▲ 24×4 topics
  25. Vaccine22▲ 6.0×11 topics
  26. Child Development22▲ 5.5×5 topics
  27. Global Burden of Disease20▲ 8.9×4 topics
  28. Infectious Diseases20▲ 6.6×7 topics
  29. Medical Education19▲ 8.0×8 topics
  30. Prevention18▲ 4.7×12 topics
  31. HIV17▲ 22×4 topics
  32. Helminth Infections16▲ 46×2 topics
  33. Maternal and Child Undernutrition16▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Water Sanitation Hygiene16▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Quality Improvement16▲ 8.7×7 topics
  36. Pulmonary Hypertension15▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Anemia14▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Genetic Regulation13▲ 8.8×3 topics
  39. Global Epidemiology13▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Health System Reform13▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Parasites and Host Interactions.

Global Maternal and Chil…37Global Maternal and Child Health: 37 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 27 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 16 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 12 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 11 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 11 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 11 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 11 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 10 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 9 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesNutrition and DieteticsParasitology6 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 37 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 27 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 16 works
  4. 4 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 12 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 11 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 11 works
  7. 7 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  8. 8 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 11 works
  9. 9 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 10 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 9 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 available79.4%not open20.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.9%domestic only65.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% 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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