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Museum of Malawi

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Research works
55
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
942
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
Museum of Malawi

Not ranked overall: Museum of Malawi is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Museum of Malawi work in?

In all years, 33% of research at Museum of Malawi is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Social Sciences (21%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Health Sciences: 18 fractional works · 33.5% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 27.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 30.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 22.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMuseum of Malawi55fractional works, all years
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences31%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1527.7%
    2. Health Professions23.8%
    3. Nursing12.0%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1120.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities35.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.9%
    4. Psychology11.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Environmental Science712.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences36.1%
    3. Engineering23.0%
    4. Energy00.6%
    5. Computer Science00.5%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences47.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.55× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 7.22× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 3.84× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.73× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.22×1 works
  2. Nursing3.84×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.55×0 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.73×1 works
  5. Veterinary2.22×0 works
  6. Social Sciences2.17×3 works
  7. Medicine1.22×3 works
  8. Health Professions1.17×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.99×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.94×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.71×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×0 works
  14. Psychology0.51×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.32×0 works
  16. Engineering0.30×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Museum of Malawi?

Ranked on the quality score, Potiphar M. Kaliba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museum of Malawi.

  1. 1 Potiphar M. Kaliba Malawi · #639,526 worldwide 423 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Museum of Malawi

What are the most cited papers from Museum of Malawi?

The most cited paper from Museum of Malawi is "Reconstructing Prehistoric African Population Structure" (Pontus Skoglund et al., 2017), with 464 citations. Next come "A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria" (169) and "Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers" (168).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reconstructing Prehistoric African Population Structure Pontus Skoglund et al. · Cell Open access Sep 2017 464
2 A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria The Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network et al. · Nature Open access124 authors 10 Dec 2008 169
3 Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers Mark Lipson et al. · Nature Open access 23 Feb 2022 168
4 The impact of a community driven mass media campaign on the utilisation of maternal health care services in rural Malawi Collins O. F. Zamawe, Masford Banda, Albert Lazarous Nkhata Dube · BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Open access 27 Jan 2016 167
5 Oldest Homo and Pliocene biogeography of the Malawi Rift Friedemann Schrenk, Timothy G. Bromage, Christian Betzler et al. · Nature Oct 1993 151
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Museum of Malawi?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molecular Phylogeny, Epidemiology, Population Dynamics, Climate Change, Habitat Selection, Conservation, Identity and Authoritarianism.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.4×29 topics
  2. Climate Change4▲ 2.7×12 topics
  3. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 29×4 topics
  4. Population Dynamics2▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Habitat Selection2▲ 45×2 topics
  6. Treatment2▲ 3.2×7 topics
  7. Identity2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  8. Sustainability2▲ 2.3×6 topics
  9. Conservation2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  10. Human Rights2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  11. Authoritarianism2▲ 39×2 topics
  12. Biodiversity2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  13. Biogeography2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  15. Invasive Species2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  16. Child Mortality2▲ 51×1 topic
  17. Global Burden2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  18. Health Systems2▲ 51×1 topic
  19. Insecticide Resistance2▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Mammal Evolution2▲ 100×1 topic
  21. Maternal Mortality2▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis2▲ 100×1 topic
  23. Vaccine Development2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  24. Conservation Biology2▲ 25×3 topics
  25. Neoliberalism2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  26. Cultural History1▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Indigenous Knowledge1▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Artemisinin Resistance1▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Community Engagement1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  30. Plasmodium falciparum1▲ 60×1 topic
  31. Post-Communist1▲ 111×1 topic
  32. Transition1▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 9.6×4 topics
  34. Archaeology1▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Avian Ecology1▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Bats1▲ 57×2 topics
  37. Echolocation1▲ 104×1 topic
  38. Hibernation1▲ 104×1 topic
  39. Island Ecosystems1▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Migration Patterns1▲ 58×1 topic

Which research topics does Museum of Malawi publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Historical Geography and Cartography, BIM and Construction Integration, Anthropological Studies and Insights and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Historical Geography and…1Historical Geography and Cartography: 1 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 0 fractional worksAnthropological Studies and Insights: 0 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 0 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and Rock Art Studies: 0 fractional worksDiverse Musicological St…0Diverse Musicological Studies: 0 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and Culture: 0 fractional worksReligious Tourism and Spaces: 0 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…0Parasites and Host Interactions: 0 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentBuilding and ConstructionAnthropologySociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  2. 2 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 0 works
  3. 3 Anthropological Studies and Insights Anthropology 0 works
  4. 4 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 0 works
  5. 5 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Archeology 0 works
  7. 7 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 0 works
  8. 8 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  9. 9 Religious Tourism and Spaces Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  10. 10 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 0 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.9%domestic only54.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Museum of Malawi's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Museum of Malawi as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000047% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Museum of Malawi0.000075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Museum of Malawi over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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