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Nairobi Hospital

In research, Nairobi Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#15,859 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#18,296 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,197
of 28,054 · #37,891 all time
Rank in Kenya
#67
of 75
Research works
267
▲ 138% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.4k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Nairobi Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #15,859 of 17,978 8.1%174
Health SciencesDomain #18,296 of 20,462 8.6%202

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nairobi 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.85× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.85× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 2.43× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nairobi Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Imre Loefler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nairobi Hospital.

  1. 1 Imre Loefler Kenya · #1,372,838 worldwide 2 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Nairobi Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Nairobi Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Infertility, Management, Diagnosis, Global Health and Pathophysiology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 4.2×35 topics
  2. Treatment3▲ 4.5×14 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.8×15 topics
  4. Diagnosis3▲ 4.6×13 topics
  5. Management3▲ 5.3×9 topics
  6. COVID-192▲ 3.0×10 topics
  7. Quality of Life2▲ 2.8×9 topics
  8. Inflammation2▲ 1.83×16 topics
  9. Risk Factors2▲ 3.4×12 topics
  10. Infertility2▲ 25×4 topics
  11. Global Health2▲ 22×3 topics
  12. Public Health2▲ 2.3×12 topics
  13. Health Inequalities2▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Insulin Resistance2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.8×9 topics
  16. Pathophysiology2▲ 10×5 topics
  17. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 16×6 topics
  18. Immune Response2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  19. Mortality2▲ 4.4×6 topics
  20. Academic Medicine2▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Drug Resistance2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  22. Primary Care2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  23. Vaccine Development2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations1▲ 6.5×5 topics
  25. Healthcare Workers1▲ 9.0×4 topics
  26. Precision Medicine1▲ 4.9×4 topics
  27. Adherence1▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Histopathological Study1▲ 70×2 topics
  29. Medical Education1▲ 7.8×4 topics
  30. Mobile Health1▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Rituximab1▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  34. Ketogenic Diet1▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Maternal Mortality1▲ 8.0×3 topics
  36. Medical Research1▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Physician-Scientist1▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Quantitative Analysis1▲ 8.8×1 topic
  39. Radiomics1▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Surgical Care1▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does Nairobi Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Health and Medical Research Impacts, Healthcare Systems and Challenges and Quality and Safety in Healthcare.

Radiomics and Machine Le…1Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Resea…1Health and Medical Research Impacts: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Challenges: 1 fractional worksQuality and Safety in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksMedicine and Dermatology Studies History: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 1 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 1 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…1Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsMedical Laboratory Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  2. 2 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Challenges General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Quality and Safety in Healthcare Medical Laboratory Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 1 works
  6. 6 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  9. 9 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 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 available65.4%not open34.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.9%domestic only69.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nairobi Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 138% 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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