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National Institute for Medical Research

In research, National Institute for Medical Research stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,355 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,807 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Infectious Diseases is 18.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,439
of 28,054 · #791 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#11
of 43
Research works
5.3k
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
241k
45.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is National Institute for Medical Research 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 #5,355 of 11,982 24.8%124 #830
MedicineField #4,807 of 10,443 25.2%104 #711

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute for Medical Research 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 National Institute for Medical Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 18.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 26.0 works18×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 28.6 works10×
← 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: 0.93× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.13× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.32× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.57× its world share, 104 worksMedicineNursing: 5.52× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.55× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute for Medical Research?

Ranked on the composite score, W. Feldberg, A. C. Allison and N.J.M. Birdsall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute for Medical Research.

  1. 1 W. Feldberg Tanzania · #12,736 worldwide 841 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 A. C. Allison Tanzania · #14,084 worldwide 776 citations · 86 works
  3. 3 N.J.M. Birdsall Tanzania · #47,999 worldwide 435 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Roy Gigg Tanzania · #52,674 worldwide 285 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 A. S. Parkes Tanzania · #55,010 worldwide 226 citations · 62 works
  6. 6 J. W. Cornforth Tanzania · #57,243 worldwide 249 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 A. C. Allison Tanzania · #57,269 worldwide 273 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 A. S. V. Burgen Tanzania · #59,096 worldwide 339 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 John Humphrey Tanzania · #59,268 worldwide 304 citations · 66 works
  10. 10 Geoffrey Raisman Tanzania · #60,351 worldwide 367 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute for Medical Research

Which keywords describe research at National Institute for Medical Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Antiretroviral Therapy, Vaccine, Diagnosis, Immune Response, Drug Resistance and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 5.7×66 topics
  2. Vaccine Development15▲ 28×9 topics
  3. Antiretroviral Therapy15▲ 43×6 topics
  4. Diagnosis14▲ 7.4×16 topics
  5. Treatment14▲ 5.7×17 topics
  6. Vaccine14▲ 17×11 topics
  7. Public Health13▲ 4.4×33 topics
  8. Immune Response13▲ 11×12 topics
  9. Drug Resistance13▲ 21×7 topics
  10. Global Burden12▲ 11×11 topics
  11. Helminth Infections11▲ 142×2 topics
  12. Insecticide Resistance10▲ 61×4 topics
  13. Maternal Mortality10▲ 21×4 topics
  14. Risk Factors10▲ 4.1×13 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity9▲ 9.9×6 topics
  16. Genome Sequence8▲ 48×3 topics
  17. Global Epidemiology8▲ 92×2 topics
  18. Artemisinin Resistance8▲ 124×1 topic
  19. Disease Burden8▲ 53×2 topics
  20. Health Inequalities8▲ 32×3 topics
  21. Plasmodium falciparum8▲ 124×1 topic
  22. Immune Regulation8▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Community Health Workers8▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Schistosomiasis8▲ 142×1 topic
  25. Soil-Transmitted Helminths8▲ 142×1 topic
  26. Child Mortality8▲ 52×1 topic
  27. Health Systems8▲ 52×1 topic
  28. HIV Transmission8▲ 49×2 topics
  29. Mycobacterium tuberculosis8▲ 65×1 topic
  30. Tuberculosis8▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Mortality Rates7▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Viral Load7▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Preexposure Prophylaxis7▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Stigma and Discrimination7▲ 66×1 topic
  35. Vector Control6▲ 24×3 topics
  36. HIV Infection6▲ 27×4 topics
  37. Neurological Manifestations6▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Arboviral Diseases6▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Zika Virus6▲ 41×1 topic
  40. HIV6▲ 31×4 topics

Which research topics does National Institute for Medical Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Parasites and Host Interactions, Global Maternal and Child Health and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Malaria Research and Con…8Malaria Research and Control: 8 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…8Parasites and Host Interactions: 8 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…8Global Maternal and Child Health: 8 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…8Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 8 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 7 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…5Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthParasitologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious Diseases3 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 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 8 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 8 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 7 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 5 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  9. 9 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 4 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.6%domestic only66.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute for Medical Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% lower 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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