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Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

In research, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,899 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#6,336 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,882 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Immunology and Microbiology — Infectious Diseases is 19.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,677
of 28,054 · #13,086 all time
Rank in Ghana
#13
of 50
Research works
1.1k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Noguchi Memorial 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,899 of 7,800 24.3%67 #5452
MedicineField #6,336 of 10,443 24.5%106 #9816
Health SciencesDomain #7,882 of 11,982 23.8%117 #10913

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

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. Life Sciences#5,452 #3,899
  2. Medicine#9,816 #6,336
  3. Health Sciences#10,913 #7,882
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 Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 19.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 29.1 works20×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 31.5 works11×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 22.1 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: 1.74× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.02× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.13× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.41× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.53× its world share, 106 worksMedicineNursing: 2.43× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.53× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Kwadwo Koram, Dorothy Yeboah‐Manu and Francis Nkrumah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research.

  1. 1 Kwadwo Koram Ghana · #130,407 worldwide 157 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Dorothy Yeboah‐Manu Ghana · #164,395 worldwide 143 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Francis Nkrumah Ghana · #184,134 worldwide 98 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Bartholomew D. Akanmori Ghana · #406,912 worldwide 68 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 George Armah Ghana · #581,363 worldwide 70 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Michael D. Wilson Ghana · #693,706 worldwide 111 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Samuel Dadzie Ghana · #1,136,891 worldwide 35 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 William Ampofo Ghana · #1,370,047 worldwide 42 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Daniel A. Boakye Ghana · #1,405,119 worldwide 9 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

Which keywords describe research at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Vaccine, Immune Response, Global Burden, Pathogenesis, Insecticide Resistance and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology70▲ 8.2×65 topics
  2. Vaccine Development26▲ 47×9 topics
  3. Vaccine18▲ 20×11 topics
  4. Immune Response16▲ 13×17 topics
  5. Global Burden15▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Pathogenesis15▲ 13×15 topics
  7. Treatment14▲ 5.5×16 topics
  8. Public Health14▲ 4.5×24 topics
  9. Diagnosis14▲ 6.9×17 topics
  10. Insecticide Resistance14▲ 83×4 topics
  11. Genome Sequence13▲ 72×3 topics
  12. Drug Resistance12▲ 20×7 topics
  13. Artemisinin Resistance12▲ 175×1 topic
  14. Plasmodium falciparum12▲ 175×1 topic
  15. Antibiotic Resistance12▲ 14×10 topics
  16. Helminth Infections12▲ 142×2 topics
  17. Vector Control11▲ 45×4 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity10▲ 10×8 topics
  19. Disease Burden9▲ 59×2 topics
  20. Arboviral Diseases9▲ 64×1 topic
  21. Zika Virus9▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Antiretroviral Therapy9▲ 25×6 topics
  23. Global Epidemiology8▲ 89×2 topics
  24. Immune Regulation8▲ 32×3 topics
  25. Immunomodulation8▲ 28×3 topics
  26. Schistosomiasis8▲ 133×1 topic
  27. Soil-Transmitted Helminths8▲ 133×1 topic
  28. Zoonotic Infections8▲ 62×2 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-26▲ 9.0×5 topics
  30. Infectious Diseases5▲ 7.6×8 topics
  31. Pathogen Transmission5▲ 37×3 topics
  32. Medicinal Plants5▲ 5.7×12 topics
  33. Ivermectin5▲ 85×2 topics
  34. Cystic Fibrosis4▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Mycobacterium tuberculosis4▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Host-Pathogen Interaction4▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Host-Pathogen Interactions4▲ 24×4 topics
  38. Tuberculosis4▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Mycobacterium avium4▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria4▲ 60×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Parasites and Host Interactions and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Malaria Research and Con…12Malaria Research and Control: 12 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 9 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 8 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 4 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Resea…4Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 4 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthParasitologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology2 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 12 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  3. 3 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 8 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 4 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 4 works
  8. 8 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child 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 available83.2%not open16.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.6%domestic only57.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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