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Population Services International

In research, Population Services International stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,575 of 16,945 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#15,809 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,404
of 42,892
Rank in Zambia
#15
of 23
Research works
325
▼ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Population Services International 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
Social SciencesDomain #12,575 of 16,945 21.7%150
Health SciencesDomain #15,809 of 20,462 18.4%144

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

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.35× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.46× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Population Services International?

Ranked on the composite score, Shyam Thapa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Population Services International.

  1. 1 Shyam Thapa Zambia · #612,275 worldwide 42 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Population Services International

Which keywords describe research at Population Services International?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Epidemiology, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Global Burden, Vaccine Development, Social Determinants of Health and Genome Sequence.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 3.4×14 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality2▲ 47×3 topics
  3. Child Mortality2▲ 126×1 topic
  4. Health Systems2▲ 126×1 topic
  5. Global Burden2▲ 15×5 topics
  6. Vaccine Development2▲ 31×2 topics
  7. Mental Health1▲ 4.2×7 topics
  8. Public Health1▲ 4.4×11 topics
  9. Artemisinin Resistance1▲ 165×1 topic
  10. Genome Sequence1▲ 63×2 topics
  11. Plasmodium falciparum1▲ 165×1 topic
  12. Risk Factors1▲ 4.9×5 topics
  13. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 23×5 topics
  14. Mortality Rates1▲ 50×2 topics
  15. Health Disparities1▲ 18×4 topics

Which research topics does Population Services International publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Malaria Research and Control, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Global Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…1Malaria Research and Control: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…1HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 0 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 0 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 0 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 0 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health Professions3 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 2 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 1 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 0 works
  9. 9 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 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 available30.1%not open69.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.8%domestic only62.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Population Services International's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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