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Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital

In research, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#12,105 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,871 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#24,456
of 42,892
Rank in Malawi
#11
of 17
Research works
313
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.1k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Queen Elizabeth Central 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 #12,105 of 17,978 16.8%222
Health SciencesDomain #13,871 of 20,462 16.8%247

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

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.99× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 3.02× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Queen Dube lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Queen Dube Malawi · #885,179 worldwide 18 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Global Health, Medical Education, Maternal Mortality, Global Burden, Drug Resistance, Ethical Considerations and Community Health Workers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 5.0×45 topics
  2. Global Health3▲ 38×3 topics
  3. Medical Education2▲ 21×6 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality2▲ 23×4 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.4×11 topics
  6. Drug Resistance2▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Global Burden2▲ 8.5×9 topics
  8. Inflammation2▲ 2.2×15 topics
  9. Community Health Workers2▲ 48×2 topics
  10. Ethical Considerations2▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Public Health2▲ 2.9×12 topics
  12. Surgical Care2▲ 80×2 topics
  13. Vaccine2▲ 9.5×8 topics
  14. Child Mortality2▲ 52×1 topic
  15. Disease Burden2▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Global Surgery2▲ 197×1 topic
  17. Health Development2▲ 197×1 topic
  18. Health Systems2▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Mortality2▲ 5.9×8 topics
  20. Treatment2▲ 2.9×11 topics
  21. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 8.4×7 topics
  22. Diagnosis2▲ 3.5×8 topics
  23. Helminth Infections2▲ 84×2 topics
  24. Immune Response2▲ 5.7×8 topics
  25. Risk Factors2▲ 2.9×12 topics
  26. Vaccine Development2▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 19×6 topics
  28. Global Epidemiology1▲ 72×2 topics
  29. Immune Regulation1▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Pathogenesis1▲ 6.2×8 topics
  31. Schistosomiasis1▲ 111×1 topic
  32. Soil-Transmitted Helminths1▲ 111×1 topic
  33. COVID-191▲ 2.0×10 topics
  34. Critical Care1▲ 12×7 topics
  35. Infectious Diseases1▲ 8.8×5 topics
  36. Management1▲ 3.3×6 topics
  37. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 3.3×6 topics
  38. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 4.4×6 topics
  39. Genetic Diversity1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  40. Insulin Resistance1▲ 4.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital publish most on?

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

Global Health and Surgery: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 1 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthParasitologyInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 1 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 1 works
  7. 7 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 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 available61.9%not open38.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors57.1%domestic only42.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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