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Right to Care

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World rank, all time
#19,533
of 34,923
Rank in Zambia
#15
of 22
Research works
184
▲ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
53%
world 18%
Right to Care

Which fields of science does Right to Care work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Right to Care is in Health Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Social Sciences (18%), Health Professions (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 20 fractional works · 39.9% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 28.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 37.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 18.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRight to Care50fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences38%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1428.4%
    2. Health Professions59.6%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    4. Dentistry00.8%
    1. Social Sciences918.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance36.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting35.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities23.4%
    5. Psychology13.0%
    6. Decision Sciences11.6%
    1. Engineering35.2%
    2. Environmental Science24.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy12.0%
    4. Computer Science11.9%
    5. Mathematics11.8%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.7%
    3. Neuroscience11.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.65× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.48× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 2.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.62× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.09× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.65×5 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.09×3 works
  3. Nursing2.21×0 works
  4. Dentistry1.72×0 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.62×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.61×1 works
  7. Mathematics1.53×1 works
  8. Medicine1.48×14 works
  9. Social Sciences1.43×9 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.18×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.03×0 works
  12. Psychology0.98×2 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.90×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.84×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.84×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×1 works
  17. Engineering0.35×3 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.25×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Right to Care?

The most cited paper from Right to Care is "Covid-19 deaths in Africa: prospective systematic postmortem surveillance study" (Lawrence M Mwananyanda, Christopher John Gill, William MacLeod et al., 2021), with 220 citations. Next come "Potential of rainwater harvesting in urban Zambia" (143) and "Susceptibility testing of Anopheles malaria vectors with the neonicotinoid insecticide clothianidin; results from 16 African countries, in preparation for indoor residual spraying with new insecticide formulations" (121).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Covid-19 deaths in Africa: prospective systematic postmortem surveillance study Lawrence M Mwananyanda, Christopher John Gill, William MacLeod et al. · BMJ Open access 17 Feb 2021 220
2 Potential of rainwater harvesting in urban Zambia Lubinga Handia, James Madalitso Tembo, Caroline Mwiindwa · Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C 2003 143
3 Susceptibility testing of Anopheles malaria vectors with the neonicotinoid insecticide clothianidin; results from 16 African countries, in preparation for indoor residual spraying with new insecticide formulations Richard Martin Oxborough et al. · Malaria Journal Open access Aug 2019 121
4 Human taeniasis: current insights into prevention and management strategies in endemic countries Anna L. Okello, Lian F. Thomas · Risk Management and Healthcare Policy Open access Jun 2017 102
5 Task-shifting HIV counselling and testing services in Zambia: the role of lay counsellors Parsa Sanjana, Kwasi Torpey, Alison W. Schwarzwalder et al. · Human Resources for Health Open access 30 May 2009 98
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Which keywords describe research at Right to Care?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality Risk, Psychological Impact, Medical Education, Maternal Mortality, Primary Care, Palliative Care and Healthcare.

▲ 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-now 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.1×20 topics
  2. Climate Change2▲ 1.54×14 topics
  3. Mortality Risk2▲ 18×5 topics
  4. Healthcare2▲ 3.4×7 topics
  5. Economic Growth2▲ 4.0×5 topics
  6. Globalization2▲ 1.68×8 topics
  7. Medical Education2▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Mental Health2▲ 2.0×9 topics
  9. Psychological Impact2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  10. Public Health2▲ 2.1×12 topics
  11. Quality of Life2▲ 2.1×5 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality1▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Primary Care1▲ 7.5×5 topics
  14. Palliative Care1▲ 17×3 topics
  15. COVID-191▲ 1.89×8 topics
  16. Child Development1▲ 5.6×4 topics
  17. Human Rights1▲ 2.4×6 topics
  18. Political Economy1▲ 9.1×4 topics
  19. Qualitative Research1▲ 2.7×5 topics
  20. Student Achievement1▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Community Health Workers1▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Risk Factors1▲ 2.1×6 topics
  23. COVID-19 Impact1▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Child Mortality1▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Chronic Pain Management1▲ 60×1 topic
  26. End-of-Life1▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Fiscal Policy1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  28. Genetics1▲ 2.8×3 topics
  29. Health Systems1▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Infrastructure1▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Leadership Development1▲ 55×2 topics
  32. Opioid Prescribing1▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Poverty Reduction1▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Publication1▲ 164×1 topic
  35. Scientific Writing1▲ 164×1 topic
  36. Substance Use Disorders1▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Vaccine Development1▲ 8.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Right to Care publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Academic Writing and Publishing, Global Maternal and Child Health and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Poverty, Education, and …1Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional worksAcademic Writing and Pub…1Academic Writing and Publishing: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…1Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…1Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Education: 1 fractional worksEducational Leadership and Practices: 1 fractional worksElectrical Fault Detecti…1Electrical Fault Detection and Protection: 1 fractional worksPatient Dignity and Privacy: 1 fractional worksPower Systems Fault Detection: 1 fractional works
Safety ResearchHistory and Philosophy of SciencePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 works
  2. 2 Academic Writing and Publishing History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  7. 7 Educational Leadership and Practices Education 1 works
  8. 8 Electrical Fault Detection and Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Patient Dignity and Privacy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Power Systems Fault Detection Control and Systems Engineering 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.8%domestic only47.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Right to Care's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Right to Care as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Right to Care0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Right to Care over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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