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Rwanda Biomedical Center

In research, Rwanda Biomedical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,152 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,544 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,646
of 28,054 · #19,674 all time
Rank in Rwanda
#6
of 17
Research works
471
▲ 74% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is Rwanda Biomedical Center 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 #5,152 of 11,982 27.9%127 #10603
MedicineField #4,544 of 10,443 27.9%101 #9709

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rwanda Biomedical Center 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 Rwanda Biomedical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 22.1 works8.1×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.31× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.05× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.05× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.55× its world share, 101 worksMedicineNursing: 5.58× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.10× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rwanda Biomedical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Sabin Nsanzimana and Claude Mambo Muvunyi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rwanda Biomedical Center.

  1. 1 Sabin Nsanzimana · #42,864 worldwide 863 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Claude Mambo Muvunyi · #856,372 worldwide 32 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Rwanda Biomedical Center

Which keywords describe research at Rwanda Biomedical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Immune Response, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Child Mortality, Health Systems and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 4.2×82 topics
  2. Public Health13▲ 4.4×32 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality12▲ 27×5 topics
  4. Immune Response12▲ 10×10 topics
  5. Community Health Workers11▲ 65×2 topics
  6. Health Inequalities11▲ 45×2 topics
  7. Child Mortality11▲ 76×1 topic
  8. Health Systems11▲ 76×1 topic
  9. Vaccine11▲ 13×10 topics
  10. Global Burden11▲ 9.6×11 topics
  11. Risk Factors10▲ 4.5×21 topics
  12. Pathogenesis10▲ 9.0×17 topics
  13. Vaccine Development8▲ 15×7 topics
  14. Mental Health8▲ 2.6×20 topics
  15. COVID-198▲ 2.7×18 topics
  16. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 22×6 topics
  17. Infectious Diseases6▲ 8.7×7 topics
  18. Child Development6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  19. Mortality Rates6▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Global Health5▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Insecticide Resistance5▲ 32×4 topics
  23. Viral Load5▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations5▲ 7.0×5 topics
  25. Maternal and Child Undernutrition5▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Transmission5▲ 44×3 topics
  27. Water Sanitation Hygiene5▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Drug Resistance5▲ 8.0×6 topics
  29. Ebola Virus5▲ 84×1 topic
  30. Outbreak5▲ 64×2 topics
  31. Reservoirs5▲ 84×1 topic
  32. Artemisinin Resistance5▲ 71×1 topic
  33. HIV Transmission5▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Plasmodium falciparum5▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Preexposure Prophylaxis4▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Stigma and Discrimination4▲ 42×1 topic
  37. SARS-CoV-24▲ 6.0×5 topics
  38. Medical Education4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  39. HIV4▲ 20×4 topics
  40. HIV Infection3▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Rwanda Biomedical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research and Malaria Research and Control.

Global Maternal and Chil…11Global Maternal and Child Health: 11 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…5Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 5 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…5Malaria Research and Control: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery3Global Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water AccessNutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchInfectious Diseases 5 works
  4. 4 Malaria Research and ControlPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsInfectious Diseases 4 works
  6. 6 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthGeneral Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Global Health and SurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Mosquito-borne diseases and controlPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and HesitancyHealth 2 works
  10. 10 Reproductive Health and ContraceptionPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 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 available83.6%not open16.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors70.2%domestic only29.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rwanda Biomedical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 74% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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