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Rwanda Biomedical Center

In research, Rwanda Biomedical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,912 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,418 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases is 13.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,876
of 22,385 · #8,744 all time
Rank in Rwanda
#4
of 16
Research works
471
▲ 121% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.2k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
70%
world 18%
Rwanda Biomedical Center

What is Rwanda Biomedical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,912 of 9,902 13.5%127 #2807
MedicineField #2,418 of 8,541 13.8%101 #3371

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Rwanda Biomedical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Rwanda Biomedical Center is in Health Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (51%), Social Sciences (8%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 165 fractional works · 62.4% of its workMedicine: 133 fractional works · 50.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 28 fractional works · 10.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 24 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 11.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRwanda BiomedicalCenter264fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences17%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13350.5%
    2. Health Professions207.5%
    3. Nursing83.1%
    4. Dentistry20.8%
    5. Veterinary10.5%
    1. Social Sciences217.9%
    2. Psychology93.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology103.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences103.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology93.2%
    4. Neuroscience20.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Environmental Science103.7%
    2. Engineering51.9%
    3. Computer Science51.8%
    4. Mathematics31.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    6. Chemistry10.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Rwanda Biomedical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 13.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 23.7 works13×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 27.6 works7.9×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.20× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.61× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.85× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.63× its world share, 133 worksMedicineNursing: 6.34× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.90× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.34×8 works
  2. Veterinary3.90×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.20×8 works
  4. Health Professions2.85×20 works
  5. Medicine2.63×133 works
  6. Dentistry1.61×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.27×7 works
  8. Psychology1.17×9 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.87×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.85×3 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.77×10 works
  12. Environmental Science0.74×10 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×10 works
  14. Social Sciences0.63×21 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.42×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×3 works
  17. Neuroscience0.36×2 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.29×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.23×5 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.16×1 works
  22. Engineering0.13×5 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  24. Energy0.12×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rwanda Biomedical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Corine Karema, Claude Mambo Muvunyi and Pierre Gashema lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rwanda Biomedical Center.

  1. 1 Corine Karema Rwanda · #100,026 worldwide 84k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Claude Mambo Muvunyi Rwanda · #103,506 worldwide 4.7k citations · 224 works
  3. 3 Pierre Gashema Rwanda · #164,832 worldwide 531 citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Jean-Baptiste Mazarati Rwanda · #190,536 worldwide 3.3k citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Patrick Gad Iradukunda Rwanda · #198,878 worldwide 548 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Félix Sayinzoga Rwanda · #220,692 worldwide 4.1k citations · 76 works
  7. 7 Aline Uwimana Rwanda · #233,619 worldwide 3.5k citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza Rwanda · #290,400 worldwide 1.1k citations · 82 works
  9. 9 Sabin Nsanzimana Rwanda · #322,546 worldwide 17k citations · 212 works
  10. 10 Edson Rwagasore Rwanda · #387,585 worldwide 452 citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at Rwanda Biomedical Center

What are the most cited papers from Rwanda Biomedical Center?

The most cited paper from Rwanda Biomedical Center is "Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (Christopher J L Murray et al., 2014), with 998 citations. Next come "Emergence and clonal expansion of in vitro artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 R561H mutant parasites in Rwanda" (925) and "Evaluation of the Healthy Eating Index-2015" (865).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access366 authors 21 Jul 2014 998
2 Emergence and clonal expansion of in vitro artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 R561H mutant parasites in Rwanda Aline Uwimana, Eric Legrand, Barbara H. Stokes et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 3 Aug 2020 925
3 Evaluation of the Healthy Eating Index-2015 Jill Reedy, Jennifer Lerman, Susan M. Krebs‐Smith et al. · Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Open access 23 Aug 2018 865
4 Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Haidong Wang et al. · The Lancet Open access230 authors 2 May 2014 814
5 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rwanda Biomedical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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 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. Epidemiology41▲ 3.9×89 topics
  2. Public Health17▲ 4.3×34 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality16▲ 27×5 topics
  4. Immune Response15▲ 10.0×11 topics
  5. Community Health Workers15▲ 62×2 topics
  6. Health Inequalities14▲ 45×2 topics
  7. Child Mortality14▲ 75×1 topic
  8. Health Systems14▲ 75×1 topic
  9. Vaccine14▲ 13×10 topics
  10. Risk Factors13▲ 4.5×23 topics
  11. Global Burden12▲ 8.6×11 topics
  12. Pathogenesis12▲ 9.0×17 topics
  13. Mental Health9▲ 2.5×21 topics
  14. Vaccine Development9▲ 13×7 topics
  15. Antiretroviral Therapy9▲ 20×6 topics
  16. COVID-199▲ 2.5×18 topics
  17. Child Development8▲ 7.7×3 topics
  18. Treatment8▲ 2.5×27 topics
  19. Global Burden of Disease8▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Global Health7▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Ethical Considerations7▲ 7.8×6 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases7▲ 8.2×7 topics
  23. Maternal and Child Undernutrition7▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Water Sanitation Hygiene7▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Mortality Rates6▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Transmission6▲ 44×3 topics
  27. Ebola Virus6▲ 86×1 topic
  28. Outbreak6▲ 64×2 topics
  29. Reservoirs6▲ 86×1 topic
  30. Medical Education6▲ 8.7×6 topics
  31. Insecticide Resistance6▲ 28×4 topics
  32. Drug Resistance6▲ 7.7×7 topics
  33. Viral Load6▲ 28×2 topics
  34. HIV Transmission5▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Artemisinin Resistance5▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Genome Sequence5▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Plasmodium falciparum5▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Preexposure Prophylaxis5▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Stigma and Discrimination5▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Surgical Care4▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Rwanda Biomedical Center publish most on?

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

Global Maternal and Chil…14Global Maternal and Child Health: 14 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…7Child Nutrition and Water Access: 7 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…6Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 6 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 5 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery4Global Health and Surgery: 4 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 4 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 3 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 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 Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 14 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 7 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 6 works
  4. 4 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 5 works
  6. 6 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 3 works
  10. 10 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational 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 available83.6%not open16.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rwanda Biomedical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 121% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Rwanda Biomedical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00085% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Rwanda Biomedical Center0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rwanda Biomedical Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Rwanda Biomedical Center13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2022.

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