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Sanru

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Research works
11
▼ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
39
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Sanru

Not ranked overall: Sanru is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Sanru work in?

In all years, 47% of research at Sanru is in Health Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Nursing (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 5 fractional works · 47.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 29.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 9.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 25.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 18.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 19.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKSanru11fractional works, all years
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine329.2%
    2. Nursing110.2%
    3. Health Professions17.6%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences218.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology02.1%
    1. Engineering19.8%
    2. Computer Science04.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences04.6%
    1. Social Sciences18.1%
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: 3.66× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.98× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 4.40× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.39× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 15.79× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinarySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 15.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing15.79×0 works
  2. Health Professions4.40×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.66×1 works
  4. Veterinary3.56×0 works
  5. Medicine2.39×3 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.98×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.98×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×0 works
  9. Engineering0.08×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Sanru?

The most cited paper from Sanru is "Trends in reported malaria cases and the effects of malaria control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" (Filippo Lechthaler, Barbara Matthys, Giulia Lechthaler-Felber et al., 2019), with 58 citations. Next come "The relationship between Plasmodium infection, anaemia and nutritional status in asymptomatic children aged under five years living in stable transmission zones in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo" (53) and "Male Circumcision is an Efficacious, Lasting and Cost-Effective Strategy for Combating HIV in High-Prevalence AIDS Epidemics" (36).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Trends in reported malaria cases and the effects of malaria control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Filippo Lechthaler, Barbara Matthys, Giulia Lechthaler-Felber et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 25 Jul 2019 58
2 The relationship between Plasmodium infection, anaemia and nutritional status in asymptomatic children aged under five years living in stable transmission zones in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Vivi Maketa, Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko, Raquel Inocêncio da Luz et al. · Malaria Journal Open access 17 Feb 2015 53
3 Male Circumcision is an Efficacious, Lasting and Cost-Effective Strategy for Combating HIV in High-Prevalence AIDS Epidemics Daniel T. Halperin et al. · Future HIV Therapy Sep 2008 36
4 A high prevalence of potential HIV elite controllers identified over 30 years in Democratic Republic of Congo Michael G. Berg, Ana Olivo, Barbara J. Harris et al. · EBioMedicine Open access Mar 2021 24
5 Increased HIV in Greater Kinshasa Urban Health Zones: Democratic Republic of Congo (2017–2018) Mohammad Pour, Linda James, Kamlendra Singh et al. · AIDS Research and Therapy Open access 23 Nov 2020 18
All 31 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Sanru publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nursing education and management, Malaria Research and Control, Gender, Education, and Development Issues and Surgical site infection prevention.

Nursing education and ma…0Nursing education and management: 0 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…0Malaria Research and Control: 0 fractional worksGender, Education, and Development Issues: 0 fractional worksSurgical site infection prevention: 0 fractional worksInfection Control in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksCommunity Health and Development: 0 fractional worksNosocomial Infections in ICU: 0 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medic…0Patient Safety and Medication Errors: 0 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 0 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 0 fractional works
Research and TheoryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEducationSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 0 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  3. 3 Gender, Education, and Development Issues Education 0 works
  4. 4 Surgical site infection prevention Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Infection Control in Healthcare Infectious Diseases 0 works
  6. 6 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Nosocomial Infections in ICU Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  9. 9 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 0 works
  10. 10 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available71.6%not open28.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sanru's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 58% lower than in 2018-2021.

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