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Soroti Hospital

ROR OpenAlex
Research works
51
▲ 121% vs 2018-21
Citations
757
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Soroti Hospital

Not ranked overall: Soroti Hospital 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 Soroti Hospital work in?

In all years, 52% of research at Soroti Hospital is in Health Sciences, 39% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (47%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (31%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 26 fractional works · 51.9% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 46.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 39.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 31.1% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 19.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSoroti Hospital51fractional works, all years
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences4%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2446.6%
    2. Health Professions23.5%
    3. Nursing11.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1631.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology23.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Mathematics12.3%
    2. Environmental Science00.9%
    3. Chemistry00.3%
    4. Computer Science00.3%
    5. Engineering00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Social Sciences11.8%
    2. Psychology11.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.71× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 5.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.49×0 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology5.45×1 works
  3. Nursing5.31×0 works
  4. Medicine3.71×12 works
  5. Health Professions1.94×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.01×1 works
  7. Mathematics0.89×0 works
  8. Psychology0.47×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.27×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Soroti Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Florence Alaroker, H. Doggett and Mary Margaret Ajiko lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Soroti Hospital.

  1. 1 Florence Alaroker Uganda · #1,329,306 worldwide 486 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 H. Doggett Uganda · #2,731,846 worldwide 525 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Mary Margaret Ajiko Uganda · #3,885,228 worldwide 174 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Soroti Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Soroti Hospital?

The most cited paper from Soroti Hospital is "Mortality after Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection" (Kathryn Maitland, Sarah Kiguli, Robert Opika Opoka et al., 2011), with 1,612 citations. Next come "Exploring mechanisms of excess mortality with early fluid resuscitation: insightsfrom the FEAST trial" (248) and "Operational accuracy and comparative persistent antigenicity of HRP2 rapid diagnostic tests for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a hyperendemic region of Uganda" (189).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mortality after Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection Kathryn Maitland, Sarah Kiguli, Robert Opika Opoka et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 May 2011 1,612
2 Exploring mechanisms of excess mortality with early fluid resuscitation: insightsfrom the FEAST trial for the FEAST trial group et al. · BMC Medicine Open access 14 Mar 2013 248
3 Operational accuracy and comparative persistent antigenicity of HRP2 rapid diagnostic tests for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a hyperendemic region of Uganda Daniel Japheth Kyabayinze, James Kananura Tibenderana, George W Odong et al. · Malaria Journal Open access 29 Oct 2008 189
4 Neonatal death: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data Jayani Pathirana, Flor M. Muñoz, Victoria Abbing‐Karahagopian et al. · Vaccine Open access 21 Jul 2016 127
5 Anaemia and blood transfusion in African children presenting to hospital with severe febrile illness Sarah Kiguli, Kathryn Maitland, Elizabeth C. George et al. · BMC Medicine Open access 30 Jan 2015 107
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Soroti Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Drought Tolerance, Epidemiology, Genetic Improvement, Global Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Medical Education, Ethical Considerations and Plant Breeding.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology6▲ 3.0×31 topics
  2. Drought Tolerance4▲ 63×6 topics
  3. Genetic Improvement3▲ 81×4 topics
  4. Global Health2▲ 38×3 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 18×5 topics
  6. Climate Change2▲ 1.78×7 topics
  7. Ethical Considerations2▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Genetics2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  9. Medical Education2▲ 20×5 topics
  10. Plant Breeding2▲ 39×3 topics
  11. Global Surgery2▲ 279×1 topic
  12. Health Development2▲ 279×1 topic
  13. Diagnosis2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  14. Maternal Mortality2▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Mortality2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  16. Surgery2▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Genetic Diversity2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  18. Pathogenesis2▲ 6.3×7 topics
  19. COVID-192▲ 5.1×8 topics
  20. Cultivar Evaluation2▲ 150×1 topic
  21. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction2▲ 150×1 topic
  22. Health Inequalities2▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Botanical Insecticides2▲ 76×1 topic
  24. Breeding2▲ 45×3 topics
  25. Essential Oils2▲ 32×1 topic
  26. Vaccine Development2▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Management2▲ 3.7×5 topics
  28. Vaccine2▲ 7.6×6 topics
  29. Child Mortality1▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Climate Resilience1▲ 62×2 topics
  31. Health Systems1▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Nutritional Quality1▲ 52×2 topics
  33. Distal Radius Fractures1▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Flexor Tendon Repair1▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Smallholder Farmers1▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Agricultural Sustainability1▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Clinical Management1▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Cowpea1▲ 103×1 topic
  39. Immunity1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  40. AFLP Markers1▲ 66×2 topics

Which research topics does Soroti Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Health and Surgery, Global Maternal and Child Health, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts and Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus.

Global Health and Surgery: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 0 fractional worksDiphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus: 0 fractional worksBacterial Infections and Vaccines: 0 fractional worksAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy: 0 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…0Malaria Research and Control: 0 fractional worksUreteral procedures and …0Ureteral procedures and complications: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…0HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and C…0Healthcare Systems and Challenges: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOncologyEndocrinology4 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 1 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 0 works
  4. 4 Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus Endocrinology 0 works
  5. 5 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Microbiology 0 works
  6. 6 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  7. 7 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 Ureteral procedures and complications Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Challenges General Health Professions 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 available54.5%not open45.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.4%domestic only59.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Soroti Hospital's research output changed?

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

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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 Soroti Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000033% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Soroti Hospital0.000060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Soroti Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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