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Sudan Medical Specialization Board

In research, Sudan Medical Specialization Board stands highest in Medicine (#5,945 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,080 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,231
of 22,385 · #25,449 all time
Rank in Sudan
#20
of 30
Research works
438
▲ 101% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Sudan Medical Specialization Board

What is Sudan Medical Specialization Board 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
MedicineField #5,945 of 8,541 4.2%115 #11727
Health SciencesDomain #7,080 of 9,902 4.0%134 #13557

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sudan Medical Specialization Board 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 Sudan Medical Specialization Board work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Sudan Medical Specialization Board is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Health Professions (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 155 fractional works · 73.2% of its workMedicine: 130 fractional works · 61.6% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 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 workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSudan MedicalSpecialization…212fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences10%

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. Medicine13061.6%
    2. Health Professions167.4%
    3. Nursing52.6%
    4. Dentistry31.4%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology115.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology42.1%
    4. Neuroscience20.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Social Sciences83.7%
    2. Psychology73.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting31.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities21.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering41.9%
    2. Environmental Science31.2%
    3. Computer Science10.6%
    4. Mathematics10.6%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Chemistry10.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Energy00.0%
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: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.07× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.90× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.80× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.20× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 5.22× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing5.22×5 works
  2. Medicine3.20×130 works
  3. Dentistry2.90×3 works
  4. Health Professions2.80×16 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.07×4 works
  6. Veterinary1.91×1 works
  7. Psychology1.10×7 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×11 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.80×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×6 works
  11. Neuroscience0.55×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.52×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.39×2 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×3 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×2 works
  16. Social Sciences0.29×8 works
  17. Environmental Science0.24×2 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.19×1 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works
  21. Engineering0.13×4 works
  22. Materials Science0.11×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×0 works
  24. Computer Science0.08×1 works
  25. Energy0.05×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sudan Medical Specialization Board?

Ranked on the quality score, Elsheikh Elsiddig Badr, O. F. H. Atkey and J.F.E. Bloss lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sudan Medical Specialization Board.

  1. 1 Elsheikh Elsiddig Badr Sudan · #2,419,680 worldwide 289 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 O. F. H. Atkey Sudan · #3,347,646 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 J.F.E. Bloss Sudan · #3,868,980 worldwide 51 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Alsadig Suliman Sudan · #3,884,039 worldwide 28 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Edward Eremugo Kenyi Sudan · #4,254,303 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Sudan Medical Specialization Board

What are the most cited papers from Sudan Medical Specialization Board?

The most cited paper from Sudan Medical Specialization Board is "Characteristics, complications, and gaps in evidence-based interventions in rheumatic heart disease: the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (the REMEDY study)" (Liesl Joanna Zuhlke et al., 2014), with 599 citations. Next come "The 2020 International Alliance for the Control of Scabies Consensus Criteria for the Diagnosis of Scabies" (360) and "A clinical classification and grading system of the cutaneous changes in onchocerciasis" (220).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characteristics, complications, and gaps in evidence-based interventions in rheumatic heart disease: the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (the REMEDY study) Liesl Joanna Zuhlke et al. · European Heart Journal Open access 25 Nov 2014 599
2 The 2020 International Alliance for the Control of Scabies Consensus Criteria for the Diagnosis of Scabies Daniel Engelman et al. · British Journal of Dermatology Open access 8 Feb 2020 360
3 A clinical classification and grading system of the cutaneous changes in onchocerciasis Michele E. Murdoch, Roderick J. Hay, C. D. Mackenzie et al. · British Journal of Dermatology Sep 1993 220
4 Response to the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) Pandemic Across Africa: Successes, Challenges, and Implications for the Future Olayinka O. Ogunleye et al. · Frontiers in Pharmacology Open access 11 Sep 2020 216
5 Kala-azar: a comparative study of parasitological methods and the direct agglutination test in diagnosis Edward E Zijlstra, M.Siddig Ali, A.M. El-Hassan et al. · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Sep 1992 194
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sudan Medical Specialization Board?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Diagnosis, Public Health, Immune Response, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 3.5×87 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 2.4×38 topics
  3. Public Health10▲ 3.4×25 topics
  4. Diagnosis10▲ 4.9×26 topics
  5. Risk Factors9▲ 3.9×24 topics
  6. Treatment9▲ 3.4×28 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.6×25 topics
  8. Mortality8▲ 7.0×10 topics
  9. Immune Response8▲ 6.2×13 topics
  10. COVID-197▲ 2.7×15 topics
  11. Pathogenesis6▲ 6.0×17 topics
  12. Quality of Life6▲ 1.97×25 topics
  13. Maternal Mortality6▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Obesity6▲ 3.6×14 topics
  15. Complications6▲ 5.4×13 topics
  16. Guidelines5▲ 5.4×11 topics
  17. Medical Education5▲ 8.9×7 topics
  18. Management5▲ 3.0×16 topics
  19. Ethical Considerations5▲ 6.7×6 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 2.9×15 topics
  21. Conflict5▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Health5▲ 5.6×4 topics
  23. Violence5▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Peacebuilding4▲ 31×3 topics
  25. Surgical Management4▲ 5.2×16 topics
  26. Democratic Republic of Congo4▲ 125×1 topic
  27. Global Burden4▲ 3.7×10 topics
  28. Iraq4▲ 125×1 topic
  29. Vaccine4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  30. Healthcare Workers4▲ 8.0×5 topics
  31. Health Inequalities4▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Surgery4▲ 5.2×7 topics
  33. Child Mortality4▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Health Systems4▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Global Health3▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Surgical Care3▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Trauma3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  38. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Global Surgery3▲ 66×1 topic

Which research topics does Sudan Medical Specialization Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Conflict Studies, Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Global Health and Surgery.

Health and Conflict Studies: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…3Child Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery3Global Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…2Migration, Health and Trauma: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  4. 4 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available69.3%not open30.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.9%domestic only63.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sudan Medical Specialization Board's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 101% 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 Sudan Medical Specialization Board as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00083% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Sudan Medical Specialization Board0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sudan Medical Specialization Board 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sudan Medical Specialization Board4.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.5% in 2024.

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