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University Teaching Hospital

In research, University Teaching Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,793 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,507 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,301
of 28,054 · #14,939 all time
Rank in Zambia
#4
of 15
Research works
1.5k
▲ 93% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is University Teaching Hospital 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
MedicineField #4,793 of 10,443 5.5%278 #5608
Health SciencesDomain #5,507 of 11,982 5.3%320 #6723

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Teaching Hospital 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 University Teaching Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 21.0 works7.3×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.63× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.50× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.51× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.42× its world share, 278 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University Teaching Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mulindi Mwanahamuntu, S. Braun and Jonathan Spector lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Teaching Hospital.

  1. 1 Mulindi Mwanahamuntu Zambia · #744,395 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 S. Braun Zambia · #866,017 worldwide 23 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Jonathan Spector Zambia · #1,043,351 worldwide 22 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Chipepo Kankasa Zambia · #1,258,595 worldwide 31 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Lorraine Chishimba Zambia · #1,508,114 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Mashina Chomba Zambia · #1,569,153 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Stanley Zimba Zambia · #1,587,356 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at University Teaching Hospital

Which keywords describe research at University Teaching Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Maternal Mortality, Vaccine, Risk Factors, Global Burden and Antiretroviral Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology60▲ 3.6×109 topics
  2. Treatment20▲ 4.0×37 topics
  3. Diagnosis19▲ 4.8×32 topics
  4. Inflammation18▲ 2.1×46 topics
  5. Risk Factors18▲ 3.8×26 topics
  6. Quality of Life16▲ 2.7×37 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 3.3×27 topics
  8. Public Health15▲ 2.5×36 topics
  9. Maternal Mortality15▲ 16×5 topics
  10. Vaccine14▲ 8.4×11 topics
  11. Global Burden13▲ 5.7×12 topics
  12. Immune Response13▲ 5.4×14 topics
  13. Antiretroviral Therapy11▲ 16×6 topics
  14. COVID-1911▲ 1.85×18 topics
  15. Guidelines11▲ 5.4×11 topics
  16. Drug Resistance11▲ 8.9×7 topics
  17. Management10▲ 3.1×20 topics
  18. Mortality10▲ 4.1×12 topics
  19. Health Inequalities10▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.2×13 topics
  21. Child Mortality9▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Health Systems9▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 5.4×8 topics
  24. Medical Education8▲ 7.8×9 topics
  25. Chemotherapy8▲ 2.8×18 topics
  26. Quality Improvement8▲ 10×8 topics
  27. Global Health8▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance8▲ 4.2×9 topics
  29. Prevention7▲ 4.1×12 topics
  30. Primary Care7▲ 4.6×11 topics
  31. Surgical Management7▲ 4.2×15 topics
  32. Surgery7▲ 4.6×9 topics
  33. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 6.6×6 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 6.1×4 topics
  35. Cancer Incidence6▲ 9.5×4 topics
  36. Mortality Rates5▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Global Access5▲ 14×2 topics
  38. HIV Infection5▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Mycobacterium tuberculosis5▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Tuberculosis5▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does University Teaching Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Global Health and Surgery.

Global Maternal and Chil…9Global Maternal and Child Health: 9 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 5 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…3Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 3 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 3 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…3Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesHealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 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 9 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 5 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  4. 4 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 3 works
  9. 9 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available65.3%not open34.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.9%domestic only40.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Teaching Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 93% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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