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University Teaching Hospital

In research, University Teaching Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,010 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,629 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry (Dentistry is 12.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,115
of 22,385 · #6,712 all time
Rank in Zambia
#5
of 15
Research works
1.5k
▲ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
60%
world 18%
University Teaching Hospital

What is University Teaching Hospital 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 #3,010 of 9,902 4.1%320 #2285
MedicineField #2,629 of 8,541 4.3%278 #2180

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

Which fields of science does University Teaching Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at University Teaching Hospital is in Health Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Health Professions (7%), Dentistry (6%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 390 fractional works · 76.2% of its workMedicine: 321 fractional works · 62.7% of its workSurgery: 35 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEpidemiology: 29 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 25 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 24 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 20 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 34 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 32 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOral Surgery: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrthodontics: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 45 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 32 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversityTeaching Hospital512fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences9%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine32162.7%
    2. Health Professions346.6%
    3. Dentistry326.2%
    4. Nursing40.7%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences234.4%
    2. Psychology102.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting40.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology204.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology132.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences61.2%
    4. Neuroscience40.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Engineering132.5%
    2. Computer Science50.9%
    3. Environmental Science40.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.5%
    5. Materials Science20.4%
    6. Mathematics20.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    8. Chemistry10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does University Teaching Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 12.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 31.9 works13×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.52× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 12.86× its world share, 32 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.50× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 321 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 12.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry12.86×32 works
  2. Medicine3.26×321 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.52×13 works
  4. Health Professions2.50×34 works
  5. Nursing1.42×4 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×20 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×1 works
  8. Psychology0.65×10 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×6 works
  10. Neuroscience0.50×4 works
  11. Veterinary0.48×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.36×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.35×23 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.28×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×6 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.22×2 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×4 works
  18. Environmental Science0.18×4 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×1 works
  20. Engineering0.17×13 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.16×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.14×2 works
  23. Chemistry0.13×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.12×2 works
  25. Computer Science0.11×5 works

Who are the top researchers at University Teaching Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthew Bates, Duncan M Chanda and Alex Makupe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Teaching Hospital.

  1. 1 Matthew Bates Zambia · #121,851 worldwide 9.2k citations · 157 works
  2. 2 Duncan M Chanda Zambia · #189,837 worldwide 4.7k citations · 83 works
  3. 3 Alex Makupe Zambia · #402,594 worldwide 3.4k citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Mwiya Mwiya Zambia · #459,390 worldwide 3.1k citations · 57 works
  5. 5 John Musuku Zambia · #471,443 worldwide 2.7k citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Musaku Mwenechanya Zambia · #472,119 worldwide 2.4k citations · 98 works
  7. 7 Mulindi Mwanahamuntu Zambia · #541,314 worldwide 2.5k citations · 92 works
  8. 8 Monica Kapasa Zambia · #591,419 worldwide 804 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 James C. L. Mwansa Zambia · #603,823 worldwide 3.5k citations · 88 works
  10. 10 Aaron Lunda Shibemba Zambia · #668,444 worldwide 1.7k citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at University Teaching Hospital

What are the most cited papers from University Teaching Hospital?

The most cited paper from University Teaching Hospital is "Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study" (Ting Shi et al., 2017), with 2,491 citations. Next come "A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19 (2020-2023)" (1,096) and "Causes of severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission in children without HIV infection from Africa and Asia: the PERCH multi-country case-control study" (940).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study Ting Shi et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access122 authors 7 Jul 2017 2,491
2 A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19 (2020-2023) Arnav Agarwal et al. · BMJ Open access 4 Sep 2020 1,096
3 Causes of severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission in children without HIV infection from Africa and Asia: the PERCH multi-country case-control study Katherine L. O'Flynn O'Brien et al. · The Lancet Open access 27 Jun 2019 940
4 Tuberculosis Stephen D Lawn, Alimuddin I. Zumla · The Lancet 12 May 2011 761
5 ERS guidelines on the assessment of cough Alyn H. Morice, Giovanni A. Fontana, Maria Gabriela Belvisi et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 31 May 2007 711
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at University Teaching Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Maternal Mortality, Risk Factors, Vaccine, Revascularization and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology74▲ 3.6×111 topics
  2. Treatment27▲ 4.3×37 topics
  3. Diagnosis23▲ 4.8×34 topics
  4. Inflammation23▲ 2.1×48 topics
  5. Risk Factors22▲ 3.9×28 topics
  6. Quality of Life21▲ 2.9×39 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 3.2×27 topics
  8. Public Health18▲ 2.4×37 topics
  9. Maternal Mortality16▲ 14×5 topics
  10. Management16▲ 3.8×23 topics
  11. Vaccine16▲ 7.6×11 topics
  12. Global Burden15▲ 5.5×12 topics
  13. Immune Response14▲ 4.8×14 topics
  14. Revascularization13▲ 17×4 topics
  15. Antiretroviral Therapy13▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Guidelines12▲ 5.0×11 topics
  17. Drug Resistance12▲ 8.2×7 topics
  18. Clinical Trials12▲ 3.5×15 topics
  19. Mortality11▲ 3.7×12 topics
  20. Health Inequalities11▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 3.8×13 topics
  22. Prevention10▲ 4.6×14 topics
  23. Antibiotic Resistance10▲ 4.9×8 topics
  24. Medical Education10▲ 7.2×10 topics
  25. Child Mortality10▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Health Systems10▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Complications9▲ 3.6×15 topics
  28. Global Health9▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance9▲ 3.9×9 topics
  30. Surgery9▲ 4.9×9 topics
  31. Quality Improvement9▲ 8.8×8 topics
  32. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate8▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Root Canal Irrigants8▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Clinical Outcomes8▲ 7.2×6 topics
  35. Dental Materials7▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Myocardial Infarction7▲ 5.6×5 topics
  37. Restorative Dentistry7▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Mortality Rates6▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Cancer Incidence6▲ 8.7×4 topics
  40. Bone Mineral Density6▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does University Teaching Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments, Dental materials and restorations and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 10 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 8 fractional worksDental materials and res…7Dental materials and restorations: 7 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…5Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 5 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 4 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery4Global Health and Surgery: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…4Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…4Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksDental Erosion and Treat…4Dental Erosion and Treatment: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOral SurgeryOrthodonticsInfectious Diseases3 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 10 works
  2. 2 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 8 works
  3. 3 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 7 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 5 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 4 works
  7. 7 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  9. 9 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Dental Erosion and Treatment Orthodontics 4 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has University Teaching Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 University Teaching Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%University Teaching Hospital0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of University Teaching Hospital 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 2025University Teaching Hospital5.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.2% in 2008.

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