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Villa Maria Hospital

In research, Villa Maria Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,700 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,319 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,074
of 28,054 · #24,772 all time
Rank in Uganda
#31
of 33
Research works
366
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Villa Maria Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #7,700 of 17,978 14.1%248
Health SciencesDomain #9,319 of 20,462 13.9%271

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Villa Maria 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).

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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.34× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Villa Maria Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, I Rantasalo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Villa Maria Hospital.

  1. 1 I Rantasalo Uganda · #1,250,912 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Villa Maria Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Villa Maria Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Global Burden, Guidelines, Complications, Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.7×49 topics
  2. Treatment4▲ 4.8×20 topics
  3. Diagnosis3▲ 5.3×15 topics
  4. Inflammation2▲ 1.85×21 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.3×16 topics
  6. Global Burden2▲ 6.4×9 topics
  7. Quality of Life2▲ 2.4×15 topics
  8. Risk Factors2▲ 3.2×12 topics
  9. Complications2▲ 5.8×9 topics
  10. Guidelines2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  11. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.1×11 topics
  12. Immunotherapy1▲ 3.2×8 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders1▲ 4.1×8 topics
  14. Clinical Trials1▲ 3.3×6 topics
  15. Neurocognitive Function1▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Pathogenesis1▲ 4.3×9 topics
  17. Community Engagement1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  18. Immune Response1▲ 3.6×4 topics
  19. Low Back Pain1▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Events1▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Children1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 3.4×6 topics
  24. Gender1▲ 3.3×3 topics
  25. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  26. Heart Failure1▲ 4.4×7 topics
  27. Hypertension1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  28. Mortality1▲ 3.3×6 topics
  29. Pathophysiology1▲ 5.9×6 topics
  30. Rehabilitation1▲ 4.6×7 topics
  31. Surgical Management1▲ 4.6×8 topics
  32. Uterine Fibroids1▲ 59×1 topic
  33. Uterine Leiomyoma1▲ 59×1 topic
  34. Feminism1▲ 5.9×2 topics
  35. Imaging1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  36. Latin America1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  37. Pandemic1▲ 1.62×5 topics
  38. Prognostic Factors1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  39. Social Inequality1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  40. Social Movements1▲ 5.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Villa Maria Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Uterine Myomas and Treatments, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies.

Uterine Myomas and Treat…1Uterine Myomas and Treatments: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…1Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 1 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksGender and Feminist Studies: 1 fractional worksLatin American socio-political dynamics: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologySurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGender Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  2. 2 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Gender and Feminist Studies Gender Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Latin American socio-political dynamics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 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 available43.7%not open56.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.9%domestic only48.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Villa Maria Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.