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World Health Organization

In research, World Health Organization stands highest in Health Sciences (#397 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#396 of 10,443 worldwide) and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (#19 of 441 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Health and Emergency Medical Services — Infectious Diseases is 14.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,112
of 28,054 · #959 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#13
of 220
Research works
8k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
606k
76.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is World Health Organization 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
Health SciencesDomain #397 of 11,982 41.0%658 #238
MedicineField #396 of 10,443 40.1%506 #258
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #19 of 441 49.7%78 #21
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #30 of 345 36.1%101 #17
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #77 of 828 39.1%101 #29
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #95 of 916 46.9%84 #59
Life SciencesDomain #838 of 7,800 37.1%91 #581
EpidemiologySubfield #132 of 976 39.6%76 #56
Health ProfessionsField #276 of 1,928 42.7%127 #139
Social SciencesDomain #1,635 of 10,521 43.0%238 #742

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Health Organization 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#238 #397
  2. Medicine#258 #396
  3. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#21 #19
  4. Infectious Diseases#17 #30
  5. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#29 #77
  6. General Health Professions#59 #95
  7. Life Sciences#581 #838
  8. Epidemiology#56 #132
  9. Health Professions#139 #276
  10. Social Sciences#742 #1,635
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does World Health Organization specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 100.6 works14×
  2. HealthSubfield · 41.1 works13×
  3. Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 22.5 works12×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.19× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.36× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.53× its world share, 126 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.49× its world share, 506 worksMedicineNursing: 3.80× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.57× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.06× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.36× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 105 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at World Health Organization?

Ranked on the composite score, Somnath Chatterji, Shekhar Saxena and Colin Mathers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Health Organization.

  1. 1 Somnath Chatterji Switzerland · #3,440 worldwide 1.8k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Shekhar Saxena Switzerland · #4,858 worldwide 1.2k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Colin Mathers Switzerland · #9,822 worldwide 1.2k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Lale Say Switzerland · #10,590 worldwide 1.2k citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Marcus Grant Switzerland · #10,597 worldwide 1.6k citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Doris Chou Switzerland · #10,785 worldwide 1.1k citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Christopher Dye Switzerland · #12,925 worldwide 490 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Geoffrey M. Reed Switzerland · #17,898 worldwide 522 citations · 54 works
  9. 9 Rajiv Bahl Switzerland · #36,454 worldwide 509 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Özge Tunçalp Switzerland · #43,460 worldwide 5.7k citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at World Health Organization

Which keywords describe research at World Health Organization?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Maternal Mortality, Vaccine, Immune Response, Health Inequalities, Pathogenesis and Community Health Workers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology183▲ 4.4×101 topics
  2. Public Health99▲ 6.4×53 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality76▲ 32×5 topics
  4. Vaccine76▲ 18×11 topics
  5. Immune Response64▲ 11×13 topics
  6. Health Inequalities62▲ 48×3 topics
  7. Community Health Workers59▲ 66×2 topics
  8. Pathogenesis59▲ 11×18 topics
  9. Socio-economic Factors58▲ 50×2 topics
  10. Child Mortality58▲ 78×1 topic
  11. Health Systems58▲ 78×1 topic
  12. Infectious Diseases53▲ 15×8 topics
  13. COVID-1952▲ 3.6×25 topics
  14. Social Media43▲ 2.9×11 topics
  15. Mental Health41▲ 2.6×31 topics
  16. Pandemic36▲ 3.1×10 topics
  17. Risk Perception35▲ 12×6 topics
  18. Ethical Considerations33▲ 9.2×14 topics
  19. Non-Communicable Diseases33▲ 10×4 topics
  20. Global Access30▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Global Trade30▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Transmission30▲ 53×3 topics
  23. Corporate Political Activity30▲ 82×1 topic
  24. Health In All Policies30▲ 82×1 topic
  25. Health Inequities30▲ 52×2 topics
  26. Global Burden30▲ 5.2×12 topics
  27. Drug Resistance29▲ 9.7×7 topics
  28. COVID-19 Vaccine29▲ 38×2 topics
  29. Health Behavior29▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Vaccine Hesitancy29▲ 41×1 topic
  31. SARS-CoV-229▲ 8.3×6 topics
  32. Healthcare Workers28▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Outbreak28▲ 74×2 topics
  34. Ebola Virus28▲ 98×1 topic
  35. Reservoirs28▲ 98×1 topic
  36. Primary Care27▲ 6.9×14 topics
  37. Vaccine Development27▲ 10×10 topics
  38. Antiretroviral Therapy27▲ 16×6 topics
  39. Global Health27▲ 17×6 topics
  40. Health Outcomes24▲ 8.4×7 topics

Which research topics does World Health Organization publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research.

Global Maternal and Chil…58Global Maternal and Child Health: 58 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 30 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…29Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 29 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…28Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 28 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…18Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 18 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…16Disaster Response and Management: 16 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…15COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 15 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 14 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 14 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 14 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementHealthInfectious Diseases5 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 58 works
  2. 2 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 30 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 29 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 28 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 18 works
  6. 6 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 16 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 15 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 14 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 14 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 available52.3%not open47.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.9%domestic only47.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has World Health Organization's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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