World Health Organization
In research, World Health Organization stands highest in Health Sciences (#132 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#202 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Professions (#60 of 1,895 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Infectious Diseases and Health (Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology is 13.3× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #337 of 22,385 · #332 all time
- Rank in Switzerland
- #8 of 186
- Research works
- 23k ▲ 9% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.4M 62.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 18.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.62× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 54% world 40%
- International
- 52% world 18%
What is World Health Organization known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #132 of 9,902 | 20.7% | 2,044 | #111 | |
| MedicineField | #202 of 8,541 | 20.6% | 1,554 | #164 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #60 of 1,895 | 21.0% | 414 | #66 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #310 of 9,585 | 17.5% | 857 | #332 | |
| General Health ProfessionsSubfield | #39 of 944 | 21.6% | 268 | #40 | |
| Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield | #13 of 253 | 15.7% | 97 | #21 | |
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield | #29 of 493 | 21.8% | 178 | #33 | |
| Social SciencesField | #369 of 5,988 | 18.3% | 386 | #365 | |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield | #58 of 858 | 20.6% | 284 | #43 | |
| Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField | #124 of 1,798 | 19.0% | 183 | #125 |
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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Health Sciences#111 #132
- Medicine#164 #202
- Health Professions#66 #60
- Social Sciences#332 #310
- General Health Professions#40 #39
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management#21 #13
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#33 #29
- Social Sciences#365 #369
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#43 #58
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance#125 #124
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does World Health Organization work in?
In 2022-now, 57% of research at World Health Organization is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Health Professions (11%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences2,35056.9%
- Medicine1,79543.4%
- Health Professions46711.3%
- Nursing691.7%
- Dentistry120.3%
- Veterinary60.2%
- Social Sciences98923.9%
- Social Sciences45311.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1994.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting1473.6%
- Psychology1413.4%
- Arts and Humanities280.7%
- Decision Sciences220.5%
- Life Sciences41310.0%
- Physical Sciences3819.2%
- Environmental Science1523.7%
- Mathematics681.6%
- Computer Science641.5%
- Engineering611.5%
- Physics and Astronomy80.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences70.2%
- Chemistry70.2%
- Chemical Engineering60.1%
- Materials Science60.1%
- Energy40.1%
What does World Health Organization specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology takes 13.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 27.3 works13×
- Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 323.9 works12×
- HealthSubfield · 139.5 works11×
- Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 80.4 works11×
- Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 61.8 works11×
- VirologySubfield · 21.8 works9.1×
- MicrobiologySubfield · 28.5 works6.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Professions4.29×467 works
- Nursing3.43×69 works
- Immunology and Microbiology3.33×138 works
- Medicine2.26×1,794 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.25×199 works
- Mathematics1.40×68 works
- Veterinary1.12×6 works
- Psychology1.12×141 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.10×147 works
- Social Sciences0.87×453 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×11 works
- Environmental Science0.74×152 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×150 works
- Dentistry0.62×12 works
- Decision Sciences0.55×22 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×98 works
- Chemical Engineering0.41×6 works
- Neuroscience0.23×16 works
- Arts and Humanities0.23×28 works
- Computer Science0.20×64 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×7 works
- Chemistry0.10×6 works
- Energy0.10×4 works
- Engineering0.10×61 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.08×8 works
- Materials Science0.04×6 works
- Health Professions 4.3×
- Nursing 3.4×
- Immunology and Microbiology 3.3×
- Medicine 2.3×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2.2×
- Mathematics 1.4×
- Veterinary 1.1×
- Psychology 1.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.1×
- Social Sciences 0.9×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.8×
- Environmental Science 0.7×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Dentistry 0.6×
- Decision Sciences 0.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.5×
- Chemical Engineering 0.4×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Arts and Humanities 0.2×
- Computer Science 0.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Energy 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at World Health Organization?
Ranked on the quality score, Colin Douglas Mathers, Özge Tunçalp and Gretchen A Stevens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Health Organization.
- 1
Colin Douglas Mathers
Switzerland · #7,898 worldwide 165k citations · 258 works
- 2
Özge Tunçalp
Switzerland · #9,064 worldwide 80k citations · 290 works
- 3
Gretchen A Stevens
Switzerland · #10,251 worldwide 67k citations · 148 works
- 4
Christopher Dye
Switzerland · #11,111 worldwide 54k citations · 397 works
- 5
Leanne Margaret Riley
Switzerland · #11,731 worldwide 51k citations · 88 works
- 6
Melanie J. Cowan
Switzerland · #11,820 worldwide 37k citations · 65 works
- 7
Mark van Ommeren
Switzerland · #12,478 worldwide 22k citations · 234 works
- 8
Pierre B. H. Formenty
Switzerland · #13,029 worldwide 21k citations · 162 works
- 9
Annette Prüss‐Üstün
Switzerland · #13,738 worldwide 21k citations · 78 works
- 10
Somnath Chatterji
Switzerland · #14,360 worldwide 60k citations · 402 works
Which keywords describe research at World Health Organization?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Infectious Diseases, Maternal Mortality and Health Inequalities.
- Health System Reform
- Drug Resistance
- Healthcare Workers
- Corporate Political Activity
- Public Health Governance
- Ebola Virus
- Global Trade
- Herd Immunity
- Primary Care
- Transmission
- Global Health
- Global Burden
- Non-Communicable Diseases
- Health Systems
- Socio-economic Factors
- Community Health Workers
- Maternal Mortality
- Pathogenesis
- Immune Response
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Vaccine
- COVID-19
- Infectious Diseases
- Health Inequalities
- Pandemic
- Child Mortality
- Risk Factors
- Risk Perception
- Ethical Considerations
- Global Access
- Health Behavior
- COVID-19 Vaccine
- Vaccine Hesitancy
- Outbreak
- Reservoirs
- Health Inequities
- Health In All Policies
- SARS-CoV-2
- Vaccine Development
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
- Epidemiology687▲ 4.2×129 topics
- Public Health413▲ 6.8×67 topics
- Vaccine272▲ 16×11 topics
- Immune Response235▲ 10×21 topics
- COVID-19215▲ 4.0×29 topics
- Pathogenesis214▲ 10×22 topics
- Infectious Diseases201▲ 15×10 topics
- Maternal Mortality184▲ 20×5 topics
- Health Inequalities162▲ 32×5 topics
- Community Health Workers152▲ 42×2 topics
- Pandemic150▲ 3.6×14 topics
- Socio-economic Factors149▲ 32×2 topics
- Child Mortality148▲ 50×1 topic
- Health Systems148▲ 50×1 topic
- Risk Factors143▲ 3.1×35 topics
- Non-Communicable Diseases121▲ 11×5 topics
- Risk Perception118▲ 11×7 topics
- Global Burden117▲ 5.2×12 topics
- Ethical Considerations115▲ 8.0×17 topics
- Global Health112▲ 17×10 topics
- Global Access109▲ 31×2 topics
- Transmission107▲ 47×3 topics
- Health Behavior102▲ 26×2 topics
- Primary Care102▲ 6.7×15 topics
- COVID-19 Vaccine102▲ 35×2 topics
- Herd Immunity102▲ 38×1 topic
- Vaccine Hesitancy102▲ 38×1 topic
- Global Trade101▲ 13×8 topics
- Outbreak101▲ 65×2 topics
- Ebola Virus100▲ 87×1 topic
- Reservoirs100▲ 87×1 topic
- Public Health Governance99▲ 62×2 topics
- Health Inequities99▲ 45×2 topics
- Corporate Political Activity99▲ 72×1 topic
- Health In All Policies99▲ 72×1 topic
- Healthcare Workers96▲ 9.8×6 topics
- SARS-CoV-296▲ 7.6×6 topics
- Drug Resistance93▲ 7.8×9 topics
- Vaccine Development92▲ 8.6×11 topics
- Health System Reform82▲ 29×2 topics
Which research topics does World Health Organization publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 148 works
- 2 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 102 works
- 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 100 works
- 4 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 99 works
- 5 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 64 works
- 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 62 works
- 7 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 56 works
- 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 42 works
- 9 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 41 works
- 10 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 40 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has World Health Organization's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 World Health Organization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.
Fractional works of World Health Organization 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.3% in 2005.
Other research institutions in Geneva
- University of Geneva
- European Organization for Nuclear Research
- Hôpital Beau-Séjour
- Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Clayton Foundation
- Médecins Sans Frontières
- Musée d'Art et d'Histoire
- International Labour Organization
Which institutions have research most like World Health Organization's?
Among the world's leading institutions, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has the research profile closest to World Health Organization's, with both strong in Health Professions.
- 1
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
United Kingdom · Both strong in Health Professions, Nursing, Immunology and Microbiology 0.93 Compare
- 2
United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States · Both strong in Health Professions, Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine 0.88 Compare
- 3
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands · Both strong in Medicine, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Immunology and Microbiology 0.75 Compare
- 4
University of Colorado Denver
United States · Both strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, Health Professions 0.72 Compare
- 5
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States · Both strong in Health Professions, Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology 0.71 Compare
Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.
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