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World Health Organization - Afghanistan

In research, World Health Organization - Afghanistan stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,400 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations — Political Science and International Relations is 10.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,343
of 28,054 · #30,180 all time
Rank in Afghanistan
#8
of 20
Research works
411
▲ 117% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.7k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is World Health Organization - Afghanistan 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,400 of 10,521 19.0%64 #10380

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Health Organization - Afghanistan 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 World Health Organization - Afghanistan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 20.9 works10×
← 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: 2.00× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.58× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 3.22× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.68× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.93× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at World Health Organization - Afghanistan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Security, Conflict, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Epidemiology, Human Rights and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Security17▲ 20×10 topics
  2. Conflict16▲ 75×4 topics
  3. Central Asia15▲ 155×3 topics
  4. Afghanistan14▲ 400×1 topic
  5. Pakistan14▲ 400×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology11▲ 2.0×45 topics
  7. Globalization7▲ 2.6×14 topics
  8. Climate Change7▲ 1.84×30 topics
  9. Mental Health6▲ 3.3×17 topics
  10. Human Rights6▲ 4.2×14 topics
  11. Public Health6▲ 3.0×22 topics
  12. COVID-195▲ 2.9×12 topics
  13. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.4×13 topics
  14. Quality of Life4▲ 2.3×12 topics
  15. Depression4▲ 3.6×9 topics
  16. Risk Management3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  17. Geopolitics3▲ 15×5 topics
  18. International Relations3▲ 9.1×7 topics
  19. Maternal Mortality3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  20. Social Support3▲ 3.8×6 topics
  21. Vaccine3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  23. Low- and Middle-Income Countries2▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Peacebuilding2▲ 29×4 topics
  25. Stress2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  26. Health Financing2▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Health Inequalities2▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Self-Efficacy2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  29. Universal Coverage2▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Child Mortality2▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Health Systems2▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  33. Vaccination2▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Digital Health2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Elderly2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  36. Job Stress2▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Nursing2▲ 8.1×1 topic
  38. Violence2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  39. healthcare system2▲ 183×1 topic
  40. pandemic diseases2▲ 183×1 topic

Which research topics does World Health Organization - Afghanistan publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, Healthcare Systems and Reforms, Global Maternal and Child Health and Health and Well-being Studies.

Politics and Conflicts i…14Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 14 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 2 fractional worksLegal, Health, Environme…2Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Studies: 1 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsFinancePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthClinical Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 2 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  4. 4 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  9. 9 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 1 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 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 available65.7%not open34.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.8%domestic only56.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has World Health Organization - Afghanistan's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 117% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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