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World Health Organization - Pakistan

In research, World Health Organization - Pakistan stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,997 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,462 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,707 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Infectious Diseases is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,205
of 28,054 · #4,374 all time
Rank in Pakistan
#97
of 241
Research works
2.9k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
114k
39.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is World Health Organization - Pakistan 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 #4,997 of 11,982 16.5%219 #1734
MedicineField #5,462 of 10,443 15.8%155 #1813
Social SciencesDomain #6,707 of 10,521 18.5%115 #3220

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Health Organization - Pakistan 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#1,734 #4,997
  2. Medicine#1,813 #5,462
  3. Social Sciences#3,220 #6,707
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 - Pakistan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 34.8 works13×
  2. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 20.6 works6.9×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.83× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.43× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.46× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.00× its world share, 155 worksMedicineNursing: 2.58× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.98× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at World Health Organization - Pakistan?

Ranked on the composite score, Katarina Tomaševski, Jun Xing and John Elkington lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Health Organization - Pakistan.

  1. 1 Katarina Tomaševski Pakistan · #425,909 worldwide 14 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Jun Xing Pakistan · #532,933 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 John Elkington Pakistan · #794,988 worldwide 23 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Sarah Barber Pakistan · #1,297,595 worldwide 20 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Sebastian Kummer Pakistan · #1,399,968 worldwide 0 citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Bob King Pakistan · #1,586,591 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at World Health Organization - Pakistan

Which keywords describe research at World Health Organization - Pakistan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, Infectious Diseases, COVID-19 and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology63▲ 4.0×89 topics
  2. Public Health42▲ 7.1×52 topics
  3. Vaccine28▲ 17×11 topics
  4. COVID-1925▲ 4.5×24 topics
  5. Pathogenesis23▲ 11×19 topics
  6. Immune Response22▲ 9.6×13 topics
  7. Infectious Diseases22▲ 16×9 topics
  8. Mental Health18▲ 3.1×31 topics
  9. Maternal Mortality17▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Pandemic17▲ 3.9×13 topics
  11. Socio-economic Factors14▲ 31×2 topics
  12. Health Inequalities14▲ 29×4 topics
  13. Community Health Workers14▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Child Mortality13▲ 47×1 topic
  15. Health Systems13▲ 47×1 topic
  16. Non-Communicable Diseases13▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Healthcare Workers12▲ 12×6 topics
  18. Risk Factors12▲ 2.7×23 topics
  19. Transmission12▲ 54×3 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations11▲ 8.3×10 topics
  21. Outbreak11▲ 79×2 topics
  22. SARS-CoV-211▲ 8.7×5 topics
  23. Mortality11▲ 4.9×8 topics
  24. Ebola Virus11▲ 103×1 topic
  25. Primary Care11▲ 7.4×14 topics
  26. Reservoirs11▲ 103×1 topic
  27. Risk Perception11▲ 9.8×7 topics
  28. Health Outcomes9▲ 8.3×4 topics
  29. Global Access8▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Disaster Response8▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Health Behavior8▲ 20×2 topics
  32. COVID-19 Vaccine8▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Vaccine Hesitancy8▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Health System Reform8▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Vaccine Development8▲ 7.8×10 topics
  36. Drug Resistance8▲ 6.9×7 topics
  37. Social Distancing8▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Emergency Preparedness8▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Triage8▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Global Health7▲ 11×6 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Disaster Response and Management.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 13 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 11 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…8Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 8 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…8Disaster Response and Management: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 6 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 6 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…6Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 6 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 5 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 5 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesHealthEmergency Medical Services5 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 13 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 11 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 8 works
  4. 4 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 8 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 6 works
  6. 6 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 6 works
  8. 8 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 5 works
  9. 9 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 5 works
  10. 10 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available52.1%not open47.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.6%domestic only37.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower 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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