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World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa

In research, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,823 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,507 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 23.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,371
of 28,054 · #11,987 all time
Rank in Republic of the Congo
#1
of 5
Research works
554
▲ 66% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
25.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa 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 #3,823 of 11,982 31.8%115 #6191
MedicineField #4,507 of 10,443 29.9%91 #7127

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa 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 Regional Office for Africa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 23.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 29.9 works23×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.09× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.05× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.94× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.50× its world share, 91 worksMedicineNursing: 3.21× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.12× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.58× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa?

Ranked on the composite score, Jorge Cano, Jason M. Mwenda and Anthony Nardone lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa.

  1. 1 Jorge Cano Republic of the Congo · #136,179 worldwide 2.6k citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Jason M. Mwenda Republic of the Congo · #265,613 worldwide 76 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Anthony Nardone Republic of the Congo · #437,472 worldwide 38 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Joseph Okeibunor Republic of the Congo · #523,641 worldwide 62 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Abdou Salam Guèye Republic of the Congo · #621,810 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Joses Muthuri Kirigia Republic of the Congo · #805,556 worldwide 32 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa

Which keywords describe research at World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 5.6×63 topics
  2. Vaccine28▲ 37×11 topics
  3. Pathogenesis24▲ 25×14 topics
  4. Immune Response21▲ 20×13 topics
  5. Infectious Diseases20▲ 32×6 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality17▲ 40×3 topics
  7. Public Health17▲ 6.0×32 topics
  8. Community Health Workers16▲ 99×2 topics
  9. Health Inequalities16▲ 69×2 topics
  10. COVID-1916▲ 6.0×16 topics
  11. Child Mortality15▲ 115×1 topic
  12. Health Systems15▲ 115×1 topic
  13. Transmission15▲ 149×2 topics
  14. Ebola Virus15▲ 292×1 topic
  15. Outbreak15▲ 219×1 topic
  16. Global Access13▲ 76×2 topics
  17. Social Media12▲ 4.6×4 topics
  18. Risk Perception12▲ 24×2 topics
  19. COVID-19 Vaccine12▲ 87×1 topic
  20. Vaccine Hesitancy12▲ 94×1 topic
  21. Ethical Considerations10▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Global Health10▲ 34×4 topics
  23. Modeling9▲ 18×1 topic
  24. transmission dynamics9▲ 63×1 topic
  25. Pandemic8▲ 4.0×8 topics
  26. Health System Reform8▲ 61×2 topics
  27. Low- and Middle-Income Countries8▲ 73×2 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-28▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Healthcare Workers8▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Health Financing7▲ 106×1 topic
  31. Universal Coverage7▲ 106×1 topic
  32. Vaccine Development7▲ 14×6 topics
  33. Disaster Response6▲ 44×2 topics
  34. Emergency Preparedness6▲ 74×1 topic
  35. Triage6▲ 74×1 topic
  36. Immunity6▲ 7.3×4 topics
  37. Coronavirus5▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Medical Education5▲ 10×6 topics
  39. Non-Communicable Diseases5▲ 9.1×3 topics
  40. Viral Transmission5▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 15 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 15 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 9 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 7 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…6Disaster Response and Management: 6 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesHealthModeling and Simulation4 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 15 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 15 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 12 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 9 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 7 works
  6. 6 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 6 works
  7. 7 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 5 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  9. 9 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 4 works
  10. 10 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational 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 available81.5%not open18.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.2%domestic only27.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 66% 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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