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World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

In research, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,191 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,377 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,433
of 28,054 · #11,355 all time
Rank in Denmark
#34
of 108
Research works
987
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
23.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe 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 #5,191 of 11,982 30.7%104 #4839
MedicineField #6,377 of 10,443 29.3%66 #6848

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 22.3 works9.0×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.68× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.73× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.90× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 1.93× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.76× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.82× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.02× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Dinesh Sethi, Kremlin Wickramasinghe and Natasha Azzopardi‐Muscat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.

  1. 1 Dinesh Sethi Denmark · #164,880 worldwide 142 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Kremlin Wickramasinghe Denmark · #334,347 worldwide 93 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Natasha Azzopardi‐Muscat Denmark · #361,370 worldwide 67 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 João Breda Denmark · #426,801 worldwide 96 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Hans Kluge Denmark · #578,989 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Hannu Vuori Denmark · #714,807 worldwide 23 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Cláudia Stein Denmark · #820,860 worldwide 92 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Agis D. Tsouros Denmark · #917,216 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Ruth E. Grout Denmark · #917,647 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Francesca Racioppi Denmark · #958,389 worldwide 54 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

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

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 3.8×46 topics
  2. Public Health27▲ 10×36 topics
  3. COVID-1914▲ 5.6×15 topics
  4. Non-Communicable Diseases13▲ 24×4 topics
  5. Pandemic12▲ 6.0×7 topics
  6. Vaccine12▲ 16×10 topics
  7. Mental Health11▲ 4.2×19 topics
  8. Infectious Diseases11▲ 18×7 topics
  9. Immune Response11▲ 10×9 topics
  10. Corporate Political Activity9▲ 153×1 topic
  11. Global Trade9▲ 27×1 topic
  12. Social Media9▲ 3.6×7 topics
  13. Primary Care9▲ 13×13 topics
  14. Risk Perception7▲ 14×5 topics
  15. COVID-19 Vaccine6▲ 46×1 topic
  16. Global Access6▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Health Behavior6▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Healthcare Workers6▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Vaccine Hesitancy6▲ 50×1 topic
  20. Pathogenesis6▲ 6.4×8 topics
  21. SARS-CoV-26▲ 10×5 topics
  22. Health Equity5▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Mortality5▲ 5.2×8 topics
  24. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Drug Resistance5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  26. Health Outcomes5▲ 9.7×7 topics
  27. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Global Health5▲ 17×6 topics
  29. Physical Activity5▲ 5.3×8 topics
  30. Health Disparities5▲ 9.8×4 topics
  31. Chronic Diseases4▲ 9.8×6 topics
  32. Prevalence4▲ 5.7×8 topics
  33. Behavior Change4▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Health System Reform4▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Quality Improvement4▲ 11×7 topics
  36. Integration4▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Psychological Adjustment4▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Viral Transmission4▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Immigrant4▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Refugee4▲ 35×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Migration, Health and Trauma and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Global Public Health Pol…9Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 9 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 4 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…3Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…3Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 3 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementHealthClinical PsychologyModeling and Simulation5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  2. 2 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
  3. 3 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 4 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 3 works
  9. 9 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 3 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 available53.5%not open46.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.0%domestic only52.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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