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World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific

In research, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,101 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,776 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,680
of 28,054 · #20,956 all time
Rank in Philippines
#39
of 184
Research works
369
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
9k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #10,101 of 20,462 25.3%241
MedicineField #9,776 of 17,978 26.3%190

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific 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).

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: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.69× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.04× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.71× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Aya Yajima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific.

  1. 1 Aya Yajima Philippines · #760,974 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Which keywords describe research at World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Immune Response, Vaccine, Infectious Diseases, Ethical Considerations, Pandemic and Pathogenesis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 5.3×29 topics
  2. Public Health10▲ 9.7×19 topics
  3. Immune Response9▲ 23×10 topics
  4. Vaccine8▲ 30×10 topics
  5. Infectious Diseases8▲ 36×6 topics
  6. Ethical Considerations6▲ 24×3 topics
  7. Pandemic6▲ 7.6×7 topics
  8. Pathogenesis6▲ 15×8 topics
  9. COVID-195▲ 4.8×12 topics
  10. Treatment4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  11. Healthcare Workers4▲ 25×3 topics
  12. Diagnosis4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity4▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Disaster Response3▲ 65×1 topic
  15. Drug Resistance3▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Triage3▲ 117×1 topic
  17. Global Health3▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Corporate Political Activity3▲ 119×1 topic
  19. Global Trade3▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Health In All Policies3▲ 119×1 topic
  21. Mortality3▲ 7.1×5 topics
  22. Non-Communicable Diseases3▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Health Outcomes3▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Mycobacterium tuberculosis3▲ 69×1 topic
  25. Tuberculosis3▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Antibodies3▲ 65×2 topics
  27. Medical Education3▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Virus3▲ 39×3 topics
  29. Genomics2▲ 12×2 topics
  30. H1N12▲ 114×1 topic
  31. Health System Reform2▲ 50×2 topics
  32. Influenza2▲ 84×1 topic
  33. Global Surgery2▲ 175×1 topic
  34. Health Development2▲ 175×1 topic
  35. SARS-CoV-22▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Maternal Mortality2▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Transmission2▲ 56×3 topics
  38. Antiviral Therapy2▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Outbreak2▲ 80×2 topics
  40. Risk Perception2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Disaster Response and Management, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology and Influenza Virus Research Studies.

Disaster Response and Ma…3Disaster Response and Management: 3 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…3Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research…2Influenza Virus Research Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery2Global Health and Surgery: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…2Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional works
Emergency Medical ServicesOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 3 works
  2. 2 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  3. 3 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  4. 4 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 2 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 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 available66.2%not open33.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.7%domestic only46.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% lower 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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