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World Health Organization - Uganda

In research, World Health Organization - Uganda stands highest in Health Sciences (#14,929 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,537
of 28,054 · #27,022 all time
Rank in Uganda
#18
of 33
Research works
213
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is World Health Organization - Uganda 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 #14,929 of 20,462 27.6%128

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Health Organization - Uganda 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: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.08× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.43× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.96× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.73× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 6.46× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at World Health Organization - Uganda?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Pathogenesis, Health Inequalities and Child 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. Epidemiology16▲ 5.3×43 topics
  2. Vaccine6▲ 20×9 topics
  3. Immune Response6▲ 14×11 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality6▲ 32×4 topics
  5. Community Health Workers5▲ 78×2 topics
  6. Pathogenesis5▲ 13×11 topics
  7. Public Health5▲ 4.3×19 topics
  8. COVID-195▲ 4.5×12 topics
  9. Health Inequalities5▲ 50×2 topics
  10. Child Mortality5▲ 82×1 topic
  11. Health Systems5▲ 82×1 topic
  12. Vaccine Development4▲ 23×9 topics
  13. Infectious Diseases4▲ 17×6 topics
  14. Global Burden4▲ 9.6×9 topics
  15. Child Development4▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Ebola Virus3▲ 133×1 topic
  17. Insecticide Resistance3▲ 46×3 topics
  18. Outbreak3▲ 99×1 topic
  19. Ethical Considerations3▲ 9.6×4 topics
  20. Genome Sequence3▲ 40×2 topics
  21. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 102×1 topic
  22. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 102×1 topic
  23. Poverty Reduction2▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  25. Anemia2▲ 31×3 topics
  26. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Modeling2▲ 11×1 topic
  30. Sickle-cell Disease2▲ 67×1 topic
  31. Thalassemia2▲ 67×1 topic
  32. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 35×1 topic
  33. transmission dynamics2▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 15×6 topics
  35. COVID-19 Vaccine2▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Vaccine Hesitancy2▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Drug Resistance2▲ 8.0×6 topics
  38. Gender Inequality2▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Healthcare Workers2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  40. Hepcidin2▲ 57×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Malaria Research and Control and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…2Malaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…2Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNutrition and Dietetics5 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 5 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  5. 5 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  8. 8 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 2 works
  9. 9 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 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 available78.4%not open21.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.7%domestic only38.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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