World Health Organization (WHO)
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Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026Profile
The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect World Health Organization (WHO)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where World Health Organization (WHO) is listed.
Position by research output Share
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Research
World Health Organization (WHO) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.
Overall research output
Research outputs by subject area
Leading research topics
In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), World Health Organization (WHO) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
| Topics | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Sciences | 44 | 7.14 |
| Oncology and Carcinogenesis | 22 | 5.55 |
| Epidemiology | 14 | 3.28 |
| Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology | 6 | 1.66 |
| Health Services and Systems | 5 | 1.45 |
| Medical Microbiology | 16 | 1.20 |
| Applied Economics | 5 | 0.76 |
| Reproductive Medicine | 9 | 0.67 |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 5 | 0.60 |
Share output for the past 5 years
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Collaboration
Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with World Health Organization (WHO).
Top 5 domestic collaborators with World Health Organization (WHO) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Collaboration Score |
|---|---|---|
| Doctors Without Borders (MSF) | 0.36 / 0.69 | 1.05 |
| University of Bern (UniBE) | 0.31 / 0.69 | 1.00 |
| Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria | 0.25 / 0.53 | 0.78 |
| UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction | 0.15 / 0.53 | 0.68 |
| Debiopharm Group | 0.04 / 0.61 | 0.65 |
Top 5 international collaborators with World Health Organization (WHO) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) | 12.77 / 12.31 | 25.08 |
| Imperial College London (ICL) | 5.96 / 5.05 | 11.00 |
| MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis (MRC GIDA) | 3.33 / 5.88 | 9.21 |
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) | 4.36 / 4.05 | 8.41 |
| WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control | 1.57 / 3.13 | 4.70 |
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Relationships
Affiliated institutions
The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for World Health Organization (WHO). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.
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World Health Organization (WHO)
- Regional Office for Brazil, WHO
- WHO Algeria
- WHO Bangladesh
- WHO Center for Communicable Disease Control
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Modelling, Evolution, and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Campylobacter
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
- WHO Country Office - Malawi
- WHO Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MCA)
- WHO Enterovirus Research Center (ERC)
- WHO Eritrea
- WHO European Centre for Environment and Health (ECEH)
- WHO Gambia
- WHO Guinea
- WHO HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections
- WHO Inter-Country Support Team
- WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
- WHO International Health Regulations Coordination Department
- WHO Iran
- WHO Jordan
- WHO Kazakhstan
- WHO Kenya
- WHO Laos
- WHO Lebanon
- WHO Lesotho
- WHO Mali Office
- WHO Mongolia
- WHO National Laboratory of Public Health (LNSP)
- WHO National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP)
- WHO Nepal
- WHO Office at the United Nations (WUN)
- WHO Office on Quality of Care and Patient Safety
- WHO Pakistan
- WHO Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- WHO Papua New Guinea
- WHO Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH)
- WHO Polio Eradication
- WHO Regional Office for Africa
- WHO Regional Office for Europe
- WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
- WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
- WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
- WHO Representative Office in China
- WHO Rwanda
- WHO Senegal
- WHO Sierra Leone
- WHO South Africa
- WHO South Sudan
- WHO Tajikistan
- WHO Tanzania
- WHO Tropical Diseases Research Center (TDRC)
- WHO Uganda
- WHO Vanuatu
- WHO Zimbabwe
Affiliated joint institutions and consortia
Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.
- Global Virus Network (GVN)
- Inter-Country Center for Oral Health for Africa (ICOH)
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis (MRC GIDA)
- Men’s Health Screening Program (MHSP)
- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health at Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council's Expert in Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP)
- PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine
- Partnership for Research on Vaccines and Infectious Diseases in Liberia (PREVAIL)
- Regional WHO Human Papillomavirus Laboratory Network
- Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
- UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction
- UNESCO-CAS International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the Auspices
- WHO Centre Collaborateur de l'OMS pour la Famille des Classifications Internationales
- WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis
- WHO Collaborating Center for Metabolic Bone Disorders
- WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza
- WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis
- WHO Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals
- WHO Collaborating Center for Surveillance of Anti-malarial Drug Resistance
- WHO Collaborating Center for Vaccine Safety
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Children's Health and the Environment
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Classification Scientific Support
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Disease Epidemiology Analytics on HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Viral Hepatitis
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Emerging Infections and Biological Threats
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Conditions and Ageing
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Foodborne Listeriosis
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Health Histories
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women's Health Research
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections
- WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV surveillance
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, Research Methods and Recommendations
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Listeria
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Research and Capacity-Building
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition and Health
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Meningococci
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Research Training in Human Reproduction
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training for Schistosomiasis Elimination
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health Services
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Neurosciences and Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Sexual Health and Vulnerable Populations
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Cessation and Respiratory Diseases Prevention
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis Bacteriology
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Vaccine Immunology
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Vector Surveillance and Management
- WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Humanitarian Settings and Chronic Kidney Disease
- WHO Collaborating Centre in Prevention and Control of Chronic Kidney Disease
- WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety
- WHO Collaborating Centre on Prevention and Case Management of Echinococcosis
- WHO Collaborating Centre on Tuberculosis and Social Medicine
- WHO Collaborating Centre on infection prevention and control and antimicrobial resistance
- WHO Collaboration Center of Human Reproduction
- WHO Family of International Classifications Collaborating Center of China
- WHO Regional Reference Laboratory for Hepatitis B
- WHO-AUB Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Bacterial Pathogens
- WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme
- WHo collaborating center on plague control and research