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Aeras

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Research works
92
▼ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
42.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
Aeras

Not ranked overall: Aeras is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Aeras work in?

In all years, 44% of research at Aeras is in Health Sciences, 37% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Immunology and Microbiology (24%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 41 fractional works · 44.1% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 42.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 20.9% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 37.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 22 fractional works · 24.1% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 22.0% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKAeras92fractional works, all years
Life Sciences37%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3942.6%
    2. Health Professions11.4%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology2224.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1010.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Engineering44.6%
    2. Environmental Science21.7%
    3. Computer Science21.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
    5. Materials Science10.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences43.9%
    2. Decision Sciences11.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    4. Psychology10.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.85× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.52× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences7.22×0 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.85×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.57×0 works
  4. Engineering1.55×1 works
  5. Energy1.52×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.35×0 works
  7. Computer Science1.20×0 works
  8. Medicine1.00×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.95×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.83×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.53×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Aeras?

Ranked on the quality score, Dominick J. Laddy, Jerry Sadoff and Donata R. Sizemore lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aeras.

  1. 1 Dominick J. Laddy United States · #452,445 worldwide 2.7k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Jerry Sadoff United States · #624,054 worldwide 1.5k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Donata R. Sizemore United States · #780,904 worldwide 2.1k citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Bernard Landry United States · #798,999 worldwide 3k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 J. Bruce McClain United States · #822,191 worldwide 3.3k citations · 48 works
  6. 6 David A. Hokey United States · #888,478 worldwide 3.2k citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Margaret Ann Snowden United States · #938,027 worldwide 2k citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Aurelio Bonavia United States · #959,844 worldwide 1.8k citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Andrew J. Graves United States · #1,159,577 worldwide 626 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Gretta L. Blatner United States · #1,360,969 worldwide 954 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Aeras

What are the most cited papers from Aeras?

The most cited paper from Aeras is "Tuberculosis" (Madhukar Pai, Marcel A. Behr, David W. Dowdy et al., 2016), with 1,305 citations. Next come "Safety and efficacy of MVA85A, a new tuberculosis vaccine, in infants previously vaccinated with BCG: a randomised, placebo-controlled phase 2b trial" (1,060) and "Prevention of M. tuberculosis Infection with H4:IC31 Vaccine or BCG Revaccination" (675).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tuberculosis Madhukar Pai, Marcel A. Behr, David W. Dowdy et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers Review 27 Oct 2016 1,305
2 Safety and efficacy of MVA85A, a new tuberculosis vaccine, in infants previously vaccinated with BCG: a randomised, placebo-controlled phase 2b trial Michele D. Tameris, Mark Hatherill, Bernard Landry et al. · The Lancet Open access 4 Feb 2013 1,060
3 Prevention of M. tuberculosis Infection with H4:IC31 Vaccine or BCG Revaccination Elisa Nemes et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Jul 2018 675
4 Prevention of tuberculosis in macaques after intravenous BCG immunization Patricia A. Darrah et al. · Nature Open access 2020 619
5 Phase 2b Controlled Trial of M72/AS01 E Vaccine to Prevent Tuberculosis Olivier Van Der Meeren et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Sep 2018 425
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Aeras?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Vaccine, Immune Response, Genetic Diversity, Drug Resistance and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology28▲ 7.5×25 topics
  2. Treatment23▲ 19×8 topics
  3. Diagnosis22▲ 24×4 topics
  4. Vaccine20▲ 54×9 topics
  5. Immune Response19▲ 34×9 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity18▲ 39×3 topics
  7. Drug Resistance18▲ 61×4 topics
  8. Mycobacterium tuberculosis18▲ 288×1 topic
  9. Tuberculosis18▲ 347×1 topic
  10. Genetic Mutations6▲ 13×1 topic
  11. Primary Immunodeficiency6▲ 162×1 topic
  12. Antigen Presentation6▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Infectious Diseases6▲ 27×3 topics
  14. Innate Memory6▲ 476×1 topic
  15. Trained Immunity6▲ 476×1 topic
  16. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 12×3 topics
  17. Mycobacterium avium4▲ 100×1 topic
  18. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria4▲ 100×1 topic
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 7.2×3 topics
  20. Epitope Prediction4▲ 201×1 topic
  21. Peptide-MHC Binding4▲ 201×1 topic
  22. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 16×6 topics
  23. Innate Immunity3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  24. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Immunity3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  26. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Abdominal Tuberculosis2▲ 120×1 topic
  28. Dendritic Cells2▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Diagnostic Challenges2▲ 120×1 topic
  30. Tumor Antigen2▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Respiratory Infections2▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Vaccine Development2▲ 7.9×7 topics
  33. Community-Acquired Pneumonia2▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine2▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Foxp32▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Pattern Recognition Receptors2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. TGF-ß2▲ 12×1 topic
  38. HIV2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Monoclonal Antibodies2▲ 13×3 topics
  40. HIV Infection2▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Aeras publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Academic Publishing and Open Access and Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control.

Peptidase Inhibition and…0Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis: 0 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …0Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 0 fractional worksAcademic Publishing and …0Academic Publishing and Open Access: 0 fractional worksGreenhouse Technology an…0Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control: 0 fractional worksAerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation: 0 fractional worksSustainable Urban and Rural Development: 0 fractional worksAdaptive Dynamic Program…0Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control: 0 fractional worksDistributed Control Multi-Agent Systems: 0 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 0 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid D…0Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 0 fractional works
OncologyMolecular BiologyInformation Systems and ManagementPlant Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Oncology 0 works
  2. 2 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 0 works
  3. 3 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 0 works
  4. 4 Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control Plant Science 0 works
  5. 5 Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Sustainable Urban and Rural Development Urban Studies 0 works
  7. 7 Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  8. 8 Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  9. 9 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 0 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.8%domestic only52.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Aeras's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 58% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Aeras as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000014% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Aeras0.000036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Aeras over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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