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Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

In research, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention stands highest in Medicine (#6,103 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,459 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 26.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,280
of 28,054 · #12,650 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#28
of 56
Research works
478
▲ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
93%
world 28%

What is Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention 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
MedicineField #6,103 of 10,443 29.9%67 #10808
Health SciencesDomain #7,459 of 11,982 29.4%80 #7763

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention 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 Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 26.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 24.5 works27×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.70× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.22× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.02× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.57× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 3.04× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.00× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention?

Ranked on the composite score, John N. Nkengasong, Nebiyu Dereje and Nicaise Ndembi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

  1. 1 John N. Nkengasong Ethiopia · #145,043 worldwide 170 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Nebiyu Dereje Ethiopia · #323,063 worldwide 196 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Nicaise Ndembi Ethiopia · #1,098,901 worldwide 44 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Mosoka Fallah Ethiopia · #1,099,668 worldwide 41 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Tajudeen Raji Ethiopia · #1,524,009 worldwide 25 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Which keywords describe research at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vaccine, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Public Health, Transmission, Ebola Virus and Outbreak.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 3.9×57 topics
  2. Vaccine20▲ 37×11 topics
  3. Immune Response18▲ 23×9 topics
  4. Pathogenesis17▲ 24×15 topics
  5. Public Health13▲ 6.7×22 topics
  6. Transmission12▲ 168×2 topics
  7. Ebola Virus12▲ 323×1 topic
  8. Outbreak12▲ 242×1 topic
  9. COVID-199▲ 5.1×15 topics
  10. Infectious Diseases8▲ 18×7 topics
  11. Maternal Mortality7▲ 25×5 topics
  12. Pandemic7▲ 5.1×10 topics
  13. Global Health7▲ 34×4 topics
  14. SARS-CoV-27▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Ethical Considerations6▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Child Mortality6▲ 64×1 topic
  17. Community Health Workers6▲ 53×2 topics
  18. Health Systems6▲ 64×1 topic
  19. Risk Perception6▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 25×6 topics
  21. Social Media5▲ 2.8×4 topics
  22. Viral Transmission5▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Global Access5▲ 44×2 topics
  24. COVID-19 Vaccine5▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Vaccine Hesitancy5▲ 57×1 topic
  26. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Coronavirus4▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Drug Resistance4▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Medical Education4▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Healthcare Workers4▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Genetic Diversity4▲ 6.2×3 topics
  32. Viral Load4▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Global Surgery4▲ 137×1 topic
  34. Health Development4▲ 137×1 topic
  35. One Health3▲ 77×1 topic
  36. Zoonotic Diseases3▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Mutation3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Vaccine Development3▲ 9.3×7 topics
  39. antibody3▲ 22×1 topic
  40. spike protein3▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Global Maternal and Child Health, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Global Health and Surgery.

Viral Infections and Out…12Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 12 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…6Global Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…5Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 5 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 4 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 3 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthHealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 12 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 5 works
  4. 4 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  5. 5 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  8. 8 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  9. 9 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 3 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 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 available92.9%not open7.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.0%domestic only38.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% 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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