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Africa Health Research Institute

In research, Africa Health Research Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,393 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,911 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 23.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,468
of 28,054 · #10,652 all time
Rank in South Africa
#34
of 87
Research works
509
▲ 179% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Africa Health Research Institute 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,393 of 11,982 27.8%112 #9159
MedicineField #5,911 of 10,443 25.9%90 #8564

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Africa Health Research Institute 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 Health Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 23.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 29.2 works24×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.79× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.00× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.58× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 2.55× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Africa Health Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Emily Wong, Alasdair Leslie and Alex Sigal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Africa Health Research Institute.

  1. 1 Emily Wong South Africa · #229,909 worldwide 131 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Alasdair Leslie South Africa · #265,835 worldwide 109 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Alex Sigal South Africa · #297,701 worldwide 236 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Theresa Smit South Africa · #702,734 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Dickman Gareta South Africa · #872,405 worldwide 44 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Kobus Herbst South Africa · #1,208,880 worldwide 39 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Africa Health Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Africa Health Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Mortality Rates, HIV Transmission, Viral Load and Preexposure Prophylaxis.

▲ 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. Antiretroviral Therapy27▲ 92×6 topics
  2. Epidemiology26▲ 3.6×62 topics
  3. Vaccine17▲ 23×11 topics
  4. Immune Response16▲ 16×15 topics
  5. Mortality Rates14▲ 82×2 topics
  6. HIV Transmission14▲ 104×2 topics
  7. Viral Load14▲ 94×2 topics
  8. Preexposure Prophylaxis13▲ 144×1 topic
  9. Stigma and Discrimination13▲ 144×1 topic
  10. Treatment11▲ 5.0×14 topics
  11. Risk Factors11▲ 5.3×18 topics
  12. Diagnosis10▲ 6.1×11 topics
  13. Drug Resistance10▲ 20×5 topics
  14. HIV9▲ 61×4 topics
  15. Public Health9▲ 3.2×28 topics
  16. Mental Health8▲ 3.0×24 topics
  17. HIV Infection8▲ 42×4 topics
  18. Maternal Mortality7▲ 18×5 topics
  19. Pandemic7▲ 3.6×7 topics
  20. Adolescent Health7▲ 44×2 topics
  21. COVID-197▲ 2.7×15 topics
  22. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 17×2 topics
  23. HIV Prevention7▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Sexual Behavior7▲ 101×1 topic
  25. Genetic Diversity6▲ 8.1×3 topics
  26. Antibodies6▲ 63×2 topics
  27. Immune Activation6▲ 43×2 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-26▲ 10×5 topics
  29. AIDS6▲ 133×1 topic
  30. Mycobacterium tuberculosis6▲ 60×1 topic
  31. Tuberculosis6▲ 64×1 topic
  32. neurocognitive disorders6▲ 133×1 topic
  33. Health Inequalities5▲ 25×4 topics
  34. Community Health Workers5▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Child Mortality5▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Health Systems5▲ 39×1 topic
  37. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 10×3 topics
  38. HIV/AIDS4▲ 36×3 topics
  39. Infectious Diseases4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  40. Medical Education4▲ 8.3×8 topics

Which research topics does Africa Health Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV Research and Treatment and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…13HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 13 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 7 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment6HIV Research and Treatment: 6 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…6Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 6 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…5Global Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…3HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsVirologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 13 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 7 works
  3. 3 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 6 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 6 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  9. 9 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 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 available81.7%not open18.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.8%domestic only27.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Africa Health Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 179% 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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