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In research, AIDS Vancouver stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,355 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#3,573 of 14,558 worldwide) and Infectious Diseases (#376 of 964 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,077
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#188
of 718
Research works
527
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
40.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
AIDS Vancouver

What is AIDS Vancouver 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 #2,355 of 16,688 13.3%373
MedicineField #3,573 of 14,558 13.1%336
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #376 of 964 12.2%140

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where AIDS Vancouver 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does AIDS Vancouver work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at AIDS Vancouver is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Immunology and Microbiology (12%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 42 fractional works · 69.3% of its workMedicine: 37 fractional works · 61.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 28.4% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 16.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 12.0% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAIDS Vancouver61fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3761.3%
    2. Health Professions57.9%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology712.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Social Sciences47.2%
    2. Psychology35.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Mathematics00.6%
    2. Environmental Science00.3%
    3. Computer Science00.0%
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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 11.96× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Environmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.99× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology11.96×7 works
  2. Medicine3.19×37 works
  3. Health Professions2.99×5 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.61×1 works
  5. Psychology1.67×3 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×1 works
  7. Social Sciences0.57×4 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×2 works
  9. Mathematics0.52×0 works
  10. Nursing0.12×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at AIDS Vancouver?

Ranked on the quality score, Chanson J. Brumme, Guinevere Q. Lee and Hope R. Lapointe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AIDS Vancouver.

  1. 1 Chanson J. Brumme Canada · #253,735 worldwide 8.3k citations · 194 works
  2. 2 Guinevere Q. Lee Canada · #333,472 worldwide 2.2k citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Hope R. Lapointe Canada · #863,351 worldwide 1.1k citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Guillaume Colley Canada · #876,846 worldwide 908 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Hanwei Sudderuddin Canada · #1,089,921 worldwide 599 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Elizabeth G. Evans Canada · #1,126,397 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Marianne Harris Canada · #1,378,125 worldwide 604 citations · 164 works
  8. 8 Richard Paul Harrigan Canada · #1,588,021 worldwide 3.3k citations · 73 works
  9. 9 Rosemary M. McCloskey Canada · #1,643,279 worldwide 1k citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Bradley R. Jones Canada · #1,700,267 worldwide 1.9k citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at AIDS Vancouver

What are the most cited papers from AIDS Vancouver?

The most cited paper from AIDS Vancouver is "Life expectancy of individuals on combination antiretroviral therapy in high-income countries: a collaborative analysis of 14 cohort studies" (‡, 2008), with 1,683 citations. Next come "Prognosis of HIV-1-infected patients starting highly active antiretroviral therapy: a collaborative analysis of prospective studies" (1,531) and "Closing the Gap: Increases in Life Expectancy among Treated HIV-Positive Individuals in the United States and Canada" (1,436).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Life expectancy of individuals on combination antiretroviral therapy in high-income countries: a collaborative analysis of 14 cohort studies ‡ · The Lancet Open access Jul 2008 1,683
2 Prognosis of HIV-1-infected patients starting highly active antiretroviral therapy: a collaborative analysis of prospective studies Matthias Egger, MARGARET T. MAY, Geneviève Chêne et al. · The Lancet Jul 2002 1,531
3 Closing the Gap: Increases in Life Expectancy among Treated HIV-Positive Individuals in the United States and Canada Hasina Samji et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 18 Dec 2013 1,436
4 Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic review Bradley M. Mathers, Louisa J Degenhardt, Benjamin W. Phillips et al. · The Lancet Review 25 Sep 2008 1,293
5 Datamonkey 2010: a suite of phylogenetic analysis tools for evolutionary biology Wayne Delport, Art F. Y. Poon, Simon D. W. Frost et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 29 Jul 2010 1,242
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at AIDS Vancouver?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Viral Load, Preexposure Prophylaxis, Stigma and Discrimination, HIV, Public Health and HIV Infection.

▲ 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-now 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 Therapy24▲ 240×5 topics
  2. HIV Transmission12▲ 268×2 topics
  3. Viral Load11▲ 243×2 topics
  4. Preexposure Prophylaxis11▲ 383×1 topic
  5. Stigma and Discrimination11▲ 383×1 topic
  6. HIV10▲ 209×4 topics
  7. Epidemiology10▲ 4.1×27 topics
  8. Public Health8▲ 9.2×14 topics
  9. HIV Infection7▲ 118×3 topics
  10. Substance Abuse7▲ 162×2 topics
  11. Immune Response6▲ 19×10 topics
  12. Vaccine6▲ 25×9 topics
  13. drug use5▲ 307×1 topic
  14. harm reduction5▲ 307×1 topic
  15. Antibodies4▲ 132×2 topics
  16. AIDS4▲ 288×1 topic
  17. Immune Activation4▲ 90×1 topic
  18. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 5.7×4 topics
  19. Drug Resistance4▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Integrase Inhibitors4▲ 305×1 topic
  21. Nucleoside Analogues4▲ 305×1 topic
  22. Aging4▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Inflammation4▲ 2.8×4 topics
  24. Bone Mineral Density4▲ 73×2 topics
  25. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance3▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Lipodystrophy3▲ 279×1 topic
  28. Metabolic Abnormalities3▲ 279×1 topic
  29. Mental Health3▲ 3.4×11 topics
  30. Stigma2▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Mortality Risk2▲ 13×3 topics
  33. SARS-CoV-22▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Social Support2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  35. Health Disparities2▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Discrimination2▲ 12×3 topics
  37. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Mental Illness2▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Chronic Pain Management1▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Risk Perception1▲ 8.8×3 topics

Which research topics does AIDS Vancouver publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, HIV Research and Treatment and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…11HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 11 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk5HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 5 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment4HIV Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…4HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 4 fractional worksHIV-related health compl…3HIV-related health complications and treatments: 3 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 1 fractional worksReproductive tract infections research: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyVirologyEmergency Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 11 works
  2. 2 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 5 works
  3. 3 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 4 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 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 available59.1%not open40.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.2%domestic only66.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has AIDS Vancouver's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 AIDS Vancouver as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%AIDS Vancouver0.00028% in 20251990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%AIDS Vancouver10.6% in 2019all institutions10.0% in 20192010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.5% in 2010.

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