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Anti Filariasis Campaign

filariasiscampaign.health.gov.lkROR OpenAlex
Research works
90
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Anti Filariasis Campaign

Not ranked overall: Anti Filariasis Campaign is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Anti Filariasis Campaign work in?

In all years, 63% of research at Anti Filariasis Campaign is in Health Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 57 fractional works · 63.0% of its workMedicine: 52 fractional works · 57.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 33 fractional works · 36.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 21.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAnti FilariasisCampaign90fractional works, all years
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences9%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5257.3%
    2. Health Professions44.8%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences910.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology55.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology44.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Social Sciences44.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.9%
    3. Psychology11.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science44.0%
    2. Computer Science10.9%
    3. Engineering10.8%
    4. Materials Science00.4%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.91× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.92× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 8 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.99× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.91×1 works
  2. Veterinary4.99×0 works
  3. Health Professions3.24×1 works
  4. Medicine2.62×8 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.92×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.35×1 works
  7. Psychology1.11×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.99×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.70×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.51×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.43×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×0 works
  13. Energy0.37×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.35×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.35×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×0 works
  17. Engineering0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Anti Filariasis Campaign?

Ranked on the quality score, Gawrie NL Galappaththy, Rabindra Romauld Abeyasinghe and Pubudu Upekshana Chulasiri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Anti Filariasis Campaign.

  1. 1 Gawrie NL Galappaththy Sri Lanka · #1,103,972 worldwide 1.1k citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Rabindra Romauld Abeyasinghe Sri Lanka · #1,408,094 worldwide 1.7k citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Pubudu Upekshana Chulasiri Sri Lanka · #2,607,893 worldwide 140 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 W. M. Kumudunayana T. de A. W. Gunasekera Sri Lanka · #2,657,805 worldwide 303 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 P. R. J. Herath Sri Lanka · #3,165,973 worldwide 461 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Risintha Gayan Premaratne Sri Lanka · #3,328,146 worldwide 503 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Prasad Ranaweera Sri Lanka · #4,229,469 worldwide 127 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Anti Filariasis Campaign

What are the most cited papers from Anti Filariasis Campaign?

The most cited paper from Anti Filariasis Campaign is "Chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology: prevalence and causative factors in a developing country" (Nihal Jayatilake, Shanthi Mendis, Palitha Maheepala et al., 2013), with 411 citations. Next come "Operational strategies to achieve and maintain malaria elimination" (400) and "Gaps in Capacity in Primary Care in Low‐Resource Settings for Implementation of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions" (148).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology: prevalence and causative factors in a developing country Nihal Jayatilake, Shanthi Mendis, Palitha Maheepala et al. · BMC Nephrology Open access 27 Aug 2013 411
2 Operational strategies to achieve and maintain malaria elimination Bruno Moonen, Justin M Cohen, Robert William Snow et al. · The Lancet Open access 29 Oct 2010 400
3 Gaps in Capacity in Primary Care in Low‐Resource Settings for Implementation of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions Shanthi Mendis, Igbal Al Bashir, Lanka Dissanayake et al. · International Journal of Hypertension Open access 2012 148
4 A Multicenter Evaluation of Diagnostic Tools to Define Endpoints for Programs to Eliminate Bancroftian Filariasis Katherine Gass et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 17 Jan 2012 124
5 Malaria Control and Elimination in Sri Lanka: Documenting Progress and Success Factors in a Conflict Setting Rabindra Romauld Abeyasinghe, Gawrie NL Galappaththy, Cara Smith Gueye et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 29 Aug 2012 123
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Anti Filariasis Campaign?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Insecticide Resistance, Global Burden, Genome Sequence, Artemisinin Resistance, Plasmodium falciparum and Vector Control.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 11×21 topics
  2. Vaccine Development30▲ 108×4 topics
  3. Insecticide Resistance19▲ 210×4 topics
  4. Global Burden16▲ 33×2 topics
  5. Genome Sequence16▲ 160×2 topics
  6. Artemisinin Resistance16▲ 447×1 topic
  7. Plasmodium falciparum16▲ 447×1 topic
  8. Vector Control14▲ 132×4 topics
  9. Arboviral Diseases13▲ 233×1 topic
  10. Zika Virus13▲ 233×1 topic
  11. Public Health11▲ 8.9×12 topics
  12. Zoonotic Infections7▲ 128×2 topics
  13. Helminth Infections6▲ 141×2 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity5▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Pathogenesis4▲ 8.4×3 topics
  16. Ivermectin4▲ 117×1 topic
  17. Lymphatic Filariasis4▲ 319×1 topic
  18. Diagnosis4▲ 4.2×6 topics
  19. Infectious Diseases4▲ 18×4 topics
  20. Pest Management3▲ 41×4 topics
  21. Treatment3▲ 2.9×6 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.3×8 topics
  23. Immune Response3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  24. Bunyavirus3▲ 72×1 topic
  25. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers3▲ 72×1 topic
  26. Mass Gatherings3▲ 264×1 topic
  27. Respiratory Infections3▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Travelers' Diarrhea3▲ 264×1 topic
  29. Global Epidemiology2▲ 47×2 topics
  30. Schistosomiasis2▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Soil-Transmitted Helminths2▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Drug Resistance2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  33. Mode of Action2▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Bacillus thuringiensis2▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Biopesticides2▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Essential Oils2▲ 20×2 topics
  37. RNA Interference2▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Community Health Workers2▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Botanical Insecticides2▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Insect Control2▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Anti Filariasis Campaign publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Malaria Research and Control: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Resea…1Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…1Global Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksLeptospirosis research and findings: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 0 fractional worksLeprosy Research and Tre…0Leprosy Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 0 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthParasitology2 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 1 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 0 works
  7. 7 Leprosy Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  9. 9 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available59.4%not open40.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.6%domestic only61.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Anti Filariasis Campaign's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Anti Filariasis Campaign as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000048% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Anti Filariasis Campaign0.000056% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Anti Filariasis Campaign over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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