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Armauer Hansen Research Institute

In research, Armauer Hansen Research Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,019 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,242 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 20.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,370
of 28,054 · #17,675 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#40
of 56
Research works
504
▲ 129% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Armauer Hansen 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 #7,019 of 11,982 19.1%99 #11692
MedicineField #6,242 of 10,443 19.1%89 #9454

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 20.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 23.1 works20×
← 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: 1.81× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.28× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.89× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.08× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.73× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 4.01× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.77× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Armauer Hansen Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, J. M. H. Pearson, Adane Mihret and Abraham Aseffa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Armauer Hansen Research Institute.

  1. 1 J. M. H. Pearson Ethiopia · #378,940 worldwide 78 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Adane Mihret Ethiopia · #385,333 worldwide 59 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Abraham Aseffa Ethiopia · #766,866 worldwide 61 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Rea Tschopp Ethiopia · #886,342 worldwide 39 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Rawleigh Howe Ethiopia · #901,920 worldwide 48 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Stefan Berg Ethiopia · #1,403,314 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Armauer Hansen Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Armauer Hansen Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Treatment, Diagnosis, Vaccine, Drug Resistance, Vaccine Development and Antibiotic Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 7.6×69 topics
  2. Immune Response20▲ 21×15 topics
  3. Treatment19▲ 9.3×16 topics
  4. Diagnosis18▲ 12×20 topics
  5. Vaccine18▲ 27×11 topics
  6. Drug Resistance13▲ 28×6 topics
  7. Public Health12▲ 4.7×24 topics
  8. Vaccine Development12▲ 27×8 topics
  9. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 17×11 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity10▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Global Burden10▲ 11×9 topics
  12. Pathogenesis8▲ 9.7×16 topics
  13. Host-Pathogen Interaction8▲ 66×2 topics
  14. Mycobacterium tuberculosis8▲ 86×1 topic
  15. Tuberculosis8▲ 91×1 topic
  16. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 27×6 topics
  17. Insecticide Resistance7▲ 50×4 topics
  18. Medicinal Plants6▲ 8.9×7 topics
  19. Herbal Medicine6▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Genome Sequence5▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Antioxidant5▲ 4.3×17 topics
  22. Anti-inflammatory5▲ 9.9×14 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 5.1×7 topics
  24. Immunity5▲ 6.8×6 topics
  25. Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 14×7 topics
  26. Artemisinin Resistance5▲ 87×1 topic
  27. Plasmodium falciparum5▲ 87×1 topic
  28. Infectious Diseases4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  29. Infertility4▲ 16×2 topics
  30. PCR Diagnosis4▲ 99×2 topics
  31. Abdominal Tuberculosis4▲ 117×1 topic
  32. Diagnostic Challenges4▲ 117×1 topic
  33. ESKAPE Pathogens4▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Global Health4▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria4▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Coronavirus4▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Disease Burden3▲ 28×2 topics
  38. HIV Infection3▲ 20×4 topics
  39. Pharmacology3▲ 8.0×11 topics
  40. Helminth Infections3▲ 52×2 topics

Which research topics does Armauer Hansen Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Malaria Research and Control, Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.

Tuberculosis Research an…8Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 8 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 5 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment …4Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…4Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 4 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 3 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksLeprosy Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksVibrio bacteria research studies: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryMolecular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 8 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  3. 3 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  8. 8 Leprosy Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 2 works
  10. 10 Vibrio bacteria research studies Endocrinology 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 available77.4%not open22.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.0%domestic only51.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Armauer Hansen Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 129% 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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