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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stands highest in Infectious Diseases (#4 of 345 worldwide), Medicine (#215 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#283 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Virology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology — Virology is 27.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,024
of 28,054 · #361 all time
Rank in United States
#179
of 4,192
Research works
25k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6M
66.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Centers 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
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #4 of 345 25.6%312 #1
MedicineField #215 of 10,443 26.7%1,262 #71
Health SciencesDomain #283 of 11,982 26.8%1,464 #80
EpidemiologySubfield #31 of 976 24.9%303 #6
Life SciencesDomain #479 of 7,800 26.4%373 #129
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #74 of 828 31.3%173 #9
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #191 of 916 28.4%128 #41
Social SciencesDomain #2,365 of 10,521 28.1%255 #778
Health ProfessionsField #495 of 1,928 27.8%177 #78
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #947 of 3,579 24.2%124 #169

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centers 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Infectious Diseases#1 #4
  2. Medicine#71 #215
  3. Health Sciences#80 #283
  4. Epidemiology#6 #31
  5. Life Sciences#129 #479
  6. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#9 #74
  7. General Health Professions#41 #191
  8. Social Sciences#778 #2,365
  9. Health Professions#78 #495
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#169 #947
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Centers for Disease Control and Prevention specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Virology takes 27.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VirologySubfield · 35.8 works27×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 311.5 works20×
  3. MicrobiologySubfield · 37.9 works16×
  4. ParasitologySubfield · 36.3 works15×
  5. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 37.4 works12×
  6. HealthSubfield · 74.7 works11×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 76 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 124 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.66× its world share, 152 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 84 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.63× its world share, 43 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.96× its world share, 177 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.90× its world share, 1,262 worksMedicineNursing: 1.41× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.97× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 74 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 135 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Janet B. Croft, Antonia M. Calafat and Lauri E. Markowitz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  1. 1 Janet B. Croft United States · #2,884 worldwide 891 citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Antonia M. Calafat United States · #3,374 worldwide 1.2k citations · 140 works
  3. 3 Lauri E. Markowitz United States · #4,215 worldwide 980 citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Larry L. Needham United States · #4,412 worldwide 745 citations · 83 works
  5. 5 Janet E. Fulton United States · #5,389 worldwide 1.3k citations · 61 works
  6. 6 Timothy M. Uyeki United States · #5,874 worldwide 1.1k citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Pierre E. Rollin United States · #6,869 worldwide 772 citations · 77 works
  8. 8 Alicia M. Fry United States · #7,788 worldwide 852 citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Earl S. Ford United States · #9,126 worldwide 2.3k citations · 49 works
  10. 10 William H. Dietz United States · #9,192 worldwide 825 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Which keywords describe research at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Pathogenesis, Vaccine, Immune Response, Pandemic, Vaccine Development and SARS-CoV-2.

▲ 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. Epidemiology705▲ 7.9×119 topics
  2. Public Health258▲ 7.8×53 topics
  3. Pathogenesis218▲ 19×21 topics
  4. Vaccine196▲ 21×11 topics
  5. Immune Response152▲ 12×20 topics
  6. Pandemic140▲ 5.8×9 topics
  7. COVID-19139▲ 4.5×22 topics
  8. Vaccine Development121▲ 21×11 topics
  9. SARS-CoV-2112▲ 15×6 topics
  10. Mental Health106▲ 3.2×32 topics
  11. Risk Factors93▲ 3.7×29 topics
  12. Antiretroviral Therapy90▲ 25×6 topics
  13. Infectious Diseases88▲ 12×10 topics
  14. Global Burden80▲ 6.6×12 topics
  15. HIV Transmission71▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Diagnosis70▲ 3.3×36 topics
  17. Viral Load67▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity67▲ 6.6×8 topics
  19. ACE2 Receptor64▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Mortality Rates58▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Viral Transmission58▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Immunity58▲ 6.3×8 topics
  23. Risk Perception57▲ 9.3×6 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance56▲ 6.5×14 topics
  25. Disease Burden56▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Infection54▲ 9.7×9 topics
  27. Antibodies54▲ 43×2 topics
  28. HIV53▲ 28×4 topics
  29. Genomics53▲ 7.9×7 topics
  30. Host Immune Response53▲ 38×3 topics
  31. Virus52▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Viral Infections52▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Coronavirus50▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Preexposure Prophylaxis50▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Stigma and Discrimination50▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Human Metapneumovirus50▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Respiratory Syncytial Virus50▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Vaccines50▲ 39×3 topics
  39. Antimicrobial Resistance48▲ 11×9 topics
  40. COVID-19 Vaccine47▲ 29×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Respiratory viral infections research, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…50HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 50 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…50Respiratory viral infections research: 50 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 46 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …43SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 43 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…41Viral Infections and Vectors: 41 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 39 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 37 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …35Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 35 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 33 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 32 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyHealthModeling and Simulation1 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 50 works
  2. 2 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 50 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 46 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 43 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 41 works
  6. 6 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 39 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 37 works
  8. 8 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 35 works
  9. 9 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 33 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 32 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 available52.5%not open47.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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