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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stands highest in Medicine (#4,342 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,665 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology — Infectious Diseases is 29.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,709
of 28,054 · #4,500 all time
Rank in Uganda
#5
of 33
Research works
1.4k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
42.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
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
MedicineField #4,342 of 10,443 18.8%119 #2026
Health SciencesDomain #5,665 of 11,982 18.2%137 #2044

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).

What does Centers for Disease Control and Prevention specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 29.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 41.7 works29×
  2. EpidemiologySubfield · 24.2 works8.1×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.39× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.98× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.75× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.93× its world share, 119 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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, Antiretroviral Therapy, Vaccine, Immune Response, Public Health, Pathogenesis, Viral Load and HIV Transmission.

▲ 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. Epidemiology52▲ 6.2×75 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy27▲ 78×6 topics
  3. Vaccine24▲ 28×11 topics
  4. Immune Response22▲ 18×15 topics
  5. Public Health20▲ 6.5×35 topics
  6. Pathogenesis18▲ 17×16 topics
  7. COVID-1917▲ 5.8×18 topics
  8. Viral Load16▲ 97×2 topics
  9. HIV Transmission16▲ 99×2 topics
  10. Mortality Rates15▲ 77×2 topics
  11. Preexposure Prophylaxis14▲ 141×1 topic
  12. Stigma and Discrimination14▲ 141×1 topic
  13. Pandemic13▲ 5.5×9 topics
  14. HIV12▲ 68×4 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases11▲ 16×7 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-210▲ 15×6 topics
  17. Mental Health10▲ 3.3×15 topics
  18. Risk Factors10▲ 4.2×18 topics
  19. Treatment9▲ 3.4×15 topics
  20. Drug Resistance8▲ 13×6 topics
  21. Vaccine Development8▲ 14×10 topics
  22. Transmission8▲ 68×3 topics
  23. Ebola Virus7▲ 125×1 topic
  24. Outbreak7▲ 95×2 topics
  25. Reservoirs7▲ 125×1 topic
  26. Substance Abuse7▲ 45×2 topics
  27. Antibodies7▲ 57×2 topics
  28. HIV Infection7▲ 31×4 topics
  29. Global Burden6▲ 5.6×11 topics
  30. Risk Perception6▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Modeling6▲ 12×1 topic
  32. transmission dynamics6▲ 40×1 topic
  33. COVID-19 Vaccine6▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Vaccine Hesitancy6▲ 43×1 topic
  35. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Maternal Mortality6▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Viral Transmission6▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Social Determinants of Health6▲ 11×4 topics
  39. drug use6▲ 91×1 topic
  40. harm reduction6▲ 91×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…14HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 14 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…6COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 6 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…6Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 6 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…4Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesModeling and SimulationHealthEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 14 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 6 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
  5. 5 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 6 works
  6. 6 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 4 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  10. 10 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 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 available54.7%not open45.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors79.1%domestic only20.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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