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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stands highest in Medicine (#5,152 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,408 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 23.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,581
of 28,054 · #7,331 all time
Rank in Kenya
#15
of 75
Research works
897
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
52.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
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 #5,152 of 10,443 24.1%82 #3261
Health SciencesDomain #6,408 of 11,982 24.6%99 #3506

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 23.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 23.7 works24×
← 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: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.46× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.60× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.60× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.90× its world share, 82 worksMedicineNursing: 3.11× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.5×. 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, Pathogenesis, Public Health, Immune Response, HIV Transmission and Viral Load.

▲ 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. Epidemiology37▲ 6.4×65 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy17▲ 70×6 topics
  3. Vaccine14▲ 23×11 topics
  4. Public Health13▲ 6.2×30 topics
  5. Pathogenesis12▲ 16×12 topics
  6. Immune Response11▲ 13×13 topics
  7. HIV Transmission10▲ 96×2 topics
  8. Viral Load10▲ 87×2 topics
  9. Mortality Rates10▲ 72×2 topics
  10. Pandemic10▲ 6.1×8 topics
  11. Preexposure Prophylaxis9▲ 130×1 topic
  12. Stigma and Discrimination9▲ 130×1 topic
  13. Risk Factors8▲ 5.2×23 topics
  14. COVID-198▲ 3.9×14 topics
  15. Mental Health8▲ 3.5×16 topics
  16. Antibodies7▲ 89×2 topics
  17. Vaccine Development7▲ 20×8 topics
  18. HIV7▲ 59×4 topics
  19. Infectious Diseases6▲ 12×7 topics
  20. SARS-CoV-26▲ 12×6 topics
  21. Genomics5▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Virus5▲ 36×3 topics
  23. HIV Infection5▲ 33×4 topics
  24. Maternal Mortality5▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Influenza5▲ 80×2 topics
  26. Respiratory5▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Vaccines5▲ 59×3 topics
  28. Drug Resistance5▲ 11×5 topics
  29. H1N15▲ 104×1 topic
  30. Substance Abuse5▲ 44×2 topics
  31. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Disease Burden4▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Global Burden4▲ 5.4×11 topics
  34. Viral Infections4▲ 52×2 topics
  35. Host Immune Response4▲ 47×2 topics
  36. Human Metapneumovirus4▲ 61×1 topic
  37. Respiratory Syncytial Virus4▲ 61×1 topic
  38. HIV Prevention4▲ 46×2 topics
  39. drug use4▲ 84×1 topic
  40. harm reduction4▲ 84×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Respiratory viral infections research and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…9HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 9 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 5 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 4 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 4 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…3Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…3COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 3 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…3Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 9 works
  2. 2 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  3. 3 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  9. 9 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 3 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available65.1%not open34.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors87.4%domestic only12.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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