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Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia

In research, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,923 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 29.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,688
of 28,054 · #21,246 all time
Rank in Zambia
#7
of 15
Research works
288
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
22.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia 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 #9,923 of 11,982 22.2%65 #12283

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia 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 Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 29.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 20.3 works29×
← 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: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.21× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.13× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.71× its world share, 53 worksMedicineNursing: 7.14× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia?

Ranked on the composite score, Monde Muyoyeta, Roma Chilengi and Izukanji Sikazwe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia.

  1. 1 Monde Muyoyeta Zambia · #448,324 worldwide 57 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Roma Chilengi Zambia · #1,147,706 worldwide 34 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Izukanji Sikazwe Zambia · #1,194,669 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Carolyn Bolton‐Moore Zambia · #1,284,427 worldwide 11 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Samuel Bosomprah Zambia · #1,353,993 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia

Which keywords describe research at Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Vaccine, Immune Response, HIV Transmission, Mortality Rates, Viral Load and Preexposure Prophylaxis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 5.2×50 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy15▲ 92×6 topics
  3. Vaccine10▲ 25×8 topics
  4. Immune Response10▲ 17×9 topics
  5. HIV Transmission9▲ 124×2 topics
  6. Mortality Rates9▲ 91×2 topics
  7. Viral Load9▲ 108×2 topics
  8. Preexposure Prophylaxis8▲ 171×1 topic
  9. Stigma and Discrimination8▲ 171×1 topic
  10. Drug Resistance7▲ 25×6 topics
  11. Public Health7▲ 4.7×23 topics
  12. Treatment6▲ 5.3×11 topics
  13. Diagnosis6▲ 6.8×12 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity6▲ 13×7 topics
  15. COVID-196▲ 4.0×12 topics
  16. Maternal Mortality5▲ 22×3 topics
  17. Pathogenesis5▲ 9.3×10 topics
  18. Risk Factors5▲ 4.3×9 topics
  19. Community Health Workers4▲ 52×2 topics
  20. Mycobacterium tuberculosis4▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Tuberculosis4▲ 85×1 topic
  22. HIV Infection4▲ 42×4 topics
  23. HIV4▲ 51×4 topics
  24. Child Mortality4▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Health Inequalities4▲ 33×2 topics
  26. Health Systems4▲ 57×1 topic
  27. Pandemic4▲ 3.7×7 topics
  28. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 14×4 topics
  29. HIV Prevention4▲ 59×2 topics
  30. Child Development4▲ 8.2×3 topics
  31. Adolescent Health3▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Sexual Behavior3▲ 90×1 topic
  33. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Insulin Resistance3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  36. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 6.7×7 topics
  37. Vaccine Development2▲ 9.9×7 topics
  38. Infectious Diseases2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  39. SARS-CoV-22▲ 7.2×5 topics
  40. Global Health2▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Global Maternal and Child Health and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…8HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 8 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksHIV-related health compl…2HIV-related health complications and treatments: 2 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and Dietetics4 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 8 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  6. 6 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 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 available82.0%not open18.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors74.4%domestic only25.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017.

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