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Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa

In research, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa stands highest in Medicine (#7,048 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,587 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 42.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,564
of 28,054 · #7,357 all time
Rank in South Africa
#32
of 87
Research works
487
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
35.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa 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 #7,048 of 10,443 24.8%68 #8124
Health SciencesDomain #8,587 of 11,982 24.5%78 #9137

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa 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 the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 42.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 34.0 works42×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 13.10× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.98× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.96× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 13.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa?

Ranked on the composite score, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Nesri Padayatchi and Nigel Garrett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa.

  1. 1 Quarraisha Abdool Karim South Africa · #108,155 worldwide 256 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Nesri Padayatchi South Africa · #216,873 worldwide 121 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Nigel Garrett South Africa · #587,919 worldwide 106 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Nonhlanhla Yende‐Zuma South Africa · #1,116,655 worldwide 38 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa

Which keywords describe research at Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa?

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

▲ 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. Antiretroviral Therapy28▲ 143×6 topics
  2. Epidemiology25▲ 5.4×39 topics
  3. Vaccine21▲ 43×10 topics
  4. Immune Response18▲ 27×13 topics
  5. HIV Transmission15▲ 174×2 topics
  6. Drug Resistance12▲ 36×3 topics
  7. Viral Load12▲ 129×2 topics
  8. Mortality Rates11▲ 100×2 topics
  9. Preexposure Prophylaxis11▲ 192×1 topic
  10. Stigma and Discrimination11▲ 192×1 topic
  11. HIV11▲ 108×3 topics
  12. Treatment11▲ 7.3×6 topics
  13. Diagnosis10▲ 9.5×7 topics
  14. SARS-CoV-210▲ 26×5 topics
  15. Pandemic9▲ 7.4×7 topics
  16. HIV Infection8▲ 69×4 topics
  17. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity7▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Mycobacterium tuberculosis7▲ 104×1 topic
  20. Tuberculosis7▲ 111×1 topic
  21. Immunity7▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Antibodies6▲ 96×2 topics
  23. AIDS6▲ 203×1 topic
  24. Immune Activation6▲ 64×2 topics
  25. Public Health6▲ 3.6×20 topics
  26. neurocognitive disorders6▲ 203×1 topic
  27. Coronavirus6▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Mutation6▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Viral Transmission6▲ 32×3 topics
  30. antibody6▲ 43×1 topic
  31. spike protein6▲ 43×1 topic
  32. HIV Prevention5▲ 73×2 topics
  33. Social Determinants of Health5▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Integrase Inhibitors5▲ 202×1 topic
  35. Nucleoside Analogues5▲ 202×1 topic
  36. Adolescent Health5▲ 48×2 topics
  37. Sexual Behavior5▲ 112×1 topic
  38. Youth Risk Behavior5▲ 112×1 topic
  39. Sexually Transmitted Infections4▲ 78×2 topics
  40. Bacterial Vaginosis4▲ 139×1 topic

Which research topics does Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, HIV Research and Treatment and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…11HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 11 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment6HIV Research and Treatment: 6 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …6SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 6 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 5 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 5 fractional worksReproductive tract infec…4Reproductive tract infections research: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesVirologyGeneral Health ProfessionsMicrobiology2 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 11 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 6 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 6 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 5 works
  6. 6 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 5 works
  7. 7 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 4 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 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 available72.1%not open27.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors57.4%domestic only42.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017.

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