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Damien Foundation

In research, Damien Foundation stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#518 of 1,417 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,619 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 78.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,753
of 22,385 · #15,784 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#106
of 127
Research works
280
▲ 161% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.28×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Damien Foundation

What is Damien Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physics and AstronomyField #518 of 1,417 9.5%62 -
Physical SciencesDomain #9,619 of 10,670 9.6%70 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Damien Foundation 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Damien Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Damien Foundation is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (56%), Medicine (9%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 65.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 62 fractional works · 55.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 46 fractional works · 41.0% of its workInstrumentation: 11 fractional works · 10.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 16.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 9.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDamien Foundation112fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences17%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy6255.7%
    2. Environmental Science44.0%
    3. Computer Science32.4%
    4. Engineering21.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    6. Energy10.7%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences65.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities43.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.5%
    5. Psychology11.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine109.4%
    2. Health Professions21.9%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.4%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Damien Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 78.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 45.9 works79×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 62.4 works25×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 25.07× its world share, 62 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.07× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 25.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy25.07×62 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.07×5 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.25×4 works
  4. Energy0.81×1 works
  5. Environmental Science0.81×4 works
  6. Health Professions0.72×2 works
  7. Nursing0.71×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×4 works
  9. Veterinary0.61×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×1 works
  11. Medicine0.49×10 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.44×6 works
  14. Neuroscience0.40×1 works
  15. Psychology0.40×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.32×3 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.32×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×2 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  22. Engineering0.11×2 works
  23. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Damien Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Ananya Raihan and P. Krishnamurthy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Damien Foundation.

  1. 1 Ananya Raihan Bangladesh · #3,147,595 worldwide 95 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 P. Krishnamurthy Bangladesh · #5,300,844 worldwide 779 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Damien Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Damien Foundation?

The most cited paper from Damien Foundation is "Short, Highly Effective, and Inexpensive Standardized Treatment of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis" (Armand Van Deun, Aung Kya Jai Maug, Md Abdul Hamid Salim et al., 2010), with 660 citations. Next come "Successful ‘9-month Bangladesh regimen’ for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among over 500 consecutive patients" (324) and "Rifampin Drug Resistance Tests for Tuberculosis: Challenging the Gold Standard" (249).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Short, Highly Effective, and Inexpensive Standardized Treatment of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Armand Van Deun, Aung Kya Jai Maug, Md Abdul Hamid Salim et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 4 May 2010 660
2 Successful ‘9-month Bangladesh regimen’ for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among over 500 consecutive patients K. J. M. Aung, Armand Van Deun, Erik De Clercq et al. · The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 11 Sep 2014 324
3 Rifampin Drug Resistance Tests for Tuberculosis: Challenging the Gold Standard Armand Van Deun, K. J. M. Aung, Valentin Bola et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology Open access 12 Jun 2013 249
4 MDR/XDR-TB management of patients and contacts: Challenges facing the new decade. The 2020 clinical update by the Global Tuberculosis Network Giovanni Battista Migliori et al. · International Journal of Infectious Diseases Open access100 authors 13 Feb 2020 236
5 Surveillance of adverse events in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: first global report Sergey E. Borisov et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 10 Oct 2019 181
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Damien Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Star Formation, Black Holes, Cosmology, Galaxies, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Accretion Disks and Magnetic Fields.

▲ 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-now 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. Star Formation26▲ 409×2 topics
  2. Black Holes22▲ 205×2 topics
  3. Cosmology19▲ 252×1 topic
  4. Galaxies19▲ 585×1 topic
  5. Astronomical Instrumentation11▲ 304×1 topic
  6. Spectrograph11▲ 304×1 topic
  7. Accretion Disks10▲ 175×2 topics
  8. Magnetic Fields10▲ 131×2 topics
  9. Exoplanets7▲ 164×1 topic
  10. Stellar Astrophysics7▲ 164×1 topic
  11. Molecular Clouds7▲ 220×1 topic
  12. Protoplanetary Disks7▲ 220×1 topic
  13. Gravitational Waves7▲ 104×2 topics
  14. Supernovae6▲ 71×2 topics
  15. Gamma-Ray Bursts6▲ 186×1 topic
  16. Neutron Stars6▲ 186×1 topic
  17. Epidemiology6▲ 1.23×24 topics
  18. X-Ray Spectroscopy3▲ 65×2 topics
  19. Event Horizon Telescope3▲ 121×1 topic
  20. Treatment3▲ 2.3×9 topics
  21. X-Ray Astronomy3▲ 121×1 topic
  22. Diagnosis3▲ 2.9×7 topics
  23. High-Energy Astrophysics3▲ 92×1 topic
  24. Particle Acceleration3▲ 92×1 topic
  25. Immune Response3▲ 4.1×4 topics
  26. Drug Resistance2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  27. Vaccine2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  29. Adaptive Optics2▲ 144×1 topic
  30. Host-Pathogen Interaction2▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Monetary Policy2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  32. Wavefront Sensing2▲ 144×1 topic
  33. Mycobacterium tuberculosis2▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Tuberculosis2▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Political Economy2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  36. Radio Astronomy2▲ 67×2 topics
  37. Capital Flows1▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Economic Policy Uncertainty1▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Epoch of Reionization1▲ 93×1 topic
  40. Financial Integration1▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Damien Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Galaxies: Formation, Evo…19Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 19 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…11Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 11 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …7Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 7 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 7 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 6 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 3 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 3 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksRadio Astronomy Observations and Technology: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics1 others

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

  1. 1 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 19 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 11 works
  3. 3 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  4. 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  5. 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  6. 6 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  8. 8 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  9. 9 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 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 available65.3%not open34.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.7%domestic only49.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Damien Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 161% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Damien Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00066% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Damien Foundation0.00073% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Damien Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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