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Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

In research, Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,560 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,223 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases is 44.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,476
of 22,385 · #4,295 all time
Rank in South Africa
#41
of 75
Research works
439
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
37.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
68%
world 18%
Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

What is Desmond Tutu HIV 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,560 of 9,902 19.8%80 #1032
MedicineField #2,223 of 8,541 20.4%67 #1403

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Desmond Tutu HIV 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 Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Health Professions (11%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 92 fractional works · 74.7% of its workMedicine: 77 fractional works · 62.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 37 fractional works · 30.0% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 10.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 7.7% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDesmond Tutu HIVFoundation123fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences12%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7762.7%
    2. Health Professions1411.4%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences96.9%
    2. Psychology32.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology97.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Engineering10.9%
    2. Environmental Science10.7%
    3. Mathematics10.7%
    4. Computer Science10.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 44.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 37.0 works44×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.65× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.33× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.65×10 works
  2. Health Professions4.33×14 works
  3. Medicine3.26×77 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.69×1 works
  5. Psychology0.81×3 works
  6. Nursing0.70×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×2 works
  8. Dentistry0.62×0 works
  9. Mathematics0.58×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.55×8 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.26×1 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.14×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  17. Energy0.07×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  20. Engineering0.06×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Linda‐Gail Bekker, Catherine Orrell and Richard Kaplan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation.

  1. 1 Linda‐Gail Bekker South Africa · #21,238 worldwide 51k citations · 1,014 works
  2. 2 Catherine Orrell South Africa · #110,698 worldwide 9.1k citations · 271 works
  3. 3 Richard Kaplan South Africa · #364,172 worldwide 3.4k citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Katherine Gill South Africa · #422,123 worldwide 2.3k citations · 85 works
  5. 5 Millicent Atujuna South Africa · #431,192 worldwide 2.3k citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Sheetal Kassim South Africa · #537,686 worldwide 727 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Sophia Pathai South Africa · #614,120 worldwide 1.7k citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Surita Roux South Africa · #622,805 worldwide 1.6k citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Philip Kotze South Africa · #701,763 worldwide 1.6k citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Carl D. Morrow South Africa · #813,176 worldwide 1.2k citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation?

The most cited paper from Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation is "Preexposure Chemoprophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Men Who Have Sex with Men" (Robert M. Grant et al., 2010), with 5,186 citations. Next come "Uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis, sexual practices, and HIV incidence in men and transgender women who have sex with men: a cohort study" (1,259) and "Emtricitabine-Tenofovir Concentrations and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Efficacy in Men Who Have Sex with Men" (1,057).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Preexposure Chemoprophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Men Who Have Sex with Men Robert M. Grant et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 23 Nov 2010 5,186
2 Uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis, sexual practices, and HIV incidence in men and transgender women who have sex with men: a cohort study Robert M. Grant et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 22 Jul 2014 1,259
3 Emtricitabine-Tenofovir Concentrations and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Efficacy in Men Who Have Sex with Men Peter L. Anderson, David V. Glidden, Albert Liu et al. · Science Translational Medicine Open access 12 Sep 2012 1,057
4 Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: the International AIDS Society—Lancet Commission Linda‐Gail Bekker et al. · The Lancet Open access Jul 2018 779
5 Use of a Vaginal Ring Containing Dapivirine for HIV-1 Prevention in Women Jared M. Baeten et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 22 Feb 2016 774
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Drug Resistance, HIV Transmission, Diagnosis 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-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. Antiretroviral Therapy32▲ 157×6 topics
  2. Epidemiology29▲ 5.9×44 topics
  3. Vaccine19▲ 38×10 topics
  4. Immune Response19▲ 27×15 topics
  5. Drug Resistance18▲ 50×4 topics
  6. HIV Transmission18▲ 188×2 topics
  7. Diagnosis16▲ 14×9 topics
  8. Treatment16▲ 11×8 topics
  9. Viral Load16▲ 168×2 topics
  10. Preexposure Prophylaxis16▲ 261×1 topic
  11. Stigma and Discrimination16▲ 261×1 topic
  12. Genetic Diversity12▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Mycobacterium tuberculosis12▲ 178×1 topic
  14. Tuberculosis12▲ 189×1 topic
  15. HIV10▲ 98×4 topics
  16. HIV Infection10▲ 77×4 topics
  17. Risk Factors8▲ 6.3×8 topics
  18. HIV Prevention8▲ 110×2 topics
  19. Adolescent Health8▲ 77×2 topics
  20. Sexual Behavior8▲ 178×1 topic
  21. Youth Risk Behavior8▲ 178×1 topic
  22. Public Health6▲ 3.5×17 topics
  23. Hepatotoxicity5▲ 81×2 topics
  24. Integrase Inhibitors5▲ 181×1 topic
  25. Nucleoside Analogues5▲ 181×1 topic
  26. Renal Toxicity5▲ 127×2 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-25▲ 13×6 topics
  28. Pandemic4▲ 3.6×7 topics
  29. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.1×4 topics
  30. Antibodies4▲ 58×2 topics
  31. AIDS4▲ 125×1 topic
  32. Immune Activation4▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Substance Abuse4▲ 47×2 topics
  34. drug use4▲ 103×1 topic
  35. harm reduction4▲ 103×1 topic
  36. Insulin Resistance4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  37. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Bone Mineral Density3▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Metabolic Abnormalities3▲ 116×1 topic
  40. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 9.9×1 topic

Which research topics does Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…16HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 16 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…12Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 12 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 8 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…5HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 5 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 4 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 3 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 2 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsVirologyEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 16 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 12 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 8 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 5 works
  5. 5 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 4 works
  6. 6 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 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 available72.0%not open28.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors68.5%domestic only31.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation0.00050% in 20251990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation18.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.7% in 2019.

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