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Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

In research, Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,929 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,347 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 45.2× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#11,642
of 28,054 · #10,397 all time
Rank in South Africa
#45
of 87
Research works
439
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
37.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation 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 #5,929 of 11,982 26.7%80 #7458
MedicineField #6,347 of 10,443 25.7%67 #6455

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 45.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 32.7 works45×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.70× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.57× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.27× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Philip Smith and Catherine Orrell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation.

  1. 1 Philip Smith South Africa · #611,276 worldwide 46 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Catherine Orrell South Africa · #1,394,738 worldwide 29 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, HIV Transmission, Drug Resistance, 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 2022–2025 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 Therapy27▲ 158×6 topics
  2. Epidemiology26▲ 6.3×43 topics
  3. Vaccine17▲ 39×10 topics
  4. Immune Response17▲ 28×15 topics
  5. HIV Transmission16▲ 199×2 topics
  6. Drug Resistance15▲ 51×3 topics
  7. Diagnosis15▲ 15×9 topics
  8. Treatment14▲ 11×7 topics
  9. Viral Load14▲ 170×2 topics
  10. Preexposure Prophylaxis14▲ 270×1 topic
  11. Stigma and Discrimination14▲ 270×1 topic
  12. Genetic Diversity11▲ 24×2 topics
  13. Mycobacterium tuberculosis11▲ 188×1 topic
  14. Tuberculosis11▲ 199×1 topic
  15. HIV9▲ 103×4 topics
  16. HIV Infection8▲ 72×4 topics
  17. Risk Factors8▲ 6.4×7 topics
  18. HIV Prevention7▲ 113×2 topics
  19. Adolescent Health7▲ 78×2 topics
  20. Sexual Behavior7▲ 184×1 topic
  21. Youth Risk Behavior7▲ 184×1 topic
  22. Public Health6▲ 3.6×14 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-25▲ 13×6 topics
  24. Pandemic4▲ 3.6×7 topics
  25. COVID-194▲ 2.9×12 topics
  26. Hepatotoxicity4▲ 74×2 topics
  27. Integrase Inhibitors4▲ 167×1 topic
  28. Nucleoside Analogues4▲ 167×1 topic
  29. Renal Toxicity4▲ 120×2 topics
  30. Substance Abuse4▲ 49×2 topics
  31. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.1×4 topics
  32. Antibodies3▲ 58×2 topics
  33. drug use3▲ 111×1 topic
  34. harm reduction3▲ 111×1 topic
  35. AIDS3▲ 125×1 topic
  36. Immune Activation3▲ 39×1 topic
  37. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Behavior Change2▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Infectious Diseases2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  40. HIV/AIDS2▲ 35×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment.

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 14 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 11 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 7 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 3 works
  7. 7 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher 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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