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Epicentre Uganda

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Research works
45
▼ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
26.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Epicentre Uganda is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.50× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Epicentre Uganda?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Drug Resistance, Vaccine, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immune Response, Vaccine Development and Genome Sequence.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology19▲ 10×42 topics
  2. Drug Resistance7▲ 50×6 topics
  3. Vaccine6▲ 35×8 topics
  4. Diagnosis6▲ 13×7 topics
  5. Treatment6▲ 9.8×5 topics
  6. Immune Response6▲ 20×9 topics
  7. Vaccine Development5▲ 39×6 topics
  8. Genome Sequence5▲ 99×2 topics
  9. Global Burden4▲ 16×7 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity4▲ 17×3 topics
  11. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 36×6 topics
  12. Mycobacterium tuberculosis4▲ 128×1 topic
  13. Tuberculosis4▲ 154×1 topic
  14. Vector Control3▲ 64×2 topics
  15. Insecticide Resistance3▲ 73×3 topics
  16. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 17×6 topics
  17. Artemisinin Resistance3▲ 170×1 topic
  18. Plasmodium falciparum3▲ 170×1 topic
  19. Chemotherapy2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  20. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Public Health2▲ 3.2×15 topics
  22. Chagas Disease2▲ 157×1 topic
  23. Trypanosoma cruzi2▲ 157×1 topic
  24. Maternal Mortality2▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Pathogenesis2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  26. Arboviral Diseases2▲ 54×1 topic
  27. HIV Transmission2▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Viral Load2▲ 49×2 topics
  29. Zika Virus2▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Abdominal Tuberculosis1▲ 139×1 topic
  31. Child Mortality1▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Diagnostic Challenges1▲ 139×1 topic
  33. HIV1▲ 25×3 topics
  34. HIV Infection1▲ 25×3 topics
  35. Health Systems1▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Mortality Rates1▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Respiratory Infections1▲ 32×3 topics
  38. Preexposure Prophylaxis1▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Stigma and Discrimination1▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Vaccination1▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Epicentre Uganda publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research.

Tuberculosis Research an…1Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 0 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 0 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 0 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 0 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologySurgeryHealth2 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  2. 2 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 0 works
  3. 3 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  5. 5 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 0 works
  6. 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 works
  7. 7 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 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 available79.2%not open20.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors64.8%domestic only35.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Epicentre Uganda's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% lower 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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