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Epidemic Intelligence Service

In research, Epidemic Intelligence Service stands highest in Medicine (#3,922 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,073 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 29.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,193
of 28,054 · #4,772 all time
Rank in United States
#1,093
of 4,192
Research works
908
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
58k
64.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Epidemic Intelligence Service 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 #3,922 of 10,443 29.0%67 #2252
Health SciencesDomain #5,073 of 11,982 28.8%74 #2797

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Epidemic Intelligence Service 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 Epidemic Intelligence Service specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 29.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 22.7 works30×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.09× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 3.33× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.06× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× 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, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Epidemic Intelligence Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Kathleen Dooling lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Epidemic Intelligence Service.

  1. 1 Kathleen Dooling United States · #351,502 worldwide 172 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Epidemic Intelligence Service

Which keywords describe research at Epidemic Intelligence Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, Vaccine, COVID-19, Immune Response, Public Health and ACE2 Receptor.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 8.6×74 topics
  2. SARS-CoV-216▲ 44×6 topics
  3. Pandemic15▲ 12×8 topics
  4. Vaccine15▲ 32×11 topics
  5. COVID-1914▲ 8.8×13 topics
  6. Immune Response12▲ 19×15 topics
  7. Public Health12▲ 7.2×32 topics
  8. ACE2 Receptor10▲ 37×3 topics
  9. Pathogenesis10▲ 17×17 topics
  10. Viral Transmission8▲ 50×3 topics
  11. Infectious Diseases8▲ 21×7 topics
  12. Immunity7▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Coronavirus6▲ 27×3 topics
  14. antibody6▲ 51×1 topic
  15. spike protein6▲ 51×1 topic
  16. Mental Health5▲ 3.2×19 topics
  17. Diagnosis5▲ 4.7×17 topics
  18. Treatment5▲ 3.4×17 topics
  19. Risk Perception4▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Vaccine Development4▲ 15×11 topics
  21. Modeling4▲ 15×1 topic
  22. Pathophysiology4▲ 12×3 topics
  23. transmission dynamics4▲ 51×1 topic
  24. COVID-19 Vaccine4▲ 50×2 topics
  25. Global Access4▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Thrombosis4▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Clinical Characteristics4▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Cytokine Storm4▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Health Behavior4▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Vaccine Hesitancy4▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Viral Load4▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Healthcare Workers4▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Biosensors3▲ 5.8×3 topics
  34. Antifungal Therapy3▲ 31×3 topics
  35. Drug Resistance3▲ 9.5×6 topics
  36. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 16×6 topics
  37. Diagnostics3▲ 30×1 topic
  38. wastewater surveillance3▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Infection3▲ 9.6×6 topics
  40. Virus3▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Epidemic Intelligence Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…4COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…4Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and…3SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 3 fractional worksPoxvirus research and ou…2Poxvirus research and outbreaks: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…2Respiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesModeling and SimulationHealthVirology2 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 6 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 4 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Poxvirus research and outbreaks Virology 2 works
  7. 7 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 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 available56.8%not open43.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Epidemic Intelligence Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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