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Health Protection Agency

In research, Health Protection Agency stands highest in Medicine (#8,903 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,970 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,257
of 42,892
Rank in Maldives
#2
of 4
Research works
393
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
35.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Health Protection Agency known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #8,903 of 17,978 26.2%183
Health SciencesDomain #10,970 of 20,462 25.6%217

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Health Protection Agency 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).

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: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.31× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.68× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.88× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.17× its world share, 10 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.66× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Health Protection Agency?

Ranked on the composite score, Katsnel'son Ba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Health Protection Agency.

  1. 1 Katsnel'son Ba Maldives · #937,703 worldwide 5 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Health Protection Agency

Which keywords describe research at Health Protection Agency?

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

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 6.1×33 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 10×18 topics
  3. COVID-193▲ 10.0×13 topics
  4. Pandemic3▲ 10×9 topics
  5. Infectious Diseases2▲ 27×6 topics
  6. Climate Change2▲ 2.5×13 topics
  7. Vaccine2▲ 16×8 topics
  8. Immune Response2▲ 11×8 topics
  9. Treatment2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  10. SARS-CoV-21▲ 16×4 topics
  11. Mortality1▲ 8.3×6 topics
  12. Pathogenesis1▲ 10×10 topics
  13. Healthcare Workers1▲ 18×4 topics
  14. Social Distancing1▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Psychological Impact1▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Health Protection Agency publish most on?

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

COVID-19 epidemiological…1COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksGambling Behavior and Tr…1Gambling Behavior and Treatments: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Facilities Design and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 0 fractional worksSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …0COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksLeprosy Research and Treatment: 0 fractional works
Modeling and SimulationClinical PsychologyInfectious DiseasesHealth3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  2. 2 Gambling Behavior and Treatments Clinical Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Facilities Design and Sustainability Urban Studies 0 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 0 works
  7. 7 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 0 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 0 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Leprosy Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 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 available48.4%not open51.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.1%domestic only48.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Health Protection Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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