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Infectious Diseases Institute

In research, Infectious Diseases Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,199 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,408 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology and Microbiology (Infectious Diseases is 26.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,836
of 22,385 · #4,803 all time
Rank in Uganda
#7
of 32
Research works
638
▲ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
76%
world 18%
Infectious Diseases Institute

What is Infectious Diseases Institute 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 #1,199 of 9,902 16.8%142 #1440
MedicineField #1,408 of 8,541 16.7%130 #1682

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Infectious Diseases Institute 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 Infectious Diseases Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Infectious Diseases Institute is in Health Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Immunology and Microbiology (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 173 fractional works · 67.1% of its workMedicine: 158 fractional works · 61.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 46 fractional works · 17.7% of its workEpidemiology: 40 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 55 fractional works · 21.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 27 fractional works · 10.4% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMicrobiology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workVirology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInfectiousDiseases…258fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences7%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15861.2%
    2. Health Professions124.8%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology2710.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology238.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    4. Neuroscience20.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Social Sciences104.0%
    2. Psychology41.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science41.5%
    2. Mathematics41.4%
    3. Computer Science20.7%
    4. Engineering20.7%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Infectious Diseases Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 26.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 45.9 works26×
  2. EpidemiologySubfield · 39.6 works11×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 26.8 works10×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.65× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.31× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.82× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.18× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology10.31×27 works
  2. Medicine3.18×158 works
  3. Veterinary2.71×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.82×12 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.65×23 works
  6. Mathematics1.18×4 works
  7. Nursing1.06×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×3 works
  10. Neuroscience0.55×2 works
  11. Dentistry0.47×1 works
  12. Psychology0.46×4 works
  13. Social Sciences0.32×10 works
  14. Environmental Science0.30×4 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×2 works
  16. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.10×2 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  19. Engineering0.05×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Infectious Diseases Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Agnes K Kiragga, Enock Kagimu and Carson M. Quinn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Infectious Diseases Institute.

  1. 1 Agnes K Kiragga Uganda · #803,717 worldwide 677 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Enock Kagimu Uganda · #960,230 worldwide 1.1k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Carson M. Quinn Uganda · #1,426,135 worldwide 531 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Brandon J. Auerbach Uganda · #2,092,182 worldwide 515 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Aggrey Semeere Uganda · #2,184,582 worldwide 1.1k citations · 122 works
  6. 6 Miriam Laker‐Oketta Uganda · #2,221,361 worldwide 418 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Fred Tusabe Uganda · #2,724,809 worldwide 247 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Daniel Kibombo Uganda · #3,320,393 worldwide 86 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Infectious Diseases Institute

What are the most cited papers from Infectious Diseases Institute?

The most cited paper from Infectious Diseases Institute is "Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on vaccination intent in the UK and USA" (Sahil Loomba, Alexandre de Figueiredo, Simon J. Piatek et al., 2021), with 1,880 citations. Next come "Telaprevir for Retreatment of HCV Infection" (1,546) and "Mapping global trends in vaccine confidence and investigating barriers to vaccine uptake: a large-scale retrospective temporal modelling study" (1,211).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on vaccination intent in the UK and USA Sahil Loomba, Alexandre de Figueiredo, Simon J. Piatek et al. · Nature Human Behaviour Open access 5 Feb 2021 1,880
2 Telaprevir for Retreatment of HCV Infection Stefan Zeuzem et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 22 Jun 2011 1,546
3 Mapping global trends in vaccine confidence and investigating barriers to vaccine uptake: a large-scale retrospective temporal modelling study Alexandre de Figueiredo, Clarissa Simas, Emilie Karafillakis et al. · The Lancet Open access Sep 2020 1,211
4 Quantitative and stoichiometric analysis of the microRNA content of exosomes John R. Chevillet, Qing Hua Kang, Ingrid K. Ruf et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 29 Sep 2014 1,122
5 Proviral silencing in embryonic stem cells requires the histone methyltransferase ESET Toshiyuki Matsui, Danny Leung, Hiroki Miyashita et al. · Nature Open access 17 Feb 2010 843
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Infectious Diseases Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Vaccine, Immune Response, Diagnosis, Drug Resistance, HIV Transmission and Mortality Rates.

▲ 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. Epidemiology68▲ 6.6×79 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy34▲ 82×6 topics
  3. Vaccine25▲ 24×11 topics
  4. Immune Response23▲ 16×20 topics
  5. Diagnosis19▲ 8.0×28 topics
  6. Drug Resistance19▲ 25×6 topics
  7. HIV Transmission17▲ 85×2 topics
  8. Treatment16▲ 5.1×20 topics
  9. Mortality Rates15▲ 62×2 topics
  10. Public Health15▲ 4.0×26 topics
  11. Viral Load15▲ 74×2 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance14▲ 14×12 topics
  13. Antifungal Therapy14▲ 63×3 topics
  14. Preexposure Prophylaxis14▲ 112×1 topic
  15. Stigma and Discrimination14▲ 112×1 topic
  16. HIV13▲ 61×4 topics
  17. Pathogenesis13▲ 9.7×18 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases12▲ 14×7 topics
  19. HIV Infection12▲ 44×4 topics
  20. Pandemic10▲ 3.7×9 topics
  21. Virulence Factors9▲ 25×6 topics
  22. Immunocompromised Patients8▲ 58×2 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity8▲ 7.5×5 topics
  24. Immunity8▲ 8.0×6 topics
  25. Global Burden8▲ 5.7×10 topics
  26. SARS-CoV-28▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Global Health8▲ 20×4 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Resistance7▲ 14×8 topics
  29. Mycobacterium tuberculosis7▲ 50×1 topic
  30. Tuberculosis7▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Fungal Pathogens7▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Vaccine Development7▲ 10×8 topics
  33. Cryptococcal Disease7▲ 94×1 topic
  34. Histoplasmosis7▲ 94×1 topic
  35. Antibodies6▲ 45×2 topics
  36. Maternal Mortality6▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 11×6 topics
  38. COVID-19 Vaccine6▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Risk Perception6▲ 8.6×2 topics
  40. Global Access6▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Infectious Diseases Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Fungal Infections and Studies and Antibiotic Use and Resistance.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…14HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 14 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 7 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 6 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…5Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 5 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 5 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 5 fractional worksHIV-related health compl…4HIV-related health complications and treatments: 4 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyHealth4 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 14 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 7 works
  4. 4 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 6 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 5 works
  7. 7 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 5 works
  9. 9 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 5 works
  10. 10 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 4 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 available80.0%not open20.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors76.4%domestic only23.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Infectious Diseases Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% 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 Infectious Diseases Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00097% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Infectious Diseases Institute0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Infectious Diseases Institute 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%Infectious Diseases Institute13.5% 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 22.8% in 2018.

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