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Infectious Diseases Institute

In research, Infectious Diseases Institute stands highest in Medicine (#3,908 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,060 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology and Microbiology — Infectious Diseases is 27.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,487
of 28,054 · #11,072 all time
Rank in Uganda
#4
of 33
Research works
638
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Infectious Diseases Institute 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 #3,908 of 10,443 24.1%130 #7208
Health SciencesDomain #5,060 of 11,982 23.6%142 #9051

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

What does Infectious Diseases Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 27.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 39.4 works27×
  2. EpidemiologySubfield · 33.6 works11×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 20.9 works9.8×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.52× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.84× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.22× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.70× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Infectious Diseases Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Barbara Castelnuovo and Fiona V Cresswell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Infectious Diseases Institute.

  1. 1 Barbara Castelnuovo Uganda · #1,151,462 worldwide 40 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Fiona V Cresswell Uganda · #1,206,701 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Infectious Diseases Institute

Which keywords describe research at Infectious Diseases Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology56▲ 6.7×73 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy31▲ 90×6 topics
  3. Vaccine22▲ 25×11 topics
  4. Immune Response20▲ 16×19 topics
  5. Diagnosis16▲ 8.3×27 topics
  6. Drug Resistance16▲ 26×6 topics
  7. HIV Transmission15▲ 96×2 topics
  8. Treatment14▲ 5.5×19 topics
  9. Mortality Rates14▲ 68×2 topics
  10. Viral Load13▲ 79×2 topics
  11. Antifungal Therapy13▲ 67×3 topics
  12. Preexposure Prophylaxis13▲ 123×1 topic
  13. Stigma and Discrimination13▲ 123×1 topic
  14. HIV12▲ 67×4 topics
  15. Public Health12▲ 3.8×25 topics
  16. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 13×12 topics
  17. Pathogenesis11▲ 9.9×18 topics
  18. HIV Infection10▲ 48×4 topics
  19. Infectious Diseases9▲ 14×7 topics
  20. Pandemic8▲ 3.6×9 topics
  21. Virulence Factors8▲ 26×6 topics
  22. Immunocompromised Patients8▲ 64×2 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity7▲ 7.8×5 topics
  24. Global Burden7▲ 6.2×10 topics
  25. Immunity7▲ 8.2×6 topics
  26. SARS-CoV-26▲ 9.5×6 topics
  27. Mycobacterium tuberculosis6▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Tuberculosis6▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 15×8 topics
  30. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 12×6 topics
  31. Fungal Pathogens6▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Risk Perception6▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Global Health6▲ 18×4 topics
  34. COVID-19 Vaccine6▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Cryptococcal Disease6▲ 99×1 topic
  36. Global Access6▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Histoplasmosis6▲ 99×1 topic
  38. Vaccine Hesitancy6▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Antibodies6▲ 47×2 topics
  40. Maternal Mortality5▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Infectious Diseases Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Fungal Infections and Studies and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…13HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 13 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 6 fractional worksFungal Infections and St…6Fungal Infections and Studies: 6 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…6Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 4 fractional worksAntifungal resistance an…4Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 4 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksHIV-related health compl…4HIV-related health complications and treatments: 4 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii p…4Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 4 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyHealthApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology2 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 13 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 6 works
  3. 3 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 5 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 4 works
  7. 7 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 4 works
  8. 8 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 4 works
  9. 9 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Infectious Diseases Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% 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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