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Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration

In research, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration stands highest in Medicine (#10,525 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,045 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,857
of 28,054 · #14,378 all time
Rank in Uganda
#8
of 33
Research works
238
▲ 93% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration 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 #10,525 of 17,978 34.8%140
Health SciencesDomain #12,045 of 20,462 34.2%157

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration 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: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.35× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.29× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.76× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 2.19× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration?

Ranked on the composite score, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, John Rek and Abel Kakuru lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration.

  1. 1 Emmanuel Arinaitwe Uganda · #570,256 worldwide 59 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 John Rek Uganda · #910,899 worldwide 31 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Abel Kakuru Uganda · #1,377,880 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration

Which keywords describe research at Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Antiretroviral Therapy, Global Burden, Insecticide Resistance, Genome Sequence, Artemisinin Resistance and Plasmodium falciparum.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 6.4×31 topics
  2. Vaccine Development14▲ 58×5 topics
  3. Antiretroviral Therapy11▲ 71×6 topics
  4. Global Burden10▲ 20×6 topics
  5. Insecticide Resistance10▲ 131×2 topics
  6. Genome Sequence10▲ 119×2 topics
  7. Artemisinin Resistance9▲ 314×1 topic
  8. Plasmodium falciparum9▲ 314×1 topic
  9. Viral Load6▲ 79×2 topics
  10. HIV Transmission6▲ 85×2 topics
  11. Mortality Rates6▲ 64×2 topics
  12. Preexposure Prophylaxis6▲ 122×1 topic
  13. Stigma and Discrimination6▲ 122×1 topic
  14. Immune Response5▲ 9.7×10 topics
  15. Vaccine5▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Maternal Mortality5▲ 24×5 topics
  17. Treatment5▲ 4.4×9 topics
  18. Drug Resistance5▲ 19×6 topics
  19. Machine Learning5▲ 1.60×15 topics
  20. Diagnosis5▲ 5.5×7 topics
  21. HIV4▲ 54×3 topics
  22. Vector Control4▲ 38×3 topics
  23. Public Health4▲ 3.1×14 topics
  24. Arboviral Diseases4▲ 67×1 topic
  25. Zika Virus4▲ 67×1 topic
  26. Health Inequalities3▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Child Mortality3▲ 47×1 topic
  28. HIV Infection3▲ 33×4 topics
  29. Health Systems3▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Genetic Diversity3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  31. Infectious Diseases3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  32. Mycobacterium tuberculosis3▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Tuberculosis3▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Helminth Infections2▲ 65×2 topics
  35. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Adolescent Health2▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Sexual Behavior2▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Substance Abuse2▲ 29×2 topics
  39. drug use2▲ 70×1 topic
  40. harm reduction2▲ 70×1 topic

Which research topics does Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Malaria Research and Con…9Malaria Research and Control: 9 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 6 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…2Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 2 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 6 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 1 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 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 available81.3%not open18.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors78.4%domestic only21.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 93% 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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