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Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration

In research, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,887 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,401 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 12.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,171
of 22,385 · #7,387 all time
Rank in Uganda
#18
of 32
Research works
238
▲ 67% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
78%
world 18%
Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration

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
Health SciencesDomain #1,887 of 16,688 16.4%157
MedicineField #2,401 of 14,558 16.4%140

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration is in Health Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Computer Science (9%), Immunology and Microbiology (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 69 fractional works · 57.6% of its workMedicine: 60 fractional works · 50.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 16.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 17.7% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 7.2% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKInfectiousDiseases Researc…119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences58%Social Sciences11%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6050.5%
    2. Health Professions76.1%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    1. Computer Science108.6%
    2. Engineering43.5%
    3. Environmental Science43.3%
    4. Mathematics10.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    6. Materials Science00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Energy00.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology97.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.6%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    1. Social Sciences65.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.4%
    3. Psychology11.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    5. Decision Sciences10.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 20.1 works13×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.13× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.32× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 2.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 6 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.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.13×8 works
  2. Medicine2.62×60 works
  3. Health Professions2.32×7 works
  4. Nursing2.03×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.74×1 works
  6. Computer Science1.11×10 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.10×3 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.99×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.67×4 works
  10. Mathematics0.67×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×3 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×3 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.42×6 works
  15. Neuroscience0.38×1 works
  16. Psychology0.38×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×1 works
  18. Energy0.25×0 works
  19. Engineering0.24×4 works
  20. Chemistry0.15×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.10×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration?

Ranked on the quality score, Samuel Gonahasa, Emmanuel Arinaitwe and Catherine Maiteki‐Sebuguzi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration.

  1. 1 Samuel Gonahasa Uganda · #78,747 worldwide 1.5k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Emmanuel Arinaitwe Uganda · #99,876 worldwide 5.7k citations · 182 works
  3. 3 Catherine Maiteki‐Sebuguzi Uganda · #143,784 worldwide 2.2k citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Victor Asua Uganda · #145,476 worldwide 1.4k citations · 49 works
  5. 5 John C. Rek Uganda · #155,396 worldwide 2.8k citations · 120 works
  6. 6 Jane Frances Namuganga Uganda · #286,512 worldwide 971 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Asiphas Owaraganise Uganda · #353,058 worldwide 1.8k citations · 60 works
  8. 8 Patrick K. Tumwebaze Uganda · #355,909 worldwide 1.9k citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Stephen Tukwasibwe Uganda · #388,429 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Maxwell Kilama Uganda · #416,914 worldwide 1.4k citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration

What are the most cited papers from Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration?

The most cited paper from Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration is "Genetic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae" (Alistair Miles et al., 2017), with 480 citations. Next come "Sources of persistent malaria transmission in a setting with effective malaria control in eastern Uganda: a longitudinal, observational cohort study" (240) and "Evolution of Partial Resistance to Artemisinins in Malaria Parasites in Uganda" (234).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae Alistair Miles et al. · Nature Open access 28 Nov 2017 480
2 Sources of persistent malaria transmission in a setting with effective malaria control in eastern Uganda: a longitudinal, observational cohort study Chiara Andolina et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 16 Jun 2021 240
3 Evolution of Partial Resistance to Artemisinins in Malaria Parasites in Uganda Melissa D. Conrad, Victor Asua, Shreeya Garg et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 23 Aug 2023 234
4 Estimating the annual entomological inoculation rate for Plasmodium falciparum transmitted by Anopheles gambiae s.l. using three sampling methods in three sites in Uganda Maxwell Kilama, David L. Smith, Robert Hutchinson et al. · Malaria Journal Open access 21 Mar 2014 234
5 Changing Prevalence of Potential Mediators of Aminoquinoline, Antifolate, and Artemisinin Resistance Across Uganda Victor Asua, Melissa D. Conrad, Özkan Aydemir et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases Open access 27 Oct 2020 228
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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. Epidemiology27▲ 5.8×39 topics
  2. Vaccine Development16▲ 53×5 topics
  3. Antiretroviral Therapy13▲ 68×6 topics
  4. Global Burden12▲ 19×7 topics
  5. Genome Sequence11▲ 114×2 topics
  6. Insecticide Resistance11▲ 120×2 topics
  7. Artemisinin Resistance11▲ 283×1 topic
  8. Plasmodium falciparum11▲ 283×1 topic
  9. Machine Learning8▲ 2.1×20 topics
  10. HIV Transmission7▲ 80×2 topics
  11. Viral Load7▲ 78×2 topics
  12. Mortality Rates7▲ 62×2 topics
  13. Preexposure Prophylaxis7▲ 119×1 topic
  14. Stigma and Discrimination7▲ 119×1 topic
  15. Immune Response6▲ 9.1×12 topics
  16. Vaccine6▲ 12×9 topics
  17. Maternal Mortality6▲ 21×5 topics
  18. Treatment6▲ 3.9×10 topics
  19. Drug Resistance6▲ 16×6 topics
  20. Diagnosis5▲ 4.7×8 topics
  21. Public Health5▲ 2.8×17 topics
  22. Vector Control5▲ 36×3 topics
  23. HIV5▲ 47×3 topics
  24. Arboviral Diseases5▲ 60×1 topic
  25. Healthcare5▲ 3.4×8 topics
  26. Zika Virus5▲ 60×1 topic
  27. Big Data4▲ 3.5×8 topics
  28. Health Inequalities4▲ 27×3 topics
  29. HIV Infection4▲ 31×4 topics
  30. Community Health Workers4▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Child Mortality4▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Health Systems4▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Genetic Diversity3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  34. Infectious Diseases3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  35. Helminth Infections3▲ 60×2 topics
  36. Adolescent Health3▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Mycobacterium tuberculosis3▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Sexual Behavior3▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Tuberculosis3▲ 45×1 topic

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

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

Malaria Research and Con…11Malaria Research and Control: 11 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 7 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 5 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…3Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 2 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 2 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 11 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 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 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 2 works
  10. 10 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 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 available81.3%not open18.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 67% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Research Collaboration as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration0.00056% in 20251990200020102020

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