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Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

In research, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,170 of 16,688 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,890 of 14,833 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,073 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,678
of 22,385 · #6,975 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#93
of 186
Research works
524
▲ 69% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
34.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
53%
world 18%
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

What is Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 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 #3,170 of 16,688 17.9%237
Social SciencesDomain #4,890 of 14,833 13.4%207
MedicineField #5,073 of 14,558 17.8%173

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 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 Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS is in Social Sciences, 40% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (20%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 45 fractional works · 44.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 11.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 40 fractional works · 39.6% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 31.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 13.4% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKJoint UnitedNations Programm…102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences44%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2020.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1413.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities55.1%
    4. Psychology32.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting32.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine3231.2%
    2. Health Professions88.1%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Computer Science22.4%
    2. Engineering22.2%
    3. Environmental Science22.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.6%
    5. Mathematics21.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology22.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.09× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.62× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.78× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.21× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.21×14 works
  2. Health Professions3.09×8 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.12×2 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.78×5 works
  5. Medicine1.62×32 works
  6. Social Sciences1.59×20 works
  7. Mathematics1.26×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.05×2 works
  9. Psychology0.92×3 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×3 works
  11. Neuroscience0.56×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.42×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.41×2 works
  14. Nursing0.36×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.31×2 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×1 works
  18. Dentistry0.22×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  20. Engineering0.15×2 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS?

Ranked on the quality score, Mary I. Mahy, Peter Denis Ghys and Michel Caraël lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

  1. 1 Mary I. Mahy Switzerland · #102,997 worldwide 4.7k citations · 109 works
  2. 2 Peter Denis Ghys Switzerland · #144,011 worldwide 9.9k citations · 145 works
  3. 3 Michel Caraël Switzerland · #148,492 worldwide 6.7k citations · 108 works
  4. 4 Keith M. Sabin Switzerland · #168,910 worldwide 7.3k citations · 122 works
  5. 5 Kent Buse Switzerland · #172,796 worldwide 9.4k citations · 344 works
  6. 6 Charles Birungi Switzerland · #192,521 worldwide 31k citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Bernhard Schwartländer Switzerland · #290,427 worldwide 4.5k citations · 84 works
  8. 8 Laurel Sprague Switzerland · #535,618 worldwide 801 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Kimberly Marsh Switzerland · #750,968 worldwide 2.3k citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Karen A Stanecki Switzerland · #769,060 worldwide 1.5k citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

What are the most cited papers from Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS?

The most cited paper from Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS is "Universal voluntary HIV testing with immediate antiretroviral therapy as a strategy for elimination of HIV transmission: a mathematical model" (Reuben Granich, Charles F. Gilks, Christopher Dye et al., 2008), with 2,021 citations. Next come "Global Burden of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in People Living With HIV" (994) and "HIV-1 Nomenclature Proposal" (971).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Universal voluntary HIV testing with immediate antiretroviral therapy as a strategy for elimination of HIV transmission: a mathematical model Reuben Granich, Charles F. Gilks, Christopher Dye et al. · The Lancet 28 Nov 2008 2,021
2 Global Burden of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in People Living With HIV Anoop S.V. Shah, Dominik Stelzle, Kuan Ken Lee et al. · Circulation Open access 2 Jul 2018 994
3 HIV-1 Nomenclature Proposal D L Robertson, J. P. Anderson, James A. Bradac et al. · Science 7 Apr 2000 971
4 Global trends in tropical cyclone risk Pascal Peduzzi, Bruno Chatenoux, Hy Dao et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 10 Feb 2012 809
5 Effectiveness of COL-1492, a nonoxynol-9 vaginal gel, on HIV-1 transmission in female sex workers: a randomised controlled trial Lut Van Damme, Gita Ramjee, Michel Alary et al. · The Lancet Sep 2002 799
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Economic Growth, Viral Load, Mortality Rates, HIV/AIDS, Preexposure Prophylaxis and Stigma and Discrimination.

▲ 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. Antiretroviral Therapy14▲ 85×5 topics
  2. HIV Transmission12▲ 154×2 topics
  3. Economic Growth12▲ 14×7 topics
  4. Viral Load12▲ 146×2 topics
  5. HIV/AIDS12▲ 178×3 topics
  6. Mortality Rates12▲ 119×2 topics
  7. Preexposure Prophylaxis12▲ 231×1 topic
  8. Stigma and Discrimination12▲ 231×1 topic
  9. Development10▲ 28×5 topics
  10. Epidemiology10▲ 2.4×26 topics
  11. Human Rights9▲ 8.7×16 topics
  12. Healthcare9▲ 7.4×4 topics
  13. South Africa8▲ 300×2 topics
  14. Poverty8▲ 84×2 topics
  15. Impact8▲ 355×1 topic
  16. Sub-Saharan Africa8▲ 659×1 topic
  17. HIV8▲ 89×4 topics
  18. Public Health7▲ 5.0×19 topics
  19. Substance Abuse6▲ 83×2 topics
  20. drug use6▲ 195×1 topic
  21. harm reduction6▲ 195×1 topic
  22. Mental Health5▲ 3.6×9 topics
  23. Risk Factors5▲ 4.7×7 topics
  24. HIV Prevention5▲ 81×2 topics
  25. Social Determinants of Health5▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Adolescent Health5▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Sexual Behavior5▲ 127×1 topic
  28. Stigma4▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Gender Inequality4▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Poverty Reduction4▲ 29×4 topics
  31. COVID-194▲ 2.8×9 topics
  32. Violence4▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Sex Work3▲ 121×1 topic
  34. Trafficking3▲ 121×1 topic
  35. Global Governance3▲ 13×5 topics
  36. Conditional Cash Transfers3▲ 81×1 topic
  37. School Subsidies3▲ 81×1 topic
  38. International Cooperation3▲ 54×3 topics
  39. Social Justice3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  40. Social Inequality2▲ 7.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…12HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 12 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 8 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 6 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 5 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 3 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …3Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 3 fractional worksHuman Rights and Development: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional worksTheatre and Performance Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEconomics and EconometricsEpidemiologyGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 12 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 6 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 3 works
  7. 7 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 2 works
  9. 9 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  10. 10 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 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 available52.6%not open47.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.8%domestic only47.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 69% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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