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National AIDS Council

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Research works
114
▲ 120% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
National AIDS Council

Not ranked overall: National AIDS Council is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does National AIDS Council work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at National AIDS Council is in Health Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Social Sciences (24%), Health Professions (12%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 14 fractional works · 44.7% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 32.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 11.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 36.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 23.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNational AIDSCouncil32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences37%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1032.4%
    2. Health Professions411.8%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    1. Social Sciences823.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting13.9%
    4. Psychology13.5%
    5. Decision Sciences01.6%
    1. Environmental Science24.9%
    2. Computer Science13.8%
    3. Engineering12.3%
    4. Mathematics01.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
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: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.46× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.69× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.46×4 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.39×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.94×1 works
  4. Social Sciences1.88×8 works
  5. Medicine1.69×10 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.62×0 works
  7. Mathematics1.25×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.21×1 works
  9. Psychology1.16×1 works
  10. Nursing1.13×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.98×2 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.75×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.49×1 works
  15. Engineering0.16×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National AIDS Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Raymond Yekeye, Isaac Taramusi and Amon Mpofu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National AIDS Council.

  1. 1 Raymond Yekeye Zimbabwe · #915,833 worldwide 337 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Isaac Taramusi Zimbabwe · #1,023,034 worldwide 818 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Amon Mpofu Zimbabwe · #1,941,996 worldwide 221 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at National AIDS Council

What are the most cited papers from National AIDS Council?

The most cited paper from National AIDS Council is "Potential effects of disruption to HIV programmes in sub-Saharan Africa caused by COVID-19: results from multiple mathematical models" (Britta L. Jewell, Edinah Mudimu, John Stover et al., 2020), with 422 citations. Next come "Sexual negotiation in the AIDS era" (295) and "A Surprising Prevention Success: Why Did the HIV Epidemic Decline in Zimbabwe?" (200).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Potential effects of disruption to HIV programmes in sub-Saharan Africa caused by COVID-19: results from multiple mathematical models Britta L. Jewell, Edinah Mudimu, John Stover et al. · The Lancet HIV Open access 6 Aug 2020 422
2 Sexual negotiation in the AIDS era Susan C. Kippax, Jason A. Noble, Garrett Prestage et al. · AIDS Feb 1997 295
3 A Surprising Prevention Success: Why Did the HIV Epidemic Decline in Zimbabwe? Daniel T. Halperin, Owen M. Mugurungi, Timothy B. Hallett et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 8 Feb 2011 200
4 Key populations and Sub-Saharan Africa's HIV response Enos Moyo, Perseverance N Moyo, Grant Murewanhema et al. · Frontiers in Public Health Open access 16 May 2023 161
5 Key barriers and enablers associated with uptake and continuation of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the public sector in Zimbabwe: Qualitative perspectives of general population clients at high risk for HIV Makaita M. Gombe, Brigid E. Cakouros, Getrude Ncube et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 13 Jan 2020 122
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National AIDS Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Preexposure Prophylaxis, Stigma and Discrimination, Social Determinants of Health, HIV Prevention, Adolescent Health and Sexual Behavior.

▲ 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 Therapy5▲ 89×5 topics
  2. HIV Transmission4▲ 160×2 topics
  3. Preexposure Prophylaxis4▲ 235×1 topic
  4. Stigma and Discrimination4▲ 235×1 topic
  5. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 44×3 topics
  6. Adolescent Health3▲ 103×1 topic
  7. HIV Prevention3▲ 148×2 topics
  8. Sexual Behavior3▲ 240×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology3▲ 2.1×9 topics
  10. HIV2▲ 91×4 topics
  11. HIV/AIDS2▲ 118×2 topics
  12. Mental Health2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  13. Public Health2▲ 4.3×5 topics
  14. Maternal Mortality2▲ 27×3 topics
  15. Human Rights2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  16. Substance Abuse2▲ 77×2 topics
  17. Health Inequalities2▲ 41×2 topics
  18. drug use2▲ 176×1 topic
  19. harm reduction2▲ 176×1 topic
  20. Climate Change2▲ 1.72×5 topics
  21. Sex Work2▲ 162×1 topic
  22. Trafficking2▲ 162×1 topic
  23. Child Mortality1▲ 63×1 topic
  24. Health Systems1▲ 63×1 topic
  25. Colonialism1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  26. Health Equity1▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Healthcare1▲ 3.5×5 topics
  28. Sustainable Development1▲ 2.6×5 topics
  29. Political Economy1▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Social Justice1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  31. History1▲ 5.0×1 topic
  32. Social Norms1▲ 35×2 topics
  33. South Africa1▲ 125×2 topics
  34. Zimbabwe1▲ 376×1 topic
  35. COVID-191▲ 2.5×5 topics
  36. Development1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  37. Gender1▲ 5.8×1 topic
  38. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Poverty1▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Sexuality1▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does National AIDS Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Sex work and related issues.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…4HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksAfrican studies and soci…1African studies and sociopolitical issues: 1 fractional worksGender, Sexuality, and Education: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 1 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiologySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Gender, Sexuality, and Education Gender Studies 1 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 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 available49.8%not open50.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.4%domestic only49.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National AIDS Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 120% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National AIDS Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000075% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%National AIDS Council0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National AIDS Council over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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