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National Center for Disease Control

In research, National Center for Disease Control stands highest in Infectious Diseases (#828 of 964 worldwide), Life Sciences (#10,005 of 11,023 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#15,717 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,990
of 22,385 · #30,402 all time
Rank in India
#1,416
of 1,562
Research works
794
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
National Center for Disease Control

What is National Center for Disease Control 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
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #828 of 964 2.9%126
Life SciencesDomain #10,005 of 11,023 4.2%217
Health SciencesDomain #15,717 of 16,688 4.2%460
MedicineField #14,185 of 14,558 4.1%419

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Center for Disease Control 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 National Center for Disease Control work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at National Center for Disease Control is in Health Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (46%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 55 fractional works · 51.2% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 45.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 14.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 26.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 7.7% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNational Centerfor Disease…107fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences51%Social Sciences9%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4945.7%
    2. Health Professions43.5%
    3. Veterinary10.9%
    4. Nursing10.9%
    5. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences109.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology87.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology87.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.0%
    5. Neuroscience10.7%
    1. Environmental Science54.2%
    2. Engineering33.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.7%
    4. Mathematics21.5%
    5. Computer Science11.2%
    6. Materials Science10.7%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences65.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    3. Psychology10.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
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: 1.93× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.64× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.79× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.38× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.85× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× 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, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.64×8 works
  2. Veterinary6.85×1 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.79×1 works
  4. Medicine2.38×49 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.93×10 works
  6. Nursing1.82×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.71×3 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.43×8 works
  9. Health Professions1.32×4 works
  10. Mathematics1.30×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.85×4 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.61×1 works
  13. Dentistry0.53×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.45×1 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.44×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.43×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.43×6 works
  18. Psychology0.29×1 works
  19. Engineering0.20×3 works
  20. Materials Science0.20×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.16×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.16×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.15×0 works
  24. Energy0.11×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Center for Disease Control?

Ranked on the quality score, Mahesh Shanker Dhar, Partha Rakshit and Aakash Shrivastava lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Center for Disease Control.

  1. 1 Mahesh Shanker Dhar India · #951,643 worldwide 4.1k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Partha Rakshit India · #1,105,736 worldwide 3.3k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Aakash Shrivastava India · #1,814,610 worldwide 2.8k citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Akshay Chand Dhariwal India · #2,022,027 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Preeti Madan India · #2,158,789 worldwide 2k citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Robin Marwal India · #2,362,590 worldwide 2.1k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Sandhya Kabra India · #2,451,883 worldwide 2.2k citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Uma Sharma India · #2,603,623 worldwide 2.1k citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Priyanka Singh India · #2,980,712 worldwide 2.3k citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Rattan Lal Ichhpujani India · #3,106,803 worldwide 281 citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at National Center for Disease Control

What are the most cited papers from National Center for Disease Control?

The most cited paper from National Center for Disease Control is "SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 Delta variant replication and immune evasion" (Petra Mlčochová et al., 2021), with 1,429 citations. Next come "Transmission of H7N7 avian influenza A virus to human beings during a large outbreak in commercial poultry farms in the Netherlands" (838) and "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 Delta variant replication and immune evasion Petra Mlčochová et al. · Nature Open access261 authors 6 Sep 2021 1,429
2 Transmission of H7N7 avian influenza A virus to human beings during a large outbreak in commercial poultry farms in the Netherlands Marion Koopmans, Berry Wilbrink, Marina Conyn et al. · The Lancet Open access Feb 2004 838
3 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
4 Determination of blood glucose using 4-amino phenazone as oxygen acceptor. P. Trinder · Journal of Clinical Pathology Open access Mar 1969 754
5 An Outbreak of Toxic Encephalopathy Caused by Eating Mussels Contaminated with Domoic Acid Trish M. Perl, Lucie Bédard, Tom Kosatsky et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 Jun 1990 736
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Center for Disease Control?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Public Health, Pathogenesis, Vector Control, Arboviral Diseases, Zika Virus and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 8.5×54 topics
  2. Vaccine Development14▲ 52×10 topics
  3. Public Health13▲ 8.3×23 topics
  4. Pathogenesis11▲ 20×15 topics
  5. Vector Control10▲ 76×4 topics
  6. Arboviral Diseases7▲ 102×1 topic
  7. Zika Virus7▲ 102×1 topic
  8. Vaccine6▲ 15×10 topics
  9. COVID-196▲ 4.5×14 topics
  10. Zoonotic Infections6▲ 109×2 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity6▲ 13×7 topics
  12. Immune Response6▲ 9.6×14 topics
  13. Infectious Diseases6▲ 16×6 topics
  14. Climate Change5▲ 1.86×15 topics
  15. Diagnosis5▲ 5.4×11 topics
  16. Pandemic5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  17. Global Burden5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  18. Drug Resistance5▲ 15×6 topics
  19. Insecticide Resistance5▲ 55×4 topics
  20. SARS-CoV-24▲ 14×5 topics
  21. Treatment4▲ 3.3×13 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 9.6×6 topics
  23. Biodiversity4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  24. Helminth Infections4▲ 91×2 topics
  25. Bunyavirus4▲ 88×1 topic
  26. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers4▲ 88×1 topic
  27. Genome Sequence4▲ 42×2 topics
  28. Artemisinin Resistance3▲ 98×1 topic
  29. Plasmodium falciparum3▲ 98×1 topic
  30. Immunity3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  31. Food Safety3▲ 9.9×7 topics
  32. Transmission3▲ 48×2 topics
  33. Ivermectin3▲ 90×2 topics
  34. Pathogen Transmission3▲ 37×2 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Disease Burden3▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Lymphatic Filariasis2▲ 174×1 topic
  38. Onchocerciasis2▲ 174×1 topic
  39. Virus2▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Vaccination2▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does National Center for Disease Control publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Viral Infections and Vectors, Malaria Research and Control and Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment.

Mosquito-borne diseases …7Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 7 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 4 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 3 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agriculture: 2 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksDengue and Mosquito Control Research: 2 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesPlant ScienceApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology1 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 2 works
  6. 6 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  8. 8 Dengue and Mosquito Control Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 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 available44.7%not open55.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Center for Disease Control's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower 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 Center for Disease Control as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%National Center for Disease Control0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Center for Disease Control over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2024National Center for Disease Control2.7% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.8% in 2008.

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