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National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

In research, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases stands highest in Medicine (#9,825 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,472 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Immunology and Microbiology — Infectious Diseases is 23.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,253
of 28,054 · #22,925 all time
Rank in Bulgaria
#43
of 92
Research works
626
▲ 81% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.4k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #9,825 of 10,443 4.9%82 #13732
Health SciencesDomain #11,472 of 11,982 4.6%87 #16592

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 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).

What does National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 23.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 24.5 works24×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 23.8 works16×
← 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: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.34× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 15.51× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.80× its world share, 82 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.52× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 15.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases?

Ranked on the composite score, Makaveeva, Bogdan Petrunov and Maria Nikolova lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases.

  1. 1 Makaveeva Bulgaria · #1,120,780 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Bogdan Petrunov Bulgaria · #1,156,234 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Maria Nikolova Bulgaria · #1,279,336 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Iva Christova Bulgaria · #1,394,410 worldwide 25 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Todor Kantardjiev Bulgaria · #1,551,179 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

Which keywords describe research at National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Treatment, Genetic Diversity and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology58▲ 9.7×62 topics
  2. Vaccine22▲ 35×11 topics
  3. Immune Response20▲ 24×16 topics
  4. Diagnosis18▲ 13×21 topics
  5. Pathogenesis16▲ 21×20 topics
  6. Treatment13▲ 7.2×19 topics
  7. Public Health13▲ 5.9×15 topics
  8. Genetic Diversity12▲ 18×4 topics
  9. Pandemic11▲ 6.7×6 topics
  10. SARS-CoV-210▲ 21×5 topics
  11. Vaccine Development10▲ 25×10 topics
  12. ACE2 Receptor9▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Immunity9▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Zoonotic Transmission9▲ 81×5 topics
  15. Virulence Factors7▲ 33×8 topics
  16. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 12×12 topics
  17. Viral Transmission7▲ 31×3 topics
  18. Coronavirus7▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Drug Resistance6▲ 14×6 topics
  20. Mutation6▲ 21×2 topics
  21. antibody6▲ 37×1 topic
  22. spike protein6▲ 37×1 topic
  23. Disease Burden6▲ 52×2 topics
  24. Infection6▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Host-Pathogen Interactions5▲ 41×4 topics
  26. Microbial Communities5▲ 8.0×3 topics
  27. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 21×6 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 15×7 topics
  29. Pathogen Transmission5▲ 46×3 topics
  30. Global Epidemiology4▲ 63×2 topics
  31. Infectious Diseases4▲ 8.0×5 topics
  32. Inflammatory Diseases4▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Prevention4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  34. Antiviral Therapy4▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Genomics4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  36. Host-Pathogen Interaction4▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Metabolic Health4▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Neosporosis3▲ 166×1 topic
  39. Toxoplasma gondii3▲ 166×1 topic
  40. Zoonotic Infections3▲ 40×2 topics

Which research topics does National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Gut microbiota and health, Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …6SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 6 fractional worksGut microbiota and health3Gut microbiota and health: 3 fractional worksToxoplasma gondii Research Studies: 3 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 3 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 3 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…3Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 3 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 3 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesMolecular BiologyParasitologyEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 6 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies Parasitology 3 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 3 works
  8. 8 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 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 available59.6%not open40.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% 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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