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National Institute for Communicable Diseases

In research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,277 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#10,970 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,850 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,776
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#138
of 1,041
Research works
431
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
30.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is National Institute for Communicable Diseases 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,277 of 14,347 23.8%127
MedicineField #10,970 of 17,978 24.1%214
Health SciencesDomain #13,850 of 20,462 22.9%234

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute for Communicable 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).

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: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.86× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.83× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 4.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× 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, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute for Communicable Diseases?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert Swanepoel, Anthony M. Smith and Jaishree Raman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

  1. 1 Robert Swanepoel ?? · #43,454 worldwide 404 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Anthony M. Smith ?? · #300,283 worldwide 162 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Jaishree Raman ?? · #821,463 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Tendesayi Kufa ?? · #1,480,534 worldwide 10 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute for Communicable Diseases

Which keywords describe research at National Institute for Communicable Diseases?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Vaccine Development, Pathogenesis, Antiretroviral Therapy, Global Burden and Transmission.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 8.6×49 topics
  2. Vaccine8▲ 34×11 topics
  3. Immune Response8▲ 23×11 topics
  4. Vaccine Development7▲ 45×8 topics
  5. Pathogenesis6▲ 20×12 topics
  6. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 44×6 topics
  7. COVID-194▲ 4.7×15 topics
  8. Global Burden4▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Public Health4▲ 4.3×14 topics
  10. Pandemic4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  11. Transmission4▲ 111×2 topics
  12. Ebola Virus3▲ 204×1 topic
  13. Outbreak3▲ 153×1 topic
  14. Vector Control3▲ 44×4 topics
  15. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 14×8 topics
  16. Diagnosis3▲ 5.6×9 topics
  17. SARS-CoV-23▲ 15×5 topics
  18. Drug Resistance3▲ 17×5 topics
  19. Infectious Diseases3▲ 15×7 topics
  20. Arboviral Diseases3▲ 71×1 topic
  21. Artemisinin Resistance3▲ 147×1 topic
  22. Genome Sequence3▲ 56×2 topics
  23. HIV Transmission3▲ 63×2 topics
  24. Insecticide Resistance3▲ 60×2 topics
  25. Plasmodium falciparum3▲ 147×1 topic
  26. Treatment3▲ 3.7×8 topics
  27. Zika Virus3▲ 71×1 topic
  28. Genetic Diversity2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  29. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 17×6 topics
  31. Viral Load2▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Risk Perception2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Antifungal Therapy2▲ 32×3 topics
  34. Genomics2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  35. Infection2▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Immunity2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  37. Global Epidemiology2▲ 60×2 topics
  38. Preexposure Prophylaxis2▲ 53×1 topic
  39. Stigma and Discrimination2▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Mycobacterium tuberculosis1▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does National Institute for Communicable Diseases publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …3Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…2HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…1COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …1SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksReproductive tract infec…1Reproductive tract infections research: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealthNutrition and Dietetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 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 available74.2%not open25.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.6%domestic only60.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute for Communicable Diseases's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower 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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