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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

In research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases stands highest in Life Sciences (#198 of 7,800 worldwide), Infectious Diseases (#11 of 345 worldwide) and Medicine (#430 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Virology, Infectious Diseases and Parasitology — Virology is 43.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#710
of 28,054 · #147 all time
Rank in United States
#141
of 4,192
Research works
14k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
77.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 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
Life SciencesDomain #198 of 7,800 28.1%464 #30
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #11 of 345 33.7%179 #4
MedicineField #430 of 10,443 31.8%588 #139
Health SciencesDomain #648 of 11,982 31.7%608 #182
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #61 of 682 27.5%229 #4
EpidemiologySubfield #116 of 976 34.9%103 #18
ImmunologySubfield #104 of 455 25.8%164 #6
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #914 of 3,579 27.1%177 #224
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #258 of 828 36.0%69 #27
Molecular BiologySubfield #778 of 2,175 26.5%117 #188

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#30 #198
  2. Infectious Diseases#4 #11
  3. Medicine#139 #430
  4. Health Sciences#182 #648
  5. Immunology and Microbiology#4 #61
  6. Epidemiology#18 #116
  7. Immunology#6 #104
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#224 #914
  9. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#27 #258
  10. Molecular Biology#188 #778
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Virology takes 43.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VirologySubfield · 29.6 works43×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 179.1 works22×
  3. ParasitologySubfield · 25.5 works21×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 163.7 works20×
  5. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 228.9 works19×
  6. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 31.4 works13×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.82× its world share, 177 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 19.34× its world share, 229 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.71× its world share, 37 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.60× its world share, 588 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 19.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases?

Ranked on the composite score, Anthony S. Fauci, John E. Bennett and Robert M. Chanock lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

  1. 1 Anthony S. Fauci United States · #216 worldwide 2.7k citations · 158 works
  2. 2 John E. Bennett United States · #3,950 worldwide 1.2k citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Robert M. Chanock United States · #4,943 worldwide 978 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 H. Clifford Lane United States · #8,575 worldwide 2.3k citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Alan Sher United States · #13,146 worldwide 657 citations · 76 works
  6. 6 Robert H. Purcell United States · #14,786 worldwide 473 citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Peter L. Collins United States · #16,085 worldwide 476 citations · 79 works
  8. 8 John I. Gallin United States · #16,558 worldwide 497 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Dean Follmann United States · #18,815 worldwide 675 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Wallace P. Rowe United States · #20,950 worldwide 582 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Immunity, Vaccine Development, SARS-CoV-2 and Pandemic.

▲ 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. Epidemiology313▲ 6.7×95 topics
  2. Vaccine134▲ 28×11 topics
  3. Immune Response122▲ 18×22 topics
  4. Pathogenesis102▲ 17×23 topics
  5. Immunity86▲ 18×10 topics
  6. Vaccine Development80▲ 27×11 topics
  7. Pandemic75▲ 5.9×6 topics
  8. Inflammation74▲ 3.0×69 topics
  9. Diagnosis70▲ 6.4×36 topics
  10. SARS-CoV-268▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Treatment65▲ 4.5×37 topics
  12. Public Health61▲ 3.6×29 topics
  13. ACE2 Receptor58▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Antiretroviral Therapy49▲ 26×6 topics
  15. Viral Transmission48▲ 28×4 topics
  16. Coronavirus47▲ 19×3 topics
  17. Genetic Diversity41▲ 7.9×8 topics
  18. Mutation41▲ 18×5 topics
  19. Vector Control40▲ 29×4 topics
  20. Innate Immunity40▲ 11×11 topics
  21. antibody40▲ 31×1 topic
  22. spike protein40▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Drug Resistance38▲ 11×8 topics
  24. Antibodies36▲ 56×2 topics
  25. Autoimmunity34▲ 20×5 topics
  26. Antigen Presentation33▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Zoonotic Infections31▲ 46×2 topics
  28. HIV28▲ 29×4 topics
  29. Thrombosis28▲ 8.5×7 topics
  30. NK Cell Recognition28▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Natural Killer Cells28▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Immune Dysregulation27▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Cancer Immunotherapy27▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Neurological Manifestations26▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Arboviral Diseases26▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Genome Sequence26▲ 27×3 topics
  37. Zika Virus26▲ 34×1 topic
  38. TGF-ß25▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Bunyavirus25▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers25▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Viral Infections and Vectors.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …40SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 40 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…28Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 28 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 26 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 25 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 23 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 23 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 21 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…20Malaria Research and Control: 20 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 19 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 18 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesImmunologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthVirology

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 40 works
  2. 2 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 28 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 25 works
  5. 5 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 23 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 23 works
  7. 7 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 21 works
  8. 8 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 20 works
  9. 9 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 19 works
  10. 10 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 18 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 available53.6%not open46.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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