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Poliomyelitis Research Foundation

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Research works
68
▲ 241% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Poliomyelitis Research Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 12.83× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Poliomyelitis Research Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Immunosuppressive Therapy, Myocarditis, Viral Infection, Vaccine, Immune Response and Infection.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology35▲ 13×35 topics
  2. Pathogenesis14▲ 38×10 topics
  3. Immunosuppressive Therapy10▲ 78×2 topics
  4. Myocarditis10▲ 357×1 topic
  5. Viral Infection10▲ 198×1 topic
  6. Vaccine9▲ 33×9 topics
  7. Immune Response6▲ 14×9 topics
  8. Infection6▲ 30×3 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity5▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Public Health5▲ 5.6×4 topics
  11. Vaccine Development4▲ 21×5 topics
  12. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers4▲ 137×1 topic
  13. Zoonotic Infections4▲ 106×1 topic
  14. Norovirus4▲ 103×1 topic
  15. Rotavirus4▲ 103×1 topic
  16. Genetic Characterization3▲ 84×2 topics
  17. Climate Change3▲ 1.81×7 topics
  18. Vaccines3▲ 66×2 topics
  19. Bluetongue Virus3▲ 169×1 topic
  20. Culicoides Biting Midges3▲ 169×1 topic
  21. Arboviral Diseases3▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Zika Virus3▲ 64×1 topic
  23. Zoonotic Transmission3▲ 37×4 topics
  24. Treatment2▲ 2.7×10 topics
  25. Viral Pathogenesis2▲ 41×3 topics
  26. Family Presence2▲ 109×1 topic
  27. Identity2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  28. Literature2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  29. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Genomic Integration2▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Antiviral Therapy2▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Colonialism2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  33. Cultural Identity2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  34. Culture2▲ 5.1×3 topics
  35. Nipah Virus2▲ 89×1 topic
  36. Paramyxovirus2▲ 89×1 topic
  37. Gene Therapy2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  38. Metagenomics2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Coronavirus1▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus1▲ 58×1 topic

Which research topics does Poliomyelitis Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Literature, Culture, and Criticism, Criminal Justice and Penology, Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies and Linguistics and Language Studies.

Literature, Culture, and…1Literature, Culture, and Criticism: 1 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Penology: 0 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksLinguistics and Language…0Linguistics and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy: 0 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 0 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues0Brazilian Legal Issues: 0 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 0 fractional worksUrban and sociocultural dynamics: 0 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil0Public Health in Brazil: 0 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryLawPhilosophyLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  2. 2 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 0 works
  3. 3 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 0 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  5. 5 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0 works
  6. 6 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 0 works
  8. 8 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0 works
  9. 9 Urban and sociocultural dynamics Urban Studies 0 works
  10. 10 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available25.9%not open74.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Poliomyelitis Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 241% 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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