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San Francisco AIDS Foundation

In research, San Francisco AIDS Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,767 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#2,613 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Professions (#954 of 3,315 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#5,089
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#1,113
of 7,310
Research works
769
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
49k
63.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.42×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

What is San Francisco AIDS Foundation 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,767 of 16,688 21.8%534
MedicineField #2,613 of 14,558 21.9%372
Health ProfessionsField #954 of 3,315 21.6%157
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #283 of 964 22.9%173
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #569 of 1,886 20.7%148
Social SciencesDomain #5,380 of 14,833 25.2%177

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where San Francisco AIDS Foundation 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 San Francisco AIDS Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at San Francisco AIDS Foundation is in Health Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Health Professions (14%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 42 fractional works · 70.9% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 55.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 20.2% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 14.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 20.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSan FranciscoAIDS Foundation59fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences20%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3355.7%
    2. Health Professions814.3%
    3. Nursing00.8%
    1. Psychology69.4%
    2. Social Sciences58.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology34.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    1. Mathematics00.7%
    2. Engineering00.4%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
    4. Computer Science00.2%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.89× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.44× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.90× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.08× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.44×8 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.89×3 works
  3. Psychology3.08×6 works
  4. Medicine2.90×33 works
  5. Nursing1.68×0 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.54×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.68×5 works
  9. Mathematics0.56×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.29×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  15. Engineering0.03×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at San Francisco AIDS Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert B. Hays, Jay P. Paul and Kyung–Hee Choi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

  1. 1 Robert B. Hays United States · #257,142 worldwide 2.8k citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Jay P. Paul United States · #285,847 worldwide 5.8k citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Kyung–Hee Choi United States · #666,795 worldwide 4.4k citations · 128 works
  4. 4 Ron Stall United States · #880,052 worldwide 2.3k citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Diane Binson United States · #887,501 worldwide 5.3k citations · 85 works
  6. 6 Jennifer Hecht United States · #1,804,041 worldwide 484 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Gilmore Crosby United States · #1,977,440 worldwide 1.1k citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Eve Golden United States · #2,422,882 worldwide 552 citations · 74 works
  9. 9 Muriel O. Chesney United States · #2,969,324 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at San Francisco AIDS Foundation

What are the most cited papers from San Francisco AIDS Foundation?

The most cited paper from San Francisco AIDS Foundation is "Positive affect and the other side of coping." (Susan Folkman, Judith T. Moskowitz, 2000), with 2,282 citations. Next come "Positive psychological states and coping with severe stress" (1,860) and "The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: psychometric properties, benchmarking data, and emerging research" (1,805).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Positive affect and the other side of coping. Susan Folkman, Judith T. Moskowitz · American Psychologist Jun 2000 2,282
2 Positive psychological states and coping with severe stress Susan Folkman · Social Science & Medicine Oct 1997 1,860
3 The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: psychometric properties, benchmarking data, and emerging research John Bryan Sexton, Robert L. Helmreich, Torsten B. Neilands et al. · BMC Health Services Research Open access 20 Apr 2006 1,805
4 Meaning in the Context of Stress and Coping Crystal L. Park, Susan Folkman · Review of General Psychology Jun 1997 1,695
5 The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) Wolf E. Mehling, Cynthia J Price, Jennifer J. Daubenmier et al. · PLoS ONE Open access Nov 2012 1,465
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Which keywords describe research at San Francisco AIDS Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Mortality Rates, Preexposure Prophylaxis, Stigma and Discrimination, Public Health, HIV and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Antiretroviral Therapy14▲ 145×5 topics
  2. HIV Transmission10▲ 230×2 topics
  3. Mortality Rates10▲ 178×2 topics
  4. Preexposure Prophylaxis10▲ 340×1 topic
  5. Stigma and Discrimination10▲ 340×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology9▲ 3.6×19 topics
  7. Public Health8▲ 9.6×13 topics
  8. HIV7▲ 142×4 topics
  9. Mental Health6▲ 7.2×10 topics
  10. Substance Abuse6▲ 144×2 topics
  11. drug use5▲ 295×1 topic
  12. harm reduction5▲ 295×1 topic
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  14. Stigma4▲ 51×4 topics
  15. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Adolescent Health3▲ 65×1 topic
  17. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.7×11 topics
  18. Sexual Behavior3▲ 152×1 topic
  19. Immune Response3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  20. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Health Disparities3▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 57×2 topics
  23. HIV/AIDS2▲ 64×3 topics
  24. Intersectionality2▲ 22×4 topics
  25. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Vaccine2▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Gender Identity2▲ 37×2 topics
  28. HIV Infection2▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Discrimination2▲ 17×1 topic
  30. LGBTQ+2▲ 89×1 topic
  31. AIDS2▲ 120×1 topic
  32. Antibodies2▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Drug Resistance2▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Alcohol Dependence2▲ 68×1 topic
  35. Motivational Interviewing2▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Social Support2▲ 5.5×8 topics
  37. Sex Work2▲ 95×1 topic
  38. Trafficking2▲ 95×1 topic
  39. Chronic Disease1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Patient Engagement1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does San Francisco AIDS Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…10HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 10 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 5 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 2 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment2HIV Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 1 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksSexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsSocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 10 works
  2. 2 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 5 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 2 works
  6. 6 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology Clinical Psychology 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 available38.4%not open61.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has San Francisco AIDS Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 San Francisco AIDS Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%San Francisco AIDS Foundation0.00022% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of San Francisco AIDS Foundation 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.

20%40%San Francisco AIDS Foundation16.3% in 2021all institutions10.0% in 2021200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.2% in 1992.

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