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South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative

In research, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,649 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,476 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,534
of 28,054 · #7,945 all time
Rank in South Africa
#38
of 87
Research works
320
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
37.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative 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 #7,649 of 20,462 35.3%166
MedicineField #7,476 of 17,978 33.4%149

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative 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: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.82× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.70× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.97× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 4.31× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark Hatherill, Thomas J. Scriba and Simon C. Mendelsohn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative.

  1. 1 Mark Hatherill South Africa · #45,251 worldwide 285 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Thomas J. Scriba South Africa · #74,225 worldwide 222 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Simon C. Mendelsohn South Africa · #1,528,884 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative

Which keywords describe research at South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 5.1×45 topics
  2. Diagnosis12▲ 14×12 topics
  3. Treatment12▲ 10×10 topics
  4. Climate Change11▲ 4.3×34 topics
  5. Vaccine9▲ 24×9 topics
  6. Immune Response9▲ 17×11 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity8▲ 19×7 topics
  8. Drug Resistance7▲ 27×3 topics
  9. Mycobacterium tuberculosis7▲ 131×1 topic
  10. Tuberculosis7▲ 139×1 topic
  11. Sustainability5▲ 2.1×13 topics
  12. Vulnerability5▲ 22×6 topics
  13. Global Warming4▲ 11×7 topics
  14. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 23×6 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases4▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Risk Perception3▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Adaptation3▲ 10×6 topics
  18. Food Security3▲ 5.3×6 topics
  19. Resilience3▲ 6.2×4 topics
  20. Urbanization3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  21. Climate Change Adaptation2▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-22▲ 8.3×6 topics
  24. COVID-19 Vaccine2▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Vaccine Hesitancy2▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  27. Genomic Studies2▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Cystic Fibrosis2▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  30. Maternal Mortality2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  31. Mycobacterium avium2▲ 69×1 topic
  32. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria2▲ 69×1 topic
  33. Social-Ecological Systems2▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  35. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 26×1 topic
  37. HIV2▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Sustainability Transitions2▲ 76×2 topics
  39. Adaptive Governance2▲ 80×1 topic
  40. Policy Mixes2▲ 80×1 topic

Which research topics does South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Tuberculosis Research an…7Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksSustainability and Climate Change Governance: 2 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 2 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 2 fractional worksImmune responses and vaccinations: 2 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 1 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesHealthEpidemiologyNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  2. 2 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  3. 3 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  5. 5 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  6. 6 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 2 works
  7. 7 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  8. 8 Immune responses and vaccinations Immunology 2 works
  9. 9 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 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 available71.6%not open28.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.9%domestic only41.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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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