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Tanzania Commission for AIDS

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Research works
5
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
85
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
90%
world 40%
International
91%
world 18%
Tanzania Commission for AIDS

Not ranked overall: Tanzania Commission for AIDS is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Tanzania Commission for AIDS work in?

In all years, 69% of research at Tanzania Commission for AIDS is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (52%), Health Professions (17%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 3 fractional works · 68.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 52.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 16.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 6.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTanzaniaCommission for…5fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences21%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine252.1%
    2. Health Professions116.7%
    1. Social Sciences114.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance04.2%
    3. Psychology02.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology04.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.1%
    1. Computer Science02.1%
    2. Mathematics02.1%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Tanzania Commission for AIDS?

Ranked on the quality score, Jerome Kamwela lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tanzania Commission for AIDS.

  1. 1 Jerome Kamwela Tanzania · #3,508,842 worldwide 110 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Tanzania Commission for AIDS

What are the most cited papers from Tanzania Commission for AIDS?

The most cited paper from Tanzania Commission for AIDS is "Surveillance of HIV and syphilis infections among antenatal clinic attendees in Tanzania-2003/2004" (Roland O Swai, Geofrey R Somi G, Mecky IN Matee et al., 2006), with 78 citations. Next come "Diabetes prevalence by HbA1c and oral glucose tolerance test among HIV-infected and uninfected Tanzanian adults" (64) and "Mate Yako Afya Yako: Formative research to develop the Tanzania HIV self-testing education and promotion (Tanzania STEP) project for men" (64).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Surveillance of HIV and syphilis infections among antenatal clinic attendees in Tanzania-2003/2004 Roland O Swai, Geofrey R Somi G, Mecky IN Matee et al. · BMC Public Health Open access 10 Apr 2006 78
2 Diabetes prevalence by HbA1c and oral glucose tolerance test among HIV-infected and uninfected Tanzanian adults Kidola Jeremiah, Suzanne Filteau, Daniel Faurholt‐Jepsen et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 8 Apr 2020 64
3 Mate Yako Afya Yako: Formative research to develop the Tanzania HIV self-testing education and promotion (Tanzania STEP) project for men Donaldson Fadael Conserve, Kathryn Elizabeth Muessig, Leonard Maboko et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 27 Aug 2018 64
4 Developing national strategies for reaching men with HIV testing services in Tanzania: results from the male catch-up plan Donaldson Fadael Conserve, Jumanne Issango, Andrew Martin Kilale et al. · BMC Health Services Research Open access 20 May 2019 52
5 A “Plus” Model for Safe Transitions to Adulthood: Impacts of an Integrated Intervention Layered onto A National Social Protection Program on Sexual Behavior and Health Seeking among Tanzania's Youth Jennifer Waidler, Ulrike Gilbert, Aroldia Mulokozi et al. · Studies in Family Planning Open access 21 Mar 2022 37
All 35 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Tanzania Commission for AIDS publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Global Maternal and Child Health and HIV Research and Treatment.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…0HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment0HIV Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 0 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 0 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 0 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthVirology4 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  4. 4 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 0 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 0 works
  6. 6 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 0 works
  9. 9 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 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 available90.3%not open9.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors90.6%domestic only9.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tanzania Commission for AIDS's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Tanzania Commission for AIDS as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000057% in 2023.

still counting0.000010%0.000020%Tanzania Commission for AIDS0.0000068% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Tanzania Commission for AIDS over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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