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Task Applied Science

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Research works
47
▲ 205% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Task Applied Science 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: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.31× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.93× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.55× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.40× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 10.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Task Applied Science?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Vaccine, Immune Response, Drug Resistance, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Tuberculosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 7.5×24 topics
  2. Diagnosis9▲ 19×6 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 15×7 topics
  4. Vaccine7▲ 39×6 topics
  5. Immune Response7▲ 25×7 topics
  6. Drug Resistance7▲ 45×3 topics
  7. Mycobacterium tuberculosis6▲ 193×1 topic
  8. Tuberculosis6▲ 232×1 topic
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 13×3 topics
  10. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 30×5 topics
  11. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 26×4 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis2▲ 9.0×5 topics
  14. HIV Infection2▲ 39×3 topics
  15. Mycobacterium avium2▲ 99×1 topic
  16. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria2▲ 99×1 topic
  17. Pathogenesis2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  18. Community-Acquired Pneumonia2▲ 90×1 topic
  19. Global Health2▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine2▲ 90×1 topic
  21. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 27×3 topics
  22. Spinal Epidural Abscess2▲ 107×1 topic
  23. Surgical Management2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  24. Tuberculous Meningitis2▲ 107×1 topic
  25. Pandemic2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  26. Failure Analysis1▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases1▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Genomics1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  29. Pneumonia1▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Public Health1▲ 1.66×6 topics
  31. Virus1▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics1▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Crisis Resolution1▲ 91×1 topic
  34. Critically Ill Patients1▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Ebola Virus1▲ 97×1 topic
  36. Health Workforce1▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Home Treatment1▲ 91×1 topic
  38. Outbreak1▲ 64×1 topic
  39. Respiratory1▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Rural Health1▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Task Applied Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Respiratory and Cough-Related Research and Global Health and Surgery.

Tuberculosis Research an…2Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 1 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Related Research: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 0 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 0 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 0 fractional worksAntibiotics Pharmacokine…0Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy: 0 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 0 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 0 fractional worksImmune responses and vaccinations: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 1 works
  3. 3 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  5. 5 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 0 works
  8. 8 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  10. 10 Immune responses and vaccinations Immunology 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 available71.2%not open28.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.8%domestic only43.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Task Applied Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 205% 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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