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The AIDS Support Organization

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Research works
84
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
27.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
The AIDS Support Organization

Not ranked overall: The AIDS Support Organization 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 The AIDS Support Organization work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at The AIDS Support Organization is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Social Sciences (12%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 14 fractional works · 68.1% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 56.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 27.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 12.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKThe AIDS SupportOrganization20fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences21%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1256.6%
    2. Health Professions16.9%
    3. Nursing14.4%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Social Sciences212.2%
    2. Psychology13.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.8%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology15.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.8%
    1. Engineering00.8%
    2. Mathematics00.3%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.63× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.94× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 8.91× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing8.91×1 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology5.82×1 works
  3. Medicine2.94×12 works
  4. Health Professions2.63×1 works
  5. Veterinary2.01×0 works
  6. Psychology1.26×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.96×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.85×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.28×0 works
  14. Engineering0.05×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The AIDS Support Organization?

Ranked on the quality score, Josephine Birungi, Alex Coutinho and Kenneth Mugisha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The AIDS Support Organization.

  1. 1 Josephine Birungi Uganda · #270,291 worldwide 5.7k citations · 146 works
  2. 2 Alex Coutinho Uganda · #333,425 worldwide 3.9k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Kenneth Mugisha Uganda · #847,176 worldwide 438 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Mastula Nanfuka Uganda · #934,989 worldwide 719 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Collins Agaba Uganda · #1,018,873 worldwide 240 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Andrew Kazibwe Uganda · #1,159,529 worldwide 363 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Patrick Onyango Mangen Uganda · #1,449,832 worldwide 326 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Michael Bernard Etukoit Uganda · #1,501,892 worldwide 192 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Abraham Ignatius Oluka Uganda · #1,552,348 worldwide 78 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Yunus Miya Uganda · #1,602,030 worldwide 116 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at The AIDS Support Organization

What are the most cited papers from The AIDS Support Organization?

The most cited paper from The AIDS Support Organization is "Antiretroviral Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Heterosexual Men and Women" (Jared M. Baeten et al., 2012), with 3,341 citations. Next come "Changes in sexual behavior and risk of HIV transmission after antiretroviral therapy and prevention interventions in rural Uganda" (465) and "23–valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in HIV-1-infected Ugandan adults: double-blind, randomised and placebo controlled trial" (463).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Antiretroviral Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Heterosexual Men and Women Jared M. Baeten et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Jul 2012 3,341
2 Changes in sexual behavior and risk of HIV transmission after antiretroviral therapy and prevention interventions in rural Uganda Rebecca E. Bunnell, John Paul Ekwaru, Peter Solberg et al. · AIDS Dec 2005 465
3 23–valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in HIV-1-infected Ugandan adults: double-blind, randomised and placebo controlled trial Neil French, Jessica Nakiyingi, L. J. Carpenter et al. · The Lancet Jun 2000 463
4 Life Expectancy of Persons Receiving Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in Low-Income Countries: A Cohort Analysis From Uganda Edward J. Mills, Celestin Bakanda, Josephine Birungi et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 16 Aug 2011 418
5 Effect of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis on morbidity, mortality, CD4-cell count, and viral load in HIV infection in rural Uganda Jonathan Mermin, John Lule, John Paul Ekwaru et al. · The Lancet Oct 2004 347
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Which keywords describe research at The AIDS Support Organization?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Mortality Rates, Viral Load, Preexposure Prophylaxis, Stigma and Discrimination, Drug Resistance 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 187×5 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 4.2×19 topics
  3. HIV Transmission3▲ 207×2 topics
  4. Mortality Rates3▲ 162×2 topics
  5. Viral Load3▲ 193×2 topics
  6. Preexposure Prophylaxis3▲ 304×1 topic
  7. Stigma and Discrimination3▲ 304×1 topic
  8. Drug Resistance3▲ 45×5 topics
  9. HIV Infection2▲ 116×3 topics
  10. Immune Response2▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Vaccine2▲ 28×5 topics
  12. Treatment2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  13. HIV2▲ 100×4 topics
  14. Mental Health2▲ 5.9×7 topics
  15. Diagnosis1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  16. Risk Factors1▲ 6.2×5 topics
  17. HIV/AIDS1▲ 99×2 topics
  18. Integrase Inhibitors1▲ 290×1 topic
  19. Nucleoside Analogues1▲ 290×1 topic
  20. Public Health1▲ 4.0×5 topics
  21. Inflammation1▲ 2.5×3 topics
  22. Mycobacterium tuberculosis1▲ 98×1 topic
  23. Stigma1▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Tuberculosis1▲ 104×1 topic
  25. Aging1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 4.3×2 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does The AIDS Support Organization publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology and HIV-related health complications and treatments.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…3HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…1HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…1Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 1 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEmergency MedicineSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 1 works
  3. 3 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 1 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  9. 9 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 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 available77.6%not open22.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.2%domestic only51.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The AIDS Support Organization's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is The AIDS Support Organization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000068% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%The AIDS Support Organization0.00011% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of The AIDS Support Organization over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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