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The Task Force for Global Health

In research, The Task Force for Global Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,716 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,806 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,854
of 28,054 · #23,976 all time
Rank in United States
#2,563
of 4,192
Research works
331
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
47.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is The Task Force for Global Health 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 #10,716 of 20,462 28.3%201
MedicineField #10,806 of 17,978 30.2%152

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Task Force for Global Health 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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.15× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.22× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.10× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Task Force for Global Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Walter R. Dowdle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Task Force for Global Health.

  1. 1 Walter R. Dowdle United States · #103,101 worldwide 219 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at The Task Force for Global Health

Which keywords describe research at The Task Force for Global Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Pandemic, Liver Disease, Antiviral Therapy, Public Health and Helminth Infections.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 7.2×49 topics
  2. Immune Response11▲ 25×10 topics
  3. Pathogenesis9▲ 22×8 topics
  4. Public Health7▲ 6.5×25 topics
  5. Pandemic7▲ 8.4×7 topics
  6. Antiviral Therapy7▲ 90×2 topics
  7. Liver Disease7▲ 97×3 topics
  8. Helminth Infections6▲ 204×2 topics
  9. Vaccine6▲ 18×8 topics
  10. Global Burden5▲ 13×4 topics
  11. Disease Burden5▲ 85×2 topics
  12. Social Media5▲ 4.2×3 topics
  13. Treatment4▲ 4.9×10 topics
  14. COVID-19 Vaccine4▲ 79×1 topic
  15. Vaccine Hesitancy4▲ 86×1 topic
  16. Vaccine Development4▲ 22×5 topics
  17. Genomics4▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Influenza4▲ 130×1 topic
  20. Virus4▲ 57×1 topic
  21. Global Epidemiology4▲ 121×2 topics
  22. Genetic Variation4▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Hepatitis C Virus4▲ 135×1 topic
  24. Ribavirin4▲ 135×1 topic
  25. Chronic Hepatitis B3▲ 125×1 topic
  26. Hepatitis B Virus3▲ 125×1 topic
  27. Ivermectin3▲ 161×2 topics
  28. Zoonotic Infections3▲ 78×2 topics
  29. Immune Regulation3▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Schistosomiasis3▲ 148×1 topic
  31. Soil-Transmitted Helminths3▲ 148×1 topic
  32. Heart Failure3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  33. Lymphatic Filariasis3▲ 333×1 topic
  34. Onchocerciasis3▲ 333×1 topic
  35. Ebola Virus3▲ 140×1 topic
  36. Outbreak3▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Infectious Diseases3▲ 11×6 topics
  38. SARS-CoV-22▲ 9.9×6 topics
  39. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  40. Maternal Mortality2▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does The Task Force for Global Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Hepatitis C virus research and Hepatitis B Virus Studies.

Vaccine Coverage and Hes…4Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research…4Influenza Virus Research Studies: 4 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research4Hepatitis C virus research: 4 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies3Hepatitis B Virus Studies: 3 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 3 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…3Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional works
HealthEpidemiologyHepatologyParasitology2 others

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

  1. 1 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  2. 2 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 4 works
  4. 4 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 3 works
  6. 6 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 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 available59.2%not open40.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.0%domestic only61.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Task Force for Global Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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