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The Task Force for Global Health

In research, The Task Force for Global Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,638 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,304 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,424
of 22,385 · #8,699 all time
Rank in United States
#2,381
of 3,332
Research works
331
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
47.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
The Task Force for Global Health

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 #2,638 of 16,688 12.9%201
MedicineField #3,304 of 14,558 13.8%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does The Task Force for Global Health work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at The Task Force for Global Health is in Health Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Social Sciences (9%), Immunology and Microbiology (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 58 fractional works · 66.3% of its workMedicine: 52 fractional works · 59.4% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 18.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.0% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKThe Task Forcefor Global Health88fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences16%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5259.4%
    2. Health Professions56.1%
    3. Veterinary00.5%
    4. Nursing00.4%
    1. Social Sciences89.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting22.6%
    3. Psychology21.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology67.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Environmental Science44.8%
    2. Mathematics11.4%
    3. Computer Science00.4%
    4. Engineering00.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.01× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.30× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.09× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.63× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.01×6 works
  2. Veterinary3.63×0 works
  3. Medicine3.09×52 works
  4. Health Professions2.30×5 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.72×0 works
  6. Mathematics1.20×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.98×4 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.82×2 works
  9. Nursing0.80×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.71×8 works
  11. Psychology0.58×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.41×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.38×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.01×0 works
  20. Engineering0.01×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Brian K Chu, Emily Remington Smith and Rubina Imtiaz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Task Force for Global Health.

  1. 1 Brian K Chu United States · #878,473 worldwide 3k citations · 126 works
  2. 2 Emily Remington Smith United States · #971,633 worldwide 4k citations · 113 works
  3. 3 Rubina Imtiaz United States · #990,704 worldwide 940 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Katherine Gass United States · #1,054,576 worldwide 1.8k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 Adrian Hopkins United States · #1,131,164 worldwide 1.8k citations · 137 works
  6. 6 Lindsey Hiebert United States · #1,304,115 worldwide 1.5k citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Alex Pavluck United States · #1,304,928 worldwide 644 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Dominique Kyelem United States · #1,354,831 worldwide 1.2k citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Charles D. Mackenzie United States · #1,505,315 worldwide 1.7k citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Alan R. Hinman United States · #1,607,382 worldwide 7k citations · 221 works
All ranked researchers at The Task Force for Global Health

What are the most cited papers from The Task Force for Global Health?

The most cited paper from The Task Force for Global Health is "Definition of drug resistant epilepsy: Consensus proposal by the ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies" (Patrick Kwan, Alexis A. Arzimanoglou, Anne T. Berg et al., 2009), with 4,888 citations. Next come "2022 ESC Guidelines on cardio-oncology developed in collaboration with the European Hematology Association (EHA), the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) and the International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS)" (3,050) and "Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope (version 2009): The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Syncope of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)" (2,057).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Definition of drug resistant epilepsy: Consensus proposal by the ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies Patrick Kwan, Alexis A. Arzimanoglou, Anne T. Berg et al. · Epilepsia 3 Nov 2009 4,888
2 2022 ESC Guidelines on cardio-oncology developed in collaboration with the European Hematology Association (EHA), the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) and the International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS) Alexander Richard Lyon et al. · European Heart Journal Open access167 authors 26 Aug 2022 3,050
3 Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope (version 2009): The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Syncope of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) et al. · European Heart Journal Open access 27 Aug 2009 2,057
4 The clinicopathologic spectrum of focal cortical dysplasias: A consensus classification proposed by an ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Diagnostic Methods Commission1 Ingmar Blümcke et al. · Epilepsia Open access 10 Nov 2010 1,764
5 An official European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society research statement: interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features Aryeh Fischer, Katerina M. Antoniou, Kevin M. Brown et al. · European Respiratory Journal 9 Jul 2015 1,111
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

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

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology25▲ 7.1×53 topics
  2. Immune Response12▲ 25×10 topics
  3. Pathogenesis10▲ 22×8 topics
  4. Antiviral Therapy8▲ 97×2 topics
  5. Liver Disease8▲ 103×3 topics
  6. Public Health8▲ 6.2×26 topics
  7. Pandemic8▲ 8.6×7 topics
  8. Vaccine7▲ 19×8 topics
  9. Helminth Infections6▲ 177×2 topics
  10. Global Burden6▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Social Media5▲ 4.4×4 topics
  12. Treatment5▲ 5.0×10 topics
  13. Disease Burden5▲ 78×2 topics
  14. COVID-19 Vaccine5▲ 80×1 topic
  15. Hepatocellular Carcinoma5▲ 27×3 topics
  16. Vaccine Hesitancy5▲ 88×1 topic
  17. Genomics5▲ 18×3 topics
  18. H1N15▲ 170×1 topic
  19. Influenza5▲ 128×2 topics
  20. Vaccine Development5▲ 21×5 topics
  21. Virus5▲ 55×1 topic
  22. Genetic Variation4▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Hepatitis C Virus4▲ 146×1 topic
  24. Ribavirin4▲ 146×1 topic
  25. Global Epidemiology4▲ 107×2 topics
  26. Chronic Hepatitis B4▲ 135×1 topic
  27. Hepatitis B Virus4▲ 135×1 topic
  28. Ivermectin4▲ 143×2 topics
  29. Zoonotic Infections4▲ 76×2 topics
  30. Ebola Virus3▲ 133×1 topic
  31. Immune Regulation3▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Lymphatic Filariasis3▲ 282×1 topic
  33. Onchocerciasis3▲ 282×1 topic
  34. Outbreak3▲ 98×1 topic
  35. Schistosomiasis3▲ 130×1 topic
  36. Soil-Transmitted Helminths3▲ 130×1 topic
  37. Heart Failure3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  38. Infectious Diseases3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  39. Maternal Mortality3▲ 14×4 topics
  40. SARS-CoV-22▲ 9.4×6 topics

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

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

Vaccine Coverage and Hes…5Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 5 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research…5Influenza Virus Research Studies: 5 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research4Hepatitis C virus research: 4 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies4Hepatitis B Virus Studies: 4 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…3Parasites and Host Interactions: 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
HealthEpidemiologyHepatologyInfectious Diseases2 others

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

  1. 1 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 5 works
  2. 2 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  3. 3 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 4 works
  4. 4 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% 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 Task Force for Global Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%The Task Force for Global Health0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

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