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Tropical Disease Foundation

tdf.org.phROR OpenAlex
Research works
17
▲ 115% vs 2018-21
Citations
709
41.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
52%
world 18%
Tropical Disease Foundation

Not ranked overall: Tropical Disease Foundation is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Tropical Disease Foundation work in?

In all years, 82% of research at Tropical Disease Foundation is in Health Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Health Professions (12%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 14 fractional works · 81.6% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 68.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 31.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 22.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 8.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 11.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTropical DiseaseFoundation17fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. 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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1268.1%
    2. Health Professions211.8%
    3. Nursing01.7%
    1. Social Sciences16.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.7%
    3. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology15.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering01.2%
    2. Chemistry00.2%
    3. Mathematics00.2%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.63× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.70× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Mathematics: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.76×1 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.70×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.63×0 works
  4. Mathematics1.55×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.54×0 works
  6. Health Professions1.39×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.65×0 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.41×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tropical Disease Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Maria Tarcela Gler, Thelma E. Tupasi and M. I. D. Quelapio lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tropical Disease Foundation.

  1. 1 Maria Tarcela Gler Philippines · #391,902 worldwide 3k citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Thelma E. Tupasi Philippines · #430,345 worldwide 4.6k citations · 93 works
  3. 3 M. I. D. Quelapio Philippines · #814,676 worldwide 2.1k citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Tropical Disease Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Tropical Disease Foundation?

The most cited paper from Tropical Disease Foundation is "WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update" (Dennis Falzon et al., 2011), with 1,106 citations. Next come "Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study" (1,028) and "Delamanid for Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis" (748).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: 2011 update Dennis Falzon et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 2 Aug 2011 1,106
2 Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study Catharina C. Boehme et al. · The Lancet Open access Apr 2011 1,028
3 Delamanid for Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Maria Tarcela Gler et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 7 Jun 2012 748
4 Treatment correlates of successful outcomes in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis Nafees Ahmad et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access108 authors Sep 2018 648
5 Multidrug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment Regimens and Patient Outcomes: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of 9,153 Patients Shama Desai Ahuja et al. · PLoS Medicine ReviewOpen access 28 Aug 2012 542
All 84 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Tropical Disease Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Respiratory viral infections research.

Tuberculosis Research an…0Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…0Respiratory viral infections research: 0 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 0 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…0HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksDiphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus: 0 fractional worksBacterial Infections and Vaccines: 0 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies …0Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyHealthEndocrinology2 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  2. 2 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 0 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 works
  4. 4 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 0 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  6. 6 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus Endocrinology 0 works
  9. 9 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Microbiology 0 works
  10. 10 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.2%domestic only47.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tropical Disease Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 115% 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 Tropical Disease Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000011% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Tropical Disease Foundation0.0000075% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Tropical Disease Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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