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Tropical Diseases Research Centre

In research, Tropical Diseases Research Centre stands highest in Medicine (#16,639 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#19,029 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,240
of 42,892
Rank in Zambia
#14
of 23
Research works
204
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Tropical Diseases Research Centre 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
MedicineField #16,639 of 17,978 16.7%121
Health SciencesDomain #19,029 of 20,462 16.8%136

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tropical Diseases Research Centre 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: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.58× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.74× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.06× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 5.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Tropical Diseases Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Vaccine Development, Global Burden, Drug Resistance, Diagnosis and Genome Sequence.

▲ 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology9▲ 9.2×38 topics
  2. Immune Response3▲ 21×9 topics
  3. Vaccine3▲ 29×9 topics
  4. Vaccine Development3▲ 45×4 topics
  5. Global Burden2▲ 15×4 topics
  6. Diagnosis2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  7. Drug Resistance2▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Treatment2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  9. Genome Sequence2▲ 72×2 topics
  10. Vector Control2▲ 51×4 topics
  11. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 36×6 topics
  12. Artemisinin Resistance1▲ 179×1 topic
  13. Plasmodium falciparum1▲ 179×1 topic
  14. Arboviral Diseases1▲ 82×1 topic
  15. COVID-191▲ 4.0×8 topics
  16. Inflammation1▲ 2.5×15 topics
  17. Zika Virus1▲ 82×1 topic
  18. Genetic Diversity1▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Public Health1▲ 3.5×13 topics
  20. Abdominal Tuberculosis1▲ 242×1 topic
  21. Diagnostic Challenges1▲ 242×1 topic
  22. Infectious Diseases1▲ 14×5 topics
  23. Mycobacterium tuberculosis1▲ 76×1 topic
  24. Tuberculosis1▲ 81×1 topic
  25. Viral Pathogenesis1▲ 66×2 topics

Which research topics does Tropical Diseases Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Malaria Research and Con…1Malaria Research and Control: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …1Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment …1Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…1Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksVirology and Viral Diseases: 1 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…1HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Virology and Viral Diseases Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 1 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available52.4%not open47.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.5%domestic only45.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tropical Diseases Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower 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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