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United States Agency for International Development

In research, United States Agency for International Development stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,556 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,513 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 21.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,087
of 28,054 · #10,580 all time
Rank in United States
#1,351
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is United States Agency for International Development known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,556 of 11,982 29.2%89 #6605
MedicineField #7,513 of 10,443 30.3%68 #7212

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Agency for International Development 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).

What does United States Agency for International Development specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 21.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 23.8 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.19× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.38× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.79× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.13× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 5.93× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.37× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at United States Agency for International Development?

Ranked on the composite score, R. T. Ravenholt, Omar Dary and Harald D. Frederiksen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Agency for International Development.

  1. 1 R. T. Ravenholt United States · #445,107 worldwide 33 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Omar Dary United States · #466,280 worldwide 87 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Harald D. Frederiksen United States · #646,901 worldwide 42 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 James D Shelton United States · #890,834 worldwide 36 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at United States Agency for International Development

Which keywords describe research at United States Agency for International Development?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Viral Load, HIV Transmission, Mortality Rates, Preexposure Prophylaxis, Stigma and Discrimination and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 3.9×51 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy18▲ 66×6 topics
  3. Viral Load12▲ 90×2 topics
  4. HIV Transmission12▲ 96×2 topics
  5. Mortality Rates12▲ 74×2 topics
  6. Immune Response11▲ 12×11 topics
  7. Preexposure Prophylaxis11▲ 142×1 topic
  8. Stigma and Discrimination11▲ 142×1 topic
  9. Vaccine11▲ 17×9 topics
  10. Climate Change10▲ 2.1×31 topics
  11. Public Health9▲ 3.8×24 topics
  12. Treatment9▲ 4.6×15 topics
  13. Diagnosis9▲ 5.6×14 topics
  14. Drug Resistance8▲ 18×6 topics
  15. Maternal Mortality8▲ 23×4 topics
  16. Community Health Workers8▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Health Inequalities7▲ 37×3 topics
  18. Socio-economic Factors7▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Child Mortality7▲ 62×1 topic
  20. Health Systems7▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Genetic Diversity7▲ 9.7×9 topics
  22. Risk Factors7▲ 3.9×7 topics
  23. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 19×3 topics
  24. HIV7▲ 50×4 topics
  25. Economic Growth6▲ 4.4×4 topics
  26. HIV Prevention6▲ 63×2 topics
  27. Vaccine Development6▲ 15×6 topics
  28. Adolescent Health6▲ 43×2 topics
  29. HIV/AIDS6▲ 57×3 topics
  30. Sexual Behavior6▲ 101×1 topic
  31. Youth Risk Behavior6▲ 101×1 topic
  32. Mycobacterium tuberculosis6▲ 64×1 topic
  33. Tuberculosis6▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Child Development5▲ 7.7×4 topics
  35. Global Burden5▲ 5.4×8 topics
  36. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Development4▲ 7.4×4 topics
  38. Poverty4▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Water Sanitation Hygiene4▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does United States Agency for International Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Global Maternal and Child Health, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…11HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 11 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 7 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…6Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 6 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…6Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 6 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 4 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…4Malaria Research and Control: 4 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 11 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 6 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 6 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  10. 10 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.8%domestic only67.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United States Agency for International Development's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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