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United States Army Medical Research Directorate - Africa

In research, United States Army Medical Research Directorate - Africa stands highest in Medicine (#13,443 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#16,264 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,395
of 42,892
Rank in Kenya
#29
of 98
Research works
216
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.3k
38.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is United States Army Medical Research Directorate - Africa 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 #13,443 of 17,978 27.7%135
Health SciencesDomain #16,264 of 20,462 27.3%144

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Army Medical Research Directorate - Africa 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: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.74× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 11.54× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.63× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at United States Army Medical Research Directorate - Africa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Antiretroviral Therapy, Vaccine, Public Health, Pathogenesis, Global Burden 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology10▲ 8.1×42 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 99×6 topics
  3. Vaccine Development5▲ 64×8 topics
  4. Vaccine3▲ 27×11 topics
  5. Public Health3▲ 6.9×12 topics
  6. Pathogenesis3▲ 17×11 topics
  7. Global Burden2▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Immune Response2▲ 15×13 topics
  9. Viral Load2▲ 102×2 topics
  10. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 239×1 topic
  11. Genome Sequence2▲ 91×2 topics
  12. HIV Transmission2▲ 103×2 topics
  13. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 239×1 topic
  14. Preexposure Prophylaxis2▲ 152×1 topic
  15. Stigma and Discrimination2▲ 152×1 topic
  16. Vector Control2▲ 57×4 topics
  17. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 14×7 topics
  18. Arboviral Diseases2▲ 81×1 topic
  19. HIV Infection2▲ 52×3 topics
  20. Zika Virus2▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Drug Resistance1▲ 17×5 topics
  22. Genomics1▲ 14×4 topics
  23. HIV1▲ 53×3 topics
  24. Host-Pathogen Interactions1▲ 52×4 topics
  25. Metagenomics1▲ 45×2 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  27. Nanoparticles1▲ 3.0×3 topics
  28. Virus1▲ 40×3 topics
  29. Evolution1▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Risk Factors1▲ 3.4×4 topics
  31. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Zoonotic Infections1▲ 65×2 topics
  33. Antibodies1▲ 62×2 topics
  34. Antimicrobial Resistance1▲ 17×4 topics
  35. Bacteremia1▲ 46×3 topics
  36. Bacteriophage1▲ 71×1 topic
  37. Ecology1▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does United States Army Medical Research Directorate - Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Malaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 1 fractional worksBacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing: 1 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesEcologyGeneral Health Professions3 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 2 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 1 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Clinical Biochemistry 1 works
  10. 10 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 1 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 available58.4%not open41.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.9%domestic only46.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United States Army Medical Research Directorate - Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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