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United States Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH

In research, United States Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH stands highest in Medicine (#11,081 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,775 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,275
of 42,892
Rank in Peru
#24
of 110
Research works
373
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
30.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is United States Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH 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 #11,081 of 17,978 21.9%222
Health SciencesDomain #13,775 of 20,462 21.6%243

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH 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: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.67× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.44× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× 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, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at United States Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH?

Ranked on the composite score, Eric S. Halsey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH.

  1. 1 Eric S. Halsey Peru · #1,111,009 worldwide 35 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at United States Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH

Which keywords describe research at United States Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Pathogenesis, Vector Control, Public Health, Arboviral Diseases, Zika Virus 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 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. Epidemiology23▲ 12×38 topics
  2. Vaccine Development10▲ 81×6 topics
  3. Pathogenesis7▲ 28×11 topics
  4. Public Health6▲ 8.2×14 topics
  5. Vector Control6▲ 103×4 topics
  6. Arboviral Diseases4▲ 140×1 topic
  7. Zika Virus4▲ 140×1 topic
  8. Genome Sequence4▲ 100×2 topics
  9. Vaccine4▲ 19×7 topics
  10. Pandemic4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  11. Diagnosis3▲ 7.5×11 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity3▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Global Burden3▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Insecticide Resistance3▲ 87×2 topics
  15. Artemisinin Resistance3▲ 208×1 topic
  16. Plasmodium falciparum3▲ 208×1 topic
  17. Zoonotic Infections3▲ 107×2 topics
  18. Treatment3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  19. COVID-193▲ 3.9×11 topics
  20. Infection3▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Bunyavirus2▲ 109×1 topic
  22. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers2▲ 109×1 topic
  23. Immune Response2▲ 7.2×9 topics
  24. Drug Resistance2▲ 14×2 topics
  25. SARS-CoV-22▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Immunity2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  27. Pathogen Transmission2▲ 57×2 topics
  28. Neurological Disorders2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  29. Pathophysiology2▲ 11×3 topics
  30. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Host-Pathogen Interactions2▲ 38×3 topics
  32. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 7.4×6 topics
  33. Food Safety1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  34. Norovirus1▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Rotavirus1▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Infectious Diseases1▲ 8.4×5 topics
  37. Lyme Disease1▲ 110×1 topic
  38. Prognosis1▲ 8.0×3 topics
  39. Resuscitation1▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Tick-Borne Diseases1▲ 110×1 topic

Which research topics does United States Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Malaria Research and Control, Viral Infections and Vectors and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Mosquito-borne diseases …4Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…1Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 1 fractional worksVector-borne infectious …1Vector-borne infectious diseases: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies …1Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 1 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasis Studies: 1 fractional worksHepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksTrypanosoma species research and implications: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesParasitologyNeurology2 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  4. 4 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 1 works
  6. 6 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 1 works
  7. 7 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology Hepatology 1 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 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-authors64.3%domestic only35.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United States Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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