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Vector (United States)

In research, Vector (United States) stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,291 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#9,672 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,439 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,774
of 28,054 · #11,643 all time
Rank in United States
#1,758
of 4,192
Research works
603
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Vector (United States) 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
Life SciencesDomain #6,291 of 14,347 31.3%162
MedicineField #9,672 of 17,978 32.0%169
Health SciencesDomain #12,439 of 20,462 31.0%179
Physical SciencesDomain #13,939 of 21,541 23.1%204

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vector (United States) 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: 2.25× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.20× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.96× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.90× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vector (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Christof Ebert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vector (United States).

  1. 1 Christof Ebert United States · #51,906 worldwide 402 citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Vector (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Vector (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Vector Control, Public Health, Arboviral Diseases, Zika Virus, Pathogenesis and Host-Pathogen Interactions.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 6.8×46 topics
  2. Vaccine Development13▲ 49×5 topics
  3. Vector Control11▲ 87×4 topics
  4. Public Health9▲ 5.8×13 topics
  5. Arboviral Diseases7▲ 108×1 topic
  6. Zika Virus7▲ 108×1 topic
  7. Pathogenesis6▲ 12×9 topics
  8. Host-Pathogen Interactions6▲ 63×3 topics
  9. Global Burden5▲ 9.3×5 topics
  10. Insecticide Resistance5▲ 63×4 topics
  11. Genome Sequence5▲ 57×2 topics
  12. Climate Change5▲ 1.60×13 topics
  13. Pathogen Transmission4▲ 63×3 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity4▲ 8.9×6 topics
  15. Zoonotic Infections4▲ 69×2 topics
  16. Artemisinin Resistance4▲ 121×1 topic
  17. Plasmodium falciparum4▲ 121×1 topic
  18. Drug Resistance4▲ 12×6 topics
  19. Bunyavirus4▲ 75×1 topic
  20. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers4▲ 75×1 topic
  21. Lyme Disease4▲ 135×1 topic
  22. Tick-Borne Diseases4▲ 135×1 topic
  23. Environmental Impact3▲ 1.83×10 topics
  24. Treatment3▲ 2.5×11 topics
  25. Immune Response3▲ 5.3×13 topics
  26. Microbiota3▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Biodiversity3▲ 3.9×6 topics
  28. Immunity2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  29. Vaccine2▲ 5.7×8 topics
  30. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.0×7 topics
  31. Genome Evolution2▲ 48×2 topics
  32. Genomics2▲ 6.3×7 topics
  33. Symbiont2▲ 98×1 topic
  34. Wolbachia2▲ 98×1 topic
  35. Helminth Infections2▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Headache Disorders2▲ 66×1 topic
  37. Migraine2▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Drosophila2▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Immune Regulation2▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Pest Management2▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Vector (United States) publish most on?

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

Mosquito-borne diseases …7Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 7 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 4 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 4 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 4 fractional worksInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences: 2 fractional worksMigraine and Headache St…2Migraine and Headache Studies: 2 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasis Studies: 1 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 1 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesParasitologyInsect Science2 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 7 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 4 works
  4. 4 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 4 works
  5. 5 Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Insect Science 2 works
  6. 6 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  7. 7 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 1 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 1 works
  10. 10 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available48.7%not open51.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.0%domestic only61.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vector (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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