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Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa

In research, Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,994 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,413 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 36.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,682
of 28,054 · #10,209 all time
Rank in South Africa
#41
of 87
Research works
324
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
41.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa 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 #5,994 of 11,982 32.3%62 #7883
MedicineField #5,413 of 10,443 32.0%60 #6444

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in 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).

What does Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 36.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 23.1 works36×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.43× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.65× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.31× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Vaccine, Antiretroviral Therapy, Immune Response, Drug Resistance and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 7.5×53 topics
  2. Diagnosis17▲ 19×19 topics
  3. Treatment17▲ 14×15 topics
  4. Vaccine16▲ 41×10 topics
  5. Antiretroviral Therapy15▲ 100×6 topics
  6. Immune Response15▲ 28×16 topics
  7. Drug Resistance13▲ 50×6 topics
  8. Genetic Diversity10▲ 24×3 topics
  9. Mycobacterium tuberculosis10▲ 187×1 topic
  10. Tuberculosis10▲ 198×1 topic
  11. HIV Infection8▲ 84×4 topics
  12. SARS-CoV-26▲ 19×6 topics
  13. Pandemic5▲ 5.4×6 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 9.9×5 topics
  15. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Inflammation5▲ 2.5×31 topics
  17. HIV5▲ 59×4 topics
  18. Immunity4▲ 12×7 topics
  19. HIV Transmission4▲ 51×2 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  21. Viral Load4▲ 48×2 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 9.7×7 topics
  23. Surgical Management4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  24. Diagnostic Imaging3▲ 32×3 topics
  25. Immunocompromised Patients3▲ 63×2 topics
  26. Coronavirus3▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Mortality Rates3▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Preexposure Prophylaxis3▲ 71×1 topic
  29. Stigma and Discrimination3▲ 71×1 topic
  30. Spinal Epidural Abscess3▲ 126×1 topic
  31. Tuberculous Meningitis3▲ 126×1 topic
  32. Viral Transmission3▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Hepatotoxicity3▲ 64×2 topics
  34. Mutation3▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Cystic Fibrosis3▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Genomic Studies3▲ 46×3 topics
  37. Integrase Inhibitors3▲ 147×1 topic
  38. Nucleoside Analogues3▲ 147×1 topic
  39. antibody3▲ 28×1 topic
  40. spike protein3▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Tuberculosis Research an…10Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 10 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 3 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 3 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii p…2Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 2 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesSurgeryEpidemiologyEmergency Medicine

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 10 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 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 available80.8%not open19.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors70.7%domestic only29.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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