HIV Research and Treatment
HIV Research and Treatment is a research topic within Virology. Science Explorer counts 58k research works in it since 1950. 20.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on various aspects of HIV/AIDS, including immune activation, vaccine development, viral reservoirs, antiretroviral therapy, and the immune response to HIV infection. It also covers topics related to neurocognitive disorders associated with HIV, antibodies targeting HIV, and the development of potential therapeutic interventions.
- HIV
- AIDS
- vaccine
- antibodies
- immune activation
- neurocognitive disorders
- viral reservoir
- T cell
- antiretroviral therapy
- immune response
- Research works
- 58k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 12k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead HIV Research and Treatment research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.9k and 662 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.9k works
- 2 China 662 works
- 3 India 213 works
- 4 United Kingdom 201 works
- 5 France 188 works
- 6 Italy 161 works
- 7 South Africa 159 works
- 8 Spain 142 works
- 9 Canada 142 works
- 10 Germany 122 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead HIV Research and Treatment research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most HIV Research and Treatment research, followed by Johns Hopkins University and University of California, San Francisco.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 114 works
- 2 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 38 works
- 3 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 31 works
- 4 University of WashingtonUnited States 31 works
- 5 University of California San DiegoUnited States 31 works
- 6 Emory UniversityUnited States 30 works
- 7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 26 works
- 8 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa 24 works
- 9 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 23 works
- 10 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States 23 works
Who are the leading researchers in HIV Research and Treatment?
The most-cited researchers publishing on HIV Research and Treatment include Dan J. Stein, Kelly K. O’Brien and S. Brunet.
- 1 Dan J. Stein South Africa 7.7k citations
- 2 Kelly K. O’Brien Canada 6.4k citations
- 3 S. Brunet United States 5.4k citations
- 4 Arthur J. Olson United States 5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is HIV Research and Treatment research done?
The largest centres of HIV Research and Treatment research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chapel Hill (United States), Paris (France) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kampala, Bethesda and Chapel Hill.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 150 works
- 2 Chapel Hill United States 117 works
- 3 Paris France 101 works
- 4 London United Kingdom 95 works
- 5 New York United States 90 works
- 6 Bethesda United States 89 works
- 7 Baltimore United States 83 works
- 8 Atlanta United States 81 works
- 9 Seattle United States 69 works
- 10 Philadelphia United States 64 works
Where it is the local speciality
- KampalaUG · 38.6 works17×
- BethesdaUS · 89.4 works14×
- Chapel HillUS · 117.3 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in HIV Research and Treatment than the world average.
Where is the best place to study HIV Research and Treatment?
Among universities, judged by research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom | 59.1 | 21.1% | 13.9× | 11 | -9.0% |
| 2 | University of California, San FranciscoUnited States | 58.2 | 19.9% | 9.8× | 31 | -1.8% |
| 3 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States | 57.9 | 5.4% | 13.2× | 114 | +76.4% |
| 4 | University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa | 57.9 | 19.7% | 11.3× | 24 | -2.6% |
| 5 | Weill Cornell MedicineUnited States | 55.7 | 23.5% | 13.9× | 9 | — |
| 6 | University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa | 55.0 | 16.5% | 9.6× | 18 | +39.9% |
| 7 | University of Cape TownSouth Africa | 51.8 | 16.5% | 11.0× | 18 | -16.2% |
| 8 | Emory UniversityUnited States | 51.5 | 18.8% | 8.5× | 30 | -8.1% |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States | 50.6 | 19.2% | 7.0× | 38 | -11.9% |
| 10 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 49.1 | 27.4% | 4.1× | 26 | -33.3% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is HIV Research and Treatment research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2014. The fastest-growing topics are HIV Research and Treatment.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.