Table 4 HIV/AIDS research papers by Web of Science categories, according to African involvement, 2010–2017
WoS Category | Global publications | Solely African publications | African + global collaborations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Infectious Diseases | 20,671 | 21.60 | 485 | 17.05 | 4471 | 37.37 |
Immunology | 15,369 | 16.06 | 311 | 10.94 | 3290 | 27.50 |
Public. Environmental & Occupational Health | 11,853 | 12.38 | 742 | 26.09 | 2672 | 22.33 |
Virology | 10,165 | 10.62 | 164 | 5.77 | 1417 | 11.84 |
Multidisciplinary Sciences | 5620 | 5.87 | 188 | 6.61 | 1467 | 12.26 |
Microbiology | 4989 | 5.21 | 60 | 2.11 | 824 | 6.89 |
Social Sciences. Biomedical | 4737 | 4.95 | 171 | 6.01 | 1023 | 8.55 |
Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 4155 | 4.34 | 62 | 2.18 | 380 | 3.18 |
Medicine. General & Internal | 3473 | 3.63 | 278 | 9.77 | 623 | 5.21 |
Health Policy & Services | 2845 | 2.97 | 216 | 7.59 | 673 | 5.63 |
Respiratory System | 2657 | 2.78 | 168 | 5.91 | 752 | 6.29 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2582 | 2.70 | 50 | 1.76 | 88 | 0.74 |
Psychology. Multidisciplinary | 1973 | 2.06 | 87 | 3.06 | 439 | 3.67 |
Medicine. Research & Experimental | 1872 | 1.96 | 41 | 1.44 | 204 | 1.71 |
Pediatrics | 1239 | 1.29 | 147 | 5.17 | 348 | 2.91 |
Health Care Sciences & Services | 1207 | 1.26 | 98 | 3.45 | 311 | 2.60 |
Tropical Medicine | 1197 | 1.25 | 93 | 3.27 | 473 | 3.95 |
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | 1075 | 1.12 | 40 | 1.41 | 111 | 0.93 |
Nursing | 918 | 0.96 | 44 | 1.55 | 102 | 0.85 |
Obstetrics & Gynecology | 775 | 0.81 | 94 | 3.31 | 197 | 1.65 |