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Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology research

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology is a subfield of Immunology and Microbiology. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 15.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: study of microscopic organisms.

Research works
39k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
2
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+69%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.6k and 928 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 13.2% top 10% · 1.6k works
  2. 2 China · #3 all time 22.6% top 10% · 736 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 20.7% top 10% · 554 works
  4. 4 India · #4 all time 9.1% top 10% · 928 works
  5. 5 Italy · #7 all time 27.9% top 10% · 257 works
  6. 6 Saudi Arabia · #12 all time 18.9% top 10% · 219 works
  7. 7 Australia · #6 all time 19.6% top 10% · 226 works
  8. 8 Spain · #9 all time 15.4% top 10% · 266 works
  9. 9 France · #8 all time 12.0% top 10% · 270 works
  10. 10 Iran · #15 all time 12.3% top 10% · 224 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 15 countries ranked in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.6k works
  2. 2 India 928 works
  3. 3 China 736 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 691 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 554 works
  6. 6 France 270 works
  7. 7 Spain 266 works
  8. 8 Brazil 263 works
  9. 9 Italy 257 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 238 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.

United States: 27.1%India: 16.1%China: 12.8%Indonesia: 12.0%6 others listed: 32.1%27%largest
United States1,559 · 27.1%India928 · 16.1%China736 · 12.8%Indonesia691 · 12.0%6 others listed1,847 · 32.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology research, followed by Airlangga University and Universitas Gadjah Mada.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 31 works
  2. 2 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 28 works
  3. 3 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 24 works
  4. 4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 23 works
  5. 5 University of GondarEthiopia 22 works
  6. 6 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 21 works
  7. 7 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 21 works
  8. 8 The University of QueenslandAustralia 21 works
  9. 9 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 19 works
  10. 10 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 19 works

Who are the leading researchers in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology?

Among the most productive authors in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Aziz Sheikh, Christopher J L Murray and Ziad A. Memish rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom · #17 worldwide 5.8k citations · 274 works
  2. 2 Christopher J L Murray United States · #23 worldwide 13k citations · 158 works
  3. 3 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia · #58 worldwide 5.3k citations · 162 works
  4. 4 Jeremy Grimshaw Canada · #68 worldwide 14k citations · 133 works
  5. 5 Matthew E. Falagas United States · #324 worldwide 2k citations · 134 works
  6. 6 David L. Paterson Australia · #544 worldwide 3k citations · 114 works
  7. 7 Bin Cao China · #1,475 worldwide 3.3k citations · 83 works
  8. 8 Susan Michie United Kingdom · #1,534 worldwide 2.5k citations · 228 works
  9. 9 Linghua Wang United States · #1,539 worldwide 1.9k citations · 109 works
  10. 10 Henry Masur United States · #1,702 worldwide 1.9k citations · 86 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,562 highest-output authors in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology researchers

Where is Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology research done?

The largest centres of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gonder and Kampala.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 156 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 110 works
  3. 3 Paris France 89 works
  4. 4 New Delhi India 82 works
  5. 5 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 76 works
  6. 6 Dhaka Bangladesh 72 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 71 works
  8. 8 Jakarta Indonesia 71 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 67 works
  10. 10 Chennai India 59 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GonderET · 22.1 works15×
  2. KampalaUG · 38.6 works8.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology than the world average.

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Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology research by country

The best places for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology?

Among universities, judged by research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of Gondar and Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University 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.

0%20%40%mean 27.38%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 16, 31.1%University of Gondar: 22, 22.6%Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University: 8, 40.4%Addis Ababa University: 16, 23.2%Makerere University: 16, 19.9%University of Oxford: 23, 26.3%University of Hertfordshire: 9, 23.0%Alexandria University: 13, 27.4%Wollo University: 8, 23.8%Bahir Dar University: 8, 36.1%Sefako Makgatho Heal…London School of Hyg…Addis Ababa UniversityUniversity of Gondar
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 83.731.1%10.7×16 +217.9%
2 University of GondarEthiopia 73.622.6%14.7×22 +441.3%
3 Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences UniversitySouth Africa 65.440.4%15.0×8 —
4 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 62.523.2%6.7×16 +629.9%
5 Makerere UniversityUganda 60.219.9%8.7×16 +83.6%
6 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 59.326.3%1.8×23 +216.7%
7 University of HertfordshireUnited Kingdom 53.023.0%9.1×9 —
8 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 51.827.4%2.7×13 +191.9%
9 Wollo UniversityEthiopia 51.823.8%13.8×8 —
10 Bahir Dar UniversityEthiopia 51.636.1%5.6×8 +83.3%

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 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Antibiotic Use and Resistance and Tannin, Tannase and Anticancer Activities.

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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.

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.

What does Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology include?