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Antibiotic Use and Resistance

Antibiotic Use and Resistance is a research topic within Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the global burden of antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial stewardship, and the impact on public health. It addresses the challenges, consequences, and management strategies related to bacterial infections and drug resistance, emphasizing the need for global solutions and interventions to combat this critical issue.

  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Global Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Bacterial Infections
  • Healthcare Guidelines
  • Drug Resistance
  • Medical Community
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+23%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Antibiotic Use and Resistance

Which countries lead Antibiotic Use and Resistance research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.8k and 912 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.8k works
  2. 2 India 912 works
  3. 3 China 653 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 644 works
  5. 5 France 320 works
  6. 6 Spain 304 works
  7. 7 Italy 284 works
  8. 8 Brazil 274 works
  9. 9 Australia 259 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 254 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: 31.4%India: 16.0%China: 11.5%United Kingdom: 11.3%6 others listed: 29.8%31%largest
United States1,786 · 31.4%India912 · 16.0%China653 · 11.5%United Kingdom644 · 11.3%6 others listed1,695 · 29.8%

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

Which institutions lead Antibiotic Use and Resistance research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Antibiotic Use and Resistance research, followed by United States Department of Veterans Affairs and University of Oxford.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 47 works
  2. 2 United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States 45 works
  3. 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 44 works
  4. 4 InsermFrance 40 works
  5. 5 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 40 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 39 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 37 works
  8. 8 United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States 33 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 31 works
  10. 10 The University of QueenslandAustralia 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Antibiotic Use and Resistance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Antibiotic Use and Resistance include David Moher, Christopher J L Murray and Simon Iain Hay.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  3. 3 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  4. 4 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  5. 5 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  6. 6 Hermann Brenner Germany 343k citations
  7. 7 Matthias Egger Switzerland 326k citations
  8. 8 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 317k citations
  9. 9 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  10. 10 Elie A. Akl Canada 313k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Antibiotic Use and Resistance?

The most cited paper in Antibiotic Use and Resistance is "Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance" (Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos, Arjun Srinivasan, Roberta B. Carey et al., 2011), with 14,554 citations. Next come "Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis" (6,293) and "Origins and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance" (5,866).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos, Arjun Srinivasan, Roberta B. Carey et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection Open access 7 May 2011 14,554
2 Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis Evelina Tacconelli et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 21 Dec 2017 6,293
3 Origins and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance JULIAN E. DAVIES, Dorothy Davies · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ReviewOpen access 30 Aug 2010 5,866
4 Identification of acquired antimicrobial resistance genes Ea Zankari, Henrik Hasman, Salvatore Cosentino et al. · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Open access 10 Jul 2012 5,243
5 Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections Naomi P. O’Grady, Mary Alexander, Lillian A. Burns et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 2 Apr 2011 4,713
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Where is Antibiotic Use and Resistance research done?

The largest centres of Antibiotic Use and Resistance research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), Beijing (China) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gonder.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 185 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 108 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 106 works
  4. 4 New DelhiIndia 80 works
  5. 5 MadridSpain 80 works
  6. 6 DhakaBangladesh 80 works
  7. 7 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 77 works
  8. 8 MelbourneAustralia 67 works
  9. 9 AtlantaUnited States 65 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 63 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GonderET · 24.7 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Antibiotic Use and Resistance than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Antibiotic Use and Resistance?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Oxford, The University of Queensland and University of Ghana score highest, combining citation 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 20.01%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →The University of Qu…University of GhanaJohns Hopkins Univer…University of Oxford
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 68.915.0%3.4×44 +8.9%
2The University of QueenslandAustralia 67.321.7%3.4×30 +11.8%
3University of GhanaGhana 64.820.4%9.3×22 +106.3%
4Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 61.516.2%2.6×37 +6.8%
5London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 58.513.9%14.3×21 -5.0%
6University of ZambiaZambia 57.830.3%6.3×8 +79.1%
7Harvard UniversityUnited States 57.416.2%1.3×39 -18.4%
8Zhejiang UniversityChina 56.924.8%0.9×24 +12.8%
9Qassim UniversitySaudi Arabia 56.524.6%5.1×12 +118.1%
10National University of SingaporeSingapore 56.317.0%1.9×21 +62.7%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Antibiotic Use and Resistance, country by country

Is Antibiotic Use and Resistance research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Antibiotic Use and Resistance.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Antibiotic Use and Resistance as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.040% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Antibiotic Use and Resistance0.045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Antibiotic Use and Resistance over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Antibiotic Use and Resistance10.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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