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Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy

Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 50k research works in it since 1950. 15.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the pharmacokinetics of antibiotics, particularly in critically ill patients. It covers topics such as drug dosing, antimicrobial resistance, therapeutic drug monitoring, and the impact of factors like augmented renal clearance on antibiotic levels in the body.

  • Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics
  • Critically Ill Patients
  • Pharmacodynamic
  • Beta-lactam Antibiotics
  • Drug Dosing
  • Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Continuous Infusion
  • Aminoglycosides
  • Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
  • Augmented Renal Clearance
Research works
50k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 1k works
  3. 3 India 553 works
  4. 4 France 232 works
  5. 5 Egypt 229 works
  6. 6 Spain 215 works
  7. 7 Japan 212 works
  8. 8 Italy 198 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 190 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 165 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: 27.2%China: 24.3%India: 13.4%France: 5.6%6 others listed: 29.4%27%largest
United States1,119 · 27.2%China1,001 · 24.3%India553 · 13.4%France232 · 5.6%6 others listed1,210 · 29.4%

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

Which institutions lead Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cairo University publishes the most Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy research, followed by JMI Laboratories and Mansoura University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cairo UniversityEgypt 30 works
  2. 2 JMI LaboratoriesUnited States 21 works
  3. 3 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 21 works
  4. 4 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 20 works
  5. 5 GITAM UniversityIndia 18 works
  6. 6 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 17 works
  7. 7 InsermFrance 17 works
  8. 8 University of BolognaItaly 17 works
  9. 9 Hartford HospitalUnited States 17 works
  10. 10 Fudan UniversityChina 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy include Jean‐Louis Vincent and David L. Paterson.

  1. 1 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 3.1k citations
  2. 2 David L. Paterson Australia 3k citations

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

Where is Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy research done?

The largest centres of Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Paris (France) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in North Liberty, Visakhapatnam and Al Mansurah.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 149 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 82 works
  3. 3 Paris France 79 works
  4. 4 Hangzhou China 70 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 62 works
  6. 6 Madrid Spain 60 works
  7. 7 Cairo Egypt 59 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 58 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 54 works
  10. 10 Nanjing China 49 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. North LibertyUS · 21.4 works431×
  2. VisakhapatnamIN · 24.6 works10×
  3. Al MansurahEG · 25.9 works8.4×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy?

Among universities, judged by research, Minia University, Al-Azhar University and Cairo 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 18.64%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Minia University: 11, 13.6%Al-Azhar University: 15, 20.0%Cairo University: 30, 19.0%University of Bologna: 17, 37.6%Mansoura University: 21, 17.0%GITAM University: 18, 10.8%Zagazig University: 17, 16.0%Beni-Suef University: 9, 16.2%King Saud University: 20, 14.4%Uppsala University: 12, 21.8%University of BolognaAl-Azhar UniversityCairo UniversityMinia University
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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 Minia UniversityEgypt 59.213.6%10.0×11 +201.0%
2 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 58.620.0%6.2×15 +307.3%
3 Cairo UniversityEgypt 56.319.0%6.3×30 +21.6%
4 University of BolognaItaly 55.237.6%3.5×17 +51.1%
5 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 52.817.0%7.6×21 +0.2%
6 GITAM UniversityIndia 50.910.8%13.7×18 +36.2%
7 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 50.516.0%7.6×17 +32.6%
8 Beni-Suef UniversityEgypt 46.516.2%9.6×9 +4.7%
9 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 43.014.4%3.7×20 -29.8%
10 Uppsala UniversitySweden 41.821.8%4.0×12 +26.2%

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 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy.

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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.