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Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities is a research topic within Microbiology. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the diverse roles and mechanisms of antimicrobial peptides in host defense, innate immunity, and potential therapeutic applications. It covers topics such as the structure, function, and mode of action of antimicrobial peptides, their role in immune modulation, and their potential as novel antimicrobial agents. The cluster also delves into the challenges of antimicrobial resistance and the development of peptide-based therapies.

  • Antimicrobial Peptides
  • Host Defense
  • Innate Immunity
  • Therapeutic Agents
  • Mechanisms of Action
  • Resistance
  • Cationic Peptides
  • Microbicidal Activity
  • Immune Modulation
  • Peptide Antibiotics
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
44% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Which countries lead Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2k and 765 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2k works
  2. 2 United States 765 works
  3. 3 India 572 works
  4. 4 Brazil 222 works
  5. 5 South Korea 192 works
  6. 6 Germany 186 works
  7. 7 Iran 180 works
  8. 8 Japan 179 works
  9. 9 Italy 165 works
  10. 10 Russia 149 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.

China: 43.8%United States: 16.5%India: 12.3%Brazil: 4.8%6 others listed: 22.6%44%largest
China2,034 · 43.8%United States765 · 16.5%India572 · 12.3%Brazil222 · 4.8%6 others listed1,051 · 22.6%

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

Which institutions lead Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 83 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 70 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 52 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 49 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 36 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 33 works
  7. 7 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 32 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 30 works
  9. 9 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 27 works
  10. 10 Jilin UniversityChina 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities include Rob Knight, Guido Kroemer and Shizuo Akira.

  1. 1 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  2. 2 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  3. 3 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  4. 4 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  5. 5 Matthias Mann Germany 308k citations
  6. 6 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  7. 7 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  8. 8 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  9. 9 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  10. 10 Hans C. Clevers Netherlands 260k 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 Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities?

The most cited paper in Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities is "Antimicrobial peptides of multicellular organisms" (MICHAEL A. ZASLOFF, 2002), with 8,479 citations. Next come "Methods for in vitro evaluating antimicrobial activity: A review" (7,292) and "Agar and broth dilution methods to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antimicrobial substances" (6,274).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Antimicrobial peptides of multicellular organisms MICHAEL A. ZASLOFF · Nature 2002 8,479
2 Methods for in vitro evaluating antimicrobial activity: A review Mounyr Balouiri, Moulay Sadiki, Saâd Ibnsouda Koraichi · Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis Open access 2 Dec 2015 7,292
3 Agar and broth dilution methods to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antimicrobial substances Irith Wiegand, Kai Hilpert, Robert E. W. Hancock · Nature Protocols 17 Jan 2008 6,274
4 Toll-Like Receptors Kiyoshi Takeda, Tsuneyasu Kaisho, Shizuo Akira · Annual Review of Immunology Review 3 Mar 2003 6,179
5 Antimicrobial peptides: pore formers or metabolic inhibitors in bacteria? Kim A. Brogden · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 10 Feb 2005 5,842
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Where is Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities research done?

The largest centres of Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 254 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 118 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 116 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 86 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 83 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 78 works
  7. 7 SeoulSouth Korea 76 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 74 works
  9. 9 TehranIran 70 works
  10. 10 QingdaoChina 67 works
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Where is the best place to study Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities?

Among universities, judged by research, Zhejiang University, Northeast Agricultural University and Shanghai Jiao Tong 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.

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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.

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
1Zhejiang UniversityChina 80.126.2%2.3×36 +30.6%
2Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 76.219.5%21.4×32 +17.0%
3Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 70.921.5%1.8×30 +21.4%
4Sichuan UniversityChina 70.521.0%2.5×33 +14.2%
5China Agricultural UniversityChina 66.019.6%6.2×20 +47.2%
6Southwest UniversityChina 63.823.6%6.2×20 +7.7%
7Jilin UniversityChina 63.517.9%3.9×26 +87.1%
8Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 59.018.1%3.5×22 +51.0%
9Shandong UniversityChina 56.213.4%2.9×22 +77.3%
10Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 55.611.4%9.0×18 +8.4%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, country by country

Is Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Antimicrobial Peptides and 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.027% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities 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.

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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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