Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines is a research topic within Microbiology. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 17.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical management of bacterial meningitis, with a specific emphasis on Neisseria meningitidis and pertussis. It covers topics such as vaccine development, outer membrane vesicles, immunity, molecular mechanisms of infection, and global epidemiology.
- Bacterial Meningitis
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Vaccine
- Outer Membrane Vesicles
- Pathogenesis
- Epidemiology
- Pertussis
- Immunity
- Molecular Mechanisms
- Clinical Management
- Research works
- 29k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +12% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Bacterial Infections and Vaccines research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (765 and 599 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 765 works
- 2 China 599 works
- 3 India 240 works
- 4 United Kingdom 199 works
- 5 France 187 works
- 6 Japan 157 works
- 7 Italy 122 works
- 8 Australia 115 works
- 9 Spain 114 works
- 10 Brazil 104 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.
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Which institutions lead Bacterial Infections and Vaccines research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Bacterial Infections and Vaccines research, followed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 13 works
- 2 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States 12 works
- 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 11 works
- 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 10 works
- 5 Capital Medical UniversityChina 10 works
- 6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 10 works
- 7 InsermFrance 10 works
- 8 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 10 works
- 9 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 10 works
- 10 Pfizer (United States)United States 10 works
Who are the leading researchers in Bacterial Infections and Vaccines?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Bacterial Infections and Vaccines include Ziad A. Memish, Charles Shey Wiysonge and Charles R. Newton.
- 1 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia 5.3k citations
- 2 Charles Shey Wiysonge South Africa 4.2k citations
- 3 Charles R. Newton Kenya 3.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Bacterial Infections and Vaccines research done?
The largest centres of Bacterial Infections and Vaccines research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), London (United Kingdom) and Shanghai (China).
Where is the best place to study Bacterial Infections and Vaccines?
Among universities, judged by research, Sichuan University, Capital Medical University and University of Oxford 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 50.4 | 42.6% | 1.5× | 10 | +74.4% |
| 2 | Capital Medical UniversityChina | 47.4 | 19.3% | 4.4× | 10 | +124.4% |
| 3 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 42.6 | 20.9% | 2.5× | 13 | -17.1% |
| 4 | Université Paris CitéFrance | 38.6 | 25.0% | 5.2× | 9 | -5.1% |
| 5 | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia | 37.5 | 9.4% | 7.5× | 10 | +35.1% |
| 6 | University College LondonUnited Kingdom | 33.9 | 27.0% | 1.8× | 10 | -3.5% |
| 7 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina | 31.1 | 24.9% | 2.6× | 10 | -14.2% |
| 8 | Emory UniversityUnited States | 30.0 | 25.2% | 3.2× | 9 | +0.5% |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States | 29.4 | 5.6% | 1.6× | 11 | +104.2% |
| 10 | All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 27.1 | 9.0% | 4.1× | 10 | +28.4% |
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 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bacterial Infections and Vaccines.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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