Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 73k research works in it since 1950. 28.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the ecology, evolution, and applications of viruses in various ecosystems, with a focus on bacteriophages, marine viruses, viromes, and their potential therapeutic and nanotechnological implications.
- Virus
- Ecology
- Bacteriophage
- Metagenomics
- Marine
- Evolution
- Therapy
- Genomics
- Microbiome
- Nanoparticles
- Research works
- 73k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 20k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 28.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +18% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Bacteriophages and microbial interactions research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.2k and 2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.2k works
- 2 United States 2k works
- 3 India 582 works
- 4 Germany 382 works
- 5 United Kingdom 362 works
- 6 France 356 works
- 7 Russia 310 works
- 8 Japan 306 works
- 9 South Korea 255 works
- 10 Spain 226 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Bacteriophages and microbial interactions research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Bacteriophages and microbial interactions research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Huazhong Agricultural University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 45 works
- 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 45 works
- 3 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 41 works
- 4 Yangzhou UniversityChina 37 works
- 5 University of CopenhagenDenmark 35 works
- 6 University of California San DiegoUnited States 34 works
- 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 33 works
- 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 32 works
- 9 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 31 works
- 10 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 30 works
Who are the leading researchers in Bacteriophages and microbial interactions?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions include David Botstein and Peer Bork.
- 1 David Botstein United States 6.7k citations
- 2 Peer Bork Germany 4.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Bacteriophages and microbial interactions research done?
The largest centres of Bacteriophages and microbial interactions research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yangzhou and Cork.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- YangzhouCN · 41.4 works6.6×
- CorkIE · 21.8 works6.0×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Bacteriophages and microbial interactions than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Bacteriophages and microbial interactions?
Among universities, judged by research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Weizmann Institute of Science and University of Copenhagen 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 | Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina | 65.8 | 35.9% | 12.7× | 41 | -1.3% |
| 2 | Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael | 59.1 | 53.5% | 8.5× | 12 | -20.8% |
| 3 | University of CopenhagenDenmark | 55.2 | 31.7% | 5.3× | 35 | +29.9% |
| 4 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 54.7 | 37.4% | 2.0× | 33 | +200.6% |
| 5 | University of GdańskPoland | 52.1 | 44.0% | 6.8× | 14 | +50.9% |
| 6 | Université Paris CitéFrance | 52.0 | 55.7% | 4.0× | 16 | -18.7% |
| 7 | Yangzhou UniversityChina | 51.7 | 27.9% | 6.8× | 37 | +9.9% |
| 8 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 47.7 | 47.3% | 2.6× | 17 | +11.3% |
| 9 | Texas A&M UniversityUnited States | 47.3 | 24.9% | 3.2× | 23 | +185.8% |
| 10 | Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong | 47.0 | 53.5% | 1.5× | 10 | +66.5% |
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 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.
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.