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Coccidia and coccidiosis research

Coccidia and coccidiosis research is a research topic within Animal Science and Zoology. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in research and control measures for poultry coccidiosis, including vaccine development, use of anticoccidial drugs, understanding the immune response to Eimeria species, genomic analysis of the parasites, and strategies for enhancing host immunity. The papers cover topics such as diagnosis, control, prevention, and immunomodulation against coccidiosis in poultry production.

  • Poultry Coccidiosis
  • Vaccine Development
  • Anticoccidial Drugs
  • Immune Response
  • Eimeria Species
  • Control Measures
  • Avian Parasites
  • Immunobiology
  • Genomic Analysis
  • Host Immunity
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Coccidia and coccidiosis research

Which countries lead Coccidia and coccidiosis research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (276 and 225 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 276 works
  2. 2 United States 225 works
  3. 3 Brazil 93 works
  4. 4 India 88 works
  5. 5 Egypt 74 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 63 works
  7. 7 Iraq 59 works
  8. 8 Iran 59 works
  9. 9 Russia 58 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 48 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: 26.4%United States: 21.6%Brazil: 8.9%India: 8.4%6 others listed: 34.7%26%largest
China276 · 26.4%United States225 · 21.6%Brazil93 · 8.9%India88 · 8.4%6 others listed362 · 34.7%

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

Which institutions lead Coccidia and coccidiosis research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Coccidia and coccidiosis research research, followed by United States Department of Agriculture and University of Georgia.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 34 works
  2. 2 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 22 works
  3. 3 University of GeorgiaUnited States 20 works
  4. 4 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 19 works
  5. 5 Yangzhou UniversityChina 13 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 13 works
  7. 7 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 13 works
  8. 8 Shanxi Agricultural UniversityChina 11 works
  9. 9 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 10 works
  10. 10 China Agricultural UniversityChina 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Coccidia and coccidiosis research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Coccidia and coccidiosis research include Alberto Mantovani, Peter Jay Hotez and John R. Yates.

  1. 1 Alberto Mantovani Italy 224k citations
  2. 2 Peter Jay Hotez United States 166k citations
  3. 3 John R. Yates United States 151k 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 Coccidia and coccidiosis research?

The most cited paper in Coccidia and coccidiosis research is "Anticoccidial drugs: Lesion scoring techniques in battery and floor-pen experiments with chickens" (Joyce K. Johnson, W. Malcolm Reid, 1970), with 1,468 citations. Next come "Drug resistance in nematodes of veterinary importance: a status report" (1,288) and "Genome sequence and gene compaction of the eukaryote parasite Encephalitozoon cuniculi" (1,098).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Anticoccidial drugs: Lesion scoring techniques in battery and floor-pen experiments with chickens Joyce K. Johnson, W. Malcolm Reid · Experimental Parasitology Aug 1970 1,468
2 Drug resistance in nematodes of veterinary importance: a status report Ray M. Kaplan · Trends in Parasitology Review 17 Aug 2004 1,288
3 Genome sequence and gene compaction of the eukaryote parasite Encephalitozoon cuniculi Michaël Doron Katinka, Simone Duprat, Emmanuel Cornillot et al. · Nature Open access Nov 2001 1,098
4 The detection of anthelmintic resistance in nematodes of veterinary importance G.C. Coles, Frank M. Jackson, William E. Pomroy et al. · Veterinary Parasitology 20 Jan 2006 994
5 Regulation of Immunity to Parasites by T Cells and T Cell-Derived Cytokines Ali Sher, Robert L. Coffman · Annual Review of Immunology Apr 1992 843
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Where is Coccidia and coccidiosis research research done?

The largest centres of Coccidia and coccidiosis research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Moscow (Russia) and Athens (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Athens.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 46 works
  2. 2 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 27 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 23 works
  4. 4 AthensUnited States 23 works
  5. 5 GizaEgypt 19 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 16 works
  7. 7 TehranIran 16 works
  8. 8 YangzhouChina 15 works
  9. 9 LondonUnited Kingdom 14 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C.United States 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AthensUS · 23.1 works28×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Coccidia and coccidiosis research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Coccidia and coccidiosis research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Georgia, King Saud University and Shanxi Agricultural University 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 14.18%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of GeorgiaShanxi Agricultural …Yangzhou UniversityKing Saud University
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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 GeorgiaUnited States 93.535.1%29.1×20 +31.8%
2King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 73.813.0%12.0×19 +294.2%
3Shanxi Agricultural UniversityChina 58.024.0%52.3×11 +441.1%
4Yangzhou UniversityChina 56.513.5%14.9×13 +26.4%
5China Agricultural UniversityChina 52.622.1%11.3×10 +14.5%
6Cairo UniversityEgypt 40.616.6%7.7×10 +9.0%
7Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 35.416.7%14.1×9 -16.9%
8Udayana UniversityIndonesia 33.40.0%10.3×13 +332.4%
9University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal 25.80.8%58.4×10 -
10University of Al-QadisiyahIraq 24.80.0%37.5×9 +421.7%

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 Coccidia and coccidiosis research, country by country

Is Coccidia and coccidiosis research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Coccidia and coccidiosis research.

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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 Coccidia and coccidiosis research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0066% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Coccidia and coccidiosis research0.0079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Coccidia and coccidiosis research 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%Coccidia and coccidiosis research10.4% 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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