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Dermatological diseases and infestations

Dermatological diseases and infestations is a research topic within Infectious Diseases. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the biology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and control of ectoparasitic diseases such as scabies, bed bugs, lice, and tungiasis in both humans and animals. It also delves into topics like insecticide resistance, molecular analysis of parasites, and the public health implications of these diseases.

  • Scabies
  • Bed Bugs
  • Lice
  • Tungiasis
  • Impetigo
  • Insecticide Resistance
  • Treatment Protocols
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Analysis
  • Public Health
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Dermatological diseases and infestations

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

Which countries lead Dermatological diseases and infestations research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (497 and 275 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 497 works
  2. 2 India 275 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 180 works
  4. 4 China 138 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 130 works
  6. 6 Brazil 119 works
  7. 7 Spain 108 works
  8. 8 France 101 works
  9. 9 Germany 91 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 86 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: 28.8%India: 15.9%Indonesia: 10.5%China: 8.0%6 others listed: 36.8%29%largest
United States497 · 28.8%India275 · 15.9%Indonesia180 · 10.5%China138 · 8.0%6 others listed635 · 36.8%

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

Which institutions lead Dermatological diseases and infestations research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Dermatological diseases and infestations research, followed by Harvard University and Udayana University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 20 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 14 works
  3. 3 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 14 works
  4. 4 University of TorontoCanada 10 works
  5. 5 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 9 works
  6. 6 The University of MelbourneAustralia 9 works
  7. 7 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 9 works
  8. 8 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 9 works
  9. 9 Louisiana State UniversityUnited States 9 works
  10. 10 Mayo ClinicUnited States 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Dermatological diseases and infestations?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Dermatological diseases and infestations include Christopher J L Murray, Simon Iain Hay and Theo Vos.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  3. 3 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  4. 4 Mohsen Naghavi United States 275k citations
  5. 5 Richard Anthony Flavell United States 237k citations
  6. 6 Didier Raoult France 232k citations
  7. 7 Ziad Ahmed Memish Saudi Arabia 224k citations
  8. 8 Dirk Schadendorf Germany 222k 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 Dermatological diseases and infestations?

The most cited paper in Dermatological diseases and infestations is "The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America" (Gary P. Wormser, Raymond J. Dattwyler, Eugene D. Shapiro et al., 2006), with 2,115 citations. Next come "Estimation of the current global burden of cryptococcal meningitis among persons living with HIV/AIDS" (2,058) and "The Global Burden of Skin Disease in 2010: An Analysis of the Prevalence and Impact of Skin Conditions" (1,710).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America Gary P. Wormser, Raymond J. Dattwyler, Eugene D. Shapiro et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 6 Oct 2006 2,115
2 Estimation of the current global burden of cryptococcal meningitis among persons living with HIV/AIDS Benjamin J. Park, Kathleen A. Wannemuehler, Barbara J. Marston et al. · AIDS 20 Feb 2009 2,058
3 The Global Burden of Skin Disease in 2010: An Analysis of the Prevalence and Impact of Skin Conditions Roderick J. Hay, Nicole E. Johns, Hywel C Williams et al. · Journal of Investigative Dermatology Open access 28 Oct 2013 1,710
4 Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach Philippe Parola, Christopher D. Paddock, Cristina Socolovschi et al. · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access Oct 2013 1,451
5 Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity Ben C. Scheele et al. · Science Open access 28 Mar 2019 1,411
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Where is Dermatological diseases and infestations research done?

The largest centres of Dermatological diseases and infestations research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), Madrid (Spain) and New Delhi (India).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 40 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 34 works
  3. 3 MadridSpain 21 works
  4. 4 New DelhiIndia 21 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 20 works
  6. 6 JakartaIndonesia 20 works
  7. 7 BeijingChina 18 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 18 works
  9. 9 IstanbulTürkiye 18 works
  10. 10 PuducherryIndia 17 works
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Where is the best place to study Dermatological diseases and infestations?

Among universities, judged by research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, The University of Melbourne and Harvard 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
1All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 64.27.7%7.1×20 +95.0%
2The University of MelbourneAustralia 58.520.6%3.2×9 -13.4%
3Harvard UniversityUnited States 57.418.9%1.6×14 -17.3%
4University of TorontoCanada 40.810.7%1.8×10 +3.0%
5Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 35.44.3%10.9×9 +93.0%
6Udayana UniversityIndonesia 34.90.1%7.0×14 +1233.3%
7Cornell UniversityUnited States 33.19.2%2.4×8 +6.2%
8Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 27.83.9%4.5×9 +3.2%
9Louisiana State UniversityUnited States 26.10.2%9.8×9 -
10Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 12.00.3%4.1×9 -28.0%

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 Dermatological diseases and infestations, country by country

Is Dermatological diseases and infestations research growing?

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

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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 Dermatological diseases and infestations as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Dermatological diseases and infestations 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%Dermatological diseases and infestations10.3% 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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