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Escherichia coli research studies

Escherichia coli research studies is a research topic within Endocrinology. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the pathogenesis and virulence mechanisms of Escherichia coli, particularly in the context of urinary tract infections, Shiga toxin production, bacterial invasion, and genomic analysis. It also covers topics related to vaccine development and molecular pathogenesis.

  • Escherichia coli
  • pathogenicity
  • virulence
  • genomic analysis
  • Shiga toxin
  • bacterial invasion
  • urinary tract infection
  • molecular pathogenesis
  • type III secretion system
  • vaccine development
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Escherichia coli research studies

Which countries lead Escherichia coli research studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (610 and 510 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 610 works
  2. 2 China 510 works
  3. 3 India 209 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 145 works
  5. 5 France 140 works
  6. 6 Iran 119 works
  7. 7 Japan 115 works
  8. 8 Germany 100 works
  9. 9 Iraq 96 works
  10. 10 Canada 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: 28.6%China: 23.9%India: 9.8%United Kingdom: 6.8%6 others listed: 30.8%29%largest
United States610 · 28.6%China510 · 23.9%India209 · 9.8%United Kingdom145 · 6.8%6 others listed656 · 30.8%

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

Which institutions lead Escherichia coli research studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Escherichia coli research studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and United States Department of Agriculture.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 32 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 27 works
  3. 3 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 26 works
  4. 4 Institut PasteurFrance 20 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 20 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 18 works
  7. 7 Yangzhou UniversityChina 18 works
  8. 8 InsermFrance 17 works
  9. 9 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 17 works
  10. 10 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Escherichia coli research studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Escherichia coli research studies include Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Shizuo Akira and Giuseppe Remuzzi.

  1. 1 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  2. 2 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  3. 3 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k 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 Escherichia coli research studies?

The most cited paper in Escherichia coli research studies is "Roary: rapid large-scale prokaryote pan genome analysis" (Andrew J. Page, Carla A. Cummins, Martin B. Hunt et al., 2015), with 6,188 citations. Next come "Pathogenic Escherichia coli" (5,562) and "Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli" (5,032).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Roary: rapid large-scale prokaryote pan genome analysis Andrew J. Page, Carla A. Cummins, Martin B. Hunt et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 20 Jul 2015 6,188
2 Pathogenic Escherichia coli James B. Kaper, James P. Nataro, Harry L. T. Mobley · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review Feb 2004 5,562
3 Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli James P. Nataro, James B. Kaper · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access 1998 5,032
4 Lipopolysaccharide Endotoxins Christian R.H. Raetz, Chris Whitfield · Annual Review of Biochemistry ReviewOpen access Jun 2002 4,420
5 Urinary tract infections: epidemiology, mechanisms of infection and treatment options Ana Lidia Flores‐Mireles, Jennifer N. Walker, Michael G. Caparon et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology ReviewOpen access 8 Apr 2015 4,336
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Where is Escherichia coli research studies research done?

The largest centres of Escherichia coli research studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Tehran (Iran) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 82 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 66 works
  3. 3 TehranIran 49 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 39 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 33 works
  6. 6 BaghdadIraq 33 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 29 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 29 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 28 works
  10. 10 São PauloBrazil 27 works
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Where is the best place to study Escherichia coli research studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Oxford and Yangzhou 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 16.11%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of OxfordWashington Universit…Harvard UniversityYangzhou 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.

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
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 76.320.2%2.0×20 -12.8%
2University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 62.825.8%2.6×11 -36.8%
3Yangzhou UniversityChina 61.710.7%10.4×18 +34.5%
4Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 57.223.2%4.6×10 -28.7%
5University of Maryland, BaltimoreUnited States 56.117.7%10.6×12 -24.8%
6Université Paris CitéFrance 53.815.0%4.4×10 +9.6%
7University of GeorgiaUnited States 52.312.4%8.6×12 +6.1%
8University of CopenhagenDenmark 50.17.4%4.1×12 +14.5%
9China Agricultural UniversityChina 48.113.3%6.1×10 +34.2%
10University of British ColumbiaCanada 47.615.4%2.5×10 -27.7%

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 Escherichia coli research studies, country by country

Is Escherichia coli research studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Escherichia coli research studies.

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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 Escherichia coli research studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Escherichia coli research studies0.015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Escherichia coli research studies 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%Escherichia coli research studies10.2% 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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