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Helminth infection and control

Helminth infection and control is a research topic within Small Animals. Science Explorer counts 26k 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 prevalence, mechanisms, and impact of anthelmintic resistance in veterinary parasites, particularly nematodes and helminths. It also explores the epidemiology, genetics, and drug resistance of parasites affecting livestock, with a specific emphasis on fascioliasis and the use of drugs like ivermectin.

  • Anthelmintic Resistance
  • Nematodes
  • Veterinary Parasites
  • Drug Resistance
  • Helminths
  • Fascioliasis
  • Ivermectin
  • Livestock
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Helminth infection and control

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

Which countries lead Helminth infection and control research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (388 and 303 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 388 works
  2. 2 Brazil 303 works
  3. 3 China 288 works
  4. 4 India 278 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 142 works
  6. 6 Mexico 98 works
  7. 7 Russia 97 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 95 works
  9. 9 Spain 94 works
  10. 10 France 92 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: 20.7%Brazil: 16.1%China: 15.3%India: 14.8%6 others listed: 33.0%21%largest
United States388 · 20.7%Brazil303 · 16.1%China288 · 15.3%India278 · 14.8%6 others listed619 · 33.0%

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

Which institutions lead Helminth infection and control research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Helminth infection and control research, followed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 39 works
  2. 2 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 30 works
  3. 3 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 28 works
  4. 4 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 24 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 22 works
  6. 6 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 20 works
  7. 7 Czech Academy of SciencesCzechia 19 works
  8. 8 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 17 works
  9. 9 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 17 works
  10. 10 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Helminth infection and control?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Helminth infection and control include Jun Wang, Huanming Yang and Richard K. Wilson.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Huanming Yang China 246k citations
  3. 3 Richard K. Wilson United States 244k citations
  4. 4 Didier Raoult France 232k citations
  5. 5 Kwok‐Yung Yuen China 168k 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 Helminth infection and control?

The most cited paper in Helminth infection and control is "Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm" (Jeffrey Michael Bethony, SIMON J. BROOKER, Marco Albonico et al., 2006), with 2,542 citations. Next come "Pharmacokinetics of a novel formulation of ivermectin after administration to goats" (1,768) and "World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) methods for the detection of anthelmintic resistance in nematodes of veterinary importance" (1,754).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm Jeffrey Michael Bethony, SIMON J. BROOKER, Marco Albonico et al. · The Lancet May 2006 2,542
2 Pharmacokinetics of a novel formulation of ivermectin after administration to goats Aranzazu González, Ana M. Sahagún, M. José Diez et al. · American Journal of Veterinary Research Open access Feb 2006 1,768
3 World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (W.A.A.V.P.) methods for the detection of anthelmintic resistance in nematodes of veterinary importance G.C. Coles, CHRISTIAN BAUER, Fred H.M. Borgsteede et al. · Veterinary Parasitology Sep 1992 1,754
4 A Beauveria phylogeny inferred from nuclear ITS and EF1- sequences: evidence for cryptic diversification and links to Cordyceps teleomorphs Stephen A. Rehner, Ellen Buckley · Mycologia 2005 1,501
5 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
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Where is Helminth infection and control research done?

The largest centres of Helminth infection and control research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia) and Mexico City (Mexico).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 48 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 42 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 37 works
  4. 4 Mexico CityMexico 30 works
  5. 5 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 29 works
  6. 6 Buenos AiresArgentina 27 works
  7. 7 BangkokThailand 26 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 26 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 25 works
  10. 10 GizaEgypt 25 works
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Where is the best place to study Helminth infection and control?

Among universities, judged by research, The University of Melbourne, Queen's University Belfast and King Saud 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 19.12%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Queen's University B…The University of Me…Freie Universität Be…King 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.

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
1The University of MelbourneAustralia 67.824.9%3.7×13 -41.0%
2Queen's University BelfastUnited Kingdom 66.126.5%9.3×10 -8.6%
3King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 64.611.3%5.1×16 +193.1%
4Freie Universität BerlinGermany 59.520.1%6.8×9 +19.0%
5Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 57.610.3%7.5×20 -18.8%
6Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 57.520.3%17.6×9 -13.3%
7Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 55.510.0%15.6×12 +142.6%
8Cairo UniversityEgypt 54.328.5%4.5×11 -31.4%
9University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 51.920.6%4.5×9 -55.6%
10University of GuelphCanada 50.218.7%9.6×9 +7.0%

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 Helminth infection and control, country by country

Is Helminth infection and control research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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 Helminth infection and control as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Helminth infection and control 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%Helminth infection and control10.4% 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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