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Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments

Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 50k research works in it since 1950. 18.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and management of herpesviruses, including herpes zoster, varicella, and herpes simplex. It explores topics such as vaccine development, HIV interaction, antiviral drugs, immune response, encephalitis, and postherpetic neuralgia.

  • Herpesviruses
  • Herpes Zoster
  • Varicella
  • Encephalitis
  • Vaccine
  • Epidemiology
  • Postherpetic Neuralgia
  • HIV Interaction
  • Antiviral Drugs
  • Immune Response
Research works
50k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+6%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 1k works
  3. 3 India 402 works
  4. 4 Brazil 239 works
  5. 5 Japan 225 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 212 works
  7. 7 France 210 works
  8. 8 Germany 196 works
  9. 9 Italy 192 works
  10. 10 Spain 171 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: 31.7%China: 24.2%India: 9.6%Brazil: 5.7%6 others listed: 28.8%32%largest
United States1,327 · 31.7%China1,010 · 24.2%India402 · 9.6%Brazil239 · 5.7%6 others listed1,205 · 28.8%

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

Which institutions lead Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cornell University publishes the most Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments research, followed by Sichuan Agricultural University and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cornell UniversityUnited States 17 works
  2. 2 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 16 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 16 works
  4. 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 16 works
  5. 5 Yangzhou UniversityChina 16 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 16 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 15 works
  8. 8 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 14 works
  9. 9 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 14 works
  10. 10 GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium)Belgium 13 works

Where is Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), London (United Kingdom) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 171 works
  2. 2 Paris France 92 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 72 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 65 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 63 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 62 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 59 works
  8. 8 New York United States 57 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 53 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 51 works
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Where is the best place to study Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Sichuan Agricultural University, Huazhong Agricultural University and Cornell 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%20%40%mean 26.59%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Sichuan Agricultural University: 16, 14.4%Huazhong Agricultural University: 14, 23.8%Cornell University: 17, 28.9%Harvard University: 16, 27.1%University of California, Los Angeles: 13, 35.8%Yangzhou University: 16, 21.6%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 16, 28.9%Peking University: 11, 31.0%University of Washington: 12, 30.8%University of Pennsylvania: 14, 23.6%Cornell UniversityHarvard UniversityHuazhong Agricultura…Sichuan Agricultural…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 57.114.4%9.7×16 -62.8%
2 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 56.623.8%6.9×14 -12.8%
3 Cornell UniversityUnited States 54.328.9%2.8×17 -25.6%
4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 52.927.1%2.1×16 -8.6%
5 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 52.435.8%2.3×13 -21.6%
6 Yangzhou UniversityChina 52.321.6%4.7×16 -0.2%
7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 51.228.9%2.7×16 -29.1%
8 Peking UniversityChina 46.331.0%1.2×11 +75.5%
9 University of WashingtonUnited States 44.630.8%1.9×12 -11.5%
10 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 43.223.6%2.5×14 -34.9%

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 Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments.

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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.

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.