Infection Control and Ventilation
Infection Control and Ventilation is a research topic within Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 19.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the airborne transmission of respiratory viruses, particularly the stability of viruses in aerosols and on surfaces, the effectiveness of personal protective equipment, the role of ventilation in controlling transmission, and the implications for healthcare settings. The cluster also addresses the specific challenges posed by COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 in terms of aerosol and surface distribution, as well as the potential for superemission events.
- Airborne Transmission
- Respiratory Viruses
- Aerosol
- Surface Stability
- Personal Protective Equipment
- COVID-19
- SARS-CoV-2
- Infectious Aerosols
- Ventilation
- Healthcare Settings
- Research works
- 19k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +383% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Infection Control and Ventilation research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 791 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.2k works
- 2 China 791 works
- 3 India 378 works
- 4 United Kingdom 333 works
- 5 Japan 273 works
- 6 Germany 225 works
- 7 Italy 207 works
- 8 Canada 198 works
- 9 South Korea 186 works
- 10 Türkiye 182 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Infection Control and Ventilation research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Hong Kong Polytechnic University publishes the most Infection Control and Ventilation research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 26 works
- 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 25 works
- 3 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 23 works
- 4 University of Hong KongHong Kong 22 works
- 5 City University of Hong KongHong Kong 19 works
- 6 Tianjin UniversityChina 17 works
- 7 Tongji UniversityChina 16 works
- 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 16 works
- 9 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States 14 works
- 10 Harvard UniversityUnited States 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Infection Control and Ventilation?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Infection Control and Ventilation include Lídia Morawska.
- 1 Lídia Morawska Australia 6.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Infection Control and Ventilation research done?
The largest centres of Infection Control and Ventilation research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Seoul (South Korea) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pok Fu Lam and Hong Kong.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Pok Fu LamHK · 21.6 works4.2×
- Hong KongCN · 77.7 works3.9×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Infection Control and Ventilation than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Infection Control and Ventilation?
Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, City University of Hong Kong and Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 62.7 | 37.5% | 5.0× | 26 | -10.9% |
| 2 | City University of Hong KongHong Kong | 61.5 | 39.7% | 5.4× | 19 | +7.1% |
| 3 | Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina | 59.5 | 20.7% | 12.4× | 23 | +51.2% |
| 4 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 54.4 | 31.3% | 4.2× | 22 | -0.5% |
| 5 | Southeast UniversityChina | 50.4 | 40.5% | 1.7× | 14 | +255.3% |
| 6 | Hunan UniversityChina | 44.0 | 36.7% | 3.2× | 13 | +82.6% |
| 7 | Tianjin UniversityChina | 43.2 | 28.2% | 2.4× | 17 | +113.9% |
| 8 | RMIT UniversityAustralia | 42.1 | 36.6% | 3.9× | 8 | +51.9% |
| 9 | North China Electric Power UniversityChina | 41.5 | 56.1% | 2.3× | 9 | +38.9% |
| 10 | Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong | 41.0 | 30.3% | 3.3× | 14 | -33.2% |
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 Infection Control and Ventilation research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 383% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Infection Control and Ventilation.
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.