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Infectious Diseases and Mycology

Infectious Diseases and Mycology is a research topic within Small Animals. Science Explorer counts 20k 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 explores emerging animal pathogens and diseases, including retroviruses like Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus, oomycetes such as Pythium insidiosum, zygomycosis, basidiobolomycosis, and the pathogen Rhinosporidium. It also delves into immunotherapy for these infections and the molecular biology of these pathogens. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to the pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and epidemiology of these emerging animal diseases.

  • Retroviruses
  • Oomycetes
  • Pythiosis
  • Zygomycosis
  • Basidiobolomycosis
  • Rhinosporidium
  • Mesomycetozoea
  • Immunotherapy
  • Enzootic Nasal Tumor Virus
  • Harpellales
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Infectious Diseases and Mycology

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

Which countries lead Infectious Diseases and Mycology research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (580 and 371 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 580 works
  2. 2 India 371 works
  3. 3 China 347 works
  4. 4 Brazil 227 works
  5. 5 Japan 165 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 110 works
  7. 7 Spain 107 works
  8. 8 Italy 100 works
  9. 9 France 84 works
  10. 10 Germany 81 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: 26.7%India: 17.1%China: 16.0%Brazil: 10.5%6 others listed: 29.8%27%largest
United States580 · 26.7%India371 · 17.1%China347 · 16.0%Brazil227 · 10.5%6 others listed646 · 29.8%

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

Which institutions lead Infectious Diseases and Mycology research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Infectious Diseases and Mycology research, followed by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and Mayo Clinic.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 44 works
  2. 2 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 17 works
  3. 3 Mayo ClinicUnited States 16 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 13 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 13 works
  6. 6 Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand 13 works
  7. 7 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 11 works
  8. 8 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 11 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 11 works
  10. 10 University of BolognaItaly 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Infectious Diseases and Mycology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Infectious Diseases and Mycology include Hagop M. Kantarjian and Didier Raoult.

  1. 1 Hagop M. Kantarjian United States 273k citations
  2. 2 Didier Raoult France 232k 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 Infectious Diseases and Mycology?

The most cited paper in Infectious Diseases and Mycology is "Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group" (Ben de Pauw et al., 2008), with 4,957 citations. Next come "Hidden Killers: Human Fungal Infections" (4,407) and "Epidemiology and Outcome of Zygomycosis: A Review of 929 Reported Cases" (3,065).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group Ben de Pauw et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 7 May 2008 4,957
2 Hidden Killers: Human Fungal Infections Gordon D. Brown, David W. Denning, Neil A. R. Gow et al. · Science Translational Medicine Open access 19 Dec 2012 4,407
3 Epidemiology and Outcome of Zygomycosis: A Review of 929 Reported Cases Maureen M. Roden, Theoklis E. Zaoutis, Wendy L. Buchanan et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases 5 Aug 2005 3,065
4 Revision and Update of the Consensus Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease From the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium J. Peter Donnelly et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 8 Oct 2019 2,973
5 Treatment of Aspergillosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Thomas J. Walsh, Elias J. Anaissie, David W. Denning et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 4 Jan 2008 2,721
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Where is Infectious Diseases and Mycology research done?

The largest centres of Infectious Diseases and Mycology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Tokyo (Japan) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 55 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 47 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 46 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 32 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 31 works
  6. 6 BangkokThailand 31 works
  7. 7 New DelhiIndia 30 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 24 works
  9. 9 ChennaiIndia 24 works
  10. 10 MadridSpain 24 works
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Where is the best place to study Infectious Diseases and Mycology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Khartoum, Radboud University Nijmegen and Johns Hopkins University score highest, combining citation 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 18.77%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Johns Hopkins Univer…Radboud University N…University of KhartoumAll India Institute …
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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.

Citation 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
1University of KhartoumSudan 67.022.4%58.5×10 +20.1%
2Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 55.627.0%4.9×8 -20.8%
3Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 54.530.1%2.0×8 +16.7%
4All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 51.13.1%14.5×44 +63.8%
5University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal 50.117.1%32.4×9 +301.0%
6Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 48.017.7%19.6×17 -7.7%
7Capital Medical UniversityChina 47.426.6%3.5×10 +26.2%
8University of BolognaItaly 46.615.5%4.7×11 +23.2%
9The University of SydneyAustralia 42.620.3%2.7×9 +3.3%
10Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand 41.77.9%10.8×13 +72.5%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Infectious Diseases and Mycology, country by country

Is Infectious Diseases and Mycology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Infectious Diseases and Mycology.

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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 Infectious Diseases and Mycology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Infectious Diseases and Mycology 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%Infectious Diseases and Mycology10.0% 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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