Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 9.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of spinal infections, particularly spinal epidural abscess, tuberculous meningitis, and vertebral osteomyelitis. It also explores the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in patients with HIV infection undergoing antiretroviral therapy. The papers cover various aspects such as clinical presentation, management, outcomes, risk factors, and meta-analyses related to these spinal infections.
- Spinal Epidural Abscess
- Tuberculous Meningitis
- Vertebral Osteomyelitis
- Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
- HIV Infection
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Surgical Management
- Meta-analysis
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Research works
- 35k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +12% 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 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis research?
By volume, the United States and India publish the most (923 and 848 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 923 works
- 2 India 848 works
- 3 China 620 works
- 4 Japan 268 works
- 5 United Kingdom 224 works
- 6 Germany 184 works
- 7 France 169 works
- 8 Brazil 154 works
- 9 Indonesia 137 works
- 10 Türkiye 133 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 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis research, followed by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and Institute of Medical Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 43 works
- 2 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 32 works
- 3 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 23 works
- 4 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 18 works
- 5 King George's Medical UniversityIndia 17 works
- 6 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 16 works
- 7 Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia 15 works
- 8 Capital Medical UniversityChina 14 works
- 9 All India Institute of Medical Sciences RishikeshIndia 13 works
- 10 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mohammed VIMorocco 12 works
Where is Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis research done?
The largest centres of Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis research in 2022–2025 are New Delhi (India), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Marrakesh and Tunis.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MarrakeshMA · 22.3 works11×
- TunisTN · 37.8 works10×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis?
Among universities, judged by research, Tunis El Manar University, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research 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 | Tunis El Manar UniversityTunisia | 64.9 | 12.0% | 11.4× | 11 | +223.9% |
| 2 | All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 59.5 | 5.7% | 12.9× | 43 | +66.6% |
| 3 | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia | 58.1 | 8.9% | 17.8× | 32 | +43.7% |
| 4 | Mohammed V UniversityMorocco | 54.5 | 7.1% | 8.4× | 18 | +154.6% |
| 5 | University of Cape TownSouth Africa | 54.1 | 26.3% | 5.3× | 10 | -15.3% |
| 6 | Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 48.0 | 1.7% | 13.1× | 23 | +58.8% |
| 7 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences BhopalIndia | 45.6 | 8.6% | 17.0× | 11 | — |
| 8 | King George's Medical UniversityIndia | 45.1 | 6.1% | 23.1× | 17 | +8.9% |
| 9 | Capital Medical UniversityChina | 44.4 | 18.2% | 4.3× | 14 | +60.9% |
| 10 | Jawaharlal Nehru Medical CollegeIndia | 44.2 | 5.9% | 17.8× | 12 | +87.0% |
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 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis.
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.