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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. 1 United States 923 works
  2. 2 India 848 works
  3. 3 China 620 works
  4. 4 Japan 268 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 224 works
  6. 6 Germany 184 works
  7. 7 France 169 works
  8. 8 Brazil 154 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 137 works
  10. 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.

United States: 25.2%India: 23.2%China: 16.9%Japan: 7.3%6 others listed: 27.4%25%largest
United States923 · 25.2%India848 · 23.2%China620 · 16.9%Japan268 · 7.3%6 others listed1,002 · 27.4%

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.

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

  1. 1 New Delhi India 105 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 89 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 78 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 61 works
  5. 5 Paris France 59 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 56 works
  7. 7 Chennai India 47 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 47 works
  9. 9 Mumbai India 46 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 41 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MarrakeshMA · 22.3 works11×
  2. TunisTN · 37.8 works10×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis than the world average.

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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.

0%10%20%30%mean 10.05%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tunis El Manar University: 11, 12.0%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 43, 5.7%Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research: 32, 8.9%Mohammed V University: 18, 7.1%University of Cape Town: 10, 26.3%Institute of Medical Sciences: 23, 1.7%All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal: 11, 8.6%King George's Medical University: 17, 6.1%Capital Medical University: 14, 18.2%Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College: 12, 5.9%Tunis El Manar Unive…Post Graduate Instit…Mohammed V UniversityAll India Institute …
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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 Tunis El Manar UniversityTunisia 64.912.0%11.4×11 +223.9%
2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 59.55.7%12.9×43 +66.6%
3 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 58.18.9%17.8×32 +43.7%
4 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 54.57.1%8.4×18 +154.6%
5 University of Cape TownSouth Africa 54.126.3%5.3×10 -15.3%
6 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 48.01.7%13.1×23 +58.8%
7 All India Institute of Medical Sciences BhopalIndia 45.68.6%17.0×11
8 King George's Medical UniversityIndia 45.16.1%23.1×17 +8.9%
9 Capital Medical UniversityChina 44.418.2%4.3×14 +60.9%
10 Jawaharlal Nehru Medical CollegeIndia 44.25.9%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.

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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.