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Influenza Virus Research Studies

Influenza Virus Research Studies is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 40k research works in it since 1950. 22.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the research and epidemiology of influenza viruses, including topics such as H1N1, pandemic potential, vaccine efficacy, viral pathogenesis, and the development of antibodies. It covers a wide range of aspects related to influenza virus, from molecular structure to global burden and transmission patterns.

  • Influenza
  • Virus
  • Epidemiology
  • H1N1
  • Pandemic
  • Vaccines
  • Respiratory
  • Genomics
  • Pathogenesis
  • Antibodies
Research works
40k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
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 Influenza Virus Research Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.6k and 1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.6k works
  2. 2 China 1k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 312 works
  4. 4 India 258 works
  5. 5 Japan 212 works
  6. 6 France 207 works
  7. 7 Italy 205 works
  8. 8 Canada 198 works
  9. 9 Australia 195 works
  10. 10 Russia 186 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: 36.9%China: 22.9%United Kingdom: 7.1%India: 5.8%6 others listed: 27.3%37%largest
United States1,626 · 36.9%China1,007 · 22.9%United Kingdom312 · 7.1%India258 · 5.8%6 others listed1,204 · 27.3%

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

Which institutions lead Influenza Virus Research Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Influenza Virus Research Studies research, followed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and University of Georgia.

Who are the leading researchers in Influenza Virus Research Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Influenza Virus Research Studies include Ziad A. Memish and Maarten J. Postma.

  1. 1 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia 5.3k citations
  2. 2 Maarten J. Postma Netherlands 4.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Influenza Virus Research Studies research done?

The largest centres of Influenza Virus Research Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Atlanta (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Athens.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 243 works
  2. 2 Atlanta United States 109 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 106 works
  4. 4 Paris France 87 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 85 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 78 works
  7. 7 New York United States 74 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 70 works
  9. 9 Melbourne Australia 69 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 68 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AthensUS · 40.2 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Influenza Virus Research Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Influenza Virus Research Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Georgia, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 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 31.95%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Georgia: 33, 34.2%London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 15, 31.2%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 20, 32.7%University of Hong Kong: 22, 31.4%Georgia State University: 11, 26.5%Imperial College London: 16, 42.9%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 28, 29.3%University of Oxford: 19, 35.5%Emory University: 19, 29.9%Yangzhou University: 20, 25.9%University of GeorgiaIcahn School of Medi…University of Hong K…London School of Hyg…
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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 University of GeorgiaUnited States 67.734.2%11.9×33 +24.7%
2 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 63.131.2%15.8×15 +25.3%
3 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 50.132.7%6.7×20 -8.1%
4 University of Hong KongHong Kong 49.031.4%4.2×22 -10.7%
5 Georgia State UniversityUnited States 47.726.5%6.0×11 +214.2%
6 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 46.942.9%2.9×16 -9.6%
7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 42.629.3%4.6×28 -50.7%
8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 42.435.5%2.4×19 -6.6%
9 Emory UniversityUnited States 40.829.9%4.5×19 -13.2%
10 Yangzhou UniversityChina 40.725.9%5.7×20 -28.9%

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 Influenza Virus Research Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2010. The fastest-growing topics are Influenza Virus Research Studies.

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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.