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Insects and Parasite Interactions

Insects and Parasite Interactions is a research topic within Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the mechanical transmission of pathogens by cockroaches, particularly the role of cockroaches in spreading various human parasites, bacteria, and fungi. It also explores topics such as insecticide resistance, nosocomial infections, pest management strategies, and the potential public health implications of cockroach-borne pathogens.

  • Cockroaches
  • Pathogens
  • Insecticide Resistance
  • Nosocomial Infections
  • Protozoa
  • Bacterial Contamination
  • Pest Management
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Vector Potential
  • Public Health
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+32%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Insects and Parasite Interactions

Which countries lead Insects and Parasite Interactions research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (296 and 187 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 296 works
  2. 2 India 187 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 178 works
  4. 4 China 148 works
  5. 5 Brazil 104 works
  6. 6 Iran 86 works
  7. 7 Germany 65 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 61 works
  9. 9 France 60 works
  10. 10 Nigeria 57 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: 23.9%India: 15.0%Indonesia: 14.3%China: 11.9%6 others listed: 34.9%24%largest
United States296 · 23.9%India187 · 15.0%Indonesia178 · 14.3%China148 · 11.9%6 others listed433 · 34.9%

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

Which institutions lead Insects and Parasite Interactions research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Insects and Parasite Interactions research, followed by University of Idaho and Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 18 works
  2. 2 University of IdahoUnited States 18 works
  3. 3 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 17 works
  4. 4 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 15 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 15 works
  6. 6 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 14 works
  7. 7 Institute of Natural SciencesBelgium 11 works
  8. 8 University of ZambiaZambia 10 works
  9. 9 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 10 works
  10. 10 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Insects and Parasite Interactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Insects and Parasite Interactions include Christopher J L Murray, Simon Iain Hay and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  3. 3 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k 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 Insects and Parasite Interactions?

The most cited paper in Insects and Parasite Interactions is "Bad Bugs, No Drugs: No ESKAPE! An Update from the Infectious Diseases Society of America" (Helen W. Boucher, George H. Talbot, John S. Bradley et al., 2008), with 5,020 citations. Next come "The Role of Cockroach Allergy and Exposure to Cockroach Allergen in Causing Morbidity among Inner-City Children with Asthma" (1,391) and "Insect digestive enzymes: properties, compartmentalization and function" (1,105).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bad Bugs, No Drugs: No ESKAPE! An Update from the Infectious Diseases Society of America Helen W. Boucher, George H. Talbot, John S. Bradley et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases 26 Nov 2008 5,020
2 The Role of Cockroach Allergy and Exposure to Cockroach Allergen in Causing Morbidity among Inner-City Children with Asthma David L. Rosenstreich, Peyton A. Eggleston, Meyer Kattan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 May 1997 1,391
3 Insect digestive enzymes: properties, compartmentalization and function Walter Ribeiro Terra, Clélia Ferreira · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry Sep 1994 1,105
4 Neglected tropical diseases Nicholas Feasey, Mark H Wansbrough-Jones, David C. W. Mabey et al. · British Medical Bulletin Open access 10 Dec 2009 830
5 Interleukin-5, eosinophils, and disease CJ Sanderson · Blood Open access 15 Jun 1992 788
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Where is Insects and Parasite Interactions research done?

The largest centres of Insects and Parasite Interactions research in 2022-now are Tehran (Iran), Beijing (China), New Delhi (India) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 TehranIran 27 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 26 works
  3. 3 New DelhiIndia 21 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 20 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 20 works
  6. 6 MoscowUnited States 18 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 17 works
  8. 8 DenpasarIndonesia 16 works
  9. 9 JakartaIndonesia 16 works
  10. 10 SurabayaIndonesia 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Insects and Parasite Interactions?

Among universities, judged by research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, University of Zambia and University of Idaho 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%5%10%mean 3.73333%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tehran University of…University of ZambiaAll India Institute …University of Idaho
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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.

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
1Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 90.511.9%14.4×17 +38.7%
2University of ZambiaZambia 49.93.9%37.3×10 -
3University of IdahoUnited States 48.50.0%81.1×18 -
4All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 48.10.6%6.6×14 +113.1%
5Mazandaran University of Medical SciencesIran 44.86.0%55.6×9 +117.2%
6Udayana UniversityIndonesia 43.20.0%10.5×15 +635.4%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Insects and Parasite Interactions, country by country

Is Insects and Parasite Interactions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Insects and Parasite Interactions.

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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 Insects and Parasite Interactions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0075% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Insects and Parasite Interactions 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.

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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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