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Legionella and Acanthamoeba research

Legionella and Acanthamoeba research is a research topic within Endocrinology. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1952. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the interactions between Legionella bacteria and amoebae, focusing on their role in disease pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. It covers genomic analysis, virulence factors, and the impact of water systems on the spread of these pathogens.

  • Legionella
  • Amoebae
  • Pathogenesis
  • Infection
  • Biology
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Genomic Analysis
  • Virulence Factors
  • Water Systems
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Legionella and Acanthamoeba research

Which countries lead Legionella and Acanthamoeba research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (357 and 243 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 357 works
  2. 2 China 243 works
  3. 3 India 131 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 72 works
  5. 5 Brazil 64 works
  6. 6 Spain 62 works
  7. 7 Japan 61 works
  8. 8 France 60 works
  9. 9 Germany 59 works
  10. 10 Iran 51 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: 30.7%China: 21.0%India: 11.3%United Kingdom: 6.2%6 others listed: 30.8%31%largest
United States357 · 30.7%China243 · 21.0%India131 · 11.3%United Kingdom72 · 6.2%6 others listed357 · 30.8%

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

Which institutions lead Legionella and Acanthamoeba research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Legionella and Acanthamoeba research research, followed by Instituto de Salud Carlos III and L V Prasad Eye Institute.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 17 works
  2. 2 Instituto de Salud Carlos IIISpain 10 works
  3. 3 L V Prasad Eye InstituteIndia 8 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 8 works
  5. 5 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 8 works
  6. 6 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 7 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 7 works
  8. 8 United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States 7 works
  9. 9 Institut PasteurFrance 7 works
  10. 10 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Legionella and Acanthamoeba research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Legionella and Acanthamoeba research include Shizuo Akira, Richard Anthony Flavell and Didier Raoult.

  1. 1 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  2. 2 Richard Anthony Flavell United States 237k citations
  3. 3 Didier Raoult France 232k citations
  4. 4 Eugene V. Koonin United States 217k 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 Legionella and Acanthamoeba research?

The most cited paper in Legionella and Acanthamoeba research is "Bacterial Biofilms: A Common Cause of Persistent Infections" (John William Costerton, Philip Shook Stewart, Everett Peter Greenberg, 1999), with 12,236 citations. Next come "Biofilms: Survival Mechanisms of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms" (6,669) and "Biofilms: Microbial Life on Surfaces" (4,917).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bacterial Biofilms: A Common Cause of Persistent Infections John William Costerton, Philip Shook Stewart, Everett Peter Greenberg · Science 21 May 1999 12,236
2 Biofilms: Survival Mechanisms of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms Rodney M. Donlan, John William Costerton · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access Apr 2002 6,669
3 Biofilms: Microbial Life on Surfaces Rodney M. Donlan · Emerging infectious diseases Open access Sep 2002 4,917
4 Antibiotic resistance of bacteria in biofilms Philip Shook Stewart, John William Costerton · The Lancet Jul 2001 4,602
5 CDC definitions for nosocomial infections B. Yangco · American Journal of Infection Control Feb 1989 3,787
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Where is Legionella and Acanthamoeba research research done?

The largest centres of Legionella and Acanthamoeba research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Paris (France), London (United Kingdom) and Tehran (Iran).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 41 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 23 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works
  4. 4 TehranIran 20 works
  5. 5 MadridSpain 18 works
  6. 6 GuangzhouChina 17 works
  7. 7 Mexico CityMexico 16 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 15 works
  9. 9 São PauloBrazil 15 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 15 works
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Is Legionella and Acanthamoeba research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Legionella and Acanthamoeba research.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Legionella and Acanthamoeba research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0071% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Legionella and Acanthamoeba research 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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Which topics inside it are moving

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