Leprosy Research and Treatment
Leprosy Research and Treatment is a research topic within Infectious Diseases. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 5.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to leprosy, including genetics, immune response, stigma, epidemiology, neuropathy, diagnosis, treatment, and public health challenges. The papers highlight the complexity of understanding and addressing leprosy as a disease.
- Leprosy
- Mycobacterium leprae
- Genetics
- Immune Response
- Stigma
- Epidemiology
- Neuropathy
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Public Health
- Research works
- 11k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 634 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +50% 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 Leprosy Research and Treatment research?
By volume, Brazil and India publish the most (649 and 295 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Brazil 649 works
- 2 India 295 works
- 3 Indonesia 189 works
- 4 United States 162 works
- 5 China 59 works
- 6 United Kingdom 50 works
- 7 France 33 works
- 8 Japan 25 works
- 9 Netherlands 23 works
- 10 Italy 21 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 Leprosy Research and Treatment research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade do Estado do Pará publishes the most Leprosy Research and Treatment research, followed by Airlangga University and Universidade Federal do Maranhão.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidade do Estado do ParáBrazil 24 works
- 2 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 21 works
- 3 Universidade Federal do MaranhãoBrazil 18 works
- 4 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 17 works
- 5 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 16 works
- 6 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 15 works
- 7 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 14 works
- 8 Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoBrazil 13 works
- 9 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 13 works
- 10 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 12 works
Where is Leprosy Research and Treatment research done?
The largest centres of Leprosy Research and Treatment research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belém (Brazil) and São Luís (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in São Luís and Belém.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 São Paulo Brazil 89 works
- 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 58 works
- 3 Belém Brazil 47 works
- 4 São Luís Brazil 33 works
- 5 New Delhi India 29 works
- 6 Surabaya Indonesia 27 works
- 7 Belo Horizonte Brazil 27 works
- 8 London United Kingdom 26 works
- 9 Recife Brazil 23 works
- 10 Brasília Brazil 22 works
Where it is the local speciality
- São LuísBR · 32.6 works50×
- BelémBR · 46.8 works34×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Leprosy Research and Treatment than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Leprosy Research and Treatment?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal do Pará, Airlangga University and Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 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 | Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil | 70.2 | 6.4% | 19.0× | 14 | +64.7% |
| 2 | Airlangga UniversityIndonesia | 68.9 | 2.0% | 12.9× | 21 | +495.9% |
| 3 | Universidade Federal de UberlândiaBrazil | 68.5 | 8.3% | 15.6× | 8 | +98.3% |
| 4 | Universidade do Estado do ParáBrazil | 68.4 | 1.9% | 101.5× | 24 | +127.8% |
| 5 | Universidade Federal do PiauíBrazil | 65.9 | 4.1% | 31.6× | 12 | +192.3% |
| 6 | Universidade Federal do MaranhãoBrazil | 64.8 | 1.5% | 48.5× | 18 | +200.4% |
| 7 | Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoBrazil | 62.4 | 2.6% | 38.8× | 13 | +277.1% |
| 8 | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia | 61.8 | 5.0% | 21.4× | 13 | +79.5% |
| 9 | Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil | 60.6 | 6.8% | 10.7× | 8 | +26.8% |
| 10 | All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 55.3 | 2.2% | 10.4× | 11 | +170.8% |
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 Leprosy Research and Treatment research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Leprosy Research and Treatment.
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.