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Microbial infections and disease research

Microbial infections and disease research is a research topic within Microbiology. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the pathogenesis, virulence factors, antimicrobial resistance, and genomic sequencing of bacterial pathogens such as Mycoplasma and Pasteurella, particularly in the context of bovine respiratory disease and human cell line authentication. It also explores host-pathogen interactions, vaccine development, and the impact of bacterial infections on animal and human health.

  • Mycoplasma
  • Pasteurella
  • Bovine Respiratory Disease
  • Cell Line Authentication
  • Virulence Factors
  • Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Genomic Sequencing
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Pneumonia
  • Vaccine Development
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Microbial infections and disease research

Which countries lead Microbial infections and disease research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (870 and 835 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 870 works
  2. 2 United States 835 works
  3. 3 India 301 works
  4. 4 Brazil 211 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 157 works
  6. 6 Japan 138 works
  7. 7 Germany 137 works
  8. 8 Canada 132 works
  9. 9 Spain 132 works
  10. 10 France 131 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.

China: 28.6%United States: 27.4%India: 9.9%Brazil: 6.9%6 others listed: 27.2%29%largest
China870 · 28.6%United States835 · 27.4%India301 · 9.9%Brazil211 · 6.9%6 others listed828 · 27.2%

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

Which institutions lead Microbial infections and disease research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Microbial infections and disease research research, followed by United States Department of Agriculture and Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 72 works
  2. 2 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 40 works
  3. 3 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 35 works
  4. 4 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 32 works
  5. 5 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 32 works
  6. 6 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 27 works
  7. 7 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 24 works
  8. 8 University of Veterinary MedicineHungary 22 works
  9. 9 Ghent UniversityBelgium 21 works
  10. 10 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microbial infections and disease research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microbial infections and disease research include Rob Knight, Simon Iain Hay and Peer Bork.

  1. 1 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  2. 2 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  3. 3 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
  4. 4 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  5. 5 Steven L. Salzberg United States 372k citations
  6. 6 Jun Wang China 340k 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 Microbial infections and disease research?

The most cited paper in Microbial infections and disease research is "Genome sequencing in microfabricated high-density picolitre reactors" (Marcel Margulies et al., 2005), with 7,761 citations. Next come "Tetracycline Antibiotics: Mode of Action, Applications, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology of Bacterial Resistance" (4,554) and "Multilocus sequence typing: A portable approach to the identification of clones within populations of pathogenic microorganisms" (3,872).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genome sequencing in microfabricated high-density picolitre reactors Marcel Margulies et al. · Nature Open access 31 Jul 2005 7,761
2 Tetracycline Antibiotics: Mode of Action, Applications, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology of Bacterial Resistance Ian Chopra, Marilyn C. Roberts · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ReviewOpen access Jun 2001 4,554
3 Multilocus sequence typing: A portable approach to the identification of clones within populations of pathogenic microorganisms Martin C. J. Maiden, Jane A. Bygraves, Edward J. Feil et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 17 Mar 1998 3,872
4 Open-access bacterial population genomics: BIGSdb software, the PubMLST.org website and their applications Keith A. Jolley, James E. Bray, Martin C. J. Maiden · Wellcome Open Research Open access 24 Sep 2018 3,700
5 The Minimal Gene Complement of Mycoplasma genitalium Claire M. Fraser et al. · Science 20 Oct 1995 2,551
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Microbial infections and disease research research done?

The largest centres of Microbial infections and disease research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Guangzhou (China) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Manhattan.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 135 works
  2. 2 WuhanChina 66 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 47 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 47 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 41 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 41 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 40 works
  8. 8 NanjingChina 35 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 32 works
  10. 10 AmesUnited States 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ManhattanUS · 27.8 works26×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microbial infections and disease research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Microbial infections and disease research?

Among universities, judged by research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Ghent University and Yangzhou University 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%mean 13.85%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Yangzhou UniversityUniversity of Trás-o…Ghent UniversityHuazhong Agricultura…
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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
1Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 75.712.1%22.8×32 +17.0%
2Ghent UniversityBelgium 73.714.8%6.5×21 -5.9%
3Yangzhou UniversityChina 73.720.0%8.8×20 +90.0%
4University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal 69.719.0%30.7×13 +404.1%
5University of SaskatchewanCanada 66.711.1%15.2×21 +33.5%
6South China Agricultural UniversityChina 66.616.2%13.0×19 +78.2%
7Kansas State UniversityUnited States 62.26.1%29.7×28 -0.8%
8China Agricultural UniversityChina 62.219.7%5.7×13 +26.3%
9Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 58.812.8%10.2×16 +25.7%
10Iowa State UniversityUnited States 58.06.7%14.7×24 -1.5%

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 Microbial infections and disease research, country by country

Is Microbial infections and disease research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Microbial infections and disease research.

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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 Microbial infections and disease research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Microbial infections and disease research0.019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Microbial infections and disease 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.

still counting5%10%15%Microbial infections and disease research10.4% in 2025200020102020

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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