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Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Mosquito-borne diseases and control is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 68k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the global impact of arboviral diseases, particularly Zika virus and dengue. It covers epidemiology, neurological manifestations such as microcephaly and Guillain-Barré Syndrome, vaccine development, and strategies for vector control.

  • Arboviral Diseases
  • Zika Virus
  • Dengue
  • Mosquito-borne
  • Epidemiology
  • Microcephaly
  • Vaccine Development
  • Flaviviruses
  • Vector Control
  • Neurological Manifestations
Research works
68k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mosquito-borne diseases and control

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Mosquito-borne diseases and control research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (2.4k and 1.7k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 2.4k works
  2. 2 Brazil 1.7k works
  3. 3 India 1.6k works
  4. 4 China 1.5k works
  5. 5 Indonesia 638 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 511 works
  7. 7 France 480 works
  8. 8 Germany 287 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 284 works
  10. 10 Australia 277 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: 24.6%Brazil: 17.8%India: 16.6%China: 15.5%6 others listed: 25.5%25%largest
United States2,392 · 24.6%Brazil1,725 · 17.8%India1,618 · 16.6%China1,508 · 15.5%6 others listed2,477 · 25.5%

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

Which institutions lead Mosquito-borne diseases and control research?

By volume in 2022-now, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz publishes the most Mosquito-borne diseases and control research, followed by Indian Council of Medical Research and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 137 works
  2. 2 Indian Council of Medical ResearchIndia 135 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 114 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 88 works
  5. 5 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 85 works
  6. 6 Institut PasteurFrance 83 works
  7. 7 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 79 works
  8. 8 United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States 77 works
  9. 9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 71 works
  10. 10 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 69 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mosquito-borne diseases and control?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mosquito-borne diseases and control include Christopher J L Murray, Rob Knight and Simon Iain Hay.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  3. 3 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  4. 4 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  5. 5 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  6. 6 Richard M. Durbin United Kingdom 410k citations
  7. 7 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
  8. 8 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  9. 9 Steven L. Salzberg United States 372k citations
  10. 10 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 Mosquito-borne diseases and control?

The most cited paper in Mosquito-borne diseases and control is "Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Rafael Lozano et al., 2012), with 14,344 citations. Next come "Lounging in a lysosome: the intracellular lifestyle of Coxiella burnetii" (11,768) and "The global distribution and burden of dengue" (10,418).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Rafael Lozano et al. · The Lancet Open access191 authors Dec 2012 14,344
2 Lounging in a lysosome: the intracellular lifestyle of Coxiella burnetii Daniel E. Voth, Robert A. Heinzen · Cellular Microbiology Open access 16 Feb 2007 11,768
3 The global distribution and burden of dengue Samir Bhatt, Peter W. Gething, Oliver J. Brady et al. · Nature Open access Apr 2013 10,418
4 Human Malaria Parasites in Continuous Culture William F. Trager, James B. Jensen · Science 20 Aug 1976 8,039
5 A human homologue of the Drosophila Toll protein signals activation of adaptive immunity Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Paula Preston‐Hurlburt, Charles A. Janeway · Nature 24 Jul 1997 5,620
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Where is Mosquito-borne diseases and control research done?

The largest centres of Mosquito-borne diseases and control research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Parlier, Ananindeua and Jipijapa.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 297 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 284 works
  3. 3 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 242 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 206 works
  5. 5 New DelhiIndia 192 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 182 works
  7. 7 DhakaBangladesh 179 works
  8. 8 BangkokThailand 154 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 139 works
  10. 10 AtlantaUnited States 101 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ParlierUS · 30.4 works251×
  2. AnanindeuaBR · 20.1 works72×
  3. JipijapaEC · 36.2 works27×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mosquito-borne diseases and control than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Mosquito-borne diseases and control?

Among universities, judged by research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, University of Oxford and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine score highest, combining citation 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 19.55%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Shiraz University of…Peking UniversityLondon School of Hyg…University of Oxford
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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.

Citation 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
1Shiraz University of Medical SciencesIran 66.041.2%3.8×14 +252.3%
2University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 64.514.7%4.2×79 -15.7%
3London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 61.915.8%23.7×50 -20.2%
4Peking UniversityChina 59.728.3%0.7×18 +109.6%
5University of GhanaGhana 57.010.1%12.0×41 +56.6%
6Harvard UniversityUnited States 53.019.4%1.0×42 -31.3%
7Mahidol UniversityThailand 52.49.7%9.2×59 -11.9%
8Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 52.423.3%1.9×19 -33.2%
9Yale UniversityUnited States 52.216.0%2.4×35 -3.8%
10The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonUnited States 52.017.0%15.9×38 -39.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Mosquito-borne diseases and control, country by country

Is Mosquito-borne diseases and control research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

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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 Mosquito-borne diseases and control as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.067% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Mosquito-borne diseases and control0.064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mosquito-borne diseases and control 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%Mosquito-borne diseases and control10.0% 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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