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Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Parasite Biology and Host Interactions is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 45k 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 explores the ecological interactions of parasites in various ecosystems, emphasizing the impact of parasites on biodiversity, disease risk, and invasive species. It delves into host-parasite interactions, molecular phylogeny, and the effects of global change on parasite ecology in the aquatic environment.

  • Parasites
  • Ecosystem
  • Host-Parasite Interactions
  • Biodiversity
  • Invasive Species
  • Disease Risk
  • Community Ecology
  • Global Change
  • Molecular Phylogeny
  • Aquatic Environment
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5k
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
United States
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Which countries lead Parasite Biology and Host Interactions research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (798 and 630 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 798 works
  2. 2 China 630 works
  3. 3 Brazil 585 works
  4. 4 India 378 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 269 works
  6. 6 Russia 262 works
  7. 7 Japan 230 works
  8. 8 Spain 210 works
  9. 9 Germany 181 works
  10. 10 Australia 172 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: 21.5%China: 16.9%Brazil: 15.8%India: 10.2%6 others listed: 35.7%21%largest
United States798 · 21.5%China630 · 16.9%Brazil585 · 15.8%India378 · 10.2%6 others listed1,325 · 35.7%

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

Which institutions lead Parasite Biology and Host Interactions research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Parasite Biology and Host Interactions research, followed by Sunchon National University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 154 works
  2. 2 Sunchon National UniversitySouth Korea 59 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 58 works
  4. 4 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 53 works
  5. 5 Natural History MuseumUnited Kingdom 52 works
  6. 6 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 50 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 44 works
  8. 8 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 40 works
  9. 9 Czech Academy of SciencesCzechia 40 works
  10. 10 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 39 works

Who are the leading researchers in Parasite Biology and Host Interactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions include Simon Iain Hay, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Jun Wang.

  1. 1 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  2. 2 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  3. 3 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  4. 4 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  5. 5 Huanming Yang China 246k 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 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions?

The most cited paper in Parasite Biology and Host Interactions is "Parasitology Meets Ecology on Its Own Terms: Margolis et al. Revisited" (Albert O. Bush, Kevin D. Lafferty, Jeffrey M. Lotz et al., 1997), with 7,944 citations. Next come "Species Richness of Parasite Assemblages: Evolution and Patterns" (3,502) and "Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm" (2,542).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Parasitology Meets Ecology on Its Own Terms: Margolis et al. Revisited Albert O. Bush, Kevin D. Lafferty, Jeffrey M. Lotz et al. · Journal of Parasitology Open access Aug 1997 7,944
2 Species Richness of Parasite Assemblages: Evolution and Patterns Robert Poulin · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics Nov 1997 3,502
3 Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm Jeffrey Michael Bethony, SIMON J. BROOKER, Marco Albonico et al. · The Lancet May 2006 2,542
4 Human schistosomiasis Daniel G Colley, Amaya L Bustinduy, W Evan Secor et al. · The Lancet Open access 31 Mar 2014 2,419
5 Ontogeny and Phylogeny. Søren Løvtrup, Stephen Jay Gould · Systematic Zoology Mar 1978 2,359
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Where is Parasite Biology and Host Interactions research done?

The largest centres of Parasite Biology and Host Interactions research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Suncheon, Ibagué and České Budějovice.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 105 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 102 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 98 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 76 works
  5. 5 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 65 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 64 works
  7. 7 SuncheonSouth Korea 59 works
  8. 8 Mexico CityMexico 59 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 55 works
  10. 10 IbaguéColombia 54 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SuncheonKR · 59.3 works104×
  2. IbaguéCO · 53.7 works72×
  3. České BudějoviceCZ · 36.9 works38×
  4. ChattanoogaUS · 28.7 works33×
  5. RethymnoGR · 28.7 works24×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Parasite Biology and Host Interactions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Parasite Biology and Host Interactions?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Otago, University of Glasgow and University of Basel 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%20%40%mean 24.12%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of GlasgowUniversity of BaselCairo UniversityUniversity of Otago
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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
1University of OtagoNew Zealand 63.019.5%11.1×20 -4.8%
2University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 59.629.9%2.4×10 +15.8%
3University of BaselSwitzerland 58.326.7%4.3×10 -23.0%
4Cairo UniversityEgypt 58.123.6%4.7×22 -1.0%
5University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom 58.028.0%2.5×9 +17.4%
6James Cook UniversityAustralia 56.827.7%10.3×10 -27.1%
7The University of MelbourneAustralia 56.326.9%2.4×16 -38.9%
8University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 55.120.0%1.4×13 +7.4%
9Queen's University BelfastUnited Kingdom 54.028.0%4.6×10 -9.8%
10North-West UniversitySouth Africa 53.810.9%13.9×24 +24.6%

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 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, country by country

Is Parasite Biology and Host Interactions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Parasite Biology and Host 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 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.027% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Parasite Biology and Host Interactions0.033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Parasite Biology and Host 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.

still counting5%10%15%Parasite Biology and Host Interactions10.3% 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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