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Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics

Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics is a research topic within Parasitology. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 15.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, molecular characterization, and public health implications of parasitic diseases caused by Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Microsporidia. It covers topics such as zoonotic transmission, waterborne transmission, genomic characterization, and the burden of disease associated with these parasitic infections.

  • Cryptosporidium
  • Giardia
  • Microsporidia
  • Zoonotic Transmission
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Protozoan Parasites
  • Waterborne Transmission
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Genomic Characterization
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+9%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (489 and 431 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 489 works
  2. 2 United States 431 works
  3. 3 Brazil 279 works
  4. 4 India 203 works
  5. 5 Iran 172 works
  6. 6 Iraq 154 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 139 works
  8. 8 Egypt 138 works
  9. 9 France 119 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 106 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: 21.9%United States: 19.3%Brazil: 12.5%India: 9.1%6 others listed: 37.1%22%largest
China489 · 21.9%United States431 · 19.3%Brazil279 · 12.5%India203 · 9.1%6 others listed828 · 37.1%

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

Which institutions lead Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, South China Agricultural University publishes the most Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics research, followed by University of Al-Qadisiyah and Henan Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 24 works
  2. 2 University of Al-QadisiyahIraq 22 works
  3. 3 Henan Agricultural UniversityChina 19 works
  4. 4 University of MosulIraq 19 works
  5. 5 Van Yüzüncü Yıl ÜniversitesiTürkiye 18 works
  6. 6 Cairo UniversityEgypt 17 works
  7. 7 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 15 works
  8. 8 Tarbiat Modares UniversityIran 14 works
  9. 9 University of BaghdadIraq 13 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics include Peter J. Hotez, Ahmad Daryani and Mehdi Sharif.

  1. 1 Peter J. Hotez United States 5.1k citations
  2. 2 Ahmad Daryani Iran 4.4k citations
  3. 3 Mehdi Sharif Iran 3.7k citations
  4. 4 Jaco J. Verweij Netherlands 3.5k citations
  5. 5 Ali Rostami Iran 2.7k citations
  6. 6 Shahabeddin Sarvi Iran 2.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics research done?

The largest centres of Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Tehran (Iran) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ad Dīwānīyah.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 60 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 49 works
  3. 3 Tehran Iran 47 works
  4. 4 Mexico City Mexico 42 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 41 works
  6. 6 Paris France 36 works
  7. 7 Giza Egypt 35 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 32 works
  9. 9 Baghdad Iraq 32 works
  10. 10 Shanghai China 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Ad DīwānīyahIQ · 22.3 works39×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics?

Among universities, judged by research, Henan Agricultural University, South China Agricultural University and University of Bern 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 15.22%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Henan Agricultural University: 19, 32.8%South China Agricultural University: 24, 25.7%University of Bern: 12, 23.8%Cairo University: 17, 16.6%University of Al-Qadisiyah: 22, 0.0%Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi: 18, 5.3%Shanxi Agricultural University: 11, 18.7%Tarbiat Modares University: 14, 9.5%Suez Canal University: 8, 2.8%Alexandria University: 11, 17.0%Henan Agricultural U…South China Agricult…University of BernCairo University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Henan Agricultural UniversityChina 75.532.8%30.4×19 -6.2%
2 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 73.425.7%18.3×24 -12.3%
3 University of BernSwitzerland 62.923.8%8.0×12 +22.9%
4 Cairo UniversityEgypt 62.116.6%6.0×17 +182.1%
5 University of Al-QadisiyahIraq 61.30.0%39.0×22 +666.7%
6 Van Yüzüncü Yıl ÜniversitesiTürkiye 60.65.3%21.8×18 +300.7%
7 Shanxi Agricultural UniversityChina 55.718.7%23.2×11 —
8 Tarbiat Modares UniversityIran 51.79.5%12.7×14 +13.8%
9 Suez Canal UniversityEgypt 49.42.8%12.1×8 +258.9%
10 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 48.617.0%6.6×11 +32.7%

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 Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics.

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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.

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.