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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 14.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of Pneumocystis pneumonia, particularly in the context of HIV infection and immunocompromised patients. It covers topics such as opportunistic infections, colonization by Pneumocystis, impact of antiretroviral therapy, and the clinical significance of Pneumocystis colonization.

  • Pneumocystis
  • Pneumonia
  • HIV
  • Opportunistic Infections
  • Antiretroviral Therapy
  • Colonization
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Immunocompromised Patients
  • Epidemiology
Research works
32k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
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 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1k and 575 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1k works
  2. 2 China 575 works
  3. 3 India 320 works
  4. 4 Japan 172 works
  5. 5 France 161 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 160 works
  7. 7 Spain 147 works
  8. 8 Germany 119 works
  9. 9 Brazil 112 works
  10. 10 Italy 111 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: 35.8%China: 19.7%India: 11.0%Japan: 5.9%6 others listed: 27.7%36%largest
United States1,044 · 35.8%China575 · 19.7%India320 · 11.0%Japan172 · 5.9%6 others listed809 · 27.7%

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

Which institutions lead Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Johns Hopkins University publishes the most Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment research, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Who are the leading researchers in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment include Hagop M. Kantarjian.

  1. 1 Hagop M. Kantarjian United States 4k citations

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

Where is Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment research done?

The largest centres of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Paris (France) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kampala.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 105 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 63 works
  3. 3 Paris France 63 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 53 works
  5. 5 Madrid Spain 51 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 51 works
  7. 7 New York United States 50 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 47 works
  9. 9 New Delhi India 46 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 35 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KampalaUG · 25.6 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand and Makerere 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%30%mean 18.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Cape Town: 12, 20.7%University of the Witwatersrand: 12, 17.9%Makerere University: 10, 12.6%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 15, 14.9%Johns Hopkins University: 17, 15.8%Capital Medical University: 13, 14.6%Emory University: 12, 18.4%Harvard University: 9, 25.9%KU Leuven: 8, 23.2%Yale University: 9, 17.6%University of Cape T…University of the Wi…Chinese Academy of M…Makerere 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 University of Cape TownSouth Africa 69.120.7%9.0×12 +10.8%
2 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa 56.217.9%6.7×12 +15.8%
3 Makerere UniversityUganda 54.412.6%12.6×10 +1.1%
4 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 51.814.9%3.7×15 +80.2%
5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 49.215.8%3.8×17 -9.1%
6 Capital Medical UniversityChina 48.814.6%5.2×13 +59.1%
7 Emory UniversityUnited States 46.518.4%4.0×12 +34.4%
8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 45.525.9%1.8×9 +4.2%
9 KU LeuvenBelgium 41.823.2%2.2×8 +0.9%
10 Yale UniversityUnited States 41.717.6%2.1×9 +105.0%

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 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment.

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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.