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Poxvirus research and outbreaks

Poxvirus research and outbreaks is a research topic within Virology. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, pathobiology, and immune response to monkeypox virus infection in humans. It covers topics such as viral transmission, smallpox vaccination, immune evasion mechanisms, zoonotic aspects, and the clinical management of monkeypox cases.

  • Monkeypox Virus
  • Smallpox Vaccination
  • Immune Evasion
  • Viral Pathogens
  • Zoonotic Disease
  • Vaccinia Virus
  • Orthopoxvirus Infections
  • Epidemiological Characteristics
  • Host Immunity
  • Viral Transmission
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+213%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Poxvirus research and outbreaks

Which countries lead Poxvirus research and outbreaks research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (662 and 443 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 662 works
  2. 2 China 443 works
  3. 3 India 433 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 141 works
  5. 5 Brazil 126 works
  6. 6 Spain 105 works
  7. 7 Italy 103 works
  8. 8 France 103 works
  9. 9 Germany 95 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 93 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: 28.7%China: 19.2%India: 18.8%United Kingdom: 6.1%6 others listed: 27.1%29%largest
United States662 · 28.7%China443 · 19.2%India433 · 18.8%United Kingdom141 · 6.1%6 others listed625 · 27.1%

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

Which institutions lead Poxvirus research and outbreaks research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Poxvirus research and outbreaks research, followed by United States Department of Health and Human Services and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 30 works
  2. 2 United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States 25 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 22 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 20 works
  5. 5 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 16 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 15 works
  7. 7 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 15 works
  8. 8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 14 works
  9. 9 Institut PasteurFrance 13 works
  10. 10 Chitkara UniversityIndia 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Poxvirus research and outbreaks?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Poxvirus research and outbreaks include Guido Kroemer, Shizuo Akira and Gordon Henry Guyatt.

  1. 1 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  2. 2 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  3. 3 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  4. 4 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  5. 5 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  6. 6 Kenji Shibuya Japan 242k 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 Poxvirus research and outbreaks?

The most cited paper in Poxvirus research and outbreaks is "Nextstrain: real-time tracking of pathogen evolution" (James N. Hadfield, Colin Megill, Sidney M. Bell et al., 2018), with 3,513 citations. Next come "Vaccination with ALVAC and AIDSVAX to Prevent HIV-1 Infection in Thailand" (3,067) and "Human Infection with a Novel Avian-Origin Influenza A (H7N9) Virus" (2,357).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nextstrain: real-time tracking of pathogen evolution James N. Hadfield, Colin Megill, Sidney M. Bell et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 16 May 2018 3,513
2 Vaccination with ALVAC and AIDSVAX to Prevent HIV-1 Infection in Thailand Supachai Rerks‐Ngarm et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 20 Oct 2009 3,067
3 Human Infection with a Novel Avian-Origin Influenza A (H7N9) Virus Rongbao Gao et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Apr 2013 2,357
4 Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries — April–June 2022 John Patrick Thornhill et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 Jul 2022 2,219
5 The changing epidemiology of human monkeypox—A potential threat? A systematic review Eveline M. Bunge, Bernard Hoet, Liddy M. Chen et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases ReviewOpen access 11 Feb 2022 1,977
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Where is Poxvirus research and outbreaks research done?

The largest centres of Poxvirus research and outbreaks research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Paris (France) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 106 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 55 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 48 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 45 works
  5. 5 AtlantaUnited States 40 works
  6. 6 New DelhiIndia 39 works
  7. 7 MadridSpain 38 works
  8. 8 DhakaBangladesh 38 works
  9. 9 ChennaiIndia 34 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 30 works
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Where is the best place to study Poxvirus research and outbreaks?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and Emory 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.

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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
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 85.821.2%1.5×15 +469.5%
2Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 64.011.4%2.7×14 +414.4%
3Emory UniversityUnited States 60.712.2%3.9×10 +392.9%
4University of TorontoCanada 53.513.6%1.8×12 -
5All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 48.33.8%4.1×15 +496.5%
6Cornell UniversityUnited States 47.79.8%2.5×11 +235.8%
7Saveetha UniversityIndia 42.611.0%3.2×10 -
8Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 42.416.5%2.7×9 -
9University College LondonUnited Kingdom 42.414.2%1.6×8 +43.2%
10Chitkara UniversityIndia 40.84.5%9.5×12 -

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 Poxvirus research and outbreaks, country by country

Is Poxvirus research and outbreaks research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 213% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Poxvirus research and outbreaks.

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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 Poxvirus research and outbreaks as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Poxvirus research and outbreaks 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%Poxvirus research and outbreaks10.2% 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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