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Rabies epidemiology and control

Rabies epidemiology and control is a research topic within Virology. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, transmission dynamics, control strategies, and host-pathogen interactions of the Rabies virus. It covers topics such as the role of bats as reservoir hosts, canine rabies burden estimation, human rabies neuropathogenesis, viral transneuronal tracing, vaccination campaigns, and the molecular virology of Rabies.

  • Rabies
  • Virus
  • Transmission
  • Control
  • Epidemiology
  • Hosts
  • Bats
  • Vaccination
  • Pathogenesis
  • Diagnosis
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Rabies epidemiology and control

Which countries lead Rabies epidemiology and control research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (721 and 416 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 721 works
  2. 2 India 416 works
  3. 3 Brazil 338 works
  4. 4 China 288 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 184 works
  6. 6 Australia 125 works
  7. 7 France 118 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 115 works
  9. 9 Germany 110 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 98 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%India: 16.5%Brazil: 13.4%China: 11.5%6 others listed: 29.9%29%largest
United States721 · 28.7%India416 · 16.5%Brazil338 · 13.4%China288 · 11.5%6 others listed751 · 29.9%

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

Which institutions lead Rabies epidemiology and control research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Rabies epidemiology and control research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 22 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 19 works
  3. 3 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 19 works
  4. 4 United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States 17 works
  5. 5 The University of QueenslandAustralia 17 works
  6. 6 Institut PasteurFrance 16 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 15 works
  8. 8 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 14 works
  9. 9 Instituto ButantanBrazil 14 works
  10. 10 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Rabies epidemiology and control?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Rabies epidemiology and control include Simon Iain Hay, Rakhi Dandona and Lalit Dandona.

  1. 1 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  2. 2 Rakhi Dandona United States 280k citations
  3. 3 Lalit Dandona United States 268k citations
  4. 4 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  5. 5 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k 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 Rabies epidemiology and control?

The most cited paper in Rabies epidemiology and control is "Toxoplasma gondii: from animals to humans" (Astrid Margareta Tenter, Anja R. Heckeroth, Louis M. Weiss, 2000), with 3,749 citations. Next come "Bayesian Phylogeography Finds Its Roots" (1,939) and "Estimating the Global Burden of Endemic Canine Rabies" (1,859).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Toxoplasma gondii: from animals to humans Astrid Margareta Tenter, Anja R. Heckeroth, Louis M. Weiss · International Journal for Parasitology Open access Nov 2000 3,749
2 Bayesian Phylogeography Finds Its Roots Philippe Lemey, Andrew Rambaut, Alexei J. Drummond et al. · PLoS Computational Biology Open access 25 Sep 2009 1,939
3 Estimating the Global Burden of Endemic Canine Rabies Katie Hampson et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 16 Apr 2015 1,859
4 Epidemiology of and Diagnostic Strategies for Toxoplasmosis Florence Robert-Gangneux, Marie‐Laure Dardé · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access Apr 2012 1,836
5 ZOO Pin‐Yu Chen, Huan Zhang, Yash Sharma et al. Conference paperOpen access 3 Nov 2017 1,780
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Where is Rabies epidemiology and control research done?

The largest centres of Rabies epidemiology and control research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 81 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 55 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 42 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 41 works
  5. 5 New DelhiIndia 35 works
  6. 6 BangkokThailand 30 works
  7. 7 BengaluruIndia 30 works
  8. 8 Mexico CityMexico 28 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 26 works
  10. 10 AtlantaUnited States 25 works
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Where is the best place to study Rabies epidemiology and control?

Among universities, judged by research, The University of Queensland, University of Glasgow and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) 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 18.97%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of GlasgowThe University of Qu…Universidad de Costa…Universidade Estadua…
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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
1The University of QueenslandAustralia 67.020.1%4.9×17 -7.8%
2University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 61.523.6%4.4×10 +4.8%
3Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 61.215.5%6.2×19 +16.3%
4Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 58.216.4%17.6×12 -25.5%
5Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 55.631.7%7.2×9 -15.7%
6University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom 54.116.4%4.6×10 +12.7%
7Mahidol UniversityThailand 52.726.7%5.0×9 +23.1%
8All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 52.32.1%5.5×22 +57.2%
9University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 52.120.3%1.9×10 -5.5%
10University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 41.816.9%3.0×9 -31.1%

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 Rabies epidemiology and control, country by country

Is Rabies epidemiology and control research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Rabies epidemiology 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 Rabies epidemiology and control as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.017% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Rabies epidemiology and control0.017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rabies epidemiology 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%Rabies epidemiology and control10.3% 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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Who is researching a cure for rabies?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Rabies epidemiology and control research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). By volume, the United States and India publish the most (721 and 416 works in 2022-now).

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