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Research on Leishmaniasis Studies

Research on Leishmaniasis Studies is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 30k 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 covers a wide range of topics related to leishmaniasis, including its global incidence, treatment, diagnosis, parasite biology, immunity, drug resistance, sandfly vectors, vaccine development, epidemiology, and the impact of the disease on society. The papers discuss various challenges and opportunities in the management and control of leishmaniasis.

  • Leishmaniasis
  • Treatment
  • Diagnosis
  • Parasite
  • Immunity
  • Drug Resistance
  • Sandflies
  • Vaccine Development
  • Epidemiology
  • Protozoan Infections
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Research on Leishmaniasis Studies

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Research on Leishmaniasis Studies research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (1k and 454 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 1k works
  2. 2 United States 454 works
  3. 3 India 382 works
  4. 4 Iran 265 works
  5. 5 Spain 194 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 166 works
  7. 7 China 156 works
  8. 8 Italy 120 works
  9. 9 France 115 works
  10. 10 Mexico 102 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.

Brazil: 34.6%United States: 15.2%India: 12.8%Iran: 8.9%6 others listed: 28.6%35%largest
Brazil1,032 · 34.6%United States454 · 15.2%India382 · 12.8%Iran265 · 8.9%6 others listed854 · 28.6%

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

Which institutions lead Research on Leishmaniasis Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz publishes the most Research on Leishmaniasis Studies research, followed by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 132 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 52 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 49 works
  4. 4 Institut PasteurFrance 39 works
  5. 5 Indian Council of Medical ResearchIndia 31 works
  6. 6 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 29 works
  7. 7 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 29 works
  8. 8 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 28 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 28 works
  10. 10 Instituto de Salud Carlos IIISpain 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Research on Leishmaniasis Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Research on Leishmaniasis Studies include Simon Iain Hay, Steven L. Salzberg and Shizuo Akira.

  1. 1 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  2. 2 Steven L. Salzberg United States 372k citations
  3. 3 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  4. 4 Elie A. Akl Canada 313k citations
  5. 5 Salim Yusuf Canada 294k citations
  6. 6 Yousef Saleh Khader Jordan 274k 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 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies?

The most cited paper in Research on Leishmaniasis Studies is "Leishmaniasis Worldwide and Global Estimates of Its Incidence" (Jorge Alvar, Iván Darío Vélez, Caryn Bern et al., 2012), with 5,260 citations. Next come "Structure of Mpro from SARS-CoV-2 and discovery of its inhibitors" (4,560) and "ACETYLORNITHINASE OF ESCHERICHIA COLI: PARTIAL PURIFICATION AND SOME PROPERTIES" (4,027).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Leishmaniasis Worldwide and Global Estimates of Its Incidence Jorge Alvar, Iván Darío Vélez, Caryn Bern et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 31 May 2012 5,260
2 Structure of Mpro from SARS-CoV-2 and discovery of its inhibitors Zhenming Jin et al. · Nature Open access 9 Apr 2020 4,560
3 ACETYLORNITHINASE OF ESCHERICHIA COLI: PARTIAL PURIFICATION AND SOME PROPERTIES Henry J. Vogel, David M. Bonner · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access 1956 4,027
4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS OF THE NFAT FAMILY:Regulation and Function Anjana Rao, Chun Huai Luo, Patrick G. Hogan · Annual Review of Immunology Review Apr 1997 2,631
5 Human schistosomiasis Daniel G Colley, Amaya L Bustinduy, W Evan Secor et al. · The Lancet Open access 31 Mar 2014 2,419
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Where is Research on Leishmaniasis Studies research done?

The largest centres of Research on Leishmaniasis Studies research in 2022-now are Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), São Paulo (Brazil), Tehran (Iran) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in São Luís.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 194 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 161 works
  3. 3 TehranIran 88 works
  4. 4 Belo HorizonteBrazil 79 works
  5. 5 MadridSpain 61 works
  6. 6 New DelhiIndia 50 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 46 works
  8. 8 Buenos AiresArgentina 44 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 44 works
  10. 10 Mexico CityMexico 42 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. São LuísBR · 25.3 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Research on Leishmaniasis Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Research on Leishmaniasis Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Banaras Hindu University, Charles University and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 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%mean 17.01%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Banaras Hindu Univer…Charles UniversityUniversidade de São …Universidade Federal…
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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
1Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 67.923.7%6.9×22 -7.9%
2Charles UniversityCzechia 57.822.6%6.8×13 -1.8%
3Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 57.79.5%17.5×52 -19.8%
4Universidade de São PauloBrazil 57.710.8%6.0×49 -42.5%
5London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 55.214.3%18.5×12 -27.0%
6Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 54.620.8%7.2×9 +94.2%
7University of Bari Aldo MoroItaly 54.121.0%7.6×10 +41.7%
8University of YorkUnited Kingdom 51.912.5%9.1×12 -3.4%
9University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 51.721.0%1.9×11 -20.8%
10McGill UniversityCanada 51.313.9%2.9×12 +8.0%

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 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, country by country

Is Research on Leishmaniasis Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Research on Leishmaniasis Studies0.018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Research on Leishmaniasis Studies 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%Research on Leishmaniasis Studies10.3% 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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