Respiratory viral infections research

Respiratory viral infections research is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 50k 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 explores the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical impact of respiratory viral infections, with a focus on Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Human Metapneumovirus, bronchiolitis, viral pneumonia, and influenza virus. It covers topics such as disease burden, vaccine development, host immune response, and the impact of these infections on different age groups.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Human Metapneumovirus
Bronchiolitis
Viral Pneumonia
Influenza Virus
Viral Infections
Vaccine Development
Disease Burden
Host Immune Response
Epidemiology

Research works: 50k
In the world top 10%: 5k
Top-10% rate: 10.0%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +17%
Largest producer: United States

Respiratory viral infections research

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

Which countries lead Respiratory viral infections research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.8k and 1.7k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 2.8k works
2 China 1.7k works
3 United Kingdom 551 works
4 India 396 works
5 Italy 389 works
6 Japan 366 works
7 Spain 350 works
8 France 332 works
9 Germany 317 works
10 Canada 303 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 States2,821 · 37.4%China1,711 · 22.7%United Kingdom551 · 7.3%India396 · 5.3%6 others listed2,056 · 27.3%

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

Which institutions lead Respiratory viral infections research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Pfizer (United States) publishes the most Respiratory viral infections research research, followed by United States Department of Health and Human Services and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Pfizer (United States)United States 111 works
2 United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States 93 works
3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 79 works
4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 64 works
5 InsermFrance 50 works
6 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 50 works
7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 48 works
8 Emory UniversityUnited States 46 works
9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 45 works
10 The University of MelbourneAustralia 44 works

Who are the leading researchers in Respiratory viral infections research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Respiratory viral infections research include Christopher J L Murray, Simon Iain Hay and Theo Vos.

1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
2 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
3 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
4 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
5 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
6 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
7 Stacey L. Gabriel United States 402k citations
8 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
9 Julian P. T. Higgins United Kingdom 390k citations
10 Steven L. Salzberg United States 372k 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 Respiratory viral infections research?

The most cited paper in Respiratory viral infections research is "Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study" (Nanshan Chen, Min Zhou, Xuan Dong et al., 2020), with 22,766 citations. Next come "Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults" (6,286) and "SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens of Infected Patients" (5,210).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study Nanshan Chen, Min Zhou, Xuan Dong et al. · The Lancet Open access	30 Jan 2020	22,766
2	Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults Lionel A. Mandell, Richard G. Wunderink, Antonio Anzueto et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access	3 Feb 2007	6,286
3	SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens of Infected Patients Lirong Zou, Feng Ruan, Mingxing Huang et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	20 Feb 2020	5,210
4	Evolution and ecology of influenza A viruses Robert G. Webster, William J. Bean, Owen T. Gorman et al. · Microbiological Reviews Open access	Mar 1992	4,271
5	Asthma and Wheezing in the First Six Years of Life Fernando D. Martínez, Anne L. Wright, Lynn M. Taussig et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	19 Jan 1995	3,800

All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Respiratory viral infections research research done?

The largest centres of Respiratory viral infections research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Atlanta (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rahway.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 345 works
2 LondonUnited Kingdom 183 works
3 New YorkUnited States 164 works
4 AtlantaUnited States 162 works
5 ParisFrance 146 works
6 GuangzhouChina 126 works
7 TokyoJapan 120 works
8 SeoulSouth Korea 118 works
9 ShanghaiChina 117 works
10 MadridSpain 114 works

Where it is the local speciality

RahwayUS · 29.9 works32×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Respiratory viral infections research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Respiratory viral infections research?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Imperial College London and Erasmus University Rotterdam score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

above the meannear itbelow it

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.

Citation 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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Harvard UniversityUnited States	78.8	14.7%	2.6×	79	+27.9%
2	Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom	73.4	16.3%	3.9×	38	+7.5%
3	Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands	70.6	20.7%	4.0×	20	+10.7%
4	University of Hong KongChina	69.5	14.9%	3.4×	31	-2.8%
5	London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom	68.4	15.3%	13.5×	21	-3.3%
6	Emory UniversityUnited States	67.8	15.0%	5.9×	46	-7.1%
7	University of AntwerpBelgium	66.1	23.0%	3.4×	11	+29.0%
8	Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States	65.4	11.8%	5.7×	40	+13.6%
9	Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina	65.2	17.3%	4.1×	42	+94.0%
10	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	64.7	16.7%	2.2×	30	-9.2%
11	University of WashingtonUnited States	64.3	15.1%	2.8×	31	+7.6%
12	Yale UniversityUnited States	63.8	15.8%	2.9×	31	+59.5%
13	The University of MelbourneAustralia	62.5	11.5%	4.1×	44	+3.5%
14	University of CopenhagenDenmark	62.3	13.8%	3.2×	29	+106.8%
15	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom	62.2	19.8%	2.7×	23	-11.5%
16	University of MichiganUnited States	61.2	10.9%	2.7×	40	+9.2%
17	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States	60.6	11.8%	3.2×	48	-8.9%
18	University of RochesterUnited States	60.5	15.4%	5.5×	24	-26.0%
19	Baylor College of MedicineUnited States	60.2	14.3%	6.6×	32	-8.6%
20	Utrecht UniversityNetherlands	59.3	13.7%	3.5×	24	+4.3%
21	Zhejiang UniversityChina	58.3	18.2%	1.4×	38	+7.2%
22	University of TorontoCanada	57.7	13.9%	1.9×	38	-11.4%
23	University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom	57.6	12.5%	3.3×	17	+11.8%
24	University of CincinnatiUnited States	57.5	10.4%	4.7×	27	+35.7%
25	Chinese University of Hong KongChina	57.1	14.3%	2.6×	18	+13.0%
26	Washington University in St. LouisUnited States	57.0	10.4%	4.1×	29	+26.3%
27	Peking UniversityChina	56.9	15.1%	1.4×	28	+76.4%
28	National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece	56.6	19.6%	2.9×	14	+57.7%
29	Capital Medical UniversityChina	56.2	14.9%	3.9×	40	+1.4%
30	Universitat de BarcelonaSpain	56.0	17.9%	2.2×	17	+16.0%
31	Northwestern UniversityUnited States	55.8	10.4%	3.2×	26	+14.8%
32	Georgia State UniversityUnited States	55.6	22.6%	4.0×	11	+14.7%
33	University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States	55.4	4.0%	3.7×	64	+6.1%
34	Fudan UniversityChina	55.3	10.6%	2.5×	38	+49.9%
35	University of GeorgiaUnited States	55.3	15.9%	6.1×	26	-13.7%
36	Stanford UniversityUnited States	54.7	11.5%	1.9×	28	+9.1%
37	University of PittsburghUnited States	54.6	10.5%	3.9×	30	+9.8%
38	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States	54.6	16.9%	1.1×	9	+31.7%
39	Nanjing Medical UniversityChina	54.5	15.6%	3.4×	29	+83.5%
40	The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonUnited States	54.5	10.7%	10.8×	19	+0.8%
41	Karolinska InstitutetSweden	53.5	18.7%	2.9×	16	-10.0%
42	University of Colorado DenverUnited States	52.3	12.8%	6.4×	20	+1.3%
43	Guangzhou Medical UniversityChina	52.2	10.8%	7.6×	27	+51.3%
44	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina	51.1	21.8%	0.6×	10	+56.7%
45	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States	49.6	18.2%	1.5×	16	-17.7%
46	University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, FoundationGermany	49.3	13.1%	19.6×	10	+63.0%
47	National University of SingaporeSingapore	48.6	15.9%	1.4×	16	-13.9%
48	University of BernSwitzerland	44.0	12.5%	2.7×	15	-3.9%
49	Nagasaki UniversityJapan	39.3	10.3%	7.8×	10	+12.0%
50	University of GenevaSwitzerland	39.2	11.9%	2.4×	10	-18.5%
51	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	35.3	5.0%	1.4×	13	+79.6%
52	Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands	34.0	13.5%	1.5×	9	-10.7%
53	Dankook UniversitySouth Korea	25.9	1.8%	7.7×	11	+171.6%
54	Universitat de les Illes BalearsSpain	22.3	1.5%	8.3×	10	-0.3%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Respiratory viral infections research, country by country

Is Respiratory viral infections research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Respiratory viral infections research.

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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 Respiratory viral infections research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.044% in 2024.

Fractional works of Respiratory viral infections research 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.

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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Which countries lead Respiratory viral infections research research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Respiratory viral infections research research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Respiratory viral infections research?

What are the most cited papers in Respiratory viral infections research?

Where is Respiratory viral infections research research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Respiratory viral infections research?

Is Respiratory viral infections research research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion