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Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology is a research topic within Infectious Diseases. Science Explorer counts 61k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to tuberculosis, including research on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, drug resistance, immune response, diagnosis methods, vaccine development, host-pathogen interaction, treatment regimens, epidemiology, and genetic diversity. The papers cover various aspects of tuberculosis from molecular mechanisms to global epidemiological trends.

  • Tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Drug Resistance
  • Immune Response
  • Diagnosis
  • Vaccine
  • Host-Pathogen Interaction
  • Treatment
  • Epidemiology
  • Genetic Diversity
Research works
61k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
22% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

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

Which countries lead Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.8k and 1.7k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.8k works
  2. 2 India 1.7k works
  3. 3 China 1.6k works
  4. 4 Indonesia 628 works
  5. 5 Brazil 577 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 509 works
  7. 7 South Africa 368 works
  8. 8 Russia 313 works
  9. 9 South Korea 252 works
  10. 10 Japan 252 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: 22.1%India: 21.5%China: 20.0%Indonesia: 7.9%6 others listed: 28.5%22%largest
United States1,758 · 22.1%India1,710 · 21.5%China1,593 · 20.0%Indonesia628 · 7.9%6 others listed2,270 · 28.5%

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

Which institutions lead Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Capital Medical University publishes the most Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Indian Council of Medical Research.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Capital Medical UniversityChina 113 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 94 works
  3. 3 Indian Council of Medical ResearchIndia 83 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 76 works
  5. 5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 69 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 60 works
  7. 7 University of Cape TownSouth Africa 59 works
  8. 8 Fudan UniversityChina 53 works
  9. 9 Sichuan UniversityChina 49 works
  10. 10 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 48 works

Who are the leading researchers in Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology include Christopher J L Murray, Eric S. Lander and Simon Iain Hay.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Eric S. Lander United States 524k citations
  3. 3 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  4. 4 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  5. 5 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  6. 6 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  7. 7 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
  8. 8 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  9. 9 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  10. 10 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k 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 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology?

The most cited paper in Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology is "Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence" (Stewart Thomas Cole et al., 1998), with 7,928 citations. Next come "Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis" (6,293) and "An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases" (6,190).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence Stewart Thomas Cole et al. · Nature Open access Jun 1998 7,928
2 Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis Evelina Tacconelli et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 21 Dec 2017 6,293
3 An Official ATS/IDSA Statement: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases David E. Griffith, Timothy R. Aksamit, Barbara A. Brown‐Elliott et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Feb 2007 6,190
4 Drug repurposing: progress, challenges and recommendations Sudeep P. Pushpakom, Francesco Iorio, Patrick A. Eyers et al. · Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Review 12 Oct 2018 4,863
5 Tuberculosis Associated with Infliximab, a Tumor Necrosis Factor α–Neutralizing Agent Joseph Keane, Sharon K. Gershon, Robert P. Wise et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Oct 2001 3,730
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Where is Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research done?

The largest centres of Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), New Delhi (India) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cape Town and Kampala.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 304 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 224 works
  3. 3 New DelhiIndia 219 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 144 works
  5. 5 SeoulSouth Korea 129 works
  6. 6 ChennaiIndia 124 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 123 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 111 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 98 works
  10. 10 KampalaUganda 94 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Cape TownZA · 86.8 works17×
  2. KampalaUG · 93.6 works17×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Capital Medical University and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 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.

0%20%40%mean 17.95%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Harvard UniversityUniversity of Cape T…London School of Hyg…Capital Medical Univ…
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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.

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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 71.519.0%2.2×76 +12.6%
2Capital Medical UniversityChina 66.513.6%9.7×113 +29.9%
3London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 63.216.8%26.7×46 -21.8%
4University of Cape TownSouth Africa 62.116.9%15.5×59 -24.4%
5Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 59.721.2%4.3×28 -6.8%
6Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 58.917.6%4.1×69 -18.4%
7Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 57.734.2%1.5×12 +8.2%
8Makerere UniversityUganda 57.29.1%20.7×40 +36.3%
9Fudan UniversityChina 56.914.9%3.0×52 +30.2%
10University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 56.216.2%4.4×34 +4.5%

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 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, country by country

Is Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

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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 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.051% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology0.054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology 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%Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology9.9% 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.

Questions people ask

Who is researching a cure for tuberculosis?

By volume in 2022-now, Capital Medical University publishes the most Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Indian Council of Medical Research. By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.8k and 1.7k works in 2022-now).

Which countries lead tuberculosis research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.8k and 1.7k works in 2022-now).

Which countries lead Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research?
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