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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. 13.8% 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%
8.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+17%
the tick is no change

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 (1.5k and 1.5k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.5k works
  2. 2 India 1.5k works
  3. 3 China 1.3k works
  4. 4 Indonesia 536 works
  5. 5 Brazil 494 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 440 works
  7. 7 South Africa 318 works
  8. 8 Russia 277 works
  9. 9 South Korea 225 works
  10. 10 Japan 215 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: 22.0%India: 21.9%China: 19.4%Indonesia: 7.9%6 others listed: 28.9%22%largest
United States1,497 · 22.0%India1,489 · 21.9%China1,323 · 19.4%Indonesia536 · 7.9%6 others listed1,969 · 28.9%

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

Which institutions lead Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Chest Hospital publishes the most Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Airlangga University.

Who are the leading researchers in Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology include Vivekanand Jha, Ziad A. Memish and Joshua A. Salomon.

  1. 1 Vivekanand Jha India 5.8k citations
  2. 2 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia 5.3k citations
  3. 3 Joshua A. Salomon United States 5.1k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research done?

The largest centres of Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research in 2022–2025 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 Kampala and Cape Town.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 262 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 198 works
  3. 3 New Delhi India 191 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 128 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 117 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 109 works
  7. 7 Chennai India 106 works
  8. 8 São Paulo Brazil 93 works
  9. 9 Paris France 84 works
  10. 10 Kampala Uganda 84 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KampalaUG · 83.7 works18×
  2. Cape TownZA · 75.1 works17×
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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, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of Cape Town and Makerere 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.

0%20%40%mean 20.69%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 37, 28.8%University of Cape Town: 37, 24.1%Makerere University: 37, 14.4%Harvard Global Health Institute: 10, 22.4%Stellenbosch University: 38, 18.7%Addis Ababa University: 24, 19.0%Capital Medical University: 38, 19.2%University of Gondar: 16, 19.5%Mbarara University of Science and Technology: 8, 21.0%University of KwaZulu-Natal: 25, 19.8%London School of Hyg…University of Cape T…Harvard Global Healt…Makerere University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 79.628.8%23.3×37 +48.4%
2 University of Cape TownSouth Africa 69.424.1%10.7×37 +10.6%
3 Makerere UniversityUganda 65.014.4%19.2×37 +55.6%
4 Harvard Global Health InstituteUnited States 63.222.4%34.3×10 +112.1%
5 Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa 62.918.7%9.6×38 +2.0%
6 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 60.519.0%9.4×24 +60.4%
7 Capital Medical UniversityChina 58.019.2%6.2×38 +99.3%
8 University of GondarEthiopia 57.919.5%10.1×16 +95.7%
9 Mbarara University of Science and TechnologyUganda 53.521.0%21.3×8 +70.5%
10 University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa 53.219.8%6.5×25 +43.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.