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Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy is a research topic within Health. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 19.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the multifaceted issue of vaccine hesitancy, including its determinants, impact on immunization coverage, and implications for global health. It delves into factors such as risk perception, herd immunity, and the influence of social media on vaccination attitudes. The research also addresses strategies to improve vaccine acceptance and access, highlighting the importance of trust in vaccination efforts.

  • Vaccine Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 Vaccine
  • Health Behavior
  • Risk Perception
  • Herd Immunity
  • Vaccination Intention
  • Global Access
  • Social Media
  • Trust in Vaccination
  • Immunization Coverage
Research works
38k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+195%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (3.5k and 798 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 3.5k works
  2. 2 India 798 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 733 works
  4. 4 China 632 works
  5. 5 Brazil 561 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 517 works
  7. 7 Canada 452 works
  8. 8 Italy 398 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 384 works
  10. 10 Australia 353 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: 42.0%India: 9.6%United Kingdom: 8.8%China: 7.6%6 others listed: 32.0%42%largest
United States3,492 · 42.0%India798 · 9.6%United Kingdom733 · 8.8%China632 · 7.6%6 others listed2,664 · 32.0%

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

Which institutions lead Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy research, followed by Johns Hopkins University and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 150 works
  2. 2 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 70 works
  3. 3 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 54 works
  4. 4 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States 47 works
  5. 5 University of WashingtonUnited States 41 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 39 works
  7. 7 University of TorontoCanada 35 works
  8. 8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 33 works
  9. 9 University of MichiganUnited States 31 works
  10. 10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy include Aziz Sheikh, Martin McKee and Ziad A. Memish.

  1. 1 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom 5.8k citations
  2. 2 Martin McKee United Kingdom 5.4k citations
  3. 3 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia 5.3k citations
  4. 4 André Karch Germany 5.2k citations

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

Where is Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy research done?

The largest centres of Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Atlanta (United States) and Chapel Hill (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rahway.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 299 works
  2. 2 New York United States 183 works
  3. 3 Atlanta United States 159 works
  4. 4 Chapel Hill United States 154 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 137 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C. United States 120 works
  7. 7 Baltimore United States 109 works
  8. 8 New Delhi India 103 works
  9. 9 Boston United States 103 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 102 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RahwayUS · 22.4 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy?

Among universities, judged by research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of Gondar and St George's, University of London 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%60%mean 34.08%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 54, 38.2%University of Gondar: 24, 43.0%St George's, University of London: 10, 32.8%Johns Hopkins University: 70, 33.6%National University Health System: 9, 30.2%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 150, 4.9%University of London: 9, 40.3%Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: 16, 28.2%University of Georgia: 11, 41.8%University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli": 10, 47.8%University of GondarLondon School of Hyg…Johns Hopkins Univer…St George's, Univers…
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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 79.638.2%26.4×54 +105.0%
2 University of GondarEthiopia 67.143.0%11.8×24 —
3 St George's, University of LondonUnited Kingdom 59.032.8%9.4×10 +94.8%
4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 56.833.6%4.9×70 +55.6%
5 National University Health SystemSingapore 55.930.2%10.1×9 —
6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 54.54.9%6.5×150 +245.0%
7 University of LondonUnited Kingdom 54.340.3%6.9×9 +33.6%
8 Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly 50.728.2%4.4×16 +225.7%
9 University of GeorgiaUnited States 49.741.8%1.8×11 +419.0%
10 University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"Italy 49.347.8%3.7×10 —

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 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 195% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

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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.