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Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research is a research topic within Infectious Diseases. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 20.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses research on the Ebola virus, including its transmission, pathogenesis, genomic surveillance, vaccine development, and the impact of public health measures. It also covers topics related to outbreaks, reservoirs of the virus, and the immune response to Ebola infection.

  • Ebola Virus
  • Outbreak
  • Vaccine
  • Transmission
  • Reservoirs
  • Pathogenesis
  • Genomic Surveillance
  • Public Health Measures
  • Immune Response
  • Zoonotic Origin
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+39%
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 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 483 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 China 483 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 327 works
  4. 4 India 316 works
  5. 5 Nigeria 267 works
  6. 6 France 194 works
  7. 7 Brazil 172 works
  8. 8 Canada 159 works
  9. 9 Germany 144 works
  10. 10 Australia 130 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: 35.9%China: 14.1%United Kingdom: 9.6%India: 9.2%6 others listed: 31.2%36%largest
United States1,228 · 35.9%China483 · 14.1%United Kingdom327 · 9.6%India316 · 9.2%6 others listed1,066 · 31.2%

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

Which institutions lead Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research research, followed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 34 works
  2. 2 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States 32 works
  3. 3 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 29 works
  4. 4 World Health OrganizationSwitzerland 28 works
  5. 5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 27 works
  6. 6 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 26 works
  7. 7 The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonUnited States 24 works
  8. 8 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesUnited States 23 works
  9. 9 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 19 works
  10. 10 Makerere UniversityUganda 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research include Simon I Hay and Yousef Khader.

  1. 1 Simon I Hay United States 12k citations
  2. 2 Yousef Khader Jordan 7.7k citations

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

Where is Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research research done?

The largest centres of Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and Atlanta (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kinshasa, Abuja and Kampala.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 130 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 112 works
  3. 3 Paris France 91 works
  4. 4 Atlanta United States 87 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C. United States 59 works
  6. 6 Kampala Uganda 59 works
  7. 7 Bethesda United States 54 works
  8. 8 New York United States 54 works
  9. 9 Geneva Switzerland 52 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 49 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KinshasaCD · 24.7 works33×
  2. AbujaNG · 46.4 works30×
  3. KampalaUG · 58.8 works25×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research?

Among universities, judged by research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and University of Oxford 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 24.32%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 29, 30.0%The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston: 24, 32.7%University of Oxford: 27, 32.7%Makerere University: 18, 21.8%University of Kinshasa: 10, 20.8%Johns Hopkins University: 26, 26.1%University of Ghana: 11, 19.1%University of Ibadan: 14, 13.2%University of Sierra Leone: 8, 15.7%Tulane University: 10, 31.1%The University of Te…University of OxfordLondon School of Hyg…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 84.830.0%35.0×29 +195.6%
2 The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonUnited States 66.332.7%25.3×24 +26.8%
3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 64.132.7%3.9×27 +174.4%
4 Makerere UniversityUganda 55.921.8%18.5×18 +0.6%
5 University of KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo 55.020.8%25.4×10 +142.9%
6 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 54.726.1%4.4×26 +126.3%
7 University of GhanaGhana 54.319.1%9.6×11 +147.8%
8 University of IbadanNigeria 52.613.2%10.2×14 +147.8%
9 University of Sierra LeoneSierra Leone 52.015.7%63.3×8 +1032.9%
10 Tulane UniversityUnited States 47.331.1%7.4×10 +28.8%

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 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Viral Infections and Outbreaks 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.

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.