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Virology and Viral Diseases

Virology and Viral Diseases is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 28k 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 focuses on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, immune response, and zoonotic transmission of paramyxoviruses, including Nipah virus, measles virus, Hendra virus, and Newcastle disease virus. It also covers topics related to vaccine development and the global distribution of these viruses.

  • Paramyxovirus
  • Nipah Virus
  • Measles Virus
  • Hendra Virus
  • Newcastle Disease
  • Vaccine
  • Epidemiology
  • Immune Response
  • Viral Pathogenesis
  • Zoonotic Transmission
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Virology and Viral Diseases

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

Which countries lead Virology and Viral Diseases research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (896 and 689 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 896 works
  2. 2 China 689 works
  3. 3 India 460 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 217 works
  5. 5 Brazil 202 works
  6. 6 Germany 160 works
  7. 7 France 145 works
  8. 8 Japan 144 works
  9. 9 Nigeria 141 works
  10. 10 Australia 128 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: 28.2%China: 21.6%India: 14.5%United Kingdom: 6.8%6 others listed: 28.9%28%largest
United States896 · 28.2%China689 · 21.6%India460 · 14.5%United Kingdom217 · 6.8%6 others listed920 · 28.9%

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

Which institutions lead Virology and Viral Diseases research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Virology and Viral Diseases research, followed by United States Department of Health and Human Services and World Health Organization.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 57 works
  2. 2 United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States 40 works
  3. 3 World Health OrganizationSwitzerland 30 works
  4. 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 26 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 24 works
  6. 6 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 23 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 22 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 20 works
  9. 9 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 19 works
  10. 10 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 19 works

Who are the leading researchers in Virology and Viral Diseases?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Virology and Viral Diseases include Simon Iain Hay, Ali H. Mokdad and Jun Wang.

  1. 1 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  2. 2 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  3. 3 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  4. 4 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 317k citations
  5. 5 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  6. 6 Stephen S Lim United States 294k citations
  7. 7 Richard A. Gibbs United States 292k citations
  8. 8 Yousef Saleh Khader Jordan 274k citations
  9. 9 Andrea C. Tricco Canada 258k 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 Virology and Viral Diseases?

The most cited paper in Virology and Viral Diseases is "eggNOG 5.0: a hierarchical, functionally and phylogenetically annotated orthology resource based on 5090 organisms and 2502 viruses" (Jaime Huerta‐Cepas, Damian Szklarczyk, Davide Heller et al., 2018), with 5,477 citations. Next come "REVEL: An Ensemble Method for Predicting the Pathogenicity of Rare Missense Variants" (3,120) and "Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update" (3,077).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 eggNOG 5.0: a hierarchical, functionally and phylogenetically annotated orthology resource based on 5090 organisms and 2502 viruses Jaime Huerta‐Cepas, Damian Szklarczyk, Davide Heller et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 26 Oct 2018 5,477
2 REVEL: An Ensemble Method for Predicting the Pathogenicity of Rare Missense Variants Nilah M. Ioannidis et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access 22 Sep 2016 3,120
3 Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update Jinan Zeidan, Eric J Fombonne, Julie Scorah et al. · Autism Research ReviewOpen access 3 Mar 2022 3,077
4 Zika Virus Associated with Microcephaly Jernej Mlakar, Miša Korva, Nataša Tul et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 10 Feb 2016 2,952
5 Global Prevalence of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders Mayada Elsabbagh, Gauri Divan, Yun‐Joo Koh et al. · Autism Research Open access 11 Apr 2012 2,681
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Where is Virology and Viral Diseases research done?

The largest centres of Virology and Viral Diseases research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Atlanta (United States) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 135 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 73 works
  3. 3 AtlantaUnited States 62 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 57 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 49 works
  6. 6 DhakaBangladesh 48 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 46 works
  8. 8 New YorkUnited States 45 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 45 works
  10. 10 New DelhiIndia 44 works
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Where is the best place to study Virology and Viral Diseases?

Among universities, judged by research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 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.

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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.

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
1London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 74.420.7%18.1×13 +15.1%
2Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 66.114.4%3.0×22 -12.2%
3University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 63.218.8%2.3×15 -29.5%
4Fudan UniversityChina 60.827.2%1.4×10 +27.0%
5Yangzhou UniversityChina 57.012.6%6.8×17 +26.5%
6Harvard UniversityUnited States 56.713.3%1.0×15 -5.4%
7The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonUnited States 56.118.1%11.7×10 -24.3%
8University of GondarEthiopia 55.318.9%13.7×9 +81.6%
9Cornell UniversityUnited States 54.020.3%2.1×13 -2.9%
10University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 52.75.8%3.1×26 -12.2%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Virology and Viral Diseases, country by country

Is Virology and Viral Diseases research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Virology and Viral Diseases.

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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 Virology and Viral Diseases as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Virology and Viral Diseases 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.

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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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