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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. 19.6% 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%
5.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+16%
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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 (715 and 520 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 715 works
  2. 2 China 520 works
  3. 3 India 397 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 173 works
  5. 5 Brazil 165 works
  6. 6 Germany 122 works
  7. 7 Japan 121 works
  8. 8 France 119 works
  9. 9 Nigeria 114 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 98 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: 28.1%China: 20.4%India: 15.6%United Kingdom: 6.8%6 others listed: 29.0%28%largest
United States715 · 28.1%China520 · 20.4%India397 · 15.6%United Kingdom173 · 6.8%6 others listed739 · 29.0%

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

Which institutions lead Virology and Viral Diseases research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes the most Virology and Viral Diseases research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States 21 works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 20 works
  3. 3 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 15 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 14 works
  5. 5 Yangzhou UniversityChina 14 works
  6. 6 Friedrich-Loeffler-InstitutGermany 13 works
  7. 7 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 13 works
  8. 8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 12 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 10 works
  10. 10 National Institute of Infectious DiseasesJapan 10 works

Where is Virology and Viral Diseases research done?

The largest centres of Virology and Viral Diseases research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Atlanta (United States) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 109 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 58 works
  3. 3 Atlanta United States 50 works
  4. 4 Paris France 46 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 43 works
  6. 6 Dhaka Bangladesh 39 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 38 works
  8. 8 New Delhi India 37 works
  9. 9 New York United States 37 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 35 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, Yangzhou University and University of Georgia 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 18.74%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 9, 36.4%Yangzhou University: 14, 29.9%University of Georgia: 10, 23.8%Johns Hopkins University: 12, 25.7%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 20, 6.9%Udayana University: 13, 0.9%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 10, 20.9%China Agricultural University: 8, 16.5%Universidade de São Paulo: 8, 18.2%South China Agricultural University: 9, 8.2%London School of Hyg…Yangzhou UniversityJohns Hopkins Univer…University of Georgia
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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 74.836.4%14.7×9 +57.9%
2 Yangzhou UniversityChina 50.329.9%5.8×14 -55.8%
3 University of GeorgiaUnited States 42.623.8%5.3×10 +23.4%
4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 41.925.7%2.8×12 +15.5%
5 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 36.76.9%2.9×20 +50.2%
6 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 33.00.9%4.1×13 +185.2%
7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 31.720.9%2.6×10 +8.7%
8 China Agricultural UniversityChina 25.716.5%3.4×8 +12.5%
9 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 24.318.2%1.1×8 +39.1%
10 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 23.08.2%5.9×9 -57.6%

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 Virology and Viral Diseases research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.