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Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 15.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the genetic and pathogenic study of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague. It covers topics such as genomics, evolution, virulence factors, type III secretion system, biofilm formation, flea-borne transmission, and ancient DNA analysis.

  • Yersinia pestis
  • plague
  • genomics
  • evolution
  • virulence factors
  • type III secretion system
  • bacterial pathogenesis
  • biofilm formation
  • flea-borne transmission
  • ancient DNA
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+34%
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Which countries lead Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research research?

By volume, the United States and Russia publish the most (550 and 376 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 550 works
  2. 2 Russia 376 works
  3. 3 China 290 works
  4. 4 France 206 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 158 works
  6. 6 India 155 works
  7. 7 Brazil 124 works
  8. 8 Germany 95 works
  9. 9 Italy 84 works
  10. 10 Spain 74 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: 26.0%Russia: 17.8%China: 13.7%France: 9.8%6 others listed: 32.7%26%largest
United States550 · 26.0%Russia376 · 17.8%China290 · 13.7%France206 · 9.8%6 others listed690 · 32.7%

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

Which institutions lead Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Russian Scientific Research Institute Microbe publishes the most Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research research, followed by Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution and Rostov-on-Don Anti-plague Institute Rospotrebnadzor.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russian Scientific Research Institute MicrobeRussia 24 works
  2. 2 Severtsov Institute of Ecology and EvolutionRussia 21 works
  3. 3 Rostov-on-Don Anti-plague Institute RospotrebnadzorRussia 14 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 13 works
  5. 5 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 13 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 12 works
  7. 7 Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human WellbeingRussia 10 works
  8. 8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 9 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 9 works
  10. 10 Zoological InstituteRussia 9 works

Where is Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research research done?

The largest centres of Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Paris (France), Beijing (China) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saratov and Rostov-on-Don.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 111 works
  2. 2 Paris France 78 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 66 works
  4. 4 Saint Petersburg Russia 34 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 30 works
  6. 6 Saratov Russia 28 works
  7. 7 New York United States 24 works
  8. 8 São Paulo Brazil 23 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C. United States 23 works
  10. 10 Rostov-on-Don Russia 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SaratovRU · 27.9 works37×
  2. Rostov-on-DonRU · 21.6 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford and Lomonosov Moscow State 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.

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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 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 61.516.9%3.8×13 +184.8%
2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 46.619.0%2.3×10 +49.9%
3 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 29.43.2%3.2×9 +216.2%
4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 27.88.5%3.0×9 +78.6%

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 Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research.

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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.