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Veterinary research

Veterinary is a field of the Health Sciences. Science Explorer counts 197k research works in it since 1950. 15.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals.

Research works
197k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
31k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
11
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is Veterinary research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Animal Welfare, Emotional State, Stress Indicators, Epidemiology, Pain Assessment, Anthelmintic Resistance. Gaining share since 2009–13: Emotional State, Stress Indicators, Animal Welfare. Losing share: Brachyspira, Proliferative Enteropathy, Equine Health, Welfare Assessment.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Animal Welfare11k▲ 1.21×2 topics
  2. Emotional State8,087▲ 1.32×1 topic
  3. Stress Indicators8,087▲ 1.32×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology6,051◆ 0.94×2 topics
  5. Pain Assessment4,962◆ 0.99×2 topics
  6. Anthelmintic Resistance4,314◆ 0.94×1 topic
  7. Nematodes4,314◆ 0.94×1 topic
  8. Equine Health3,719▼ 0.86×1 topic
  9. Welfare Assessment3,719▼ 0.86×1 topic
  10. Oomycetes3,610◆ 0.91×1 topic
  11. Retroviruses3,610◆ 0.91×1 topic
  12. ARRIVE Guidelines2,960◆ 0.95×1 topic
  13. Animal Research Reporting2,960◆ 0.95×1 topic
  14. Anesthesia2,736◆ 0.96×1 topic
  15. Tramadol2,736◆ 0.96×1 topic
  16. Acute Phase Proteins2,615◆ 1.03×1 topic
  17. Veterinary Diagnosis2,615◆ 1.03×1 topic
  18. Canine2,226◆ 1.02×1 topic
  19. Orthopedic2,226◆ 1.02×1 topic
  20. Chronic Kidney Disease2,021◆ 1.06×1 topic
  21. Obesity2,021◆ 1.06×1 topic
  22. Brachyspira1,932▼ 0.78×1 topic
  23. Proliferative Enteropathy1,932▼ 0.78×1 topic
  24. Brucellosis1,737◆ 0.94×1 topic
  25. Zoonosis1,737◆ 0.94×1 topic

Which countries lead Veterinary research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy rank highest in Veterinary. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (5.9k and 2k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 13.2% top 10% · 5.9k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom · #2 all time 19.4% top 10% · 1.7k works
  3. 3 Italy · #8 all time 19.8% top 10% · 912 works
  4. 4 Australia · #4 all time 20.5% top 10% · 738 works
  5. 5 China · #11 all time 25.0% top 10% · 2k works
  6. 6 France · #6 all time 12.5% top 10% · 940 works
  7. 7 Canada · #5 all time 20.1% top 10% · 744 works
  8. 8 Germany · #3 all time 17.3% top 10% · 1.1k works
  9. 9 Brazil · #14 all time 6.5% top 10% · 1.9k works
  10. 10 Sweden · #9 all time 21.4% top 10% · 255 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 30 countries ranked in Veterinary. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Veterinary

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 5.9k works
  2. 2 China 2k works
  3. 3 Brazil 1.9k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 1.7k works
  5. 5 India 1.6k works
  6. 6 Germany 1.1k works
  7. 7 France 940 works
  8. 8 Italy 912 works
  9. 9 Japan 773 works
  10. 10 Canada 744 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: 33.6%China: 11.5%Brazil: 10.7%United Kingdom: 9.6%6 others listed: 34.5%34%largest
United States5,868 · 33.6%China2,018 · 11.5%Brazil1,879 · 10.7%United Kingdom1,685 · 9.6%6 others listed6,033 · 34.5%

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

Which institutions lead Veterinary research?

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden) ranks first in Veterinary on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by University of Pennsylvania and University of Bologna.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden · Uppsala · #9 all time 24.3% top 10% · 116 works
  2. 2 University of Pennsylvania United States · Philadelphia · #10 all time 15.8% top 10% · 117 works
  3. 3 University of Bologna Italy · Bologna · #54 all time 20.9% top 10% · 88 works
  4. 4 The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne · #21 all time 29.3% top 10% · 74 works
  5. 5 Royal Veterinary College United Kingdom · London · #2 all time 18.2% top 10% · 148 works
  6. 6 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation Germany · Hanover · #28 all time 13.3% top 10% · 126 works
  7. 7 University of California, Davis United States · Davis · #3 all time 13.6% top 10% · 159 works
  8. 8 Colorado State University United States · Fort Collins · #6 all time 11.3% top 10% · 160 works
  9. 9 University of Liverpool United Kingdom · Liverpool · #4 all time 23.6% top 10% · 85 works
  10. 10 Utrecht University Netherlands · Utrecht · #5 all time 16.9% top 10% · 80 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 49 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Veterinary.

Top 100 Veterinary institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Colorado State UniversityUnited States 160 works
  2. 2 University of GuelphCanada 160 works
  3. 3 University of California, DavisUnited States 159 works
  4. 4 Royal Veterinary CollegeUnited Kingdom 148 works
  5. 5 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 145 works
  6. 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 139 works
  7. 7 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 136 works
  8. 8 University of FloridaUnited States 127 works
  9. 9 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, FoundationGermany 126 works
  10. 10 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 117 works

Who are the leading researchers in Veterinary?

Among the most productive authors in Veterinary, Ziad A. Memish, Peter J. Hotez and Thomas J. Walsh rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia · #58 worldwide 5.3k citations · 162 works
  2. 2 Peter J. Hotez United States · #152 worldwide 5.1k citations · 122 works
  3. 3 Thomas J. Walsh United States · #721 worldwide 2.3k citations · 119 works
  4. 4 Roderick J. Hay United Kingdom · #1,354 worldwide 4k citations · 83 works
  5. 5 David W. Denning United Kingdom · #1,436 worldwide 1.6k citations · 128 works
  6. 6 Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis United States · #2,210 worldwide 1.4k citations · 103 works
  7. 7 David A. Stevens United States · #3,827 worldwide 1.9k citations · 137 works
  8. 8 John E. Bennett United States · #3,950 worldwide 1.2k citations · 74 works
  9. 9 Elizabeth A. Morris United States · #4,127 worldwide 802 citations · 87 works
  10. 10 Thomas F. Patterson United States · #4,551 worldwide 2.2k citations · 60 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,230 highest-output authors in Veterinary. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Veterinary researchers

Where is Veterinary research done?

The largest centres of Veterinary research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Newmarket, Gentilly and Solihull.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 439 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 368 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 343 works
  4. 4 Paris France 266 works
  5. 5 New York United States 224 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 224 works
  7. 7 Davis United States 202 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C. United States 183 works
  9. 9 Vienna Austria 168 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 165 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NewmarketGB · 44.7 works209×
  2. GentillyFR · 20.7 works104×
  3. SolihullGB · 53.1 works99×
  4. Saint-GillesFR · 24.4 works90×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Veterinary than the world average.

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Veterinary research by country

The best places for Veterinary research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Veterinary?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Guelph, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Royal Veterinary College 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%10%20%30%mean 19.12%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Guelph: 160, 22.1%Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 116, 24.3%Royal Veterinary College: 148, 18.2%University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna: 110, 18.6%Wageningen University & Research: 85, 27.7%Scotland's Rural College: 32, 24.5%Hartpury University: 24, 15.3%Colorado State University: 160, 11.3%North Carolina State University: 136, 15.9%University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation: 126, 13.3%Swedish University o…University of GuelphUniversity of Veteri…Royal Veterinary Col…
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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 GuelphCanada 66.722.1%20.0×160 +33.6%
2 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 65.724.3%26.6×116 -16.9%
3 Royal Veterinary CollegeUnited Kingdom 64.218.2%119.4×148 +31.4%
4 University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaAustria 62.218.6%72.8×110 -6.3%
5 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 60.227.7%8.3×85 -21.9%
6 Scotland's Rural CollegeUnited Kingdom 60.224.5%54.5×32 +55.1%
7 Hartpury UniversityUnited Kingdom 58.915.3%149.1×24 +215.5%
8 Colorado State UniversityUnited States 58.111.3%16.1×160 +18.0%
9 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 58.115.9%8.8×136 +43.6%
10 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, FoundationGermany 56.613.3%87.7×126 -9.4%

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 Veterinary research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Animal health and immunology.

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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.

  1. Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment+95%
  2. Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies+83%
  3. Animal health and immunology+60%
  4. Veterinary Medicine and Surgery+59%
  5. Animal testing and alternatives+57%
  6. Helminth infection and control+52%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Veterinary include?

Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 37k fractional worksHelminth infection and control: 26k fractional worksVeterinary Equine Medica…21kVeterinary Equine Medical Research: 21k fractional worksInfectious Diseases and …20kInfectious Diseases and Mycology: 20k fractional worksAnimal testing and alternatives: 18k fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 17k fractional worksAnimal health and immuno…15kAnimal health and immunology: 15k fractional worksVeterinary medicine and infectious diseases: 13k fractional worksVeterinary Orthopedics and Neurology: 11k fractional worksVeterinary Medicine and Surgery: 11k fractional worksBrucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment: 8,731 fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.