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Animal Diseases Research Institute

In research, Animal Diseases Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#8,429 of 14,347 worldwide), Health Sciences (#18,003 of 20,462 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#5,330 of 6,031 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,363
of 42,892
Rank in Tanzania
#12
of 59
Research works
563
▼ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
26.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Animal Diseases Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #8,429 of 14,347 16.1%332
Health SciencesDomain #18,003 of 20,462 16.0%194
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,330 of 6,031 19.9%153
MedicineField #15,950 of 17,978 15.4%148

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Animal Diseases Research Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.37× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 1.61× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 28.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 28.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Animal Diseases Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, A. H. Corner, L. Niilo and A. Brownlee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Animal Diseases Research Institute.

  1. 1 A. H. Corner Tanzania · #664,746 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 L. Niilo Tanzania · #722,992 worldwide 55 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 A. Brownlee Tanzania · #1,087,676 worldwide 24 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Animal Diseases Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Animal Diseases Research Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Vaccine, Genetic Characterization, Immune Response, Vaccine Development, Diagnosis and Genomic Sequencing.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology159▲ 7.0×50 topics
  2. Pathogenesis83▲ 26×15 topics
  3. Vaccine48▲ 21×8 topics
  4. Genetic Characterization44▲ 133×2 topics
  5. Immune Response41▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Diagnosis39▲ 6.8×17 topics
  7. Vaccine Development39▲ 23×10 topics
  8. Genomic Sequencing35▲ 42×4 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress33▲ 3.1×20 topics
  10. Climate Change32▲ 2.1×18 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity31▲ 11×8 topics
  12. Antimicrobial Resistance31▲ 21×8 topics
  13. Virulence Factors31▲ 29×7 topics
  14. Host-Pathogen Interactions30▲ 52×3 topics
  15. Vaccines30▲ 76×3 topics
  16. Public Health28▲ 3.7×10 topics
  17. Viral Pathogenesis28▲ 63×3 topics
  18. Inflammation27▲ 2.0×32 topics
  19. Infection25▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Bluetongue Virus23▲ 163×1 topic
  21. Culicoides Biting Midges23▲ 163×1 topic
  22. Pneumonia22▲ 60×2 topics
  23. Mycoplasma22▲ 128×1 topic
  24. Pasteurella22▲ 128×1 topic
  25. African Swine Fever21▲ 111×1 topic
  26. Foot-and-Mouth Disease21▲ 111×1 topic
  27. Genomic Analysis19▲ 11×9 topics
  28. Gut Microbiota17▲ 8.8×6 topics
  29. Zoonotic Transmission16▲ 28×5 topics
  30. Metagenomics16▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Probiotics16▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Genomic Integration15▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Heat Stress15▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Marker-Assisted Selection15▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Dairy Cattle14▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Virus14▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Amino Acids14▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Intestinal Barrier14▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Norovirus14▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Rotavirus14▲ 42×1 topic

Which research topics does Animal Diseases Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Systems and Policy, Platelet Disorders and Treatments, Meat and Animal Product Quality and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

Education Systems and Po…1Education Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 0 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…0Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 0 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksAntiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases: 0 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…0Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 0 fractional worksLeech Biology and Applications: 0 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 0 fractional works
EducationHematologyAnimal Science and ZoologyGenetics4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  2. 2 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 0 works
  3. 3 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 0 works
  4. 4 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 0 works
  5. 5 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  6. 6 Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 0 works
  9. 9 Leech Biology and Applications Pharmacology 0 works
  10. 10 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available32.9%not open67.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Animal Diseases Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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