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Animal Welfare Institute

In research, Animal Welfare Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,730 of 11,982 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,295 of 7,800 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,531 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Small Animals, Veterinary and Animal Science and Zoology — Small Animals is 117.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,321
of 28,054 · #10,954 all time
Rank in United States
#1,393
of 4,192
Research works
1.6k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Animal Welfare Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,730 of 11,982 12.8%110 #6856
Life SciencesDomain #5,295 of 7,800 12.6%137 #6022
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,531 of 3,409 13.0%94 #3496
Social SciencesDomain #10,333 of 10,521 6.3%61 #8891

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Animal Welfare 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#6,856 #5,730
  2. Life Sciences#6,022 #5,295
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,496 #2,531
  4. Social Sciences#8,891 #10,333
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Animal Welfare Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Small Animals takes 117.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Small AnimalsSubfield · 50.4 works118×
  2. VeterinaryField · 54.4 works115×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 38.0 works50×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 5.67× its world share, 94 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.65× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.56× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.54× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 115.06× its world share, 54 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.63× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 115.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Animal Welfare Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Nancy Bayley, Harold E. Jones and Gloria López‐Gálvez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Animal Welfare Institute.

  1. 1 Nancy Bayley United States · #54,118 worldwide 362 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Harold E. Jones United States · #110,896 worldwide 129 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Gloria López‐Gálvez United States · #519,354 worldwide 75 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Tine Rousing United States · #525,896 worldwide 58 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Julian Ashley Drewe United States · #609,445 worldwide 72 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Mette Vaarst United States · #709,848 worldwide 98 citations · 78 works
  7. 7 Hee-Sung Moon United States · #768,470 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Herbert S. Conrad United States · #824,063 worldwide 25 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Yong-Seob Kim United States · #870,623 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Christoph Winckler United States · #943,635 worldwide 53 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Animal Welfare Institute

Which keywords describe research at Animal Welfare Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Animal Welfare, Emotional State, Stress Indicators, Heat Stress, Climate Change, Genomic Analysis, Gut Microbiota and Probiotics.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Animal Welfare52▲ 172×4 topics
  2. Emotional State40▲ 376×1 topic
  3. Stress Indicators40▲ 376×1 topic
  4. Climate Change32▲ 3.5×40 topics
  5. Heat Stress24▲ 87×2 topics
  6. Epidemiology23▲ 1.69×45 topics
  7. Genomic Analysis18▲ 21×8 topics
  8. Gut Microbiota17▲ 14×5 topics
  9. Probiotics17▲ 20×5 topics
  10. Biodiversity16▲ 6.1×15 topics
  11. Feed Additives15▲ 75×2 topics
  12. Amino Acids15▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Intestinal Barrier15▲ 54×2 topics
  14. Antibiotic Alternatives15▲ 78×1 topic
  15. Poultry Production15▲ 78×1 topic
  16. Public Health15▲ 2.9×24 topics
  17. Oxytocin15▲ 91×2 topics
  18. Dairy Cattle14▲ 79×2 topics
  19. Social Cognition14▲ 24×4 topics
  20. Genetic Structure14▲ 55×3 topics
  21. Animal-Assisted Therapy14▲ 167×1 topic
  22. Dog Domestication14▲ 167×1 topic
  23. Livestock Production14▲ 41×3 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity12▲ 7.6×9 topics
  25. Genetic Characterization12▲ 71×2 topics
  26. Pathogenesis11▲ 6.1×13 topics
  27. Social Sciences11▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Pedagogy10▲ 6.1×5 topics
  29. Environmental Effects10▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Consumer Perception10▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Ethics10▲ 5.8×7 topics
  32. Resilience10▲ 5.8×8 topics
  33. Burnout10▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Metabolic Adaptations9▲ 105×1 topic
  35. Physiological Responses9▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Viral Pathogenesis9▲ 41×2 topics
  37. African Swine Fever9▲ 88×1 topic
  38. Foot-and-Mouth Disease9▲ 88×1 topic
  39. Antimicrobial Resistance8▲ 11×7 topics
  40. Pathogen Transmission7▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Animal Welfare Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Human-Animal Interaction Studies and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock.

Animal Behavior and Welf…40Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 40 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…15Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 15 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction…14Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 14 fractional worksEffects of Environmental…9Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 9 fractional worksAnimal Disease Managemen…9Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 9 fractional worksVeterinary Practice and …6Veterinary Practice and Education Studies: 6 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 6 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 5 fractional worksLivestock and Poultry Management: 5 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 5 fractional works
Small AnimalsAnimal Science and ZoologyGeneticsAgronomy and Crop Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 40 works
  2. 2 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 15 works
  3. 3 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 14 works
  4. 4 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 9 works
  5. 5 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 9 works
  6. 6 Veterinary Practice and Education Studies Speech and Hearing 6 works
  7. 7 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  9. 9 Livestock and Poultry Management Animal Science and Zoology 5 works
  10. 10 Social and Educational Sciences Education 5 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.7%domestic only67.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Animal Welfare Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher 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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