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Animal Welfare Institute

In research, Animal Welfare Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,480 of 9,902 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,257 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,420 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Small Animals, Veterinary and Animal Science and Zoology (Small Animals is 125.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,441
of 22,385 · #5,812 all time
Rank in United States
#739
of 3,332
Research works
1.6k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Animal Welfare Institute

What is Animal Welfare Institute known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,480 of 9,902 8.6%110 #5854
Life SciencesDomain #2,257 of 6,403 9.3%137 #3019
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,420 of 3,157 10.7%94 #1689
Social SciencesDomain #7,659 of 9,585 2.0%61 #5318

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#5,854 #3,480
  2. Life Sciences#3,019 #2,257
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,689 #1,420
  4. Social Sciences#5,318 #7,659
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Animal Welfare Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Animal Welfare Institute is in Life Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (27%), Veterinary (17%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 161 fractional works · 39.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 108 fractional works · 26.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 45 fractional works · 11.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 24 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGenetics: 26 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 131 fractional works · 32.6% of its workVeterinary: 67 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSmall Animals: 62 fractional works · 15.4% of its workEquine: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedicine: 44 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 66 fractional works · 16.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEcology: 17 fractional works · 4.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAnimal WelfareInstitute403fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10826.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology379.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology112.7%
    4. Neuroscience41.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Veterinary6716.6%
    2. Medicine4410.9%
    3. Health Professions194.6%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences369.0%
    2. Psychology194.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities41.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Environmental Science307.5%
    2. Engineering92.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
    4. Materials Science10.2%
    5. Computer Science10.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Animal Welfare Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Small Animals takes 125.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Small AnimalsSubfield · 62.0 works125×
  2. VeterinaryField · 67.0 works122×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 45.2 works51×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 23.6 works25×
← 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: 5.63× its world share, 108 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.65× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 122.20× its world share, 67 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 122.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary122.20×67 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.63×108 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.65×11 works
  4. Health Professions1.76×19 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.74×37 works
  6. Psychology1.56×19 works
  7. Environmental Science1.52×30 works
  8. Nursing0.76×2 works
  9. Social Sciences0.71×36 works
  10. Neuroscience0.62×4 works
  11. Medicine0.57×44 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.38×4 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×2 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×3 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.30×1 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×2 works
  19. Engineering0.15×9 works
  20. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.07×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  25. Computer Science0.02×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Animal Welfare Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Karl Ståhl, Robert Davies and Francesca Baldinelli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Animal Welfare Institute.

  1. 1 Karl Ståhl United States · #289,163 worldwide 1.7k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Robert Davies United States · #372,104 worldwide 3.9k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Francesca Baldinelli United States · #675,262 worldwide 684 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 José Luis Gonzales Rojas United States · #958,616 worldwide 1.7k citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Candiani Denise United States · #1,078,427 worldwide 1.4k citations · 106 works
  6. 6 Paolo Pasquali United States · #1,095,454 worldwide 635 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Helen Clare Roberts United States · #1,095,882 worldwide 3.1k citations · 138 works
  8. 8 Paolo Calistri United States · #1,451,591 worldwide 2k citations · 91 works
  9. 9 no-firstname EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare United States · #1,563,465 worldwide 818 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Seán Ashe United States · #1,655,596 worldwide 233 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Animal Welfare Institute

What are the most cited papers from Animal Welfare Institute?

The most cited paper from Animal Welfare Institute is "Tables for predicting adult height from skeletal age: Revised for use with the greulich-pyle hand standards" (Nancy Bayley, Samuel R. Pinneau, 1952), with 1,205 citations. Next come "A critical review of fear tests used on cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry and horses" (967) and "Assessing the human–animal relationship in farmed species: A critical review" (753).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tables for predicting adult height from skeletal age: Revised for use with the greulich-pyle hand standards Nancy Bayley, Samuel R. Pinneau · The Journal of Pediatrics Apr 1952 1,205
2 A critical review of fear tests used on cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry and horses Björn Forkman, Alain Boissy, M. C. Meunier‐Salaün et al. · Physiology & Behavior Open access 28 Mar 2007 967
3 Assessing the human–animal relationship in farmed species: A critical review Susanne Waiblinger, Xavier Boivin, Vivi Pedersen et al. · Applied Animal Behaviour Science Open access 14 Mar 2006 753
4 Animal play and animal welfare Suzanne D. E. Held, Marek Špinka · Animal Behaviour 7 Mar 2011 576
5 Urotensin II: a somatostatin-like peptide in the caudal neurosecretory system of fishes. David Pearson, John E. Shively, Brian R. Clark et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access Aug 1980 396
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Animal Welfare Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-now 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 Welfare62▲ 171×4 topics
  2. Emotional State46▲ 370×1 topic
  3. Stress Indicators46▲ 370×1 topic
  4. Climate Change36▲ 3.2×42 topics
  5. Heat Stress28▲ 88×2 topics
  6. Epidemiology26▲ 1.60×47 topics
  7. Genomic Analysis23▲ 22×8 topics
  8. Gut Microbiota21▲ 15×5 topics
  9. Probiotics20▲ 21×5 topics
  10. Oxytocin18▲ 99×2 topics
  11. Feed Additives18▲ 78×2 topics
  12. Amino Acids18▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Intestinal Barrier18▲ 56×2 topics
  14. Social Cognition18▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Antibiotic Alternatives18▲ 81×1 topic
  16. Poultry Production18▲ 81×1 topic
  17. Genetic Structure18▲ 58×3 topics
  18. Animal-Assisted Therapy17▲ 180×1 topic
  19. Dog Domestication17▲ 180×1 topic
  20. Dairy Cattle17▲ 79×2 topics
  21. Biodiversity16▲ 5.3×15 topics
  22. Public Health16▲ 2.7×28 topics
  23. Livestock Production16▲ 42×3 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity13▲ 7.2×9 topics
  25. Genetic Characterization12▲ 66×2 topics
  26. Environmental Effects12▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Consumer Perception12▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Resilience11▲ 5.6×8 topics
  29. Burnout11▲ 30×3 topics
  30. Pathogenesis11▲ 5.3×13 topics
  31. Antimicrobial Resistance11▲ 13×7 topics
  32. Metabolic Adaptations11▲ 105×1 topic
  33. Physiological Responses11▲ 49×1 topic
  34. Social Sciences11▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Pedagogy10▲ 5.1×5 topics
  36. Ethics10▲ 5.0×7 topics
  37. Viral Pathogenesis10▲ 37×2 topics
  38. African Swine Fever9▲ 83×1 topic
  39. Foot-and-Mouth Disease9▲ 83×1 topic
  40. Communication Skills9▲ 111×2 topics

Which research topics does Animal Welfare Institute publish most on?

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

Animal Behavior and Welf…46Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 46 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…18Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 18 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction…17Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 17 fractional worksEffects of Environmental…11Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 11 fractional worksAnimal Disease Managemen…9Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 9 fractional worksVeterinary Practice and …8Veterinary Practice and Education Studies: 8 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 6 fractional worksLivestock and Poultry Management: 6 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 6 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 6 fractional works
Small AnimalsAnimal Science and ZoologyGeneticsAgronomy and Crop Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 46 works
  2. 2 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 18 works
  3. 3 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 17 works
  4. 4 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 11 works
  5. 5 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 9 works
  6. 6 Veterinary Practice and Education Studies Speech and Hearing 8 works
  7. 7 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Livestock and Poultry Management Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  10. 10 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Animal Welfare Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Animal Welfare Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Animal Welfare Institute0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Animal Welfare Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Animal Welfare Institute7.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.8% in 2024.

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