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Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory

In research, Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory stands highest in Life Sciences (#8,400 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Life Sciences — Life Sciences is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#20,215
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,373
of 8,685
Research works
231
▼ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.7k
29.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory 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 #8,400 of 14,347 13.9%174

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory 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).

What does Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Life Sciences takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Life SciencesDomain · 21.9 works5.7×
← 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: 6.42× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.49× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 24.52× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.83× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 24.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Craig A. Shoemaker, Chhorn Lim and Benjamin H. Beck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory.

  1. 1 Craig A. Shoemaker United States · #313,551 worldwide 133 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Chhorn Lim United States · #411,421 worldwide 80 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Benjamin H. Beck United States · #1,231,266 worldwide 78 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aquaculture, Antibiotic Resistance, Innate Immunity, Fish Immunology, Probiotics, Fish Feed, Nutrition and Conservation.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Aquaculture11▲ 145×6 topics
  2. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 45×3 topics
  3. Innate Immunity5▲ 53×2 topics
  4. Fish Immunology5▲ 357×1 topic
  5. Probiotics5▲ 69×1 topic
  6. Fish Feed4▲ 243×1 topic
  7. Nutrition4▲ 29×1 topic
  8. Conservation3▲ 23×5 topics
  9. Epidemiology2▲ 2.1×7 topics
  10. Management2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  11. Immune Response2▲ 12×2 topics
  12. Seahorses2▲ 193×1 topic
  13. Syngnathidae2▲ 193×1 topic
  14. Drosophila2▲ 137×2 topics
  15. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.4×6 topics
  16. Sustainability2▲ 2.4×3 topics
  17. Biodiversity2▲ 6.9×6 topics
  18. Climate Change2▲ 1.89×7 topics
  19. Host Defense2▲ 93×1 topic
  20. Invertebrate Immunity2▲ 320×1 topic
  21. Water Quality1▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Cholera1▲ 179×1 topic
  23. Food Security1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  24. Vibrio cholerae1▲ 179×1 topic
  25. Gonadal Development1▲ 141×2 topics
  26. Waste Management1▲ 9.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Aquatic life and conservation and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms.

Aquaculture disease mana…5Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 5 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition an…4Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 4 fractional worksAquatic life and conservation: 2 fractional worksInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksVibrio bacteria research…1Vibrio bacteria research studies: 1 fractional worksInsect Utilization and Effects: 1 fractional worksReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species: 1 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science Education: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems: 0 fractional works
ImmunologyAquatic ScienceEndocrinologyInsect Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 5 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 4 works
  3. 3 Aquatic life and conservation Aquatic Science 2 works
  4. 4 Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 Vibrio bacteria research studies Endocrinology 1 works
  6. 6 Insect Utilization and Effects Insect Science 1 works
  7. 7 Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  10. 10 Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems Aquatic Science 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 available26.6%not open73.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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