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Egg Industry Center

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Research works
7
▼ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
190
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Egg Industry Center

Not ranked overall: Egg Industry Center is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Egg Industry Center work in?

In all years, 49% of research at Egg Industry Center is in Physical Sciences, 40% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (35%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (34%), Veterinary (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 49.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 35.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 9.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 39.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 33.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 23.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 10.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKEgg IndustryCenter7fractional works, all years
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science335.2%
    2. Chemical Engineering04.6%
    3. Engineering04.2%
    4. Energy02.3%
    5. Chemistry00.9%
    6. Computer Science00.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences233.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology03.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.4%
    1. Veterinary19.4%
    2. Medicine00.9%
    1. Arts and Humanities00.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 6.68× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 17.53× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 24.47× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.80× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceVeterinary: 91.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinary1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 91.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary91.83×0 works
  2. Chemical Engineering24.47×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology17.53×0 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.68×0 works
  5. Environmental Science2.80×0 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.73×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.34×0 works
  8. Engineering0.29×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Egg Industry Center?

The most cited paper from Egg Industry Center is "Comparison of the environmental footprint of the egg industry in the United States in 1960 and 2010" (Nathan L. Pelletier, Maro Ibarburu, Hongwei Xin, 2014), with 83 citations. Next come "A carbon footprint analysis of egg production and processing supply chains in the Midwestern United States" (76) and "Effects of heat stress on pullet cloacal and body temperature" (72).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Comparison of the environmental footprint of the egg industry in the United States in 1960 and 2010 Nathan L. Pelletier, Maro Ibarburu, Hongwei Xin · Poultry Science Open access 27 Jan 2014 83
2 A carbon footprint analysis of egg production and processing supply chains in the Midwestern United States Nathan L. Pelletier, Maro Ibarburu, Hongwei Xin · Journal of Cleaner Production 21 May 2013 76
3 Effects of heat stress on pullet cloacal and body temperature Márcia Gabrielle Lima Cândido, Ilda de Fátima Ferreira Tinôco, Luiz Fernando Teixeira Albino et al. · Poultry Science Open access 11 Mar 2020 72
4 Effects of litter floor access and inclusion of experienced hens in aviary housing on floor eggs, litter condition, air quality, and hen welfare Jofran Luiz de Oliveira, Hongwei Xin, Lilong Chai et al. · Poultry Science Open access 19 Dec 2018 50
5 Air temperature, carbon dioxide, and ammonia assessment inside a commercial cage layer barn with manure-drying tunnels Weichao Zheng, Yijie Xiong, Richard S. Gates et al. · Poultry Science Open access 17 Jun 2020 33
All 24 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Egg Industry Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Smart Agriculture and AI, Microbial infections and disease research and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 0 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 0 fractional worksMicrobial infections and…0Microbial infections and disease research: 0 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…0Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 0 fractional worksBird parasitology and diseases: 0 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 0 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 0 fractional worksOdor and Emission Control Technologies: 0 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 0 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologyPlant ScienceMicrobiologySmall Animals6 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 0 works
  2. 2 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 0 works
  3. 3 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 0 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 0 works
  5. 5 Bird parasitology and diseases Parasitology 0 works
  6. 6 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 0 works
  9. 9 Odor and Emission Control Technologies Process Chemistry and Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 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 available86.5%not open13.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.9%domestic only59.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Egg Industry Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% lower than in 2018-2021.

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