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Federal Agency for Food Chain Safety

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Research works
85
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
25.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Federal Agency for Food Chain Safety is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 3.37× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.82× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 4.31× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.31× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Federal Agency for Food Chain Safety?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Public Health, Infection, Genetic Characterization, Food Safety, Antimicrobial Resistance and Pathogenicity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 5.2×39 topics
  2. Pathogenesis8▲ 16×9 topics
  3. Public Health7▲ 6.3×18 topics
  4. Infection6▲ 24×4 topics
  5. Genetic Characterization6▲ 112×2 topics
  6. Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 22×7 topics
  7. Food Safety5▲ 20×10 topics
  8. Genome Sequencing4▲ 27×4 topics
  9. Pathogenicity4▲ 54×3 topics
  10. Climate Change4▲ 1.71×11 topics
  11. Viral Pathogenesis4▲ 57×2 topics
  12. Economic Impact4▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Foodborne Illness4▲ 95×2 topics
  14. Vaccine4▲ 11×8 topics
  15. African Swine Fever4▲ 121×1 topic
  16. Foot-and-Mouth Disease4▲ 121×1 topic
  17. Vaccines3▲ 57×3 topics
  18. Treatment3▲ 2.9×9 topics
  19. Campylobacter3▲ 134×1 topic
  20. Salmonella3▲ 134×1 topic
  21. Ethical Considerations3▲ 9.6×5 topics
  22. Health Effects2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  23. Risk Perception2▲ 15×5 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  25. Norovirus2▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Rotavirus2▲ 48×1 topic
  27. End-of-Life2▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Palliative Care2▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Genomics2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  30. Bluetongue Virus2▲ 99×1 topic
  31. Consumer Behavior2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  32. Culicoides Biting Midges2▲ 99×1 topic
  33. Fluid Dynamics2▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Consumer Awareness2▲ 114×1 topic
  35. Hygiene Practices2▲ 114×1 topic
  36. Chronic Diseases2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  37. Environmental Exposure2▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Liquid Chromatography2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Respiratory2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Virus2▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Federal Agency for Food Chain Safety publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asthma and respiratory diseases, Infant Health and Development, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Asthma and respiratory d…1Asthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksInfant Health and Development: 1 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 0 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…0Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 0 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Geopolitics: 0 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 0 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 0 fractional works
PhysiologyPharmacyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAnthropology2 others

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

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  2. 2 Infant Health and Development Pharmacy 1 works
  3. 3 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 1 works
  4. 4 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 African Studies and Geopolitics Anthropology 0 works
  8. 8 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 0 works
  9. 9 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Agency for Food Chain Safety's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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