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Food Safety and Inspection Service

In research, Food Safety and Inspection Service stands highest in Food Science (#730 of 1,169 worldwide), Life Sciences (#9,338 of 14,347 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#4,771 of 6,031 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,519
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,221
of 8,685
Research works
578
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Food Safety and Inspection Service 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
Food ScienceSubfield #730 of 1,169 24.3%136
Life SciencesDomain #9,338 of 14,347 18.6%351
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,771 of 6,031 19.7%216
Physical SciencesDomain #18,761 of 21,541 8.5%133

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Food Safety and Inspection Service 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).

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: 6.16× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.08× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.83× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.30× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 8.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Food Safety and Inspection Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Eric D. Ebel and Michael S. Williams lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Food Safety and Inspection Service.

  1. 1 Eric D. Ebel United States · #783,498 worldwide 39 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Michael S. Williams United States · #1,043,551 worldwide 25 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Food Safety and Inspection Service

Which keywords describe research at Food Safety and Inspection Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pathogenicity, Food Safety, Foodborne Illness, Epidemiology, Infection, Antimicrobial Resistance, Public Health and Microbial Inactivation.

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

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Pathogenicity5▲ 240×3 topics
  2. Food Safety5▲ 54×7 topics
  3. Foodborne Illness5▲ 435×2 topics
  4. Epidemiology4▲ 3.4×17 topics
  5. Public Health3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  6. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 46×4 topics
  7. Infection3▲ 37×2 topics
  8. Microbial Inactivation3▲ 269×2 topics
  9. Genome Sequencing3▲ 55×4 topics
  10. Campylobacter3▲ 382×1 topic
  11. Salmonella3▲ 382×1 topic
  12. Listeria monocytogenes2▲ 505×1 topic
  13. fresh produce2▲ 505×1 topic
  14. Risk Perception2▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Consumer Awareness2▲ 317×1 topic
  16. Hygiene Practices2▲ 317×1 topic
  17. Health Effects2▲ 8.3×7 topics
  18. Cancer1▲ 3.0×3 topics
  19. Imaging1▲ 14×3 topics
  20. PET/CT1▲ 53×1 topic
  21. tumor1▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does Food Safety and Inspection Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety, Food Safety and Hygiene and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications.

Salmonella and Campyloba…3Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 3 fractional worksListeria monocytogenes i…2Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety: 2 fractional worksFood Safety and Hygiene: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 1 fractional worksPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 0 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 0 fractional worksFood Supply Chain Traceability: 0 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Inactivation Methods: 0 fractional works
Food ScienceBiotechnologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingAnimal Science and Zoology3 others

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

  1. 1 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 3 works
  2. 2 Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety Biotechnology 2 works
  3. 3 Food Safety and Hygiene Food Science 2 works
  4. 4 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  5. 5 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  6. 6 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  7. 7 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Food Supply Chain Traceability Food Science 0 works
  9. 9 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  10. 10 Microbial Inactivation Methods Biotechnology 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 available34.8%not open65.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Food Safety and Inspection Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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