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Fort Valley State University

In research, Fort Valley State University stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,324 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 8.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,207
of 22,385 · #17,279 all time
Rank in United States
#2,176
of 3,332
Research works
698
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Fort Valley State University

What is Fort Valley State University 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,324 of 6,403 8.1%81 #5078

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fort Valley State University 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 fields of science does Fort Valley State University work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Fort Valley State University is in Life Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Medicine (11%). It does 3.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 88 fractional works · 56.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 62 fractional works · 40.1% of its workPlant Science: 21 fractional works · 13.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 14 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 11 fractional works · 7.3% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 14.5% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 17.7% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSmall Animals: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 11.6% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFort Valley StateUniversity155fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences57%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences14%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6240.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2214.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.2%
    4. Neuroscience10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine1811.5%
    2. Veterinary84.9%
    3. Health Professions10.9%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    1. Social Sciences1610.3%
    2. Psychology21.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Computer Science53.5%
    2. Engineering42.8%
    3. Environmental Science42.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    5. Chemistry10.6%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fort Valley State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 62.1 works8.4×
← 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: 8.45× its world share, 62 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.72× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 36.05× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 36.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary36.05×8 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.45×62 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.72×22 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.15×2 works
  5. Social Sciences0.81×16 works
  6. Nursing0.67×0 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×2 works
  8. Medicine0.60×18 works
  9. Environmental Science0.56×4 works
  10. Psychology0.50×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.46×6 works
  12. Neuroscience0.43×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.37×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.36×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.36×2 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  19. Engineering0.19×4 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  24. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fort Valley State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kofi Lomotey, Somashekhar M. Punnuri and Thomas H Terrill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fort Valley State University.

  1. 1 Kofi Lomotey United States · #1,177,350 worldwide 3.3k citations · 173 works
  2. 2 Somashekhar M. Punnuri United States · #1,399,788 worldwide 1.2k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Thomas H Terrill United States · #1,784,440 worldwide 6.2k citations · 230 works
  4. 4 E.A. Amoah United States · #2,180,580 worldwide 986 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Solomon D. Butcher United States · #2,239,550 worldwide 17 citations · 462 works
  6. 6 S.A. Shaik United States · #2,270,463 worldwide 628 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 S. Gelaye United States · #2,281,928 worldwide 1.5k citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Andres Alfredo Pech-Cervantes United States · #2,367,391 worldwide 1.7k citations · 100 works
  9. 9 Wayne F. Whitehead United States · #2,393,579 worldwide 1.8k citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Y.W. Park United States · #2,514,103 worldwide 759 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Fort Valley State University

What are the most cited papers from Fort Valley State University?

The most cited paper from Fort Valley State University is "Physico-chemical characteristics of goat and sheep milk" (Y.W. Park, Manuela Juárez, Maria‐Helena Ramos et al., 2006), with 1,424 citations. Next come "Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments" (552) and "A Comparative Analysis of Student Performance in an Online vs. Face-to-Face Environmental Science Course From 2009 to 2016" (456).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Physico-chemical characteristics of goat and sheep milk Y.W. Park, Manuela Juárez, Maria‐Helena Ramos et al. · Small Ruminant Research 28 Oct 2006 1,424
2 Pearl millet genome sequence provides a resource to improve agronomic traits in arid environments Rajeev Kumar Varshney et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access 18 Sep 2017 552
3 A Comparative Analysis of Student Performance in an Online vs. Face-to-Face Environmental Science Course From 2009 to 2016 Jasmine Paul, Felicia Jefferson · Frontiers in Computer Science Open access 12 Nov 2019 456
4 Bioactive Peptides in Milk and Dairy Products: A Review Young Woo Park, Myoung Soo Nam · Korean Journal for Food Science of Animal Resources Open access 31 Dec 2015 368
5 Validation of the FAMACHA© eye color chart for detecting clinical anemia in sheep and goats on farms in the southern United States Ray M. Kaplan, Joan M. Burke, Thomas H Terrill et al. · Veterinary Parasitology 16 Jul 2004 366
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fort Valley State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dairy Cattle, Marker-Assisted Selection, Genetic Diversity, Animal Welfare, Plant Breeding, Population Genetics, Heat Stress and Animal Breeding.

▲ 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. Dairy Cattle11▲ 140×2 topics
  2. Marker-Assisted Selection11▲ 95×3 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity10▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Animal Welfare10▲ 70×3 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress10▲ 3.8×11 topics
  6. Climate Change9▲ 2.2×13 topics
  7. Epidemiology9▲ 1.39×15 topics
  8. Plant Breeding8▲ 56×3 topics
  9. Population Genetics8▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Animal Breeding8▲ 115×1 topic
  11. Genomic Selection8▲ 115×1 topic
  12. Heat Stress8▲ 61×2 topics
  13. Genetics7▲ 6.5×6 topics
  14. Livestock Production6▲ 42×3 topics
  15. Meat Quality6▲ 54×2 topics
  16. Energy Balance6▲ 65×2 topics
  17. Metabolic Adaptations6▲ 143×1 topic
  18. Physiological Responses6▲ 68×1 topic
  19. Reproductive Loss6▲ 137×1 topic
  20. Uterine Disease6▲ 137×1 topic
  21. Genomics6▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Drought Tolerance6▲ 26×5 topics
  23. Consumer Perception5▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Antioxidants5▲ 7.8×5 topics
  25. Breeding5▲ 46×4 topics
  26. Lipid Oxidation5▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Modified Atmosphere Packaging5▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Fertility Preservation4▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Nematodes4▲ 59×2 topics
  30. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation4▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Protein Oxidation4▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Spoilage Microbiota4▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Ivermectin4▲ 100×2 topics
  34. Milk Composition4▲ 65×2 topics
  35. QTL Mapping4▲ 24×4 topics
  36. Transcriptome Analysis4▲ 46×3 topics
  37. Anthelmintic Resistance4▲ 174×1 topic
  38. Veterinary Parasites4▲ 174×1 topic
  39. Methane Production4▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Ruminant Nutrition4▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does Fort Valley State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

Genetic and phenotypic t…8Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 8 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …6Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 6 fractional worksEffects of Environmental…6Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 6 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …4Meat and Animal Product Quality: 4 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 4 fractional worksHelminth infection and control: 4 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…4Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 4 fractional worksPeanut Plant Research Studies: 3 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 3 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 2 fractional works
GeneticsAgronomy and Crop ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 8 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  3. 3 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  4. 4 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  5. 5 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Helminth infection and control Small Animals 4 works
  7. 7 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  8. 8 Peanut Plant Research Studies Plant Science 3 works
  9. 9 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 3 works
  10. 10 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 2 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fort Valley State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher 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 Fort Valley State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00049% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Fort Valley State University0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fort Valley State University 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 2025Fort Valley State University3.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.3% in 2014.

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