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Fort Valley State University

In research, Fort Valley State University stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,266 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 8.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,779
of 28,054 · #27,488 all time
Rank in United States
#3,392
of 4,192
Research works
698
▲ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Fort Valley State University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #7,266 of 7,800 15.4%81 #11626

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Fort Valley State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 57.7 works8.5×
← 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: 8.48× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.69× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 37.86× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 37.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fort Valley State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Brou Kouakou, Thomas H Terrill and Horace Mann Bond lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fort Valley State University.

  1. 1 Brou Kouakou United States · #186,939 worldwide 80 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Thomas H Terrill United States · #242,067 worldwide 68 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Horace Mann Bond United States · #345,724 worldwide 14 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Govind Kannan United States · #362,329 worldwide 84 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 H. P. Singh United States · #547,196 worldwide 58 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Bharat Singh United States · #856,611 worldwide 81 citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Nirmal Joshee United States · #910,245 worldwide 36 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Komanduri S. Murty United States · #981,653 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Mahipal Singh United States · #1,090,800 worldwide 28 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Ajit K. Mahapatra United States · #1,101,456 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Fort Valley State University

Which keywords describe research at Fort Valley State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dairy Cattle, Marker-Assisted Selection, Genetic Diversity, Animal Welfare, Plant Breeding, Heat Stress, Population Genetics 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 2022–2025 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 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▲ 151×2 topics
  2. Marker-Assisted Selection10▲ 92×3 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity10▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Animal Welfare9▲ 74×3 topics
  5. Climate Change9▲ 2.4×13 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress9▲ 3.9×10 topics
  7. Epidemiology8▲ 1.43×14 topics
  8. Plant Breeding8▲ 56×3 topics
  9. Heat Stress8▲ 66×2 topics
  10. Population Genetics8▲ 38×2 topics
  11. Animal Breeding7▲ 114×1 topic
  12. Genomic Selection7▲ 114×1 topic
  13. Genetics7▲ 7.0×6 topics
  14. Livestock Production6▲ 45×3 topics
  15. Meat Quality6▲ 55×2 topics
  16. Energy Balance6▲ 70×2 topics
  17. Metabolic Adaptations6▲ 155×1 topic
  18. Physiological Responses6▲ 76×1 topic
  19. Reproductive Loss6▲ 146×1 topic
  20. Uterine Disease6▲ 146×1 topic
  21. Antioxidants5▲ 8.3×5 topics
  22. Consumer Perception5▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Genomics5▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Drought Tolerance5▲ 23×5 topics
  25. Lipid Oxidation5▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Breeding5▲ 42×4 topics
  27. Protein Oxidation4▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Spoilage Microbiota4▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Nematodes4▲ 62×2 topics
  30. Ivermectin4▲ 109×2 topics
  31. Food Security4▲ 5.2×7 topics
  32. Milk Composition4▲ 67×2 topics
  33. Anthelmintic Resistance4▲ 184×1 topic
  34. Veterinary Parasites4▲ 184×1 topic
  35. Methane Production4▲ 95×1 topic
  36. Ruminant Nutrition4▲ 95×1 topic
  37. Fertility Preservation4▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation4▲ 48×1 topic
  39. QTL Mapping4▲ 21×4 topics
  40. Transcriptome Analysis3▲ 37×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 7 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 6 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …6Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 6 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …4Meat and Animal Product Quality: 4 fractional worksHelminth infection and control: 4 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 4 fractional worksReproductive Biology and…4Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 4 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 3 fractional worksPeanut Plant Research Studies: 2 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 2 fractional works
GeneticsAnimal Science and ZoologyAgronomy and Crop ScienceSmall Animals2 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 7 works
  2. 2 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  3. 3 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  4. 4 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  5. 5 Helminth infection and control Small Animals 4 works
  6. 6 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 3 works
  9. 9 Peanut Plant Research Studies Plant Science 2 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% higher 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.