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Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science

In research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,224 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,160
of 28,054 · #15,920 all time
Rank in Japan
#698
of 1,070
Research works
1.2k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science 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 #7,224 of 7,800 9.8%74 #8620

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science 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 Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 41.4 works8.2×
← 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: 8.17× its world share, 41 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.03× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.49× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 2.35× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 32.20× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 32.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Makoto Yamazaki, Yasuo Tanaka and Takashi Nagai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science.

  1. 1 Makoto Yamazaki Japan · #230,719 worldwide 117 citations · 87 works
  2. 2 Yasuo Tanaka Japan · #354,723 worldwide 307 citations · 125 works
  3. 3 Takashi Nagai Japan · #448,446 worldwide 188 citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Seiya Takahashi Japan · #466,414 worldwide 168 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Kazuyoshi Suzuki Japan · #513,473 worldwide 42 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Satoshi Akagi Japan · #571,096 worldwide 109 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Fuminori Terada Japan · #747,039 worldwide 60 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Hiroki Matsuyama Japan · #807,473 worldwide 28 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Kumiko Takeda Japan · #834,120 worldwide 58 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 I. Nonaka Japan · #866,382 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dairy Cattle, Marker-Assisted Selection, Animal Welfare, Genetic Diversity, Plant Breeding, Population Genetics, Heat Stress and Climate Change.

▲ 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 Cattle12▲ 213×2 topics
  2. Marker-Assisted Selection12▲ 141×2 topics
  3. Climate Change11▲ 3.8×22 topics
  4. Animal Welfare11▲ 115×3 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity11▲ 22×8 topics
  6. Plant Breeding9▲ 89×3 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress9▲ 5.0×17 topics
  8. Population Genetics9▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Heat Stress8▲ 96×2 topics
  10. Livestock Production8▲ 76×3 topics
  11. Animal Breeding8▲ 157×1 topic
  12. Genomic Selection8▲ 157×1 topic
  13. Metabolic Adaptations6▲ 225×1 topic
  14. Physiological Responses6▲ 110×1 topic
  15. Energy Balance6▲ 99×2 topics
  16. QTL Mapping6▲ 45×3 topics
  17. Reproductive Loss6▲ 202×1 topic
  18. Uterine Disease6▲ 202×1 topic
  19. Consumer Perception6▲ 24×5 topics
  20. Genetic Mapping6▲ 65×3 topics
  21. Quantitative Trait Loci5▲ 90×2 topics
  22. Microbial Community5▲ 60×3 topics
  23. Crop Improvement5▲ 98×2 topics
  24. Meat Quality5▲ 61×3 topics
  25. Milk Composition5▲ 108×2 topics
  26. Antioxidants5▲ 9.7×2 topics
  27. Genetic Variation5▲ 20×4 topics
  28. Lipid Oxidation5▲ 42×1 topic
  29. Protein Oxidation5▲ 73×1 topic
  30. Methane Production4▲ 145×1 topic
  31. Ruminant Nutrition4▲ 145×1 topic
  32. Genome-wide Association Studies4▲ 151×1 topic
  33. Gut Microbiota4▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Maize Domestication4▲ 151×1 topic
  35. Emotional State3▲ 95×1 topic
  36. Stress Indicators3▲ 95×1 topic
  37. Fertility Preservation3▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation3▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Probiotics3▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Amino Acids3▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science 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: 8 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 6 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …6Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 6 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …5Meat and Animal Product Quality: 5 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 4 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 4 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…3Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 3 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 3 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 2 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 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 8 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 5 works
  5. 5 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  6. 6 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 4 works
  7. 7 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 3 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  10. 10 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 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 available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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