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Kansas State University

In research, Kansas State University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#132 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#964 of 12,888 worldwide) and Plant Science (#152 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals and Veterinary — Animal Science and Zoology is 26.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,068
of 28,054 · #439 all time
Rank in United States
#186
of 4,192
Research works
46k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2M
26.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Kansas 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #132 of 3,409 18.7%1,088 #70
Physical SciencesDomain #964 of 12,888 16.6%1,443 #409
Plant ScienceSubfield #152 of 1,395 29.2%300 #68
Life SciencesDomain #889 of 7,800 17.5%1,538 #473
Social SciencesDomain #1,373 of 10,521 23.5%874 #390
Environmental ScienceField #626 of 3,551 18.2%329 #376
Health SciencesDomain #2,237 of 11,982 13.0%678 #720
Food ScienceSubfield #98 of 492 22.0%102 #114
Social SciencesField #1,275 of 6,365 25.0%404 #490
MedicineField #2,204 of 10,443 13.3%450 #1126

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kansas 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#70 #132
  2. Physical Sciences#409 #964
  3. Plant Science#68 #152
  4. Life Sciences#473 #889
  5. Social Sciences#390 #1,373
  6. Environmental Science#376 #626
  7. Health Sciences#720 #2,237
  8. Food Science#114 #98
  9. Social Sciences#490 #1,275
  10. Medicine#1,126 #2,204
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Kansas State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 26.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 266.9 works27×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 93.6 works17×
  3. VeterinaryField · 99.5 works16×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 170.1 works16×
  5. MicrobiologySubfield · 28.5 works6.0×
  6. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,087.8 works5.0×
  7. Insect ScienceSubfield · 63.0 works4.9×
← 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: 5.05× its world share, 1,088 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 318 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.56× its world share, 71 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 53 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.76× its world share, 54 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 235 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 32 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 409 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.46× its world share, 329 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 109 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.42× its world share, 76 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 116 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 450 worksMedicineNursing: 2.69× its world share, 60 worksNursingVeterinary: 16.16× its world share, 100 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 86 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 120 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 77 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 150 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 404 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 16.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kansas State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Karl J. Kramer, Bharat Ratra and Bikram S. Gill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kansas State University.

  1. 1 Karl J. Kramer United States · #26,569 worldwide 338 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Bharat Ratra United States · #34,740 worldwide 743 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Bikram S. Gill United States · #47,620 worldwide 460 citations · 73 works
  4. 4 James R. Hamilton United States · #50,296 worldwide 514 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Gary M. Paulsen United States · #51,715 worldwide 296 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Frank Blecha United States · #60,695 worldwide 281 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 David Seamon United States · #61,339 worldwide 244 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 C. M. Sorensen United States · #63,788 worldwide 835 citations · 92 works
  9. 9 J. Y. Lin United States · #65,173 worldwide 987 citations · 109 works
  10. 10 T. Bolton United States · #65,280 worldwide 482 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Kansas State University

Which keywords describe research at Kansas State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gut Microbiota, Heat Stress, Probiotics, Amino Acids, Intestinal Barrier, Feed Additives, Antibiotic Alternatives and Poultry Production.

▲ 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. Climate Change272▲ 2.2×86 topics
  2. Gut Microbiota198▲ 12×7 topics
  3. Epidemiology190◆ 1.06×103 topics
  4. Heat Stress186▲ 51×2 topics
  5. Probiotics172▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Amino Acids168▲ 39×3 topics
  7. Intestinal Barrier160▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Feed Additives159▲ 61×2 topics
  9. Antibiotic Alternatives159▲ 64×1 topic
  10. Poultry Production159▲ 64×1 topic
  11. Sustainability128▲ 1.16×74 topics
  12. Animal Welfare85▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Pathogenesis83▲ 3.6×20 topics
  14. Genetic Improvement80▲ 19×4 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity70▲ 3.5×18 topics
  16. Consumer Perception62▲ 6.2×8 topics
  17. Health Benefits62▲ 4.2×14 topics
  18. Lipid Oxidation61▲ 13×2 topics
  19. QTL Mapping60▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Plant Breeding59▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Genome Sequencing54▲ 7.7×10 topics
  22. Genomic Sequencing52▲ 9.7×6 topics
  23. Meat Quality52▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Microbial Community49▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Livestock Production49▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Genetic Characterization48▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Crop Management47▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Emotional State47▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Stress Indicators47▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Maize Yield47▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Nitrogen Uptake47▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Drought Tolerance45▲ 7.0×9 topics
  33. Modified Atmosphere Packaging45▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Fatty Acid Composition45▲ 8.7×2 topics
  35. Dietary Fiber44▲ 8.9×3 topics
  36. Milk Composition43▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Protein Oxidation43▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Spoilage Microbiota43▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Methane Production42▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Ruminant Nutrition42▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Kansas State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

Animal Nutrition and Phy…159Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 159 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 47 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 47 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 43 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 42 fractional worksAnimal Disease Managemen…31Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 31 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 29 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 28 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 27 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 25 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologySmall AnimalsAgronomy and Crop ScienceGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 159 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 47 works
  3. 3 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 47 works
  4. 4 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 43 works
  5. 5 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 42 works
  6. 6 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 31 works
  7. 7 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 29 works
  8. 8 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 28 works
  9. 9 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 27 works
  10. 10 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 25 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 available34.7%not open65.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kansas State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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