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Livestock Improvement Corporation

In research, Livestock Improvement Corporation stands highest in Life Sciences (#13,114 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Life Sciences — Life Sciences is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#35,806
of 42,892
Rank in New Zealand
#108
of 117
Research works
258
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
27.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Livestock Improvement Corporation 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
Life SciencesDomain #13,114 of 14,347 23.2%168

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Livestock Improvement Corporation 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 Livestock Improvement Corporation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Life Sciences takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Life SciencesDomain · 27.8 works5.3×
← 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: 5.00× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.15× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.08× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Livestock Improvement Corporation?

Ranked on the composite score, B.L. Harris and Mohammad Ali Nilforooshan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Livestock Improvement Corporation.

  1. 1 B.L. Harris New Zealand · #833,272 worldwide 41 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Mohammad Ali Nilforooshan New Zealand · #1,579,686 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Livestock Improvement Corporation

Which keywords describe research at Livestock Improvement Corporation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Marker-Assisted Selection, Plant Breeding, Population Genetics, Genetic Diversity, Genome-Wide Association, Animal Breeding, Genomic Selection and Genetic Variation.

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

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Marker-Assisted Selection12▲ 381×2 topics
  2. Plant Breeding10▲ 246×2 topics
  3. Population Genetics8▲ 144×4 topics
  4. Genetic Diversity8▲ 43×4 topics
  5. Genome-Wide Association8▲ 242×2 topics
  6. Animal Breeding7▲ 398×1 topic
  7. Genomic Selection7▲ 398×1 topic
  8. Genetic Variation5▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Crop Improvement5▲ 260×2 topics
  10. QTL Mapping5▲ 106×2 topics
  11. Genome-wide Association Studies5▲ 450×1 topic
  12. Quantitative Trait Loci5▲ 214×1 topic
  13. Milk Composition3▲ 175×2 topics
  14. Genetic Improvement2▲ 69×2 topics
  15. Cultivar Evaluation2▲ 267×1 topic
  16. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction2▲ 267×1 topic
  17. Microbial Community2▲ 69×2 topics
  18. Climate Change2▲ 1.94×11 topics
  19. Methane Production2▲ 182×1 topic
  20. Ruminant Nutrition2▲ 182×1 topic
  21. Animal Welfare2▲ 53×3 topics
  22. Gene Expression2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  23. Cancer1▲ 2.2×3 topics
  24. Dairy Cattle1▲ 58×2 topics
  25. Genomic Integration1▲ 53×2 topics
  26. Antimicrobial Resistance1▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Epigenetic Regulation1▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Experiential Learning1▲ 51×3 topics
  29. Genetic Modification1▲ 142×1 topic
  30. Transgenic Animals1▲ 142×1 topic

Which research topics does Livestock Improvement Corporation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetics and Plant Breeding and Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology.

Genetic and phenotypic t…7Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 7 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Dive…5Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 5 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 2 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 2 fractional worksAnimal Genetics and Repr…1Animal Genetics and Reproduction: 1 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 1 fractional worksMilk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows: 1 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 1 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 0 fractional works
GeneticsPlant ScienceAgronomy and Crop ScienceCancer Research2 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 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 5 works
  3. 3 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  5. 5 Animal Genetics and Reproduction Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 1 works
  7. 7 Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  9. 9 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  10. 10 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 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 available58.1%not open41.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Livestock Improvement Corporation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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.

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