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National Animal Disease Center

In research, National Animal Disease Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,970 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Microbiology — Immunology and Microbiology is 18.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,585
of 28,054 · #5,749 all time
Rank in United States
#2,202
of 4,192
Research works
2.5k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
82k
33.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is National Animal Disease Center 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 #5,970 of 7,800 18.1%74 #2205

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Animal Disease Center 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 National Animal Disease Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology and Microbiology takes 18.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 22.9 works19×
← 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: 5.06× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.28× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 18.75× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 1.44× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 2.45× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 31.94× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 31.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Animal Disease Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Ronald L. Horst, Jarlath E. Nally and J. L. Richard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Animal Disease Center.

  1. 1 Ronald L. Horst United States · #18,318 worldwide 570 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Jarlath E. Nally United States · #120,145 worldwide 351 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 J. L. Richard United States · #135,357 worldwide 211 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Jesse P. Goff United States · #137,111 worldwide 152 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 N. F. Cheville United States · #138,113 worldwide 133 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Janice Μ. Miller United States · #144,095 worldwide 153 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Marcus E. Kehrli United States · #161,643 worldwide 204 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Eric M. Nicholson United States · #162,462 worldwide 129 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 R.L. Horst United States · #166,146 worldwide 215 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Thomas A. Casey United States · #175,636 worldwide 130 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at National Animal Disease Center

Which keywords describe research at National Animal Disease Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Vaccine, Vaccine Development, Diagnosis, Genomic Sequencing, Genetic Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology49▲ 10×32 topics
  2. Pathogenesis26▲ 42×11 topics
  3. Vaccine16▲ 33×7 topics
  4. Vaccine Development16▲ 52×6 topics
  5. Diagnosis13▲ 11×6 topics
  6. Genomic Sequencing12▲ 87×3 topics
  7. Genetic Characterization12▲ 214×2 topics
  8. Antimicrobial Resistance12▲ 49×7 topics
  9. Vaccines10▲ 152×3 topics
  10. Immune Response10▲ 14×7 topics
  11. Virulence Factors10▲ 54×6 topics
  12. Pathogenicity9▲ 117×4 topics
  13. Viral Pathogenesis9▲ 122×3 topics
  14. Host Immune Response9▲ 123×3 topics
  15. African Swine Fever9▲ 259×1 topic
  16. Foot-and-Mouth Disease9▲ 259×1 topic
  17. Infection8▲ 26×4 topics
  18. Genomics8▲ 21×6 topics
  19. Host-Pathogen Interactions8▲ 76×3 topics
  20. Metagenomics7▲ 65×2 topics
  21. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 15×7 topics
  22. Virus7▲ 60×3 topics
  23. Coronavirus7▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Public Health7▲ 3.9×6 topics
  25. Mycoplasma7▲ 264×1 topic
  26. Pasteurella7▲ 264×1 topic
  27. Virulence7▲ 86×4 topics
  28. Treatment6▲ 4.5×5 topics
  29. Pandemic6▲ 5.0×3 topics
  30. Circovirus6▲ 150×1 topic
  31. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus6▲ 150×1 topic
  32. Genetic Diversity6▲ 10×7 topics
  33. Norovirus6▲ 100×1 topic
  34. Rotavirus6▲ 100×1 topic
  35. H1N15▲ 138×1 topic
  36. Influenza5▲ 102×1 topic
  37. Gut Microbiota5▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Zoonotic Disease5▲ 164×2 topics
  39. Global Morbidity4▲ 411×1 topic
  40. Leptospira4▲ 411×1 topic

Which research topics does National Animal Disease Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Microbial infections and disease research, Animal Virus Infections Studies and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 9 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 7 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections …6Animal Virus Infections Studies: 6 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…6Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 6 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 5 fractional worksLeptospirosis research and findings: 4 fractional worksMycobacterium research a…3Mycobacterium research and diagnosis: 3 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 3 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 3 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 2 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceMicrobiologyAnimal Science and ZoologyInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 9 works
  2. 2 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 7 works
  3. 3 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  4. 4 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 6 works
  5. 5 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 4 works
  7. 7 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Animal Disease Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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