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National Livestock Breeding Center

In research, National Livestock Breeding Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#13,182 of 14,347 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#5,781 of 6,031 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#7,718 of 7,814 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 8.8× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#34,321
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,470
of 2,112
Research works
407
▼ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is National Livestock Breeding Center 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 #13,182 of 14,347 11.2%268
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,781 of 6,031 9.1%132
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #7,718 of 7,814 14.0%122

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 24.0 works8.8×
← 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: 8.81× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.89× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.46× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 23.65× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 23.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Livestock Breeding Center?

Ranked on the composite score, K. Imai, Tsuyoshi Abe and Masaru FUJITA lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Livestock Breeding Center.

  1. 1 K. Imai Japan · #401,812 worldwide 78 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Tsuyoshi Abe Japan · #589,037 worldwide 55 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Masaru FUJITA Japan · #1,069,621 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Keiichi Inoue Japan · #1,605,296 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at National Livestock Breeding Center

Which keywords describe research at National Livestock Breeding Center?

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

▲ 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. Genetic Diversity8▲ 32×7 topics
  2. Marker-Assisted Selection8▲ 170×2 topics
  3. Plant Breeding6▲ 114×3 topics
  4. Population Genetics6▲ 79×2 topics
  5. Animal Breeding6▲ 230×1 topic
  6. Genomic Selection6▲ 230×1 topic
  7. Animal Welfare4▲ 81×3 topics
  8. Heat Stress4▲ 88×2 topics
  9. Climate Change4▲ 2.5×14 topics
  10. Dairy Cattle4▲ 117×2 topics
  11. Livestock Production3▲ 64×3 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress3▲ 3.6×8 topics
  13. Gut Microbiota3▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Milk Composition3▲ 117×2 topics
  15. Probiotics3▲ 22×4 topics
  16. Antioxidants3▲ 10×3 topics
  17. Lipid Oxidation3▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Fatty Acid Composition2▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Consumer Perception2▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Meat Quality2▲ 54×3 topics
  21. Aquaculture2▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Gene Expression2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  23. Protein Oxidation2▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Spoilage Microbiota2▲ 66×1 topic
  25. Amino Acids2▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Antibiotic Alternatives2▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Microbial Community2▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Poultry Production2▲ 66×1 topic
  29. Metabolic Adaptations2▲ 136×1 topic
  30. Methane Production2▲ 120×1 topic
  31. Physiological Responses2▲ 66×1 topic
  32. QTL Mapping2▲ 29×4 topics
  33. Ruminant Nutrition2▲ 120×1 topic
  34. Crop Improvement2▲ 66×2 topics
  35. Quantitative Trait Loci2▲ 55×2 topics
  36. Genetic Mapping2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Genome-wide Association Studies2▲ 113×1 topic
  38. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 15×5 topics
  39. Energy Balance2▲ 48×2 topics
  40. Reproductive Loss2▲ 98×1 topic

Which research topics does National Livestock Breeding Center publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 6 works
  2. 2 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  3. 3 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  4. 4 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  5. 5 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  6. 6 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  8. 8 Livestock Farming and Management Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  9. 9 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Sperm and Testicular Function Reproductive Medicine 1 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 available59.5%not open40.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.6%domestic only74.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Livestock Breeding Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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