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National Pork Board

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Research works
71
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
National Pork Board

Not ranked overall: National Pork Board is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does National Pork Board work in?

In all years, 46% of research at National Pork Board is in Life Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (35%), Medicine (16%), Veterinary (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 33 fractional works · 46.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 35.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 11 fractional works · 16.2% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 32.1% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 16.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSmall Animals: 7 fractional works · 9.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKNational PorkBoard71fractional works, all years
Life Sciences46%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2535.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology67.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology23.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Medicine1116.2%
    2. Veterinary79.4%
    3. Health Professions34.0%
    4. Nursing11.9%
    5. Dentistry00.5%
    1. Environmental Science45.8%
    2. Engineering22.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy11.4%
    4. Chemistry10.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting23.2%
    2. Social Sciences22.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.5%
    4. Psychology11.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 6.37× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.32× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.50× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Dentistry: 6.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.87× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 42.85× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 42.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary42.85×1 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology7.50×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.37×4 works
  4. Dentistry6.37×0 works
  5. Health Professions5.87×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.32×2 works
  7. Medicine1.18×3 works
  8. Psychology0.89×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Pork Board?

Ranked on the quality score, Lisa Becton and David Meeker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Pork Board.

  1. 1 Lisa Becton United States · #2,544,649 worldwide 257 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 David Meeker United States · #2,750,511 worldwide 609 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at National Pork Board

What are the most cited papers from National Pork Board?

The most cited paper from National Pork Board is "Assessment of the economic impact of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome on swine production in the United States" (Eric J. Neumann, James Kliebenstein, Colin Johnson et al., 2005), with 1,088 citations. Next come "Measuring pork color: effects of bloom time, muscle, pH and relationship to instrumental parameters" (269) and "Terminology for classifying swine herds by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus status" (152).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Assessment of the economic impact of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome on swine production in the United States Eric J. Neumann, James Kliebenstein, Colin Johnson et al. · Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Aug 2005 1,088
2 Measuring pork color: effects of bloom time, muscle, pH and relationship to instrumental parameters M.S. BREWER, Lingtao Zhu, B S Bidner et al. · Meat Science Feb 2001 269
3 Terminology for classifying swine herds by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus status Derald Holtkamp, Dale Polson, Montserrat Torremorell et al. · Journal of Swine Health and Production Open access 2011 152
4 Trimming and Washing of Beef Carcasses as a Method of Improving the Microbiological Quality of Meat James O. Reagan, G.R. Acuff, Dennis R. Buege et al. · Journal of Food Protection Open access Jul 1996 137
5 Consumer perceptions of pork eating quality as affected by pork quality attributes and end-point cooked temperature S. J. Moeller, R. K. Miller, K.K. Edwards et al. · Meat Science 17 Jun 2009 133
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Pork Board?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Animal Welfare, Emotional State, Stress Indicators, Epidemiology, Consumer Perception, Pathogenesis, Vaccine and Meat Quality.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.2×21 topics
  2. Animal Welfare8▲ 101×4 topics
  3. Emotional State6▲ 250×1 topic
  4. Stress Indicators6▲ 250×1 topic
  5. Consumer Perception6▲ 48×5 topics
  6. Pathogenesis5▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Vaccine5▲ 16×4 topics
  8. Meat Quality4▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Gut Microbiota4▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Sustainability4▲ 3.5×10 topics
  11. Lipid Oxidation4▲ 60×1 topic
  12. Protein Oxidation4▲ 91×1 topic
  13. Genomic Sequencing4▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Heat Stress4▲ 64×2 topics
  15. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 20×6 topics
  16. Climate Change4▲ 1.92×9 topics
  17. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.6×5 topics
  18. Probiotics3▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Amino Acids3▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Antibiotic Alternatives3▲ 68×1 topic
  21. Genetic Characterization3▲ 79×2 topics
  22. Poultry Production3▲ 68×1 topic
  23. Immune Response3▲ 7.4×4 topics
  24. African Swine Fever3▲ 124×1 topic
  25. Foot-and-Mouth Disease3▲ 124×1 topic
  26. Metagenomics3▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Viral Pathogenesis3▲ 54×2 topics
  28. Public Health3▲ 3.0×8 topics
  29. Coronavirus3▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus3▲ 103×1 topic
  31. Biodiversity2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  32. Infection2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Virulence Factors2▲ 17×4 topics
  34. Ethical Considerations2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  35. Genomic Integration2▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Aquaculture2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  37. Food Safety2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  38. Global Impact2▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Host-Pathogen Interactions2▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Microbial Community2▲ 25×3 topics

Which research topics does National Pork Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education, Microbial infections and disease research and Animal Virus Infections Studies.

Animal Disease Managemen…2Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksDietetics, Nutrition, and Education: 1 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 1 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional worksAnimal Genetics and Repr…1Animal Genetics and Reproduction: 1 fractional worksVeterinary Practice and Education Studies: 0 fractional worksNeonatal and Maternal Infections: 0 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 0 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections and Treatments: 0 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceHealth Information ManagementMicrobiologyAnimal Science and Zoology5 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  2. 2 Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education Health Information Management 1 works
  3. 3 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 1 works
  4. 4 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  5. 5 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 1 works
  6. 6 Animal Genetics and Reproduction Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Veterinary Practice and Education Studies Speech and Hearing 0 works
  8. 8 Neonatal and Maternal Infections Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Pork Board's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Pork Board as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000074% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%National Pork Board0.000065% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Pork Board over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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