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National Veterinary Institute

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World rank, all time
#30,136
of 34,923
Rank in Ethiopia
#63
of 63
Research works
152
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
National Veterinary Institute

Which fields of science does National Veterinary Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at National Veterinary Institute is in Life Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (35%), Medicine (21%), Immunology and Microbiology (11%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 28 fractional works · 53.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 34.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 9.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 30.4% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 21.2% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalVeterinary…52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences54%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1834.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology510.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology48.6%
    1. Medicine1121.2%
    2. Veterinary36.6%
    3. Nursing12.5%
    4. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Environmental Science35.8%
    2. Engineering23.6%
    3. Computer Science00.7%
    4. Materials Science00.6%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
    2. Social Sciences11.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities01.0%
    4. Decision Sciences00.3%
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: 7.30× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.45× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.10× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 5.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 48.84× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 48.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary48.84×3 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology10.45×5 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.30×18 works
  4. Nursing5.05×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.60×4 works
  6. Environmental Science1.17×3 works
  7. Medicine1.10×11 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.33×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.27×0 works
  11. Engineering0.24×2 works
  12. Materials Science0.18×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.13×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.06×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Veterinary Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Berecha Bayissa, Esayas Gelaye and Gelagay Ayelet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Veterinary Institute.

  1. 1 Berecha Bayissa Ethiopia · #1,024,224 worldwide 464 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Esayas Gelaye Ethiopia · #1,426,728 worldwide 777 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Gelagay Ayelet Ethiopia · #1,522,118 worldwide 2.4k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Getaw Deresse Ethiopia · #1,718,040 worldwide 189 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Takele Abayneh Ethiopia · #2,236,736 worldwide 898 citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Mirtneh Akalu Ethiopia · #2,315,240 worldwide 110 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Abinet Legesse Ethiopia · #2,574,713 worldwide 151 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Belayneh Getachew Ethiopia · #2,690,071 worldwide 282 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Esayas Gelaye Ethiopia · #2,765,743 worldwide 1.6k citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Martha Yami Ethiopia · #2,780,284 worldwide 710 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at National Veterinary Institute

What are the most cited papers from National Veterinary Institute?

The most cited paper from National Veterinary Institute is "Acute mesenteric ischemia: updated guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery" (Miklosh Bala et al., 2022), with 361 citations. Next come "Identification of a New Genotype of African Swine Fever Virus in Domestic Pigs from Ethiopia" (212) and "The threat of peste des petits ruminants: progress in vaccine development for disease control" (208).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Acute mesenteric ischemia: updated guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery Miklosh Bala et al. · World Journal of Emergency Surgery Open access 19 Oct 2022 361
2 Identification of a New Genotype of African Swine Fever Virus in Domestic Pigs from Ethiopia Jenna E. Achenbach, Carmina Gallardo, Elvira Nieto-Pelegrín et al. · Transboundary and Emerging Diseases Open access 22 May 2016 212
3 The threat of peste des petits ruminants: progress in vaccine development for disease control Adama Diallo, Cécile Minet, C. Le Goff et al. · Vaccine 27 Feb 2007 208
4 Reversion of a live porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccine investigated by parallel mutations Henriette Svarre Nielsen, Martin B. Oleksiewicz, Roald Forsberg et al. · Journal of General Virology Jun 2001 207
5 Isolation and characterisation of circoviruses from pigs with wasting syndromes in Spain, Denmark and Northern Ireland Gordon Allan, F Mc Neilly, Brian Meehan et al. · Veterinary Microbiology Apr 1999 206
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Veterinary Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, Viral Pathogenesis, Antimicrobial Resistance, Genetic Characterization and Genomic Sequencing.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology14▲ 6.8×32 topics
  2. Vaccine6▲ 30×7 topics
  3. Pathogenesis6▲ 21×11 topics
  4. Immune Response6▲ 19×7 topics
  5. Viral Pathogenesis5▲ 143×2 topics
  6. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 40×4 topics
  7. Genetic Characterization4▲ 175×2 topics
  8. Climate Change4▲ 2.6×10 topics
  9. Genomic Sequencing4▲ 58×2 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity3▲ 15×8 topics
  11. Vaccine Development3▲ 26×6 topics
  12. Public Health3▲ 3.6×9 topics
  13. African Swine Fever3▲ 187×1 topic
  14. Foot-and-Mouth Disease3▲ 187×1 topic
  15. Host-Pathogen Interactions3▲ 62×3 topics
  16. Infection3▲ 20×6 topics
  17. Virulence Factors2▲ 33×4 topics
  18. Diagnosis2▲ 4.9×9 topics
  19. Mycoplasma2▲ 218×1 topic
  20. Pasteurella2▲ 218×1 topic
  21. Drug Resistance2▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Zoonotic Transmission2▲ 59×3 topics
  23. Nipah Virus2▲ 178×1 topic
  24. Paramyxovirus2▲ 178×1 topic
  25. Vaccines2▲ 70×2 topics
  26. Genetics2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  27. Metagenomics2▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Pathogenicity2▲ 44×4 topics
  29. Bluetongue Virus2▲ 158×1 topic
  30. Culicoides Biting Midges2▲ 158×1 topic
  31. Health Benefits1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  32. Nematodes1▲ 54×2 topics
  33. Probiotics1▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Chicken Domestication1▲ 161×1 topic
  35. Village Poultry1▲ 161×1 topic
  36. Circovirus1▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Coronavirus1▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Foodborne Illness1▲ 61×2 topics
  39. Genome Sequencing1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus1▲ 77×1 topic

Which research topics does National Veterinary Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Microbial infections and disease research, Virology and Viral Diseases and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases.

Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 2 fractional worksVirology and Viral Disea…2Virology and Viral Diseases: 2 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Dise…2Vector-Borne Animal Diseases: 2 fractional worksLivestock and Poultry Management: 1 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 1 fractional worksAnimal health and immuno…1Animal health and immunology: 1 fractional worksHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional worksSalmonella and Campyloba…1Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 1 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceMicrobiologyEpidemiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  2. 2 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 2 works
  3. 3 Virology and Viral Diseases Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  5. 5 Livestock and Poultry Management Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  6. 6 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  7. 7 Animal health and immunology Small Animals 1 works
  8. 8 Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  10. 10 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 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 available62.2%not open37.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Veterinary Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Veterinary Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%National Veterinary Institute0.00021% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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