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National Wildlife Health Center

In research, National Wildlife Health Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#8,330 of 14,347 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#19,417 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,136
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,946
of 8,685
Research works
328
▼ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
38.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is National Wildlife Health 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 #8,330 of 14,347 21.2%131
Physical SciencesDomain #19,417 of 21,541 24.3%120

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Wildlife Health 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).

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: 2.68× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.48× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.35× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.80× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Wildlife Health Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Carol U. Meteyer, Jonathan M. Sleeman and Hon S. Ip lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Wildlife Health Center.

  1. 1 Carol U. Meteyer United States · #261,696 worldwide 135 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Jonathan M. Sleeman United States · #288,275 worldwide 55 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Hon S. Ip United States · #293,229 worldwide 136 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 J. Christian Franson United States · #296,641 worldwide 97 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Tonie E. Rocke United States · #371,522 worldwide 110 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Jeffrey M. Lorch United States · #482,435 worldwide 115 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Rebecca A. Cole United States · #694,597 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Robert J. Dusek United States · #1,324,512 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at National Wildlife Health Center

Which keywords describe research at National Wildlife Health Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Public Health, Invasive Species and Pathogen Transmission.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 4.5×22 topics
  2. Climate Change6▲ 6.5×26 topics
  3. Pathogenesis4▲ 22×10 topics
  4. Population Dynamics4▲ 43×6 topics
  5. Public Health3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  6. Biodiversity3▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Invasive Species2▲ 17×10 topics
  8. Pathogen Transmission2▲ 97×2 topics
  9. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 39×6 topics
  10. Conservation2▲ 14×8 topics
  11. Bats2▲ 167×2 topics
  12. Habitat Selection2▲ 75×2 topics
  13. Bioaccumulation2▲ 59×2 topics
  14. Conservation Biology2▲ 51×3 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity2▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Viral Pathogenesis2▲ 79×2 topics
  17. Genetic Characterization2▲ 102×2 topics
  18. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers2▲ 105×1 topic
  19. Zoonotic Infections2▲ 83×1 topic
  20. African Swine Fever2▲ 160×1 topic
  21. Foot-and-Mouth Disease2▲ 160×1 topic
  22. One Health2▲ 137×1 topic
  23. Virulence Factors2▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Zoonotic Diseases2▲ 137×1 topic
  25. Animal Movement1▲ 78×1 topic
  26. Genomics1▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Neurodegenerative Diseases1▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Occupancy Rates1▲ 78×1 topic
  29. Protein Aggregation1▲ 77×2 topics
  30. Vaccine1▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Biodiversity Loss1▲ 75×2 topics
  32. Host-Pathogen Interactions1▲ 45×2 topics
  33. Molecular Basis1▲ 508×1 topic
  34. Prion Diseases1▲ 508×1 topic
  35. Water Quality1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  36. Evolution1▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Virus1▲ 38×3 topics
  38. Echolocation1▲ 210×1 topic
  39. Hibernation1▲ 210×1 topic
  40. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does National Wildlife Health Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Viral Infections and Vectors, Zoonotic diseases and public health, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Viral Infections and Vec…2Viral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and pu…2Zoonotic diseases and public health: 2 fractional worksAnimal Disease Managemen…2Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksPrion Diseases and Protein Misfolding: 1 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Toxicology…1Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: 1 fractional worksYersinia bacterium, plag…1Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research: 1 fractional worksRabies epidemiology and …1Rabies epidemiology and control: 1 fractional worksMercury impact and mitig…1Mercury impact and mitigation studies: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAgronomy and Crop ScienceEcology5 others

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

  1. 1 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding Molecular Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  7. 7 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  8. 8 Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 1 works
  10. 10 Mercury impact and mitigation studies Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Wildlife Health 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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