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Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital

In research, Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,502 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,764
of 28,054 · #16,322 all time
Rank in South Africa
#55
of 87
Research works
1.4k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
23.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital 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 #6,502 of 7,800 23.2%67 #7688

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital 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: 6.40× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.23× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.53× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.37× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 2.31× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 63.76× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 63.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, R.K. Reinecke, J Boomker and C.J. Botha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital.

  1. 1 R.K. Reinecke South Africa · #681,130 worldwide 15 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 J Boomker South Africa · #700,637 worldwide 28 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 C.J. Botha South Africa · #1,451,040 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 R.C. Krecek South Africa · #1,466,421 worldwide 20 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Public Health, Genetic Characterization, Genetic Diversity, Vaccines, Climate Change 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. Epidemiology33▲ 6.4×45 topics
  2. Pathogenesis16▲ 25×13 topics
  3. Public Health12▲ 6.7×14 topics
  4. Climate Change11▲ 3.1×24 topics
  5. Genetic Characterization10▲ 159×2 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity7▲ 13×10 topics
  7. Vaccines7▲ 100×3 topics
  8. Pathogen Transmission6▲ 69×2 topics
  9. Host-Pathogen Interactions6▲ 54×5 topics
  10. Vaccine Development6▲ 17×11 topics
  11. Bluetongue Virus5▲ 224×1 topic
  12. Culicoides Biting Midges5▲ 224×1 topic
  13. Medicinal Plants5▲ 9.5×8 topics
  14. Vaccine5▲ 9.4×7 topics
  15. Genomic Analysis5▲ 15×7 topics
  16. Viral Pathogenesis5▲ 60×2 topics
  17. Antioxidant5▲ 5.4×21 topics
  18. Animal Welfare5▲ 41×4 topics
  19. Zoonotic Infections5▲ 63×2 topics
  20. Diagnosis4▲ 3.7×9 topics
  21. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 17×7 topics
  22. African Swine Fever4▲ 116×1 topic
  23. Bunyavirus4▲ 74×1 topic
  24. Foot-and-Mouth Disease4▲ 116×1 topic
  25. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers4▲ 74×1 topic
  26. Biodiversity4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  27. Immune Response4▲ 5.4×7 topics
  28. Lyme Disease4▲ 121×1 topic
  29. Probiotics4▲ 13×5 topics
  30. Tick-Borne Diseases4▲ 121×1 topic
  31. Gut Microbiota4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  32. Pathogenicity4▲ 42×5 topics
  33. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 6.8×10 topics
  34. Dairy Cattle3▲ 51×2 topics
  35. Heat Stress3▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Infection3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  37. Virus3▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Drug Resistance3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  39. Population Dynamics3▲ 8.6×7 topics
  40. Milk Composition3▲ 50×2 topics

Which research topics does Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Viral Infections and Vectors, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology and Vector-borne infectious diseases.

Vector-Borne Animal Diseases: 5 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 4 fractional worksAnimal Disease Managemen…4Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksVector-borne infectious …4Vector-borne infectious diseases: 4 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and pu…2Zoonotic diseases and public health: 2 fractional worksVeterinary Equine Medica…2Veterinary Equine Medical Research: 2 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …2Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 2 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 2 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInfectious DiseasesAgronomy and Crop ScienceParasitology5 others

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

  1. 1 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  4. 4 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 4 works
  5. 5 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 2 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  8. 8 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  9. 9 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.3%domestic only67.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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