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Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center

In research, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,715 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science and Genetics — Agronomy and Crop Science is 59.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,143
of 28,054 · #9,493 all time
Rank in United States
#2,782
of 4,192
Research works
1.7k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
69k
39.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center 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 #6,715 of 7,800 12.6%103 #4273

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research 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 Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 59.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 20.6 works59×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 31.3 works26×
← 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: 6.62× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.49× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.81× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 41.11× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 41.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, K. E. Gregory, M. Koohmaraie and Michael L. Clawson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center.

  1. 1 K. E. Gregory United States · #54,081 worldwide 299 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 M. Koohmaraie United States · #103,331 worldwide 337 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Michael L. Clawson United States · #145,891 worldwide 123 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 B. D. Schanbacher United States · #147,810 worldwide 144 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 T. M. Brown-Brandl United States · #158,367 worldwide 197 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Norasak Kalchayanand United States · #186,525 worldwide 202 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 T. L. Wheeler United States · #187,217 worldwide 259 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 G. A. Rohrer United States · #208,892 worldwide 215 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 L. V. Cundiff United States · #262,065 worldwide 174 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 D. A. King United States · #262,741 worldwide 98 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center?

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

▲ 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. Marker-Assisted Selection26▲ 228×2 topics
  2. Genetic Diversity22▲ 34×7 topics
  3. Plant Breeding21▲ 149×2 topics
  4. Population Genetics21▲ 105×3 topics
  5. Genome-Wide Association21▲ 181×2 topics
  6. Animal Breeding20▲ 309×1 topic
  7. Genomic Selection20▲ 309×1 topic
  8. Dairy Cattle14▲ 185×2 topics
  9. Animal Welfare13▲ 102×4 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress12▲ 5.1×10 topics
  11. Epidemiology10▲ 1.77×21 topics
  12. Energy Balance10▲ 120×3 topics
  13. Reproductive Loss10▲ 252×1 topic
  14. Uterine Disease10▲ 252×1 topic
  15. Microbial Community9▲ 77×3 topics
  16. Pathogenicity9▲ 91×4 topics
  17. Milk Composition9▲ 139×2 topics
  18. Fatty Acid Composition8▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Antimicrobial Resistance8▲ 27×7 topics
  20. Methane Production8▲ 185×1 topic
  21. Ruminant Nutrition8▲ 185×1 topic
  22. Heat Stress8▲ 64×2 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 6.3×7 topics
  24. Genetic Variation7▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Foodborne Illness6▲ 120×2 topics
  26. QTL Mapping6▲ 36×3 topics
  27. Crop Improvement6▲ 86×2 topics
  28. Emotional State6▲ 133×1 topic
  29. Genetic Mapping6▲ 52×2 topics
  30. Quantitative Trait Loci6▲ 73×2 topics
  31. Stress Indicators6▲ 133×1 topic
  32. Genome-wide Association Studies6▲ 151×1 topic
  33. Maize Domestication6▲ 151×1 topic
  34. Vaccine Development6▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Livestock Production5▲ 38×3 topics
  36. Infection5▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Probiotics5▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Gut Microbiota5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  39. Chronic Disease5▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Meat Quality5▲ 42×3 topics

Which research topics does Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Genetic and phenotypic t…20Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 20 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …10Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 10 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…8Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 8 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 6 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 6 fractional worksBirth, Development, and …5Birth, Development, and Health: 5 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 4 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 4 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 4 fractional worksSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 4 fractional works
GeneticsAgronomy and Crop ScienceSmall AnimalsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 20 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 10 works
  3. 3 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 8 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 6 works
  5. 5 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 6 works
  6. 6 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  7. 7 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  9. 9 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  10. 10 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 4 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 available32.8%not open67.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.