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Roslin Institute

In research, Roslin Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,804 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,420 of 11,982 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,505 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Veterinary, Small Animals and Animal Science and Zoology — Veterinary is 53.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,223
of 28,054 · #2,862 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#167
of 1,094
Research works
3.6k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
141k
39.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Roslin Institute 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 #1,804 of 7,800 25.1%228 #1216
Health SciencesDomain #3,420 of 11,982 18.6%146 #1318
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,505 of 3,579 27.1%117 #1204
MedicineField #5,453 of 10,443 19.6%106 #2803
GeneticsSubfield #306 of 489 29.1%61 #277
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,630 of 3,409 25.2%67 #1337

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Roslin Institute 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#1,216 #1,804
  2. Health Sciences#1,318 #3,420
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,204 #1,505
  4. Medicine#2,803 #5,453
  5. Genetics#277 #306
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,337 #2,630
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Roslin Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Veterinary takes 53.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VeterinaryField · 30.4 works54×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 25.0 works49×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 21.8 works24×
  4. GeneticsSubfield · 60.8 works18×
← 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: 3.40× its world share, 67 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.27× its world share, 117 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.29× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 106 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 53.70× its world share, 30 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 53.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Roslin Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, I. Wilmut, Alan Archibald and Chris Haley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Roslin Institute.

  1. 1 I. Wilmut United Kingdom · #56,306 worldwide 351 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Alan Archibald United Kingdom · #88,046 worldwide 335 citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Chris Haley United Kingdom · #119,188 worldwide 367 citations · 89 works
  4. 4 C.J. Savory United Kingdom · #136,052 worldwide 197 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 B. C. McGorum United Kingdom · #189,683 worldwide 79 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 J. Ross Fitzgerald United Kingdom · #220,564 worldwide 167 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 David W. Burt United Kingdom · #229,835 worldwide 171 citations · 62 works
  8. 8 Paul A. De Sousa United Kingdom · #245,632 worldwide 251 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 John Woolliams United Kingdom · #344,514 worldwide 278 citations · 113 works
  10. 10 Jean Manson United Kingdom · #355,596 worldwide 57 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Roslin Institute

Which keywords describe research at Roslin Institute?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology53▲ 3.2×73 topics
  2. Genetic Diversity37▲ 20×14 topics
  3. Marker-Assisted Selection33▲ 101×3 topics
  4. Population Genetics29▲ 51×4 topics
  5. Plant Breeding25▲ 61×2 topics
  6. Genome-Wide Association24▲ 75×2 topics
  7. Climate Change24▲ 2.1×41 topics
  8. Quantitative Genetics23▲ 101×2 topics
  9. Animal Breeding22▲ 120×1 topic
  10. Genomic Selection22▲ 120×1 topic
  11. Animal Welfare22▲ 61×4 topics
  12. Pathogenesis18▲ 8.6×17 topics
  13. Gut Microbiota16▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Vaccine15▲ 9.1×11 topics
  15. Aquaculture15▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Immune Response14▲ 6.0×17 topics
  17. Gene Expression14▲ 5.5×10 topics
  18. Genetic Variation14▲ 16×7 topics
  19. Antibiotic Resistance12▲ 7.8×9 topics
  20. Genomic Analysis12▲ 12×9 topics
  21. Heat Stress12▲ 35×2 topics
  22. Probiotics11▲ 12×6 topics
  23. QTL Mapping11▲ 23×4 topics
  24. Crop Improvement11▲ 55×2 topics
  25. Genetic Mapping10▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Quantitative Trait Loci10▲ 45×3 topics
  27. Genome-wide Association Studies10▲ 94×1 topic
  28. Maize Domestication10▲ 94×1 topic
  29. Innate Immunity10▲ 7.8×10 topics
  30. Vaccine Development10▲ 9.5×11 topics
  31. Dairy Cattle10▲ 45×2 topics
  32. Genetic Characterization10▲ 50×2 topics
  33. Drug Resistance10▲ 8.2×7 topics
  34. Genetic Structure10▲ 32×3 topics
  35. Livestock Production10▲ 25×3 topics
  36. Antimicrobial Resistance9▲ 11×9 topics
  37. Population Dynamics9▲ 8.3×9 topics
  38. Emotional State9▲ 68×1 topic
  39. Stress Indicators9▲ 68×1 topic
  40. Viral Pathogenesis8▲ 32×3 topics

Which research topics does Roslin Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology.

Genetic and phenotypic t…22Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 22 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Dive…10Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 10 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…9Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 9 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 6 fractional worksAnimal Genetics and Reproduction: 6 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 6 fractional worksVeterinary Equine Medical Research: 5 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 5 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 5 fractional works
GeneticsSmall AnimalsAgronomy and Crop ScienceAnimal Science and Zoology2 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 22 works
  2. 2 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 10 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 9 works
  4. 4 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 7 works
  5. 5 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  6. 6 Animal Genetics and Reproduction Genetics 6 works
  7. 7 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  8. 8 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 5 works
  9. 9 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 5 works
  10. 10 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 5 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 available53.7%not open46.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Roslin Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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.

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