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Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

rspca.org.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#25,517
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,360
of 2,253
Research works
268
▼ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

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: 2.39× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.18× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.00× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 5.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 56.42× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 56.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?

Ranked on the composite score, Penny Hawkins and James Yeates lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

  1. 1 Penny Hawkins United Kingdom · #781,287 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 James Yeates United Kingdom · #1,025,668 worldwide 17 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Which keywords describe research at Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Genomic Analysis, Oxytocin, Genetic Structure, Invasive Species, Animal-Assisted Therapy, Dog Domestication and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 2.6×14 topics
  2. Biodiversity3▲ 13×9 topics
  3. Genomic Analysis2▲ 33×2 topics
  4. Climate Change2▲ 3.0×10 topics
  5. Oxytocin2▲ 162×2 topics
  6. Genetic Structure2▲ 103×2 topics
  7. Invasive Species2▲ 17×7 topics
  8. Animal-Assisted Therapy2▲ 302×1 topic
  9. Dog Domestication2▲ 302×1 topic
  10. Diagnosis1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  11. Pathogenesis1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity1▲ 10×5 topics
  13. Animal Welfare1▲ 43×3 topics
  14. Rabies1▲ 225×1 topic
  15. Sustainability1▲ 1.54×5 topics
  16. Virus1▲ 41×1 topic
  17. Footbridges1▲ 90×1 topic
  18. Vibration Serviceability1▲ 90×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Rabies epidemiology and control, Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Human-Animal Interaction…2Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 2 fractional worksRabies epidemiology and control: 1 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional worksLivestock and Poultry Management: 1 fractional worksAnimal testing and alternatives: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Education and Workforce Issues: 0 fractional works
GeneticsVirologyCivil and Structural EngineeringSmall Animals4 others

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

  1. 1 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 2 works
  2. 2 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 1 works
  3. 3 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 1 works
  5. 5 Livestock and Poultry Management Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  6. 6 Animal testing and alternatives Small Animals 0 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues Leadership and Management 0 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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.

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.