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Royal Veterinary College

In research, Royal Veterinary College stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,195 of 11,982 worldwide), Veterinary (#5 of 49 worldwide) and Small Animals (#4 of 38 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals — Equine is 258.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,795
of 28,054 · #2,081 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#154
of 1,094
Research works
7.7k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
215k
28.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Royal Veterinary College 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,195 of 11,982 15.8%531 #438
VeterinaryField #5 of 49 18.2%148 #2
Small AnimalsSubfield #4 of 38 19.2%117 #13
Life SciencesDomain #2,187 of 7,800 19.3%277 #1312
MedicineField #3,962 of 10,443 14.0%346 #1962
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,482 of 3,409 22.4%103 #1432
Physical SciencesDomain #9,386 of 12,888 26.0%80 #9050
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,832 of 3,579 18.0%115 #1543

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Veterinary College 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. Health Sciences#438 #1,195
  2. Veterinary#2 #5
  3. Small Animals#13 #4
  4. Life Sciences#1,312 #2,187
  5. Medicine#1,962 #3,962
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,432 #2,482
  7. Physical Sciences#9,050 #9,386
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,543 #2,832
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 Royal Veterinary College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Equine takes 258.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EquineSubfield · 30.6 works259×
  2. VeterinaryField · 147.5 works119×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 116.9 works105×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 40.7 works20×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 30.0 works14×
← 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: 2.38× its world share, 103 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.36× its world share, 115 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.70× its world share, 43 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.98× its world share, 346 worksMedicineNursing: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 119.33× its world share, 148 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 119.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Veterinary College?

Ranked on the composite score, S. Brown, David Lodge and Andrew A. Pitsillides lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Veterinary College.

  1. 1 S. Brown · #18,015 worldwide 675 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 David Lodge · #29,193 worldwide 260 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Andrew A. Pitsillides · #50,950 worldwide 335 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 John R. Hutchinson · #58,711 worldwide 455 citations · 63 works
  5. 5 R. Schoental · #62,126 worldwide 187 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Lance E. Lanyon · #71,404 worldwide 299 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Michelangelo Campanella · #79,615 worldwide 976 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 D.C. Wathes · #85,764 worldwide 180 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Virginia Luis Fuentes · #115,251 worldwide 138 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Yu‐Mei Chang · #122,557 worldwide 159 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Veterinary College

Which keywords describe research at Royal Veterinary College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genomic Analysis, Epidemiology, Animal Welfare, Immunotherapy, Pain Assessment, Osteoarthritis, Cancer Treatment and Molecular Pathology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology98▲ 2.7×96 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis71▲ 31×9 topics
  3. Animal Welfare48▲ 60×4 topics
  4. Immunotherapy47▲ 7.2×14 topics
  5. Pain Assessment44▲ 242×2 topics
  6. Inflammation42▲ 2.2×60 topics
  7. Osteoarthritis38▲ 33×4 topics
  8. Cancer Treatment37▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Molecular Pathology37▲ 38×4 topics
  10. Gait Analysis36▲ 41×3 topics
  11. Translational Research36▲ 110×2 topics
  12. Canine Cancer36▲ 299×1 topic
  13. Comparative Oncology36▲ 299×1 topic
  14. Pathogenesis35▲ 7.5×19 topics
  15. Chronic Kidney Disease35▲ 16×8 topics
  16. Obesity34▲ 4.9×14 topics
  17. Surgical Complications33▲ 45×2 topics
  18. Treatment Outcomes32▲ 54×3 topics
  19. Diabetes Mellitus32▲ 17×4 topics
  20. Canine32▲ 383×1 topic
  21. Orthopedic32▲ 383×1 topic
  22. Heart Rate Variability31▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Equine Health31▲ 259×1 topic
  24. Welfare Assessment31▲ 259×1 topic
  25. Hypertension30▲ 12×7 topics
  26. Laparoscopic Surgery30▲ 28×4 topics
  27. Urinary Tract Infections30▲ 80×2 topics
  28. Genetic Structure30▲ 46×3 topics
  29. Prostate Cancer30▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Nutritional Assessment29▲ 95×1 topic
  31. Ovariohysterectomy29▲ 367×1 topic
  32. Oxytocin28▲ 67×2 topics
  33. Social Cognition28▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Animal-Assisted Therapy27▲ 126×1 topic
  35. Dog Domestication27▲ 126×1 topic
  36. Emotional State25▲ 89×1 topic
  37. Stress Indicators25▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Dairy Cattle22▲ 46×2 topics
  39. Antimicrobial Resistance20▲ 11×9 topics
  40. Heat Stress20▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Veterinary College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Veterinary Oncology Research, Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology, Veterinary Equine Medical Research and Veterinary Medicine and Surgery.

Veterinary Oncology Rese…36Veterinary Oncology Research: 36 fractional worksVeterinary Orthopedics a…32Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology: 32 fractional worksVeterinary Equine Medica…31Veterinary Equine Medical Research: 31 fractional worksVeterinary Medicine and …29Veterinary Medicine and Surgery: 29 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 27 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 25 fractional worksVeterinary Practice and …16Veterinary Practice and Education Studies: 16 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 14 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 12 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 11 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSmall AnimalsEquineGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Veterinary Oncology ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 36 works
  2. 2 Veterinary Orthopedics and NeurologySmall Animals 32 works
  3. 3 Veterinary Equine Medical ResearchEquine 31 works
  4. 4 Veterinary Medicine and SurgerySmall Animals 29 works
  5. 5 Human-Animal Interaction StudiesGenetics 27 works
  6. 6 Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesSmall Animals 25 works
  7. 7 Veterinary Practice and Education StudiesSpeech and Hearing 16 works
  8. 8 Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgronomy and Crop Science 14 works
  9. 9 Veterinary Pharmacology and AnesthesiaSmall Animals 12 works
  10. 10 Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgronomy and Crop Science 11 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.4%domestic only74.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Veterinary College'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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