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Royal Veterinary College

In research, Royal Veterinary College stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,182 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,238 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,200 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals (Equine is 253.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,650
of 22,385 · #2,297 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#144
of 862
Research works
7.7k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
215k
28.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Royal Veterinary College

What is Royal Veterinary College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,182 of 9,902 11.2%531 #1311
MedicineField #1,238 of 8,541 9.4%346 #1323
Life SciencesDomain #1,200 of 6,403 11.9%277 #1262
Small AnimalsSubfield #11 of 48 16.6%117 #45
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,129 of 3,157 15.5%103 #980
VeterinaryField #26 of 57 15.8%148 #35
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,573 of 2,964 9.4%115 #1604
Physical SciencesDomain #6,180 of 10,670 10.6%80 #4960

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#1,311 #1,182
  2. Medicine#1,323 #1,238
  3. Life Sciences#1,262 #1,200
  4. Small Animals#45 #11
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#980 #1,129
  6. Veterinary#35 #26
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,604 #1,573
  8. Physical Sciences#4,960 #6,180
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Royal Veterinary College work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Royal Veterinary College is in Health Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (38%), Veterinary (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 593 fractional works · 58.6% of its workMedicine: 386 fractional works · 38.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 57 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSurgery: 56 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 167 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSmall Animals: 133 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEquine: 33 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth Professions: 32 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 303 fractional works · 30.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 126 fractional works · 12.4% of its workGenetics: 55 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 43 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 112 fractional works · 11.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 44 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 32 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 48 fractional works · 4.8% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workParasitology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVirology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 44 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal VeterinaryCollege1,012fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences59%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine38638.1%
    2. Veterinary16716.5%
    3. Health Professions323.2%
    4. Nursing60.6%
    5. Dentistry20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12612.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11211.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology484.8%
    4. Neuroscience161.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Environmental Science444.4%
    2. Engineering242.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences90.9%
    4. Computer Science30.3%
    5. Mathematics30.3%
    6. Materials Science30.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.2%
    8. Chemistry10.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences101.0%
    2. Psychology80.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting20.2%
    4. Decision Sciences20.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Royal Veterinary College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Equine takes 253.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EquineSubfield · 33.4 works254×
  2. VeterinaryField · 166.6 works121×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 133.3 works107×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 44.0 works20×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 32.1 works13×
← 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: 2.32× its world share, 112 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.33× its world share, 126 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.75× its world share, 48 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.98× its world share, 386 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 121.24× its world share, 167 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 121.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary121.24×167 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.75×48 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.33×126 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.32×112 works
  5. Medicine1.98×386 works
  6. Nursing1.23×6 works
  7. Health Professions1.20×32 works
  8. Neuroscience0.98×16 works
  9. Environmental Science0.88×44 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×9 works
  11. Dentistry0.43×2 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×1 works
  13. Psychology0.27×8 works
  14. Mathematics0.26×3 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.20×2 works
  16. Engineering0.16×24 works
  17. Chemistry0.09×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.08×3 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.08×2 works
  20. Social Sciences0.08×10 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×2 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.06×2 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×1 works
  24. Computer Science0.04×3 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Veterinary College?

Ranked on the quality score, John R. Hutchinson, Najmul Haider and Richard Anthony Kock lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Veterinary College.

  1. 1 John R. Hutchinson United Kingdom · #81,615 worldwide 17k citations · 497 works
  2. 2 Najmul Haider United Kingdom · #98,956 worldwide 4.9k citations · 132 works
  3. 3 Richard Anthony Kock United Kingdom · #108,473 worldwide 18k citations · 330 works
  4. 4 Lance E. Lanyon United Kingdom · #137,528 worldwide 23k citations · 211 works
  5. 5 Denis M. Larkin United Kingdom · #158,859 worldwide 11k citations · 171 works
  6. 6 Alan M. Wilson United Kingdom · #168,558 worldwide 14k citations · 283 works
  7. 7 Elsa Léger United Kingdom · #231,241 worldwide 2k citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Richard James Bomphrey United Kingdom · #237,009 worldwide 3.4k citations · 84 works
  9. 9 Michelangelo Campanella United Kingdom · #257,814 worldwide 28k citations · 160 works
  10. 10 Vivian R. Allen United Kingdom · #282,576 worldwide 1.7k citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Veterinary College

What are the most cited papers from Royal Veterinary College?

The most cited paper from Royal Veterinary College is "Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018" (Lorenzo Galluzzi et al., 2018), with 6,760 citations. Next come "The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health — The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China" (4,033) and "The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China" (3,137).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018 Lorenzo Galluzzi et al. · Cell Death and Differentiation Open access169 authors 23 Jan 2018 6,760
2 The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health — The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China David S.C. Hui, Esam I. Azhar, Tariq A. Madani et al. · International Journal of Infectious Diseases Open access 14 Jan 2020 4,033
3 The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Chia-Hung Yang, Bernardo Gutiérrez et al. · Science Open access 25 Mar 2020 3,137
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
5 Limb proportions show developmental plasticity in response to embryo movement Andrea S. Pollard, Bethany Charlton, John R. Hutchinson et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 6 Feb 2017 2,393
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Veterinary College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genomic Analysis, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Animal Welfare, 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-now 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. Epidemiology109▲ 2.7×96 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis81▲ 31×9 topics
  3. Immunotherapy53▲ 7.3×14 topics
  4. Animal Welfare51▲ 57×4 topics
  5. Pain Assessment51▲ 236×2 topics
  6. Inflammation49▲ 2.3×62 topics
  7. Osteoarthritis44▲ 33×4 topics
  8. Cancer Treatment43▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Molecular Pathology42▲ 40×4 topics
  10. Gait Analysis42▲ 43×3 topics
  11. Translational Research42▲ 112×2 topics
  12. Canine Cancer41▲ 287×1 topic
  13. Comparative Oncology41▲ 287×1 topic
  14. Chronic Kidney Disease40▲ 16×8 topics
  15. Surgical Complications39▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Obesity39▲ 5.0×15 topics
  17. Treatment Outcomes38▲ 56×3 topics
  18. Pathogenesis38▲ 7.3×19 topics
  19. Canine37▲ 369×1 topic
  20. Orthopedic37▲ 369×1 topic
  21. Diabetes Mellitus36▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Laparoscopic Surgery35▲ 29×4 topics
  23. Hypertension35▲ 12×8 topics
  24. Urinary Tract Infections34▲ 78×2 topics
  25. Heart Rate Variability34▲ 30×3 topics
  26. Prostate Cancer34▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Genetic Structure34▲ 45×3 topics
  28. Equine Health33▲ 255×1 topic
  29. Welfare Assessment33▲ 255×1 topic
  30. Nutritional Assessment33▲ 95×1 topic
  31. Ovariohysterectomy33▲ 335×1 topic
  32. Oxytocin32▲ 67×2 topics
  33. Social Cognition31▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Animal-Assisted Therapy30▲ 126×1 topic
  35. Dog Domestication30▲ 126×1 topic
  36. Emotional State26▲ 84×1 topic
  37. Stress Indicators26▲ 84×1 topic
  38. Antimicrobial Resistance23▲ 11×9 topics
  39. Dairy Cattle22▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Vaccine Development22▲ 8.5×11 topics

Which research topics does Royal Veterinary College publish most on?

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

Veterinary Oncology Rese…41Veterinary Oncology Research: 41 fractional worksVeterinary Orthopedics a…37Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology: 37 fractional worksVeterinary Equine Medica…33Veterinary Equine Medical Research: 33 fractional worksVeterinary Medicine and …33Veterinary Medicine and Surgery: 33 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 30 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 26 fractional worksVeterinary Practice and …19Veterinary Practice and Education Studies: 19 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 16 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 14 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 12 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSmall AnimalsEquineGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 41 works
  2. 2 Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology Small Animals 37 works
  3. 3 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 33 works
  4. 4 Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Small Animals 33 works
  5. 5 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 30 works
  6. 6 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 26 works
  7. 7 Veterinary Practice and Education Studies Speech and Hearing 19 works
  8. 8 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 16 works
  9. 9 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia Small Animals 14 works
  10. 10 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Veterinary College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Royal Veterinary College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0041% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Royal Veterinary College0.0040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Veterinary College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Royal Veterinary College11.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.1% in 2013.

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