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Scotland's Rural College

In research, Scotland's Rural College stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,154 of 6,403 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#831 of 3,157 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,213 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Small Animals, Veterinary and Animal Science and Zoology (Small Animals is 54.5× its share of world research).

sruc.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#5,161
of 22,385 · #4,350 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#205
of 862
Research works
2k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
51k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Scotland's Rural College

What is Scotland's Rural 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,154 of 6,403 14.2%211 #1803
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #831 of 3,157 15.6%137 #809
Environmental ScienceField #1,213 of 3,334 12.7%67 #1317
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,415 of 2,964 11.5%61 #2457
Physical SciencesDomain #5,229 of 10,670 19.9%116 #4751
Health SciencesDomain #8,320 of 9,902 11.8%69 #7463

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Scotland's Rural 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. Life Sciences#1,803 #1,154
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#809 #831
  3. Environmental Science#1,317 #1,213
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,457 #1,415
  5. Physical Sciences#4,751 #5,229
  6. Health Sciences#7,463 #8,320
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 Scotland's Rural College work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Scotland's Rural College is in Life Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (32%), Environmental Science (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 243 fractional works · 49.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 160 fractional works · 32.4% of its workPlant Science: 36 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 32 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 28 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFood Science: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSoil Science: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 68 fractional works · 13.9% of its workGenetics: 41 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workParasitology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 128 fractional works · 25.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 76 fractional works · 15.4% of its workEcology: 37 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 79 fractional works · 15.9% of its workVeterinary: 36 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSmall Animals: 33 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEquine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKScotland's RuralCollege494fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences49%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences9%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences16032.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6813.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology122.3%
    4. Neuroscience30.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Environmental Science7615.4%
    2. Engineering214.2%
    3. Materials Science153.0%
    4. Energy30.7%
    5. Computer Science30.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.6%
    7. Chemistry30.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering30.6%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Veterinary367.3%
    2. Medicine346.8%
    3. Health Professions40.9%
    4. Nursing40.9%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance122.3%
    2. Social Sciences112.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting102.1%
    4. Psychology61.2%
    5. Decision Sciences40.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Scotland's Rural College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Small Animals takes 54.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Small AnimalsSubfield · 33.1 works55×
  2. VeterinaryField · 36.1 works54×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 32.0 works29×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 27.8 works24×
← 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: 6.81× its world share, 160 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.60× its world share, 68 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.32× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.71× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.10× its world share, 76 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 1.77× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 53.77× its world share, 36 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 53.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary53.77×36 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.81×160 works
  3. Environmental Science3.10×76 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.60×68 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.32×12 works
  6. Nursing1.77×4 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.71×3 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.10×12 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.90×4 works
  10. Materials Science0.85×15 works
  11. Energy0.74×3 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×10 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×3 works
  15. Psychology0.40×6 works
  16. Chemistry0.39×3 works
  17. Health Professions0.35×4 works
  18. Medicine0.35×34 works
  19. Neuroscience0.32×3 works
  20. Engineering0.28×21 works
  21. Social Sciences0.18×11 works
  22. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  23. Computer Science0.08×3 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.05×1 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Scotland's Rural College?

Ranked on the quality score, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Vijay Kumar Thakur and Robert Martin Rees lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scotland's Rural College.

  1. 1 Vijai Kumar Gupta United Kingdom · #8,038 worldwide 57k citations · 566 works
  2. 2 Vijay Kumar Thakur United Kingdom · #28,871 worldwide 51k citations · 626 works
  3. 3 Robert Martin Rees United Kingdom · #93,818 worldwide 15k citations · 358 works
  4. 4 Andrew Peter Barnes United Kingdom · #111,109 worldwide 6.3k citations · 206 works
  5. 5 Bryan S. Griffiths United Kingdom · #169,807 worldwide 21k citations · 305 works
  6. 6 Lorna J. Cole United Kingdom · #236,191 worldwide 2.5k citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Marc D. Auffret United Kingdom · #248,774 worldwide 3.5k citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Bruce C. Ball United Kingdom · #313,846 worldwide 10k citations · 164 works
  9. 9 Klaus Glenk United Kingdom · #357,563 worldwide 3.9k citations · 152 works
  10. 10 Nick A. Littlewood United Kingdom · #361,225 worldwide 3.1k citations · 93 works
All ranked researchers at Scotland's Rural College

What are the most cited papers from Scotland's Rural College?

The most cited paper from Scotland's Rural College is "A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks" (Hanqin Tian et al., 2020), with 1,995 citations. Next come "Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology" (1,404) and "Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale" (1,316).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks Hanqin Tian et al. · Nature Open access 7 Oct 2020 1,995
2 Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology Rob W. Brooker et al. · New Phytologist Open access 3 Nov 2014 1,404
3 Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale Johan van den Hoogen et al. · Nature Open access 24 Jul 2019 1,316
4 Chemistry, Structures, and Advanced Applications of Nanocomposites from Biorenewable Resources Burhan Ateş, Süleyman Köytepe, Ahmet Ulu et al. · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access 30 Jul 2020 752
5 A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity Mohamed Shehata Abdalla, Astley Hastings, Kun Cheng et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 7 Apr 2019 749
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Scotland's Rural College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Animal Welfare, Genetic Diversity, Livestock Production, Marker-Assisted Selection, Plant Breeding and Population Genetics.

▲ 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. Climate Change69▲ 5.1×54 topics
  2. Environmental Impact44▲ 5.2×33 topics
  3. Animal Welfare36▲ 80×4 topics
  4. Genetic Diversity33▲ 16×13 topics
  5. Livestock Production32▲ 68×3 topics
  6. Sustainability29▲ 2.4×38 topics
  7. Marker-Assisted Selection29▲ 75×3 topics
  8. Plant Breeding26▲ 57×3 topics
  9. Population Genetics25▲ 36×4 topics
  10. Epidemiology25▲ 1.26×39 topics
  11. Health Effects25▲ 8.2×11 topics
  12. Animal Breeding24▲ 113×1 topic
  13. Genome-Wide Association24▲ 62×2 topics
  14. Genomic Selection24▲ 113×1 topic
  15. Greenhouse Gas Emissions23▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Biodiversity22▲ 5.8×22 topics
  17. Emotional State22▲ 142×1 topic
  18. Stress Indicators22▲ 142×1 topic
  19. Heat Stress21▲ 54×2 topics
  20. Food Systems21▲ 91×1 topic
  21. Sustainable Diets21▲ 91×1 topic
  22. Gut Microbiota18▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Consumer Perception16▲ 14×6 topics
  24. Dairy Cattle16▲ 61×2 topics
  25. Food Security15▲ 5.5×14 topics
  26. Probiotics15▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Rural Development14▲ 8.4×9 topics
  28. Microbial Communities13▲ 6.2×9 topics
  29. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 8.1×11 topics
  30. Consumer Behavior12▲ 4.0×10 topics
  31. Microbial Community11▲ 27×4 topics
  32. Amino Acids11▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Antibiotic Alternatives11▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Feed Additives11▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Poultry Production11▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Metabolic Adaptations10▲ 82×1 topic
  37. Physiological Responses10▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Social Networks10▲ 7.5×3 topics
  39. Genetic Characterization10▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Milk Composition10▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Scotland's Rural College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact and Animal Nutrition and Physiology.

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 24 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 22 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 21 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 11 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 10 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…8Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 8 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 8 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 7 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 6 fractional works
GeneticsSmall AnimalsEcologyAnimal Science and Zoology3 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 24 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 22 works
  3. 3 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 21 works
  4. 4 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 11 works
  5. 5 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 10 works
  6. 6 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 8 works
  7. 7 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 8 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 works
  9. 9 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 7 works
  10. 10 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 6 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.1%domestic only67.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Scotland's Rural College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Scotland's Rural College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Scotland's Rural College0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Scotland's Rural 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%30%Scotland's Rural College12.0% 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 21.5% in 2018.

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