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Scotland's Rural College

In research, Scotland's Rural College stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#761 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,844 of 12,888 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,525 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Small Animals, Veterinary and Animal Science and Zoology — Small Animals is 55.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,651
of 28,054 · #5,676 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#183
of 1,094
Research works
2k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Scotland's Rural 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #761 of 3,409 30.5%137 #701
Physical SciencesDomain #4,844 of 12,888 31.6%116 #6867
Life SciencesDomain #3,525 of 7,800 27.5%211 #3990
Health SciencesDomain #5,445 of 11,982 25.1%69 #4042
Environmental ScienceField #2,164 of 3,551 27.3%67 #1934
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,206 of 3,579 23.2%61 #5409

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 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#701 #761
  2. Physical Sciences#6,867 #4,844
  3. Life Sciences#3,990 #3,525
  4. Health Sciences#4,042 #5,445
  5. Environmental Science#1,934 #2,164
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,409 #3,206
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 Scotland's Rural College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Small Animals takes 55.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Small AnimalsSubfield · 29.4 works55×
  2. VeterinaryField · 32.0 works55×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 29.0 works30×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 25.1 works25×
← 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: 6.65× its world share, 137 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.66× its world share, 61 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.36× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.11× its world share, 67 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.92× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 1.76× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 54.53× its world share, 32 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× 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, 54.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Vijay Kumar Thakur and Bryan S. Griffiths lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scotland's Rural College.

  1. 1 Vijai Kumar Gupta United Kingdom · #11,697 worldwide 1.6k citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Vijay Kumar Thakur United Kingdom · #24,224 worldwide 1.6k citations · 103 works
  3. 3 Bryan S. Griffiths United Kingdom · #27,340 worldwide 678 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 B.C. Ball United Kingdom · #47,188 worldwide 477 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Christine Watson United Kingdom · #65,320 worldwide 473 citations · 70 works
  6. 6 D. I. McCracken United Kingdom · #175,097 worldwide 167 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Andrew Barnes United Kingdom · #194,532 worldwide 221 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Michael R. Hutchings United Kingdom · #228,527 worldwide 119 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Spiridoula Athanasiadou United Kingdom · #310,662 worldwide 105 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 N.H.C. Sparks United Kingdom · #310,930 worldwide 149 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Scotland's Rural College

Which keywords describe research at Scotland's Rural College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Animal Welfare, Environmental Impact, Livestock Production, Genetic Diversity, 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 2022–2025 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. Climate Change63▲ 5.4×52 topics
  2. Environmental Impact37▲ 5.0×30 topics
  3. Animal Welfare32▲ 83×4 topics
  4. Livestock Production29▲ 72×3 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity29▲ 15×12 topics
  6. Marker-Assisted Selection27▲ 80×3 topics
  7. Sustainability26▲ 2.5×37 topics
  8. Plant Breeding24▲ 58×3 topics
  9. Population Genetics24▲ 40×3 topics
  10. Animal Breeding23▲ 116×1 topic
  11. Genome-Wide Association23▲ 68×2 topics
  12. Genomic Selection23▲ 116×1 topic
  13. Health Effects23▲ 8.7×11 topics
  14. Epidemiology22▲ 1.31×37 topics
  15. Greenhouse Gas Emissions21▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Emotional State20▲ 148×1 topic
  17. Stress Indicators20▲ 148×1 topic
  18. Heat Stress19▲ 55×2 topics
  19. Food Systems19▲ 97×1 topic
  20. Sustainable Diets19▲ 97×1 topic
  21. Biodiversity18▲ 5.6×21 topics
  22. Dairy Cattle15▲ 68×2 topics
  23. Gut Microbiota15▲ 9.7×6 topics
  24. Food Security13▲ 5.5×13 topics
  25. Rural Development13▲ 8.7×8 topics
  26. Consumer Perception13▲ 14×6 topics
  27. Probiotics12▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Microbial Communities12▲ 6.2×8 topics
  29. Sustainable Agriculture11▲ 7.8×11 topics
  30. Metabolic Adaptations10▲ 91×1 topic
  31. Physiological Responses10▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Genetic Characterization9▲ 47×2 topics
  33. Microbial Community9▲ 27×4 topics
  34. Amino Acids9▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Antibiotic Alternatives9▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Feed Additives9▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Poultry Production9▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Social Networks9▲ 7.8×2 topics
  39. Soil Fertility8▲ 8.4×4 topics
  40. Ecosystem Functioning8▲ 9.9×6 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock.

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 23 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 20 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 19 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 10 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 9 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…7Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 7 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 7 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 6 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 23 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 20 works
  3. 3 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 19 works
  4. 4 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 10 works
  5. 5 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 9 works
  6. 6 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 7 works
  7. 7 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 7 works
  8. 8 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 7 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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