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U.S. National Poultry Research Center

In research, U.S. National Poultry Research Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,389 of 7,800 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,722 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology — Animal Science and Zoology is 88.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,535
of 28,054 · #11,544 all time
Rank in United States
#1,710
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
36.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is U.S. National Poultry Research Center 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,389 of 7,800 19.2%119 #5110
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,722 of 3,409 21.3%74 #2475

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where U.S. National Poultry Research Center 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).

What does U.S. National Poultry Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 88.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 36.8 works88×
← 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: 8.18× its world share, 74 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.24× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.59× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 1.07× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 16.96× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 17.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at U.S. National Poultry Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, David E. Swayne, B. R. Burmester and H. G. Purchase lead among researchers whose main affiliation is U.S. National Poultry Research Center.

  1. 1 David E. Swayne United States · #52,006 worldwide 353 citations · 62 works
  2. 2 B. R. Burmester United States · #105,929 worldwide 163 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 H. G. Purchase United States · #166,796 worldwide 207 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 K. Nazerian United States · #204,956 worldwide 163 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 David L. Suarez United States · #211,373 worldwide 207 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 C. W. Beard United States · #231,330 worldwide 140 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 H.S. Siegel United States · #252,283 worldwide 194 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Laszlo Zsak United States · #407,979 worldwide 110 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 W. Okazaki United States · #413,296 worldwide 74 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Hong Zhuang United States · #466,594 worldwide 160 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at U.S. National Poultry Research Center

Which keywords describe research at U.S. National Poultry Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Gut Microbiota, Pathogenesis, Probiotics, Vaccine, Infection, Heat Stress and Feed Additives.

▲ 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. Epidemiology52▲ 6.9×26 topics
  2. Gut Microbiota24▲ 37×5 topics
  3. Pathogenesis24▲ 25×10 topics
  4. Probiotics23▲ 52×5 topics
  5. Vaccine21▲ 28×7 topics
  6. Infection20▲ 44×3 topics
  7. Heat Stress19▲ 123×2 topics
  8. Feed Additives18▲ 160×2 topics
  9. Amino Acids18▲ 97×2 topics
  10. Antibiotic Alternatives17▲ 167×1 topic
  11. Poultry Production17▲ 167×1 topic
  12. Pathogenicity17▲ 132×3 topics
  13. Immune Response16▲ 15×11 topics
  14. Foodborne Illness16▲ 230×2 topics
  15. Antimicrobial Resistance14▲ 39×5 topics
  16. Public Health14▲ 5.2×7 topics
  17. Genome Sequencing12▲ 41×3 topics
  18. Campylobacter11▲ 290×1 topic
  19. Salmonella11▲ 290×1 topic
  20. Vaccine Development11▲ 23×6 topics
  21. Genomics10▲ 17×7 topics
  22. Metagenomics9▲ 53×2 topics
  23. Food Safety9▲ 16×7 topics
  24. Genomic Sequencing9▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Virus9▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Coronavirus8▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Aquaculture7▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Norovirus7▲ 82×1 topic
  29. Rotavirus7▲ 82×1 topic
  30. Vaccines7▲ 66×3 topics
  31. Viral Pathogenesis7▲ 58×2 topics
  32. Circovirus7▲ 114×1 topic
  33. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus7▲ 114×1 topic
  34. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 8.9×6 topics
  35. Antibodies6▲ 59×2 topics
  36. H1N16▲ 106×1 topic
  37. Influenza6▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Consumer Perception6▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Animal Welfare6▲ 35×3 topics
  40. Genetic Diversity6▲ 7.0×9 topics

Which research topics does U.S. National Poultry Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology and Animal Virus Infections Studies.

Animal Nutrition and Phy…17Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 17 fractional worksSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 11 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 7 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 7 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 6 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …5Meat and Animal Product Quality: 5 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 5 fractional worksListeria monocytogenes in Food Safety: 4 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 4 fractional worksHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments: 4 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologyFood ScienceInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 17 works
  2. 2 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 11 works
  3. 3 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  4. 4 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 7 works
  5. 5 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  6. 6 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 5 works
  7. 7 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  8. 8 Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety Biotechnology 4 works
  9. 9 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 4 works
  10. 10 Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments Epidemiology 4 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has U.S. National Poultry Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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