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University of Guelph

In research, University of Guelph stands highest in Small Animals (#1 of 38 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#111 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#406 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals — Equine is 26.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#785
of 28,054 · #485 all time
Rank in Canada
#19
of 403
Research works
51k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6M
31.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is University of Guelph 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
Small AnimalsSubfield #1 of 38 23.4%139 #2
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #111 of 3,409 26.2%1,000 #60
Life SciencesDomain #406 of 7,800 22.9%1,868 #289
Social SciencesDomain #717 of 10,521 24.1%1,130 #350
Health SciencesDomain #930 of 11,982 20.1%1,149 #507
Physical SciencesDomain #1,154 of 12,888 20.9%1,735 #689
Environmental ScienceField #322 of 3,551 21.3%578 #149
Food ScienceSubfield #51 of 492 33.7%135 #15
Plant ScienceSubfield #156 of 1,395 27.7%297 #115
Social SciencesField #726 of 6,365 25.3%559 #353

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Guelph 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. Small Animals#2 #1
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#60 #111
  3. Life Sciences#289 #406
  4. Social Sciences#350 #717
  5. Health Sciences#507 #930
  6. Physical Sciences#689 #1,154
  7. Environmental Science#149 #322
  8. Food Science#15 #51
  9. Plant Science#115 #156
  10. Social Sciences#353 #726
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 University of Guelph specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Equine takes 26.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EquineSubfield · 20.4 works27×
  2. VeterinaryField · 159.8 works20×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 139.4 works19×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 151.8 works12×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 116.9 works8.4×
  6. MicrobiologySubfield · 24.7 works4.0×
← 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: 3.58× its world share, 1,000 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.04× its world share, 639 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.76× its world share, 104 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 112 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 79 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 249 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 60 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 35 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 487 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.98× its world share, 578 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 140 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 31 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 60 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 149 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 760 worksMedicineNursing: 2.60× its world share, 75 worksNursingVeterinary: 20.00× its world share, 160 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 108 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 115 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 43 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 108 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 196 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 559 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 20.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Guelph?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul D. N. Hebert, Spencer Henson and Qusay H. Mahmoud lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Guelph.

  1. 1 Paul D. N. Hebert Canada · #6,364 worldwide 1.6k citations · 118 works
  2. 2 Spencer Henson Canada · #28,429 worldwide 364 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Qusay H. Mahmoud Canada · #29,974 worldwide 569 citations · 94 works
  4. 4 I.J.H. Duncan Canada · #36,856 worldwide 392 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Barry Smit Canada · #41,643 worldwide 711 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Terry E. Graham Canada · #47,660 worldwide 401 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Keith R. Solomon Canada · #49,730 worldwide 494 citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Graham W. Taylor Canada · #49,778 worldwide 790 citations · 83 works
  9. 9 Mansel W. Griffiths Canada · #52,540 worldwide 397 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 J. Scott Weese Canada · #54,205 worldwide 395 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at University of Guelph

Which keywords describe research at University of Guelph?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Gut Microbiota, Animal Welfare, Epidemiology, Heat Stress, Biodiversity, Probiotics and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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 Change423▲ 2.7×91 topics
  2. Epidemiology267◆ 1.15×113 topics
  3. Sustainability184▲ 1.28×76 topics
  4. Environmental Impact170▲ 1.70×51 topics
  5. Inflammation132◆ 1.08×67 topics
  6. Biodiversity128▲ 2.9×27 topics
  7. Gut Microbiota123▲ 6.0×6 topics
  8. Mental Health122▲ 1.41×35 topics
  9. Public Health120▲ 1.40×45 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress115▲ 1.20×54 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity106▲ 4.1×20 topics
  12. Animal Welfare104▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Invasive Species94▲ 3.8×20 topics
  14. Heat Stress89▲ 19×2 topics
  15. Probiotics88▲ 6.3×6 topics
  16. Health Effects82▲ 2.3×21 topics
  17. Microbial Communities79▲ 3.1×9 topics
  18. Genomic Analysis73▲ 5.0×14 topics
  19. Amino Acids72▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Dairy Cattle72▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Population Genetics70▲ 8.6×5 topics
  22. Consumer Perception68▲ 5.3×8 topics
  23. Marker-Assisted Selection68▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Plant Breeding67▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation61▲ 4.7×5 topics
  26. Lipid Oxidation59▲ 9.8×2 topics
  27. Intestinal Barrier57▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Livestock Production56▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Genome-Wide Association56▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Feed Additives56▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Antibiotic Alternatives56▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Poultry Production56▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Quantitative Genetics55▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Animal Breeding55▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Genomic Selection55▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Emotional State51▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Stress Indicators51▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Energy Balance46▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Genetic Structure46▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Oxytocin43▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Guelph publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Reproductive Physiology in Livestock.

Animal Nutrition and Phy…56Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 56 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…55Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 55 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…51Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 51 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …38Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 38 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 35 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 33 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …32Meat and Animal Product Quality: 32 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 29 fractional worksAnimal health and immunology: 28 fractional worksPlant and animal studies27Plant and animal studies: 27 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologyGeneticsSmall AnimalsAgronomy and Crop Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 56 works
  2. 2 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 55 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 51 works
  4. 4 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 38 works
  5. 5 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 35 works
  6. 6 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 33 works
  7. 7 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 32 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 29 works
  9. 9 Animal health and immunology Small Animals 28 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 27 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.5%domestic only81.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Guelph's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.