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University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation

In research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,242 of 11,982 worldwide), Veterinary (#6 of 49 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,744 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals — Equine is 224.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,707
of 28,054 · #3,234 all time
Rank in Germany
#174
of 1,178
Research works
8.4k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
163k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,242 of 11,982 13.3%505 #1159
VeterinaryField #6 of 49 13.3%126 #28
Life SciencesDomain #1,744 of 7,800 15.1%430 #1543
MedicineField #4,009 of 10,443 13.3%352 #2498
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,241 of 3,579 12.3%140 #1455
Small AnimalsSubfield #26 of 38 13.1%95 #72
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,582 of 3,409 15.9%164 #1854
Physical SciencesDomain #10,311 of 12,888 12.5%100 #8526
Environmental ScienceField #3,057 of 3,551 13.0%62 #2574
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #605 of 682 17.9%88 #1072

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation 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. Health Sciences#1,159 #1,242
  2. Veterinary#28 #6
  3. Life Sciences#1,543 #1,744
  4. Medicine#2,498 #4,009
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,455 #2,241
  6. Small Animals#72 #26
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,854 #2,582
  8. Physical Sciences#8,526 #10,311
  9. Environmental Science#2,574 #3,057
  10. Immunology and Microbiology#1,072 #605
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 Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Equine takes 224.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EquineSubfield · 30.9 works225×
  2. VeterinaryField · 126.1 works88×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 95.2 works73×
  4. ParasitologySubfield · 27.7 works25×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 55.8 works24×
  6. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 37.8 works15×
← 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: 3.27× its world share, 164 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.48× its world share, 140 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.30× its world share, 88 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.05× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.73× its world share, 352 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 87.73× its world share, 126 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 87.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Christina Puff, B Ohnesorge and Bernd Schröder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation.

  1. 1 Christina Puff Germany · #49,404 worldwide 338 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 B Ohnesorge Germany · #97,223 worldwide 48 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Bernd Schröder Germany · #98,300 worldwide 333 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Monica Venner Germany · #126,559 worldwide 42 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Peter Hammann Germany · #149,168 worldwide 141 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Günter Klein Germany · #160,297 worldwide 169 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Wolfgang Löscher Germany · #178,809 worldwide 370 citations · 78 works
  8. 8 H. Kirchhoff Germany · #202,158 worldwide 67 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 C P Bartmann Germany · #209,689 worldwide 30 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 P Štádler Germany · #269,620 worldwide 35 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation

Which keywords describe research at University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Animal Welfare, Vaccine, Vaccine Development, Genomic Analysis, Antimicrobial Resistance and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology178▲ 4.3×89 topics
  2. Pathogenesis72▲ 13×17 topics
  3. Inflammation56▲ 2.5×59 topics
  4. Climate Change56▲ 1.95×41 topics
  5. Animal Welfare50▲ 54×5 topics
  6. Vaccine50▲ 12×10 topics
  7. Public Health47▲ 3.0×22 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress44▲ 2.5×39 topics
  9. Immune Response40▲ 6.7×19 topics
  10. Vaccine Development39▲ 15×10 topics
  11. Genomic Analysis39▲ 15×9 topics
  12. Antimicrobial Resistance38▲ 18×9 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity37▲ 7.9×13 topics
  14. Pain Assessment32▲ 152×2 topics
  15. Heart Rate Variability32▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Probiotics31▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Equine Health31▲ 225×1 topic
  18. Welfare Assessment31▲ 225×1 topic
  19. Gut Microbiota29▲ 7.8×6 topics
  20. Host-Pathogen Interactions29▲ 33×4 topics
  21. Immunotherapy28▲ 3.8×17 topics
  22. Population Dynamics27▲ 10×9 topics
  23. Genomic Sequencing26▲ 21×3 topics
  24. Infection26▲ 9.9×10 topics
  25. Virulence Factors26▲ 17×8 topics
  26. Dairy Cattle26▲ 47×2 topics
  27. Heat Stress25▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Emotional State24▲ 74×1 topic
  29. Stress Indicators24▲ 74×1 topic
  30. Genetic Characterization21▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Cancer Treatment21▲ 8.6×7 topics
  32. Molecular Pathology21▲ 19×4 topics
  33. Coronavirus20▲ 9.2×2 topics
  34. Translational Research19▲ 51×2 topics
  35. Canine Cancer19▲ 138×1 topic
  36. Comparative Oncology19▲ 138×1 topic
  37. Postoperative Pain19▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Intestinal Barrier19▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Anesthesia18▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Osteoarthritis18▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Veterinary Equine Medical Research, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Veterinary Oncology Research and Reproductive Physiology in Livestock.

Veterinary Equine Medica…31Veterinary Equine Medical Research: 31 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…24Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 24 fractional worksVeterinary Oncology Research: 19 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 17 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 17 fractional worksVeterinary Orthopedics and Neurology: 16 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology …16Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 16 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 14 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 13 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections …13Animal Virus Infections Studies: 13 fractional works
EquineSmall AnimalsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAgronomy and Crop Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 31 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 24 works
  3. 3 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  4. 4 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 17 works
  5. 5 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 17 works
  6. 6 Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology Small Animals 16 works
  7. 7 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia Small Animals 16 works
  8. 8 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 14 works
  9. 9 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 13 works
  10. 10 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 13 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 available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.3%domestic only80.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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