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Valacta (Canada)

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Research works
33
▼ 76% vs 2018-21
Citations
765
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Valacta (Canada)

Not ranked overall: Valacta (Canada) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Valacta (Canada) work in?

In all years, 71% of research at Valacta (Canada) is in Life Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (50%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Medicine (8%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 24 fractional works · 71.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 49.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 12 fractional works · 35.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 20.7% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.0% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKValacta (Canada)33fractional works, all years
Life Sciences71%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1649.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology720.7%
    3. Neuroscience01.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine38.2%
    2. Veterinary25.6%
    3. Health Professions12.2%
    1. Environmental Science14.0%
    2. Engineering01.3%
    3. Computer Science01.0%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences26.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 4.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.77× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 8.30× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksChemistryMedicine: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 47.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinary1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 47.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary47.19×0 works
  2. Neuroscience8.30×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.77×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.18×0 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.23×0 works
  6. Medicine1.62×1 works
  7. Chemistry0.95×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Valacta (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, D. Lefebvre and Pierre Brabant lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Valacta (Canada).

  1. 1 D. Lefebvre Canada · #1,855,555 worldwide 1.7k citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Pierre Brabant Canada · #4,791,669 worldwide 18 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Valacta (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Valacta (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Valacta (Canada) is "A survey of dairy calf management practices in Canada that affect animal welfare" (E. Vasseur, F. Borderas, R.I. Cue et al., 2010), with 351 citations. Next come "Genetic Analysis of Milk Urea Nitrogen and Lactose and Their Relationships with Other Production Traits in Canadian Holstein Cattle" (201) and "Keeping Dairy Cows for Longer: A Critical Literature Review on Dairy Cow Longevity in High Milk-Producing Countries" (156).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A survey of dairy calf management practices in Canada that affect animal welfare E. Vasseur, F. Borderas, R.I. Cue et al. · Journal of Dairy Science Open access Mar 2010 351
2 Genetic Analysis of Milk Urea Nitrogen and Lactose and Their Relationships with Other Production Traits in Canadian Holstein Cattle F. Miglior, Asheber Sewalem, Janusz Jamrozik et al. · Journal of Dairy Science Open access 12 Apr 2007 201
3 Keeping Dairy Cows for Longer: A Critical Literature Review on Dairy Cow Longevity in High Milk-Producing Countries Gabriel Machado Dallago, Kevin M. Wade, R.I. Cue et al. · Animals Open access 13 Mar 2021 156
4 Genetic analysis of milk β-hydroxybutyrate and its association with fat-to-protein ratio, body condition score, clinical ketosis, and displaced abomasum in early first lactation of Canadian Holsteins Astrid Koeck, Janusz Jamrozik, Flávio Schramm Schenkel et al. · Journal of Dairy Science Open access 11 Sep 2014 91
5 The relationship between the number of consecutive days with heat stress and milk production of Holstein dairy cows raised in a humid continental climate V. Ouellet, Víctor E. Cabrera, Liliana Fadul-Pacheco et al. · Journal of Dairy Science Open access 27 Jun 2019 88
All 84 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Valacta (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dairy Cattle, Milk Composition, Energy Balance, Marker-Assisted Selection, Reproductive Loss, Uterine Disease, Plant Breeding and Methane Production.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Dairy Cattle7▲ 330×2 topics
  2. Milk Composition6▲ 335×2 topics
  3. Energy Balance6▲ 179×3 topics
  4. Marker-Assisted Selection5▲ 160×2 topics
  5. Plant Breeding5▲ 138×2 topics
  6. Reproductive Loss5▲ 355×1 topic
  7. Uterine Disease5▲ 355×1 topic
  8. Animal Breeding5▲ 253×1 topic
  9. Genomic Selection5▲ 253×1 topic
  10. Methane Production5▲ 371×1 topic
  11. Ruminant Nutrition5▲ 371×1 topic
  12. Animal Welfare3▲ 90×3 topics
  13. Climate Change3▲ 3.4×7 topics
  14. Heat Stress2▲ 82×2 topics
  15. Livestock Production2▲ 118×2 topics
  16. Metabolic Adaptations2▲ 281×1 topic
  17. Physiological Responses2▲ 154×1 topic
  18. Antimicrobial Resistance1▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Bovine Mastitis1▲ 246×1 topic
  20. Milk Quality1▲ 246×1 topic
  21. Inflammation1▲ 1.45×2 topics
  22. Emotional State1▲ 95×1 topic
  23. Stress Indicators1▲ 95×1 topic

Which research topics does Valacta (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Nutritional Studies and Diet and Diabetes Treatment and Management.

Regulation of Appetite and Obesity: 0 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 0 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 0 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 0 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 0 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 0 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 0 fractional worksMilk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows: 0 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 0 fractional works
Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsGeneticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism4 others

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

  1. 1 Regulation of Appetite and Obesity Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 0 works
  2. 2 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 0 works
  3. 3 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  5. 5 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 0 works
  6. 6 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  7. 7 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 0 works
  8. 8 Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  9. 9 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 0 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 0 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 available62.7%not open37.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Valacta (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 76% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Valacta (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000011% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Valacta (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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