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Veterinarians Without Borders

In research, Veterinarians Without Borders stands highest in Health Sciences (#16,248 of 20,462 worldwide), Life Sciences (#12,674 of 14,347 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#5,767 of 6,031 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,399
of 28,054 · #28,153 all time
Rank in United States
#3,508
of 4,192
Research works
579
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Veterinarians Without Borders known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #16,248 of 20,462 4.9%223
Life SciencesDomain #12,674 of 14,347 5.6%230
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,767 of 6,031 6.7%128
MedicineField #17,588 of 17,978 5.1%143

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Veterinarians Without Borders 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).

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: 3.47× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.72× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.95× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.41× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.41× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.59× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 2.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 64.95× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× 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, 65.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Veterinarians Without Borders?

Ranked on the composite score, Christine Shuttleworth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Veterinarians Without Borders.

  1. 1 Christine Shuttleworth United States · #475,046 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Veterinarians Without Borders

Which keywords describe research at Veterinarians Without Borders?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Genomic Analysis, Immunotherapy, Genetic Characterization, Molecular Pathology, Vaccine and Cancer Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 4.5×49 topics
  2. Pathogenesis8▲ 16×16 topics
  3. Genomic Analysis6▲ 26×8 topics
  4. Immunotherapy5▲ 7.4×7 topics
  5. Genetic Characterization4▲ 106×2 topics
  6. Climate Change4▲ 1.76×13 topics
  7. Public Health4▲ 3.3×15 topics
  8. Mental Health4▲ 3.1×6 topics
  9. Molecular Pathology4▲ 43×3 topics
  10. Diagnosis4▲ 4.5×14 topics
  11. Globalization4▲ 2.1×6 topics
  12. Vaccine4▲ 9.8×9 topics
  13. Cancer Treatment4▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Canine Cancer3▲ 283×1 topic
  15. Comparative Oncology3▲ 283×1 topic
  16. Biodiversity3▲ 4.6×11 topics
  17. Burnout3▲ 38×3 topics
  18. Immune Response3▲ 6.1×9 topics
  19. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 17×8 topics
  20. Animal Welfare3▲ 36×4 topics
  21. Virulence Factors3▲ 21×6 topics
  22. Suicide Risk3▲ 98×1 topic
  23. Vaccines3▲ 54×3 topics
  24. veterinary surgeons3▲ 395×1 topic
  25. Host-Pathogen Interactions3▲ 34×3 topics
  26. Pathogen Transmission3▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Vaccine Development3▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Viral Pathogenesis3▲ 46×2 topics
  29. Economic Impact2▲ 4.8×2 topics
  30. African Swine Fever2▲ 93×1 topic
  31. Foot-and-Mouth Disease2▲ 93×1 topic
  32. Pain Assessment2▲ 130×2 topics
  33. Bluetongue Virus2▲ 127×1 topic
  34. Culicoides Biting Midges2▲ 127×1 topic
  35. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. One Health2▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Zoonotic Diseases2▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  39. Teaching Methods2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Virus2▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Veterinarians Without Borders publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Veterinary Oncology Research, Veterinary Practice and Education Studies, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases.

Veterinary Oncology Rese…3Veterinary Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksVeterinary Practice and …3Veterinary Practice and Education Studies: 3 fractional worksAnimal Disease Managemen…2Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Dise…2Vector-Borne Animal Diseases: 2 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 2 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 2 fractional worksHerpesvirus Infections a…2Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 1 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …1Economic and Industrial Development: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSpeech and HearingAgronomy and Crop ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6 others

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

  1. 1 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Veterinary Practice and Education Studies Speech and Hearing 3 works
  3. 3 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  4. 4 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  5. 5 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 2 works
  7. 7 Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 1 works
  10. 10 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 1 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 available58.3%not open41.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.7%domestic only50.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Veterinarians Without Borders's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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