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Veterinary Research Institute

In research, Veterinary Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,351 of 6,403 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,662 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Microbiology (Immunology and Microbiology is 9.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,778
of 22,385 · #15,185 all time
Rank in Czechia
#71
of 110
Research works
1.8k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
46k
25.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Veterinary Research Institute

What is Veterinary Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #4,351 of 6,403 5.1%102 #5502
Health SciencesDomain #8,662 of 9,902 4.8%65 #10517

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Veterinary Research Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Veterinary Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Veterinary Research Institute is in Life Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (26%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 117 fractional works · 52.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 58 fractional works · 25.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 17 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 12 fractional works · 5.2% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 16.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 21 fractional works · 9.4% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workParasitology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 76 fractional works · 34.0% of its workMedicine: 59 fractional works · 26.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVeterinary: 14 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSmall Animals: 13 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVeterinaryResearch…223fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences52%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5825.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3616.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology219.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.7%
    5. Neuroscience10.2%
    1. Medicine5926.4%
    2. Veterinary146.2%
    3. Nursing20.8%
    4. Health Professions10.6%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Environmental Science167.1%
    2. Engineering31.5%
    3. Chemistry31.4%
    4. Materials Science31.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.7%
    6. Computer Science10.5%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    3. Social Sciences00.2%
    4. Psychology00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Veterinary Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology and Microbiology takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 21.0 works9.3×
← 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: 5.46× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.00× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.35× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.97× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.43× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.37× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 45.38× its world share, 14 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 45.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary45.38×14 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology9.35×21 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.46×58 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.00×36 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.97×2 works
  6. Nursing1.65×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.43×16 works
  8. Medicine1.37×59 works
  9. Chemistry0.89×3 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.44×2 works
  11. Materials Science0.34×3 works
  12. Health Professions0.22×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×1 works
  16. Engineering0.10×3 works
  17. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.06×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  21. Psychology0.06×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  24. Energy0.02×0 works
  25. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Veterinary Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Gert Wensvoort, Martin Palus and Pavel Svoboda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Veterinary Research Institute.

  1. 1 Gert Wensvoort Czechia · #297,656 worldwide 7.4k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Martin Palus Czechia · #340,562 worldwide 2.1k citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Pavel Svoboda Czechia · #719,358 worldwide 2.1k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Luděk Eyer Czechia · #969,331 worldwide 2.3k citations · 77 works
  5. 5 Petra Pokorna Formanova Czechia · #1,011,949 worldwide 505 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Catharinus Terpstra Czechia · #1,311,076 worldwide 5k citations · 93 works
  7. 7 Petr Bednář Czechia · #1,348,513 worldwide 281 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jiřı́ Salát Czechia · #1,361,665 worldwide 2.8k citations · 102 works
  9. 9 Arno L. J. Gielkens Czechia · #1,506,409 worldwide 6k citations · 114 works
  10. 10 Jan Haviernik Czechia · #1,770,590 worldwide 784 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Veterinary Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Veterinary Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Veterinary Research Institute is "Mystery swine disease in the Netherlands: The isolation of Lelystad virus" (Gert Wensvoort et al., 1991), with 1,423 citations. Next come "Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage" (1,232) and "Critical review on biofilm methods" (1,051).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mystery swine disease in the Netherlands: The isolation of Lelystad virus Gert Wensvoort et al. · Veterinary Quarterly Open access Jul 1991 1,423
2 Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage René S. Hendriksen et al. · Nature Communications Open access128 authors 8 Mar 2019 1,232
3 Critical review on biofilm methods Joana Azeredo, Nuno F. Azevedo, Romain Briandet et al. · Critical Reviews in Microbiology Open access 21 Nov 2016 1,051
4 A Basic Guide to Real Time PCR in Microbial Diagnostics: Definitions, Parameters, and Everything Petr Králík, Matteo Ricchi · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access Feb 2017 954
5 Lelystad Virus, the Causative Agent of Porcine Epidemic Abortion and Respiratory Syndrome (PEARS), Is Related to LDV and EAV Janneke J. M. Meulenberg, Marcel Hulst, Emile J. de Meijer et al. · Virology Open access 1993 749
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Veterinary Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Gut Microbiota, Probiotics, Antimicrobial Resistance, Pathogenesis, Genetic Diversity, Vaccine Development and Antibiotic Resistance.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology43▲ 4.9×52 topics
  2. Gut Microbiota15▲ 20×6 topics
  3. Probiotics15▲ 28×5 topics
  4. Antimicrobial Resistance14▲ 32×7 topics
  5. Pathogenesis12▲ 10×16 topics
  6. Public Health11▲ 3.4×11 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity11▲ 11×12 topics
  8. Vaccine Development10▲ 18×10 topics
  9. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 9.9×10 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.3×24 topics
  11. Heat Stress8▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Diagnosis8▲ 3.6×18 topics
  13. Vaccine7▲ 8.3×11 topics
  14. Amino Acids7▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Immune Response7▲ 5.5×14 topics
  16. Microbial Communities7▲ 7.2×5 topics
  17. Feed Additives7▲ 53×2 topics
  18. Intestinal Barrier7▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Antibiotic Alternatives7▲ 56×1 topic
  20. Genomic Sequencing7▲ 26×5 topics
  21. Poultry Production7▲ 56×1 topic
  22. Microbiota7▲ 14×6 topics
  23. Host-Pathogen Interactions6▲ 34×4 topics
  24. Infection6▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Virulence Factors6▲ 18×5 topics
  26. Genomic Analysis6▲ 9.9×9 topics
  27. Immune Modulation6▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Aquaculture5▲ 9.5×5 topics
  29. Pathogenicity5▲ 33×4 topics
  30. Lactic Acid Bacteria5▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Meat Quality5▲ 29×3 topics
  32. Prebiotics5▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Dairy Cattle5▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Zoonotic Transmission5▲ 28×5 topics
  35. Innate Immunity4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  36. Animal Welfare4▲ 22×4 topics
  37. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Immune Responses4▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Inflammatory Diseases4▲ 9.6×3 topics
  40. Marker-Assisted Selection4▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Veterinary Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Gut microbiota and health and Microbial infections and disease research.

Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 7 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented Foods: 5 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 4 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 4 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 3 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 3 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…3Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 3 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 3 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 3 fractional worksSalmonella and Campyloba…3Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 3 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologyFood ScienceMolecular BiologyMicrobiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 7 works
  2. 2 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 5 works
  3. 3 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 4 works
  5. 5 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  6. 6 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 3 works
  9. 9 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 3 works
  10. 10 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 3 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 available44.5%not open55.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Veterinary Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Veterinary Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00081% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Veterinary Research Institute0.00082% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Veterinary Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Veterinary Research Institute4.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.9% in 1993.

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