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Veterinary Research Institute

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Research works
82
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Veterinary Research Institute

Not ranked overall: Veterinary Research Institute 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 Veterinary Research Institute work in?

In all years, 70% of research at Veterinary Research Institute is in Life Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (46%), Immunology and Microbiology (15%), Medicine (14%). It does 4.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 58 fractional works · 70.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 38 fractional works · 46.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 12 fractional works · 14.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 9 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 14.5% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 9.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 23.0% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 13.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVeterinaryResearch…82fractional works, all years
Life Sciences70%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences1%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3846.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology1214.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology79.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Medicine1113.8%
    2. Veterinary67.7%
    3. Health Professions10.8%
    4. Nursing10.7%
    1. Environmental Science44.5%
    2. Chemistry10.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    4. Social Sciences00.2%
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: 9.22× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.82× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 14.68× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 9.27× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinary1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 14.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology14.68×2 works
  2. Nursing9.27×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.22×6 works
  4. Veterinary4.32×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.82×2 works
  6. Medicine0.90×2 works
  7. Chemistry0.55×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.51×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Veterinary Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, M. C. L. de Alwis, Hemal Kothalawala and S.P. Gunaratne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Veterinary Research Institute.

  1. 1 M. C. L. de Alwis Sri Lanka · #3,629,273 worldwide 403 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Hemal Kothalawala Sri Lanka · #3,803,959 worldwide 609 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 S.P. Gunaratne Sri Lanka · #4,542,234 worldwide 197 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Gayani Weerasooriya Sri Lanka · #4,712,069 worldwide 117 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 W.M.P.B. Weerasinghe Sri Lanka · #5,055,068 worldwide 155 citations · 28 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 "Evolution and genetic diversity of Theileria" (Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Kyoko Hayashida, Chihiro Sugimoto et al., 2014), with 249 citations. Next come "WHO water quality standards Vs Synergic effect(s) of fluoride, heavy metals and hardness in drinking water on kidney tissues" (135) and "Pathology and pathogenesis of Vibrio infection in fish: A review" (133).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evolution and genetic diversity of Theileria Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Kyoko Hayashida, Chihiro Sugimoto et al. · Infection Genetics and Evolution Open access 4 Aug 2014 249
2 WHO water quality standards Vs Synergic effect(s) of fluoride, heavy metals and hardness in drinking water on kidney tissues Hewa M. S. Wasana, Gamage D. R. K. Perera, Panduka de S. Gunawardena et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 14 Feb 2017 135
3 Pathology and pathogenesis of Vibrio infection in fish: A review Tilusha Manchanayake, Annas Salleh, Mohammad Noor Azmai Amal et al. · Aquaculture Reports Open access 30 Dec 2022 133
4 Haemorrhagic septicaemia—A general review M. C. L. de Alwis · British Veterinary Journal Mar 1992 123
5 Parasitic infections in freshwater ornamental fish in Sri Lanka I. D. S. I. P. Thilakaratne, Ganguli Rajapaksha, A Hewakopara et al. · Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Open access 2003 113
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Veterinary Research Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Public Health, Genetic Diversity, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Climate Change, Heat Stress and Vaccine Development.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology24▲ 7.2×29 topics
  2. Pathogenesis11▲ 24×11 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity10▲ 24×11 topics
  4. Public Health10▲ 9.0×7 topics
  5. Climate Change9▲ 4.1×12 topics
  6. Host-Pathogen Interactions8▲ 94×3 topics
  7. Heat Stress6▲ 84×2 topics
  8. Vaccine Development6▲ 24×7 topics
  9. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 27×4 topics
  10. Gut Microbiota6▲ 20×4 topics
  11. Genomic Sequencing5▲ 43×3 topics
  12. Virulence Factors5▲ 30×4 topics
  13. Probiotics4▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Animal Welfare4▲ 48×3 topics
  15. Genetic Characterization4▲ 84×2 topics
  16. Immune Response4▲ 8.1×9 topics
  17. Livestock Production4▲ 82×3 topics
  18. Amino Acids4▲ 39×1 topic
  19. Antibiotic Alternatives4▲ 69×1 topic
  20. Diagnosis4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  21. Lyme Disease4▲ 153×1 topic
  22. Mycoplasma4▲ 153×1 topic
  23. Pasteurella4▲ 153×1 topic
  24. Tick-Borne Diseases4▲ 153×1 topic
  25. Vaccines4▲ 67×3 topics
  26. Drug Resistance3▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Livestock3▲ 59×2 topics
  28. Vaccine3▲ 10.0×6 topics
  29. Dairy Cattle3▲ 60×2 topics
  30. Bluetongue Virus3▲ 145×1 topic
  31. Culicoides Biting Midges3▲ 145×1 topic
  32. Livestock Farming3▲ 66×2 topics
  33. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers3▲ 78×1 topic
  34. Zoonotic Infections3▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Plant Breeding3▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Public Health Policy3▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Animal Breeding3▲ 54×1 topic
  38. Genomic Selection3▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Population Genetics3▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Nematodes3▲ 53×2 topics

Which research topics does Veterinary Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Vector-borne infectious diseases and Viral Infections and Vectors.

Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 1 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 1 fractional worksVector-borne infectious …1Vector-borne infectious diseases: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…0Viral Infections and Vectors: 0 fractional worksLeptospirosis research and findings: 0 fractional worksSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 0 fractional worksBioenergy crop productio…0Bioenergy crop production and management: 0 fractional worksFood Safety and Hygiene0Food Safety and Hygiene: 0 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…0Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 0 fractional worksFatty Acid Research and …0Fatty Acid Research and Health: 0 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsParasitologyInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  2. 2 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  3. 3 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 1 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 0 works
  5. 5 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 0 works
  6. 6 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 0 works
  7. 7 Bioenergy crop production and management Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  8. 8 Food Safety and Hygiene Food Science 0 works
  9. 9 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 0 works
  10. 10 Fatty Acid Research and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 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 available40.6%not open59.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.8%domestic only66.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Veterinary Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% higher 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 Veterinary Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000071% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Veterinary Research Institute0.000027% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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