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Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service

In research, Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,057 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,435 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Small Animals, Veterinary and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Small Animals is 132.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,455
of 28,054 · #27,374 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#557
of 1,094
Research works
745
▲ 148% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service 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 #6,057 of 11,982 5.7%254 #9702
MedicineField #6,435 of 10,443 4.7%188 #12764

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service 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).

What does Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Small Animals takes 132.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Small AnimalsSubfield · 47.9 works133×
  2. VeterinaryField · 52.6 works132×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 42.1 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.09× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.69× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.32× its world share, 188 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 131.60× its world share, 53 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 131.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Samantha Taylor and Petra Agthe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service.

  1. 1 Samantha Taylor United Kingdom · #1,087,172 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Petra Agthe United Kingdom · #1,600,312 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service

Which keywords describe research at Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genomic Analysis, Pain Assessment, Immunotherapy, Molecular Pathology, Cancer Treatment, Canine Cancer, Comparative Oncology and Osteoarthritis.

▲ 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. Genomic Analysis37▲ 51×4 topics
  2. Pain Assessment36▲ 620×2 topics
  3. Immunotherapy35▲ 17×9 topics
  4. Molecular Pathology34▲ 110×2 topics
  5. Cancer Treatment31▲ 46×2 topics
  6. Canine Cancer31▲ 801×1 topic
  7. Comparative Oncology31▲ 801×1 topic
  8. Osteoarthritis30▲ 80×4 topics
  9. Treatment Outcomes29▲ 154×3 topics
  10. Surgical Complications28▲ 118×2 topics
  11. Gait Analysis28▲ 99×2 topics
  12. Canine28▲ 1040×1 topic
  13. Orthopedic28▲ 1040×1 topic
  14. Epidemiology24▲ 2.0×56 topics
  15. Postoperative Pain13▲ 47×3 topics
  16. Analgesia12▲ 63×2 topics
  17. Surgical Management11▲ 9.0×12 topics
  18. Chronic Kidney Disease11▲ 15×7 topics
  19. Pharmacokinetics10▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Anesthesia10▲ 46×2 topics
  21. Laparoscopic Surgery9▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Animal Welfare9▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Obesity9▲ 4.0×4 topics
  24. Hypertension9▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Urinary Tract Infections9▲ 72×2 topics
  26. Behavioral Assessment9▲ 270×1 topic
  27. Tramadol9▲ 270×1 topic
  28. Prostate Cancer9▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Diabetes Mellitus8▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Nutritional Assessment8▲ 86×1 topic
  31. Ovariohysterectomy8▲ 331×1 topic
  32. Genetic Mutations8▲ 6.5×17 topics
  33. Pain Management7▲ 10×5 topics
  34. Congenital Heart Disease7▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Echocardiography7▲ 8.3×7 topics
  36. Cardiomyopathy6▲ 24×3 topics
  37. Oxytocin6▲ 45×2 topics
  38. Infection Prevention6▲ 24×3 topics
  39. Animal-Assisted Therapy6▲ 81×1 topic
  40. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Veterinary Oncology Research, Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology, Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia and Veterinary Medicine and Surgery.

Veterinary Oncology Rese…31Veterinary Oncology Research: 31 fractional worksVeterinary Orthopedics a…28Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology: 28 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology …9Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 9 fractional worksVeterinary Medicine and …8Veterinary Medicine and Surgery: 8 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction…6Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 6 fractional worksCardiovascular Conditions and Treatments: 5 fractional worksVeterinary Equine Medical Research: 5 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 4 fractional worksVeterinary Practice and Education Studies: 4 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSmall AnimalsGeneticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 31 works
  2. 2 Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology Small Animals 28 works
  3. 3 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia Small Animals 9 works
  4. 4 Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Small Animals 8 works
  5. 5 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 6 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Conditions and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  7. 7 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 5 works
  8. 8 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Veterinary Practice and Education Studies Speech and Hearing 4 works
  10. 10 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 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 available45.3%not open54.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.1%domestic only78.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 148% 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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