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Equine research

Equine is a subfield of Veterinary. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 13.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: domesticated four-footed mammal from the equine family.

Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
1
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Equine research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, the United Kingdom and Brazil rank highest in Equine. By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (657 and 244 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 9.8% top 10% · 657 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom · #2 all time 16.1% top 10% · 244 works
  3. 3 Brazil · #9 all time 5.2% top 10% · 225 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 3 countries ranked in Equine. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Equine

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 657 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 244 works
  3. 3 Brazil 225 works
  4. 4 Germany 134 works
  5. 5 Italy 123 works
  6. 6 Australia 104 works
  7. 7 France 93 works
  8. 8 Canada 77 works
  9. 9 China 69 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 67 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 36.6%United Kingdom: 13.6%Brazil: 12.5%Germany: 7.5%6 others listed: 29.7%37%largest
United States657 · 36.6%United Kingdom244 · 13.6%Brazil225 · 12.5%Germany134 · 7.5%6 others listed533 · 29.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Equine research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Colorado State University publishes the most Equine research, followed by University of California, Davis and University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Colorado State University United States 40 works
  2. 2 University of California, Davis United States 32 works
  3. 3 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation Germany 31 works
  4. 4 Royal Veterinary College United Kingdom 31 works
  5. 5 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Brazil 27 works
  6. 6 University of Pennsylvania United States 25 works
  7. 7 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden 24 works
  8. 8 University of Florida United States 24 works
  9. 9 Cornell University United States 23 works
  10. 10 North Carolina State University United States 22 works

Who are the leading researchers in Equine?

Among the most productive authors in Equine, Andrew J.S. Coats, Bengt Saltin and T.F. Cootes rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Andrew J.S. Coats Germany · #1,017 worldwide 2.2k citations · 148 works
  2. 2 Bengt Saltin Denmark · #2,685 worldwide 1.4k citations · 117 works
  3. 3 T.F. Cootes United Kingdom · #3,422 worldwide 1.9k citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Alireza Esteghamati Iran · #3,944 worldwide 6.1k citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Elizabeth A. Morris United States · #4,127 worldwide 802 citations · 87 works
  6. 6 Scott D. Patterson United States · #9,199 worldwide 792 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 T. J. F. Cunha United States · #11,545 worldwide 415 citations · 73 works
  8. 8 P. A. Fleury United States · #15,147 worldwide 715 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 E. G. J. Olsen Bulgaria · #15,832 worldwide 705 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Mario J. Durán Spain · #17,056 worldwide 749 citations · 46 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,018 highest-output authors in Equine. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Equine researchers

Where is Equine research done?

The largest centres of Equine research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), London (United Kingdom), Davis (United States) and Fort Collins (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Newmarket and Fort Collins.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 60 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 48 works
  3. 3 Davis United States 41 works
  4. 4 Fort Collins United States 40 works
  5. 5 Lexington United States 33 works
  6. 6 Hanover Germany 33 works
  7. 7 Uppsala Sweden 29 works
  8. 8 Zurich Switzerland 28 works
  9. 9 Philadelphia United States 28 works
  10. 10 Vienna Austria 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NewmarketGB · 25.7 works1253×
  2. Fort CollinsUS · 40.1 works38×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Equine than the world average.

See Equine on the map

Equine research by country

The best places for Equine research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Equine?

Among universities, judged by research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, University of Messina and Royal Veterinary College score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 18.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 24, 21.5%University of Messina: 10, 51.4%Royal Veterinary College: 31, 14.6%University of Veterinary Medicine: 18, 10.6%University of Liverpool: 20, 21.4%University of California, Davis: 32, 13.7%Ghent University: 21, 14.4%University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna: 20, 14.1%Colorado State University: 40, 9.6%University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation: 31, 13.7%University of MessinaSwedish University o…Royal Veterinary Col…University of Veteri…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden 63.121.5%58.2×24 -8.8%
2University of Messina Italy 62.451.4%16.0×10 -7.3%
3Royal Veterinary College United Kingdom 58.514.6%259.0×31 +24.7%
4University of Veterinary Medicine Hungary 57.110.6%111.1×18 +149.4%
5University of Liverpool United Kingdom 57.021.4%15.6×20 -25.9%
6University of California, Davis United States 54.613.7%16.2×32 +4.1%
7Ghent University Belgium 54.514.4%14.2×21 -12.0%
8University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Austria 53.714.1%137.1×20 -37.6%
9Colorado State University United States 53.69.6%42.1×40 -2.9%
10University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation Germany 53.313.7%225.0×31 -23.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Equine research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Veterinary Equine Medical Research.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

What does Equine include?