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Top Small Animals Research Institutions

University of Guelph ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 38 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 University of GuelphCanada · Guelph 100.0 23.4% 139 919#2
2 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen 80.9 28.1% 82 726#12
3 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden · Uppsala 69.8 25.0% 91 583#4
4 Royal Veterinary CollegeUnited Kingdom · London 61.9 19.2% 117 562#13
5 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States · Raleigh 55.8 16.5% 114 640#28
6 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 50.7 23.7% 79 559#48
7 University of GeorgiaUnited States · Athens 46.5 19.5% 95 575#17
8 University of BolognaItaly · Bologna 42.8 20.4% 73 475#64
9 Ghent UniversityBelgium · Ghent 39.6 19.8% 87 500#21
10 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 36.7 29.1% 60 418#7
11 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 34.1 15.5% 91 387#14
12 University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 31.7 13.5% 127 674#1
13 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 29.5 16.0% 88 494#19
14 University of MilanItaly · Milan 27.5 23.1% 69 435#57
15 University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaAustria · Vienna 25.6 19.6% 90 483#32
16 University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · Liverpool 23.8 24.3% 65 387#20
17 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 22.1 18.5% 73 392#41
18 Colorado State UniversityUnited States · Fort Collins 20.5 11.9% 120 494#25
19 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 19.1 12.3% 103 417#8
20 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil · São Paulo 17.6 11.6% 118 394#67
21 University of BernSwitzerland · Bern 16.3 20.0% 70 335#42
22 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 15.0 10.0% 119 409#70
23 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance · Paris 13.8 13.6% 69 270—
24 Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 12.6 15.5% 76 340#24
25 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 11.5 15.7% 66 397#9
26 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, FoundationGermany · Hanover 10.4 13.1% 95 356#72
27 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 9.4 13.8% 78 335#44
28 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 8.4 14.8% 76 311#10
29 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 7.4 16.8% 60 280#11
30 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 6.5 13.3% 83 365#47
31 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 5.6 13.0% 84 337#6
32 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 4.7 13.4% 77 330#29
33 Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGermany · Giessen 3.9 13.2% 69 235—
34 Iowa State UniversityUnited States · Ames 3.1 10.3% 77 324#16
35 University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States · Knoxville 2.3 9.1% 73 249#83
36 Kansas State UniversityUnited States · Manhattan 148.6 6.6% 94 265#35
37 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 73.3 10.4% 66 233#45
38 University of Veterinary MedicineHungary · Budapest 0.0 3.9% 63 100—

institutions ranked worldwide in Small Animals (38). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

0 – 5: 7 places5 – 10: 5 places10 – 15: 4 places15 – 20: 4 places20 – 25: 3 places25 – 30: 3 places30 – 35: 2 places35 – 40: 2 places40 – 45: 1 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 0 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of GuelphCanada 139 works
  2. 2 University of California, DavisUnited States 127 works
  3. 3 Colorado State UniversityUnited States 120 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 119 works
  5. 5 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 118 works
  6. 6 Royal Veterinary CollegeUnited Kingdom 117 works
  7. 7 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 114 works
  8. 8 University of FloridaUnited States 103 works
  9. 9 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, FoundationGermany 95 works
  10. 10 University of GeorgiaUnited States 95 works
  11. 11 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 94 works
  12. 12 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 91 works
  13. 13 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 91 works
  14. 14 University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaAustria 91 works
  15. 15 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 88 works

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