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Small Animals research

Small Animals is a subfield of Veterinary. Science Explorer counts 177k research works in it since 1950. 16.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic organisms.

Research works
177k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
29k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
10
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+21%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is Small Animals research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Animal Welfare, Emotional State, Stress Indicators, Epidemiology, Pain Assessment, Anthelmintic Resistance. Gaining share since 2009–13: Emotional State, Stress Indicators, Animal Welfare. Losing share: Brachyspira, Proliferative Enteropathy.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Animal Welfare11k▲ 1.19×2 topics
  2. Emotional State8,087▲ 1.30×1 topic
  3. Stress Indicators8,087▲ 1.30×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology6,051◆ 0.92×2 topics
  5. Pain Assessment4,962◆ 0.97×2 topics
  6. Anthelmintic Resistance4,314◆ 0.92×1 topic
  7. Nematodes4,314◆ 0.92×1 topic
  8. Oomycetes3,610◆ 0.89×1 topic
  9. Retroviruses3,610◆ 0.89×1 topic
  10. ARRIVE Guidelines2,960◆ 0.93×1 topic
  11. Animal Research Reporting2,960◆ 0.93×1 topic
  12. Anesthesia2,736◆ 0.94×1 topic
  13. Tramadol2,736◆ 0.94×1 topic
  14. Acute Phase Proteins2,615◆ 1.01×1 topic
  15. Veterinary Diagnosis2,615◆ 1.01×1 topic
  16. Canine2,226◆ 1.00×1 topic
  17. Orthopedic2,226◆ 1.00×1 topic
  18. Chronic Kidney Disease2,021◆ 1.04×1 topic
  19. Obesity2,021◆ 1.04×1 topic
  20. Brachyspira1,932▼ 0.76×1 topic
  21. Proliferative Enteropathy1,932▼ 0.76×1 topic
  22. Brucellosis1,737◆ 0.92×1 topic
  23. Zoonosis1,737◆ 0.92×1 topic

Which countries lead Small Animals research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Small Animals. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (5.2k and 1.9k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 13.6% top 10% · 5.2k works
  2. 2 China · #7 all time 25.0% top 10% · 1.9k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 20.0% top 10% · 1.4k works
  4. 4 Italy · #9 all time 19.8% top 10% · 789 works
  5. 5 Germany · #4 all time 17.9% top 10% · 964 works
  6. 6 Canada · #3 all time 20.5% top 10% · 667 works
  7. 7 France · #6 all time 12.2% top 10% · 847 works
  8. 8 Australia · #5 all time 20.4% top 10% · 634 works
  9. 9 India · #16 all time 6.2% top 10% · 1.5k works
  10. 10 Brazil · #13 all time 6.7% top 10% · 1.7k 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 30 countries ranked in Small Animals. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Small Animals

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 5.2k works
  2. 2 China 1.9k works
  3. 3 Brazil 1.7k works
  4. 4 India 1.5k works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 1.4k works
  6. 6 Germany 964 works
  7. 7 France 847 works
  8. 8 Italy 789 works
  9. 9 Japan 717 works
  10. 10 Canada 667 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: 33.1%China: 12.4%Brazil: 10.5%India: 9.7%6 others listed: 34.4%33%largest
United States5,211 · 33.1%China1,948 · 12.4%Brazil1,654 · 10.5%India1,523 · 9.7%6 others listed5,426 · 34.4%

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

Which institutions lead Small Animals research?

University of Guelph (Canada) ranks first in Small Animals on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Wageningen University & Research and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Guelph Canada · Guelph · #2 all time 23.4% top 10% · 139 works
  2. 2 Wageningen University & Research Netherlands · Wageningen · #12 all time 28.1% top 10% · 82 works
  3. 3 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden · Uppsala · #4 all time 25.0% top 10% · 91 works
  4. 4 Royal Veterinary College United Kingdom · London · #13 all time 19.2% top 10% · 117 works
  5. 5 North Carolina State University United States · Raleigh · #28 all time 16.5% top 10% · 114 works
  6. 6 Aarhus University Denmark · Aarhus · #48 all time 23.7% top 10% · 79 works
  7. 7 University of Georgia United States · Athens · #17 all time 19.5% top 10% · 95 works
  8. 8 University of Bologna Italy · Bologna · #64 all time 20.4% top 10% · 73 works
  9. 9 Ghent University Belgium · Ghent · #21 all time 19.8% top 10% · 87 works
  10. 10 The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne · #7 all time 29.1% top 10% · 60 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 38 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Small Animals.

Top 100 Small Animals institutions

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

Who are the leading researchers in Small Animals?

Among the most productive authors in Small Animals, Ziad A. Memish, Peter J. Hotez and Thomas J. Walsh rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia · #58 worldwide 5.3k citations · 162 works
  2. 2 Peter J. Hotez United States · #152 worldwide 5.1k citations · 122 works
  3. 3 Thomas J. Walsh United States · #721 worldwide 2.3k citations · 119 works
  4. 4 Roderick J. Hay United Kingdom · #1,354 worldwide 4k citations · 83 works
  5. 5 David W. Denning United Kingdom · #1,436 worldwide 1.6k citations · 128 works
  6. 6 Ernst J. Kuipers Netherlands · #1,777 worldwide 2k citations · 249 works
  7. 7 Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis United States · #2,210 worldwide 1.4k citations · 103 works
  8. 8 David A. Stevens United States · #3,827 worldwide 1.9k citations · 137 works
  9. 9 John E. Bennett United States · #3,950 worldwide 1.2k citations · 74 works
  10. 10 Thomas F. Patterson United States · #4,551 worldwide 2.2k citations · 60 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,256 highest-output authors in Small Animals. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Small Animals researchers

Where is Small Animals research done?

The largest centres of Small Animals research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Solihull, Saint-Gilles and Woodcliff Lake.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 379 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 359 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 295 works
  4. 4 Paris France 248 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 210 works
  6. 6 New York United States 206 works
  7. 7 Washington D.C. United States 173 works
  8. 8 Davis United States 161 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 155 works
  10. 10 Bangkok Thailand 147 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SolihullGB · 48.4 works100×
  2. Saint-GillesFR · 24.4 works99×
  3. Woodcliff LakeUS · 25.3 works77×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Small Animals than the world average.

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Small Animals research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Small Animals?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Guelph, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 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%mean 22.21%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Guelph: 139, 23.4%Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 91, 25.0%Royal Veterinary College: 117, 19.2%University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna: 90, 19.6%Wageningen University & Research: 82, 28.1%Scotland's Rural College: 29, 24.3%Colorado State University: 120, 11.9%North Carolina State University: 114, 16.5%University of Khartoum: 14, 35.9%Massey University: 50, 18.2%Swedish University o…University of GuelphUniversity of Veteri…Royal Veterinary Col…
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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
1 University of GuelphCanada 67.623.4%19.3×139 +37.3%
2 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 64.925.0%23.2×91 -19.3%
3 Royal Veterinary CollegeUnited Kingdom 64.019.2%104.6×117 +34.0%
4 University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaAustria 62.819.6%66.0×90 +6.2%
5 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 62.528.1%8.9×82 -21.1%
6 Scotland's Rural CollegeUnited Kingdom 60.224.3%55.3×29 +59.0%
7 Colorado State UniversityUnited States 57.611.9%13.3×120 +26.3%
8 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 57.016.5%8.1×114 +54.0%
9 University of KhartoumSudan 56.235.9%8.7×14 +34.6%
10 Massey UniversityNew Zealand 55.918.2%10.9×50 +15.6%

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 Small Animals research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Animal health and immunology.

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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.

  1. Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment+95%
  2. Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies+83%
  3. Animal health and immunology+60%
  4. Veterinary Medicine and Surgery+59%
  5. Animal testing and alternatives+57%
  6. Helminth infection and control+52%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Small Animals include?

Animal Behavior and Welf…37kAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 37k fractional worksHelminth infection and control: 26k fractional worksInfectious Diseases and …20kInfectious Diseases and Mycology: 20k fractional worksAnimal testing and alter…18kAnimal testing and alternatives: 18k fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 17k fractional worksAnimal health and immunology: 15k fractional worksVeterinary medicine and …13kVeterinary medicine and infectious diseases: 13k fractional worksVeterinary Orthopedics and Neurology: 11k fractional worksVeterinary Medicine and Surgery: 11k fractional worksBrucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment: 8,731 fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.