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Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology is a research topic within Agronomy and Crop Science. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the dynamics, transmission, and control of livestock diseases such as Foot-and-Mouth Disease and African Swine Fever. It covers topics including viral pathogenesis, economic impact, vaccination strategies, genetic characterization of viruses, livestock movements, and epidemiological patterns. The research aims to improve understanding and management of these highly impactful diseases in livestock.

  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease
  • African Swine Fever
  • Livestock Movements
  • Viral Pathogenesis
  • Economic Impact
  • Vaccination Strategies
  • Genetic Characterization
  • Biosecurity Measures
  • Epidemiological Patterns
  • Disease Control
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Which countries lead Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.1k and 1.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.1k works
  2. 2 United States 1.1k works
  3. 3 India 410 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 326 works
  5. 5 France 210 works
  6. 6 Japan 199 works
  7. 7 Brazil 195 works
  8. 8 Italy 160 works
  9. 9 Australia 156 works
  10. 10 Canada 156 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.

China: 27.8%United States: 26.6%India: 10.3%United Kingdom: 8.2%6 others listed: 27.1%28%largest
China1,106 · 27.8%United States1,060 · 26.6%India410 · 10.3%United Kingdom326 · 8.2%6 others listed1,076 · 27.1%

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

Which institutions lead Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research, followed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and United States Department of Agriculture.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 168 works
  2. 2 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 94 works
  3. 3 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 84 works
  4. 4 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 58 works
  5. 5 Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und HeimatGermany 39 works
  6. 6 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 37 works
  7. 7 Yangzhou UniversityChina 36 works
  8. 8 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 34 works
  9. 9 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 33 works
  10. 10 Animal and Plant Quarantine AgencySouth Korea 32 works

Who are the leading researchers in Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology include Simon Iain Hay, Shizuo Akira and Jun Wang.

  1. 1 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  2. 2 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  3. 3 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  4. 4 Matthias Egger Switzerland 326k citations
  5. 5 Yousef Saleh Khader Jordan 274k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology?

The most cited paper in Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology is "Global trends in emerging infectious diseases" (Kate E. Jones, Nikkita Patel, Marc A. Levy et al., 2008), with 8,468 citations. Next come "Isolation of a T-Lymphotropic Retrovirus from a Patient at Risk for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)" (6,979) and "Novel Proteinaceous Infectious Particles Cause Scrapie" (5,188).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global trends in emerging infectious diseases Kate E. Jones, Nikkita Patel, Marc A. Levy et al. · Nature Open access Feb 2008 8,468
2 Isolation of a T-Lymphotropic Retrovirus from a Patient at Risk for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Françoise Barré‐Sinoussi, Jean‐Claude Chermann, FA Rey et al. · Science 20 May 1983 6,979
3 Novel Proteinaceous Infectious Particles Cause Scrapie Stanley Ben Prusiner · Science 9 Apr 1982 5,188
4 Hay fever, hygiene, and household size. David Peter Strachan · BMJ Open access 18 Nov 1989 5,108
5 Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife-- Threats to Biodiversity and Human Health Peter Daszak, Andrew A. Cunningham, Alex D. Hyatt · Science 21 Jan 2000 4,966
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research done?

The largest centres of Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Paris (France) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Woking.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 228 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 74 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 73 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C.United States 68 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 67 works
  6. 6 LanzhouChina 60 works
  7. 7 HarbinChina 57 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 54 works
  9. 9 BangkokThailand 44 works
  10. 10 AmesUnited States 43 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WokingGB · 27.0 works361×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology?

Among universities, judged by research, Yangzhou University, South China Agricultural University and Wageningen University & Research score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Yangzhou UniversityChina 75.614.5%11.8×36 +37.8%
2South China Agricultural UniversityChina 74.821.0%14.1×27 +36.9%
3Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 67.111.2%13.6×27 -14.0%
4University of MinnesotaUnited States 66.113.0%7.6×32 -11.6%
5Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 65.311.6%13.6×25 +63.4%
6Henan Agricultural UniversityChina 64.119.9%19.2×17 +167.0%
7Iowa State UniversityUnited States 63.710.0%15.2×33 +4.0%
8Cornell UniversityUnited States 63.716.6%2.6×19 +22.0%
9University of GeorgiaUnited States 62.621.5%8.1×20 -17.7%
10China Agricultural UniversityChina 62.619.3%5.8×18 +10.2%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, country by country

Is Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology.

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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 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.029% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology0.027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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