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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. 22.7% 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%
8.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+12%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (980 and 970 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 980 works
  2. 2 China 970 works
  3. 3 India 386 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 303 works
  5. 5 France 197 works
  6. 6 Japan 187 works
  7. 7 Brazil 182 works
  8. 8 Australia 148 works
  9. 9 Canada 145 works
  10. 10 Italy 144 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: 26.9%China: 26.6%India: 10.6%United Kingdom: 8.3%6 others listed: 27.5%27%largest
United States980 · 26.9%China970 · 26.6%India386 · 10.6%United Kingdom303 · 8.3%6 others listed1,003 · 27.5%

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

Which institutions lead Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research, followed by Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut and Kansas State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 52 works
  2. 2 Friedrich-Loeffler-InstitutGermany 33 works
  3. 3 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 31 works
  4. 4 Yangzhou UniversityChina 30 works
  5. 5 Animal and Plant Quarantine AgencySouth Korea 29 works
  6. 6 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 29 works
  7. 7 University of MinnesotaUnited States 28 works
  8. 8 Indian Veterinary Research InstituteIndia 26 works
  9. 9 Lanzhou Veterinary Research InstituteChina 26 works
  10. 10 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 26 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology include Anthony S. Fauci.

  1. 1 Anthony S. Fauci United States 2.7k citations

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

Where is Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research done?

The largest centres of Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), London (United Kingdom) 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 208 works
  2. 2 Paris France 69 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 68 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C. United States 64 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 63 works
  6. 6 Lanzhou China 50 works
  7. 7 Harbin China 47 works
  8. 8 Wuhan China 46 works
  9. 9 Bangkok Thailand 40 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 40 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WokingGB · 24.6 works369×
← 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, Wageningen University & Research and Henan Agricultural University 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 31.61%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Yangzhou University: 30, 33.2%Wageningen University & Research: 26, 29.7%Henan Agricultural University: 14, 49.1%South China Agricultural University: 25, 36.6%Huazhong Agricultural University: 21, 34.7%Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 13, 32.4%Iowa State University: 29, 19.9%Kansas State University: 31, 17.3%Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University: 12, 21.8%University of Georgia: 18, 41.4%Henan Agricultural U…South China Agricult…Yangzhou UniversityWageningen Universit…
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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 Yangzhou UniversityChina 61.833.2%9.5×30 +9.9%
2 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 61.729.7%12.4×26 -16.5%
3 Henan Agricultural UniversityChina 61.649.1%15.3×14 -43.1%
4 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 60.736.6%12.5×25 -30.1%
5 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 57.834.7%10.9×21 -39.2%
6 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 57.332.4%15.0×13 -13.6%
7 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 56.719.9%13.8×29 +36.7%
8 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 56.417.3%24.3×31 +50.8%
9 Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences UniversityIndia 56.421.8%55.9×12 +194.5%
10 University of GeorgiaUnited States 56.141.4%7.3×18 +6.8%

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 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.