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Animal Genetics and Reproduction

Animal Genetics and Reproduction is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the advancements in genetic modification and biopharmaceutical production using transgenic animals. It covers topics such as germ cell transfer, livestock biotechnology, gene expression, animal welfare, and the application of transgenesis in aquaculture. The research also delves into genomic integration and the use of embryonic stem cells in transgenic animal production.

  • Transgenic Animals
  • Genetic Modification
  • Biopharmaceutical Production
  • Germ Cell Transfer
  • Livestock Biotechnology
  • Gene Expression
  • Animal Welfare
  • Aquaculture
  • Genomic Integration
  • Embryonic Stem Cells
Research works
43k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Animal Genetics and Reproduction

Which countries lead Animal Genetics and Reproduction research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (789 and 691 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 789 works
  2. 2 United States 691 works
  3. 3 India 293 works
  4. 4 Brazil 239 works
  5. 5 Japan 188 works
  6. 6 France 136 works
  7. 7 Russia 129 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 118 works
  9. 9 South Korea 114 works
  10. 10 Germany 101 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: 28.2%United States: 24.7%India: 10.5%Brazil: 8.6%6 others listed: 28.1%28%largest
China789 · 28.2%United States691 · 24.7%India293 · 10.5%Brazil239 · 8.6%6 others listed785 · 28.1%

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

Which institutions lead Animal Genetics and Reproduction research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Animal Genetics and Reproduction research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 74 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 51 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 43 works
  4. 4 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 39 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 35 works
  6. 6 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 28 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 22 works
  8. 8 University of California, DavisUnited States 21 works
  9. 9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 19 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of Fishery SciencesChina 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Animal Genetics and Reproduction?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Animal Genetics and Reproduction include Eric S. Lander, Richard M. Durbin and Peer Bork.

  1. 1 Eric S. Lander United States 524k citations
  2. 2 Richard M. Durbin United Kingdom 410k citations
  3. 3 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
  4. 4 Bert Vogelstein United States 373k citations
  5. 5 Steven L. Salzberg United States 372k citations
  6. 6 Elaine R. Mardis United States 346k citations
  7. 7 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  8. 8 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k citations
  9. 9 Robert A. Weinberg United States 301k citations
  10. 10 Sudhir Kumar United States 295k 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 Genetics and Reproduction?

The most cited paper in Animal Genetics and Reproduction is "A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo" (Viktor Hamburger, Howard L. Hamilton, 1951), with 12,399 citations. Next come "Establishment in culture of pluripotential cells from mouse embryos" (8,657) and "Site-directed mutagenesis by overlap extension using the polymerase chain reaction" (7,540).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo Viktor Hamburger, Howard L. Hamilton · Journal of Morphology 1951 12,399
2 Establishment in culture of pluripotential cells from mouse embryos Martin John Evans, M. H. Kaufman · Nature Jul 1981 8,657
3 Site-directed mutagenesis by overlap extension using the polymerase chain reaction Steffan N. Ho, Henry D. Hunt, Robert M. Horton et al. · Gene Apr 1989 7,540
4 The new frontier of genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9 Jennifer A. Doudna, Emmanuelle Charpentier · Science 28 Nov 2014 7,176
5 Global quantification of mammalian gene expression control Björn Schwanhäußer, Dorothea Busse, Na Li et al. · Nature Open access 17 May 2011 7,057
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Animal Genetics and Reproduction research done?

The largest centres of Animal Genetics and Reproduction research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Tokyo (Japan) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yangzhou.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 145 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 51 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 48 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 47 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 46 works
  6. 6 GuangzhouChina 41 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 39 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 38 works
  9. 9 New YorkUnited States 35 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. YangzhouCN · 21.7 works8.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Animal Genetics and Reproduction than the world average.

See Animal Genetics and Reproduction on the map

Where is the best place to study Animal Genetics and Reproduction?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangnan University, University of California, Davis and Harvard 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.

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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.

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
1Jiangnan UniversityChina 63.060.6%4.5×9 +137.8%
2University of California, DavisUnited States 60.415.2%7.3×21 +3.8%
3Harvard UniversityUnited States 59.916.7%1.7×19 +5.3%
4China Agricultural UniversityChina 55.617.3%8.6×17 +34.4%
5University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 55.016.5%5.8×18 -17.5%
6University of MissouriUnited States 54.36.4%11.4×16 +31.8%
7Yangzhou UniversityChina 52.110.4%9.1×17 +27.7%
8Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 49.414.1%10.1×14 +113.7%
9Ocean University of ChinaChina 48.121.9%7.0×12 +86.2%
10Zhejiang UniversityChina 45.624.7%1.4×13 +49.0%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Genetics and Reproduction, country by country

Is Animal Genetics and Reproduction research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2008. The fastest-growing topics are Animal Genetics and Reproduction.

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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 Genetics and Reproduction as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Animal Genetics and Reproduction 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 Genetics and Reproduction10.6% 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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