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Animal health and immunology

Animal health and immunology is a research topic within Small Animals. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 16.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the role of acute phase proteins, particularly in the context of veterinary medicine. It covers topics such as the use of acute phase proteins as biomarkers for infectious diseases and inflammation, colostrum management for passive transfer of immunoglobulins, and their application in calf health and dairy calves. The research also delves into acute phase proteins as diagnostic tools in veterinary diagnosis.

  • Acute Phase Proteins
  • Veterinary Diagnosis
  • Colostrum Management
  • Passive Transfer of Immunoglobulins
  • Calf Health
  • Dairy Calves
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Biomarkers
  • Inflammation
  • Diagnostic Tools
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Animal health and immunology research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (395 and 201 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 395 works
  2. 2 China 201 works
  3. 3 India 154 works
  4. 4 Brazil 146 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 115 works
  6. 6 Canada 91 works
  7. 7 Germany 75 works
  8. 8 Italy 66 works
  9. 9 Japan 64 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 61 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: 28.8%China: 14.7%India: 11.3%Brazil: 10.7%6 others listed: 34.5%29%largest
United States395 · 28.8%China201 · 14.7%India154 · 11.3%Brazil146 · 10.7%6 others listed473 · 34.5%

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

Which institutions lead Animal health and immunology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Guelph publishes the most Animal health and immunology research, followed by Texas A&M University and Ghent University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of GuelphCanada 28 works
  2. 2 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 15 works
  3. 3 Ghent UniversityBelgium 15 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 14 works
  5. 5 Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGermany 13 works
  6. 6 National Dairy Research InstituteIndia 13 works
  7. 7 University of California, DavisUnited States 13 works
  8. 8 Cornell UniversityUnited States 13 works
  9. 9 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 12 works
  10. 10 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 11 works

Where is Animal health and immunology research done?

The largest centres of Animal health and immunology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Guelph (Canada) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Guelph.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 38 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 33 works
  3. 3 Guelph Canada 29 works
  4. 4 Tehran Iran 23 works
  5. 5 Ghent Belgium 17 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 17 works
  7. 7 Davis United States 17 works
  8. 8 College Station United States 16 works
  9. 9 Chennai India 14 works
  10. 10 Milan Italy 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GuelphCA · 28.9 works44×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Animal health and immunology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Guelph, Ghent University and Wageningen University & Research 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 26.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Guelph: 28, 36.4%Ghent University: 15, 34.5%Wageningen University & Research: 9, 35.7%Iowa State University: 10, 30.9%University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna: 8, 21.6%China Agricultural University: 10, 43.8%Texas A&M University: 15, 17.1%University of Missouri: 9, 16.4%University of Bern: 8, 27.1%University of Veterinary Medicine: 11, 3.0%University of GuelphWageningen Universit…Ghent UniversityIowa State University
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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 84.536.4%44.8×28 +102.6%
2 Ghent UniversityBelgium 70.834.5%12.5×15 +9.2%
3 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 64.135.7%11.8×9 +5.8%
4 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 60.130.9%13.2×10 +64.7%
5 University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaAustria 55.721.6%72.2×8 +41.4%
6 China Agricultural UniversityChina 54.843.8%7.9×10 +2.6%
7 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 53.717.1%9.4×15 +36.5%
8 University of MissouriUnited States 53.316.4%11.2×9 +147.4%
9 University of BernSwitzerland 53.327.1%9.5×8 -6.3%
10 University of Veterinary MedicineHungary 53.03.0%85.4×11 +189.0%

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 health and immunology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are 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.