Animal Nutrition and Physiology

Animal Nutrition and Physiology is a research topic within Animal Science and Zoology. Science Explorer counts 76k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the nutrition, gut health, and production aspects of animals, particularly poultry and swine. It covers topics such as amino acids, gut microbiota, probiotics, antibiotic alternatives, digestive health, feed additives, heat stress, intestinal barrier function, and enzyme supplementation in animal diets.

Amino Acids
Gut Microbiota
Probiotics
Antibiotic Alternatives
Poultry Production
Digestive Health
Feed Additives
Heat Stress
Intestinal Barrier
Enzyme Supplementation

Research works: 76k
In the world top 10%: 7.6k
Top-10% rate: 9.9%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +5%
Largest producer: China

Animal Nutrition and Physiology

Which countries lead Animal Nutrition and Physiology research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.3k and 1.8k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 China 2.3k works
2 United States 1.8k works
3 Brazil 729 works
4 Indonesia 566 works
5 Egypt 497 works
6 India 496 works
7 Nigeria 414 works
8 Türkiye 384 works
9 South Korea 358 works
10 France 323 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.

China2,290 · 29.2%United States1,782 · 22.7%Brazil729 · 9.3%Indonesia566 · 7.2%6 others listed2,472 · 31.5%

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

Which institutions lead Animal Nutrition and Physiology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Animal Nutrition and Physiology research, followed by Kansas State University and China Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 297 works
2 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 170 works
3 China Agricultural UniversityChina 131 works
4 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 124 works
5 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 105 works
6 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 98 works
7 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 94 works
8 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 89 works
9 University of GeorgiaUnited States 88 works
10 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 88 works

Who are the leading researchers in Animal Nutrition and Physiology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Animal Nutrition and Physiology include Guido Kroemer, Jun Wang and Matthias Mann.

1 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
2 Jun Wang China 340k citations
3 Matthias Mann Germany 308k citations
4 Jeffrey I. Gordon United States 250k citations
5 Didier Raoult France 232k citations
6 Alberto Mantovani Italy 224k 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 Nutrition and Physiology?

The most cited paper in Animal Nutrition and Physiology is "Stomach contents analysis—a review of methods and their application" (Eric J. Hyslop, 1980), with 4,422 citations. Next come "A net carbohydrate and protein system for evaluating cattle diets: II. Carbohydrate and protein availability" (3,596) and "CONTIN: A general purpose constrained regularization program for inverting noisy linear algebraic and integral equations" (2,730).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Stomach contents analysis—a review of methods and their application Eric J. Hyslop · Journal of Fish Biology	Oct 1980	4,422
2	A net carbohydrate and protein system for evaluating cattle diets: II. Carbohydrate and protein availability C.J. Sniffen, John D. O’Connor, Peter J. Van Soest et al. · Journal of Animal Science	Nov 1992	3,596
3	CONTIN: A general purpose constrained regularization program for inverting noisy linear algebraic and integral equations Stephen W. Provencher · Computer Physics Communications	Sep 1982	2,730
4	Fat deposition, fatty acid composition and meat quality: A review J.D. Wood, M. B. Enser, A.V. Fisher et al. · Meat Science	22 Jul 2007	2,703
5	Effects of fatty acids on meat quality: a review J.D. Wood, R.I. Richardson, G.R. Nute et al. · Meat Science	25 Mar 2003	2,436

All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Animal Nutrition and Physiology research done?

The largest centres of Animal Nutrition and Physiology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Manhattan (United States), São Paulo (Brazil) and Giza (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Marlborough and Nouzilly.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 468 works
2 ManhattanUnited States 170 works
3 São PauloBrazil 131 works
4 GizaEgypt 118 works
5 NanjingChina 107 works
6 AthensUnited States 107 works
7 ParisFrance 106 works
8 AmesUnited States 106 works
9 GuangzhouChina 102 works
10 YangzhouChina 97 works

Where it is the local speciality

MarlboroughGB · 25.1 works713×
NouzillyFR · 36.6 works108×

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

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Where is the best place to study Animal Nutrition and Physiology?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, China Agricultural University and Nanjing 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands	70.0	16.6%	18.9×	76	+29.5%
2	China Agricultural UniversityChina	69.5	25.6%	21.1×	131	+0.5%
3	Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina	67.2	24.5%	20.2×	88	+7.7%
4	University of GeorgiaUnited States	67.0	25.4%	18.0×	88	+49.5%
5	Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina	62.8	31.2%	17.9×	52	+36.0%
6	Hunan Agricultural UniversityChina	61.9	28.0%	23.3×	40	+26.4%
7	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	61.8	17.8%	4.0×	44	+120.7%
8	North Carolina State UniversityUnited States	59.7	15.5%	14.3×	89	+10.6%
9	South China Agricultural UniversityChina	59.2	22.2%	12.5×	48	+48.2%
10	Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina	58.0	15.7%	27.7×	86	+10.2%
11	Ghent UniversityBelgium	57.5	13.4%	4.5×	39	+48.3%
12	University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaUnited States	57.0	43.1%	3.8×	10	-3.9%
13	Yangzhou UniversityChina	56.6	18.3%	9.4×	58	+56.9%
14	Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityChina	56.0	28.7%	15.1×	23	+105.3%
15	Aarhus UniversityDenmark	55.8	11.9%	5.4×	53	+33.5%
16	Henan Agricultural UniversityChina	55.8	24.5%	17.3×	32	+114.6%
17	Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina	54.5	23.5%	14.7×	29	+29.2%
18	Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina	53.8	23.4%	10.6×	40	+0.6%
19	Foshan UniversityChina	52.6	23.5%	11.1×	18	+99.8%
20	Jiangxi Agricultural UniversityChina	52.4	19.6%	21.8×	29	+123.2%
21	Southwest UniversityChina	52.1	29.0%	3.5×	21	+60.3%
22	Zhejiang A & F UniversityChina	52.1	24.3%	7.0×	12	+140.1%
23	Damanhour UniversityEgypt	51.7	16.1%	22.0×	17	+35.0%
24	Kansas State UniversityUnited States	51.5	1.0%	68.4×	170	+0.7%
25	University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan	51.5	12.0%	12.5×	24	+57.1%
26	Auburn UniversityUnited States	51.4	11.9%	11.9×	43	+92.7%
27	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityUnited States	50.7	26.3%	10.2×	10	+152.4%
28	Hefei University of TechnologyChina	50.6	34.9%	1.7×	11	+226.1%
29	Northwest A&F UniversityChina	50.2	22.2%	5.8×	25	+10.1%
30	The University of Agriculture, PeshawarPakistan	50.2	13.4%	24.6×	14	+27.5%
31	Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States	50.1	9.1%	5.8×	62	+14.1%
32	University of BolognaItaly	49.6	17.0%	3.7×	35	-0.2%
33	Zagazig UniversityEgypt	49.4	18.2%	10.5×	44	-37.1%
34	Shanxi Agricultural UniversityChina	48.9	22.1%	13.5×	20	+104.1%
35	L'Institut AgroFrance	48.9	11.0%	32.0×	17	+67.1%
36	Cairo UniversityEgypt	48.8	13.4%	4.8×	41	+25.6%
37	Agricultural University of AthensGreece	48.7	16.6%	15.3×	14	+22.9%
38	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States	48.5	4.0%	8.2×	80	-9.4%
39	University of Veterinary and Animal SciencesPakistan	48.3	9.7%	57.4×	42	+2.9%
40	University College DublinIreland	48.0	18.4%	3.5×	20	+13.7%
41	University of LisbonPortugal	47.2	29.9%	1.1×	9	+18.6%
42	Iowa State UniversityUnited States	46.2	2.4%	22.4×	98	-10.9%
43	Zhejiang UniversityChina	43.9	29.3%	1.0×	30	-21.5%
44	Dankook UniversitySouth Korea	43.5	9.3%	43.1×	69	-27.9%
45	Dalhousie UniversityCanada	43.1	44.5%	2.0×	8	-26.6%
46	Scotland's Rural CollegeUnited Kingdom	41.7	7.2%	46.1×	11	+7.3%
47	Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden	41.6	5.6%	11.2×	20	-10.8%
48	University of PerugiaItaly	41.4	28.5%	3.9×	10	-16.9%
49	King Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia	41.0	15.8%	3.3×	9	+54.4%
50	Nanchang UniversityChina	40.9	23.3%	1.1×	9	+80.0%
51	Norwegian University of Life SciencesNorway	37.9	14.1%	10.0×	10	-36.7%
52	University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaAustria	36.9	5.5%	18.5×	11	-9.8%
53	Czech University of Life Sciences PragueCzechia	34.1	11.5%	11.9×	13	-26.3%
54	University of Veterinary Medicine in KošiceSlovakia	29.6	9.0%	33.8×	11	-21.7%

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 Nutrition and Physiology, country by country

Is Animal Nutrition and Physiology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Animal Nutrition and Physiology.

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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 Nutrition and Physiology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.051% in 2024.

Fractional works of Animal Nutrition and Physiology 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.

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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Which countries lead Animal Nutrition and Physiology research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Animal Nutrition and Physiology research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Animal Nutrition and Physiology?

What are the most cited papers in Animal Nutrition and Physiology?

Where is Animal Nutrition and Physiology research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Animal Nutrition and Physiology?

Is Animal Nutrition and Physiology research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion