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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. 15.4% 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
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
12k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+42%
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Which countries lead Animal Nutrition and Physiology research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.9k and 1.6k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.9k works
  2. 2 United States 1.6k works
  3. 3 Brazil 663 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 511 works
  5. 5 Egypt 473 works
  6. 6 India 443 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 374 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 345 works
  9. 9 South Korea 328 works
  10. 10 France 300 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: 27.6%United States: 23.0%Brazil: 9.5%Indonesia: 7.3%6 others listed: 32.5%28%largest
China1,917 · 27.6%United States1,603 · 23.0%Brazil663 · 9.5%Indonesia511 · 7.3%6 others listed2,263 · 32.5%

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

Which institutions lead Animal Nutrition and Physiology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Kansas State University publishes the most Animal Nutrition and Physiology research, followed by China Agricultural University and Iowa State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 159 works
  2. 2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 111 works
  3. 3 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 91 works
  4. 4 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 81 works
  5. 5 University of GeorgiaUnited States 81 works
  6. 6 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 79 works
  7. 7 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 74 works
  8. 8 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 73 works
  9. 9 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 72 works
  10. 10 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 71 works

Who are the leading researchers in Animal Nutrition and Physiology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Animal Nutrition and Physiology include Eun‐Kee Park, Yuming Guo and M. Williams.

  1. 1 Eun‐Kee Park South Korea 4.6k citations
  2. 2 Yuming Guo Australia 3.8k citations
  3. 3 M. Williams United Kingdom 2.8k citations
  4. 4 Peter W.F. Wilson 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 Nutrition and Physiology research done?

The largest centres of Animal Nutrition and Physiology research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 406 works
  2. 2 Manhattan United States 159 works
  3. 3 São Paulo Brazil 119 works
  4. 4 Giza Egypt 112 works
  5. 5 Paris France 98 works
  6. 6 Ames United States 98 works
  7. 7 Athens United States 98 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 90 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 87 works
  10. 10 Urbana United States 82 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MarlboroughGB · 24.0 works731×
  2. NouzillyFR · 35.6 works112×
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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, China Agricultural University, University of Georgia and Zagazig 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%mean 20.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →China Agricultural University: 111, 32.5%University of Georgia: 80, 30.6%Zagazig University: 42, 21.4%Kansas State University: 159, 1.5%North Carolina State University: 81, 17.0%Dankook University: 64, 10.4%Nanjing Agricultural University: 73, 25.1%University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences: 38, 11.7%Inner Mongolia Agricultural University: 19, 38.1%Wageningen University & Research: 72, 18.2%China Agricultural U…University of GeorgiaZagazig UniversityKansas State Univers…
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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 China Agricultural UniversityChina 67.532.5%17.7×111 +19.2%
2 University of GeorgiaUnited States 67.330.6%16.3×80 +62.9%
3 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 66.521.4%9.9×42 +326.9%
4 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 62.91.5%63.9×159 +547.2%
5 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 62.217.0%12.9×81 +110.9%
6 Dankook UniversitySouth Korea 61.410.4%43.2×64 +253.3%
7 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 60.525.1%16.6×73 +20.7%
8 University of Veterinary and Animal SciencesPakistan 60.111.7%52.0×38 +166.7%
9 Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityChina 59.838.1%12.4×19 +50.7%
10 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 58.518.2%17.4×72 -4.8%

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 Nutrition and Physiology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.