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Animal Virus Infections Studies

Animal Virus Infections Studies is a research topic within Animal Science and Zoology. Science Explorer counts 40k research works in it since 1950. 22.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the discovery, characterization, pathogenesis, epidemiology, and immune response to viral diseases in livestock and poultry, including coronaviruses, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), and circoviruses. It also covers topics related to vaccine development, genomic sequencing, and metagenomics for understanding and controlling these viral diseases.

  • Coronavirus
  • Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus
  • Circovirus
  • Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus
  • Vaccine
  • Pathogenesis
  • Epidemiology
  • Genomic Sequencing
  • Immune Response
  • Metagenomics
Research works
40k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+35%
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Which countries lead Animal Virus Infections Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.8k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.8k works
  2. 2 United States 1.1k works
  3. 3 India 360 works
  4. 4 Japan 230 works
  5. 5 South Korea 198 works
  6. 6 Germany 179 works
  7. 7 Italy 169 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 162 works
  9. 9 France 144 works
  10. 10 Spain 138 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: 40.1%United States: 24.2%India: 8.1%Japan: 5.2%6 others listed: 22.4%40%largest
China1,774 · 40.1%United States1,070 · 24.2%India360 · 8.1%Japan230 · 5.2%6 others listed990 · 22.4%

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

Which institutions lead Animal Virus Infections Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Yangzhou University publishes the most Animal Virus Infections Studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Huazhong Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Yangzhou UniversityChina 72 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 61 works
  3. 3 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 48 works
  4. 4 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 47 works
  5. 5 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 38 works
  6. 6 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 37 works
  7. 7 Henan Agricultural UniversityChina 33 works
  8. 8 China Agricultural UniversityChina 32 works
  9. 9 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 32 works
  10. 10 Harbin Veterinary Research InstituteChina 31 works

Where is Animal Virus Infections Studies research done?

The largest centres of Animal Virus Infections Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Wuhan (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bareilly.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 313 works
  2. 2 Guangzhou China 133 works
  3. 3 Wuhan China 106 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 79 works
  5. 5 Yangzhou China 78 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 67 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 62 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 60 works
  9. 9 Harbin China 54 works
  10. 10 Zhengzhou China 53 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BareillyIN · 21.0 works29×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Animal Virus Infections Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Animal Virus Infections Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Yangzhou University, Huazhong Agricultural University and China 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%mean 24.11%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Yangzhou University: 72, 22.9%Huazhong Agricultural University: 48, 23.8%China Agricultural University: 32, 29.4%South China Agricultural University: 47, 22.3%Iowa State University: 38, 16.2%Henan Agricultural University: 33, 23.9%Sichuan Agricultural University: 37, 25.0%Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University: 9, 40.7%Nanjing Agricultural University: 29, 18.8%Northwest A&F University: 25, 18.1%China Agricultural U…Huazhong Agricultura…Yangzhou UniversitySouth China Agricult…
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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 63.922.9%20.2×72 -16.2%
2 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 62.023.8%22.3×48 -6.8%
3 China Agricultural UniversityChina 60.729.4%8.9×32 +25.4%
4 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 58.022.3%20.9×47 -40.3%
5 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 57.816.2%16.2×38 +42.4%
6 Henan Agricultural UniversityChina 57.723.9%30.9×33 -7.5%
7 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 57.425.0%20.5×37 -36.5%
8 Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural UniversityChina 56.940.7%25.3×9 +0.3%
9 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 53.918.8%11.8×29 -7.3%
10 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 53.918.1%10.0×25 +22.1%

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 Virus Infections Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Animal Virus Infections Studies.

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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.