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Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies

Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies is a research topic within Urology. Science Explorer counts 6.1k 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 focuses on the morphological studies of the tongue, lingual papillae, and related structures in various animal species. It includes comparative anatomy, histological features, and adaptations of the tongue to different feeding habits and environments.

  • Tongue
  • Morphology
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Anatomy
  • Histology
  • Adaptation
  • Papillae
  • Comparative Study
  • Animal Species
  • Evolution
Research works
6.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
618
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies

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

Which countries lead Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies research?

By volume, Brazil and India publish the most (174 and 86 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 174 works
  2. 2 India 86 works
  3. 3 United States 82 works
  4. 4 Iraq 75 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 59 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 43 works
  7. 7 Egypt 42 works
  8. 8 Russia 37 works
  9. 9 Japan 26 works
  10. 10 Poland 23 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.

Brazil: 26.8%India: 13.3%United States: 12.7%Iraq: 11.5%6 others listed: 35.6%27%largest
Brazil174 · 26.8%India86 · 13.3%United States82 · 12.7%Iraq75 · 11.5%6 others listed230 · 35.6%

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

Which institutions lead Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Baghdad publishes the most Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies research, followed by Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) and Udayana University.

Who are the leading researchers in Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies include Russel Joseph Reiter, Rui Luís Reis and Geoffrey Burnstock.

  1. 1 Russel Joseph Reiter United States 144k citations
  2. 2 Rui Luís Reis Portugal 107k citations
  3. 3 Geoffrey Burnstock United Kingdom 97k citations
  4. 4 Karl Zilles Germany 96k citations
  5. 5 Paul D. N. Hebert Canada 93k 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 Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies?

The most cited paper in Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies is "A method for the study of undecalcified bones and teeth with attached soft tissues*" (Karl Donath, G. Breuner, 1982), with 1,640 citations. Next come "Animal Physiology: Adaptation and environment" (1,111) and "Handbook of the Mammals of the World" (852).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A method for the study of undecalcified bones and teeth with attached soft tissues* Karl Donath, G. Breuner · Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine Jul 1982 1,640
2 Animal Physiology: Adaptation and environment Glenn K. Baggott · Journal of Arid Environments May 1985 1,111
3 Handbook of the Mammals of the World Jan Zukal · Journal of Vertebrate Biology Open access 10 Nov 2020 852
4 The measurement of handedness Loren J. Chapman, Jean P. Chapman · Brain and Cognition Apr 1987 657
5 Reorganization of Movement Representations in Primary Motor Cortex Following Focal Ischemic Infarcts in Adult Squirrel Monkeys Cath Simonsen · Neurology Report 1998 613
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies research done?

The largest centres of Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Baghdad (Iraq), Moscow (Russia) and Budapest (Hungary). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Baghdad.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 36 works
  2. 2 BaghdadIraq 25 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 12 works
  4. 4 BudapestHungary 10 works
  5. 5 DenpasarIndonesia 10 works
  6. 6 BasraIraq 9 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 8 works
  8. 8 ToruńPoland 8 works
  9. 9 TehranIran 8 works
  10. 10 RecifeBrazil 8 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BaghdadIQ · 24.8 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad and Nicolaus Copernicus 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%5%10%mean 4.94%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Veteri…Nicolaus Copernicus …Universidade Estadua…University of Baghdad
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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
1University of Veterinary MedicineHungary 66.38.8%185.6×10 +164.4%
2University of BaghdadIraq 58.23.6%27.8×17 +55.2%
3Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityPoland 50.96.3%39.8×8 +512.5%
4Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 48.46.0%15.8×12 +8.3%
5Udayana UniversityIndonesia 17.20.0%14.8×10 +73.5%

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 Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies, country by country

Is Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies.

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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 Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0036% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies 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%Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies10.4% 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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