Livestock and Poultry Management
Livestock and Poultry Management is a research topic within Animal Science and Zoology. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the origins and domestication of chickens, focusing on genetic diversity, mitochondrial DNA analysis, indigenous and family poultry breeds, their role in rural economies, and contribution to food security and gender equality. The research also delves into the use of ancient DNA to study ancestral Polynesian chickens and the impact of chicken production on poverty alleviation in Africa.
- Chicken Domestication
- Genetic Diversity
- Village Poultry
- Mitochondrial DNA
- Indigenous Breeds
- Family Poultry
- Rural Economy
- Gender Equality
- Ancient DNA
- Food Security
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +62% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Livestock and Poultry Management research?
By volume, Indonesia and Nigeria publish the most (463 and 339 works in 2022–2025).
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Livestock and Poultry Management research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Federal University of Agriculture publishes the most Livestock and Poultry Management research, followed by IPB University and Udayana University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Federal University of AgricultureNigeria 28 works
- 2 IPB UniversityIndonesia 24 works
- 3 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 24 works
- 4 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 24 works
- 5 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 19 works
- 6 Universitas Halu OleoIndonesia 19 works
- 7 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 18 works
- 8 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 15 works
- 9 Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences UniversityIndia 14 works
- 10 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Livestock and Poultry Management?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Livestock and Poultry Management include M. Williams.
- 1 M. Williams United Kingdom 2.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Livestock and Poultry Management research done?
The largest centres of Livestock and Poultry Management research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Giza (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Abeokuta.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- AbeokutaNG · 28.0 works63×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Livestock and Poultry Management than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Livestock and Poultry Management?
Among universities, judged by research, Federal University of Agriculture, Wageningen University & Research and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federal University of AgricultureNigeria | 68.2 | 6.2% | 105.2× | 28 | +168.7% |
| 2 | Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands | 66.3 | 22.2% | 12.9× | 15 | -5.8% |
| 3 | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana | 62.4 | 11.4% | 15.6× | 10 | +257.9% |
| 4 | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia | 61.6 | 7.8% | 63.1× | 24 | +125.9% |
| 5 | IPB UniversityIndonesia | 60.8 | 3.3% | 13.4× | 24 | +176.2% |
| 6 | University of GeorgiaUnited States | 59.5 | 28.0% | 9.1× | 13 | -4.5% |
| 7 | University of Veterinary and Animal SciencesPakistan | 57.6 | 10.1% | 61.5× | 13 | +87.5% |
| 8 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 53.7 | 31.5% | 6.6× | 12 | +35.8% |
| 9 | University of IbadanNigeria | 53.1 | 2.1% | 16.2× | 13 | +169.0% |
| 10 | Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh | 53.0 | 10.4% | 45.7× | 14 | +44.4% |
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 Livestock and Poultry Management research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 62% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Livestock and Poultry Management.
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.