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Meat and Animal Product Quality

Meat and Animal Product Quality is a research topic within Animal Science and Zoology. Science Explorer counts 75k 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 explores various factors influencing meat quality, including protein and lipid oxidation, spoilage microbiota, water-holding capacity, and the impact of different preservation methods. It also delves into consumer perception, the role of antioxidants, and the use of modified atmosphere packaging to maintain freshness. Additionally, it investigates the relationship between muscle fiber characteristics and meat quality.

  • Meat Quality
  • Protein Oxidation
  • Lipid Oxidation
  • Antioxidants
  • Spoilage Microbiota
  • Water-Holding Capacity
  • Consumer Perception
  • Modified Atmosphere Packaging
  • Muscle Fiber Characteristics
  • Freshness Assessment
Research works
75k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+15%
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Largest producer
China
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Meat and Animal Product Quality

Which countries lead Meat and Animal Product Quality research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.9k and 951 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.9k works
  2. 2 United States 951 works
  3. 3 Brazil 698 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 632 works
  5. 5 India 530 works
  6. 6 Spain 429 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 399 works
  8. 8 Italy 396 works
  9. 9 South Korea 391 works
  10. 10 Poland 287 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: 45.6%United States: 11.0%Brazil: 8.1%Türkiye: 7.3%6 others listed: 28.1%46%largest
China3,947 · 45.6%United States951 · 11.0%Brazil698 · 8.1%Türkiye632 · 7.3%6 others listed2,433 · 28.1%

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

Which institutions lead Meat and Animal Product Quality research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Meat and Animal Product Quality research, followed by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Nanjing Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 257 works
  2. 2 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 129 works
  3. 3 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 114 works
  4. 4 Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 109 works
  5. 5 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 105 works
  6. 6 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 98 works
  7. 7 China Agricultural UniversityChina 97 works
  8. 8 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 90 works
  9. 9 Nanchang UniversityChina 86 works
  10. 10 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 85 works

Who are the leading researchers in Meat and Animal Product Quality?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Meat and Animal Product Quality include Walter Churchill Willett, Guido Kroemer and Cyrus Cooper.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  3. 3 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  4. 4 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  5. 5 Frank B. Hu United States 281k citations
  6. 6 JoAnn E. Manson United States 263k citations
  7. 7 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k 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 Meat and Animal Product Quality?

The most cited paper in Meat and Animal Product Quality is "A Rapid and Sensitive Method for the Quantitation of Microgram Quantities of Protein Utilizing the Principle of Protein-Dye Binding" (Mark A. Bradford, 1976), with 225,381 citations. Next come "A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding" (212,905) and "Assay for lipid peroxides in animal tissues by thiobarbituric acid reaction" (29,425).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Rapid and Sensitive Method for the Quantitation of Microgram Quantities of Protein Utilizing the Principle of Protein-Dye Binding Mark A. Bradford · Analytical Biochemistry 7 May 1976 225,381
2 A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding Marion M. Bradford · Analytical Biochemistry May 1976 212,905
3 Assay for lipid peroxides in animal tissues by thiobarbituric acid reaction Hiroshi Ohkawa, Nobuko Ohishi, Kunio Yagi · Analytical Biochemistry Jun 1979 29,425
4 Probiotics in man and animals R. FULLER AFRC · Journal of Applied Bacteriology May 1989 4,158
5 A rapid, sensitive, and versatile assay for protein using Coomassie brilliant blue G250 J. JAMES SEDMAK, Sidney E. Grossberg · Analytical Biochemistry May 1977 3,041
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Where is Meat and Animal Product Quality research done?

The largest centres of Meat and Animal Product Quality research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Wuxi (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Caldes de Montbui, Wanju and Carlow.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 597 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 176 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 168 works
  4. 4 WuxiChina 152 works
  5. 5 DalianChina 143 works
  6. 6 HarbinChina 141 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 133 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 128 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 118 works
  10. 10 QingdaoChina 110 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Caldes de MontbuiES · 27.7 works72×
  2. WanjuKR · 40.0 works69×
  3. CarlowIE · 31.7 works37×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Meat and Animal Product Quality than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Meat and Animal Product Quality?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeast Agricultural University, Jiangsu University and Nanchang University score highest, combining citation 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 26.06%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Northeast Agricultur…Jiangsu UniversityNanchang UniversityDalian Polytechnic U…
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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.

Citation 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
1Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 86.433.2%34.5×105 +96.5%
2Jiangsu UniversityChina 84.331.4%6.6×62 +56.0%
3Nanchang UniversityChina 82.226.7%9.8×86 +53.0%
4Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 78.122.8%54.1×109 +131.9%
5Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 77.125.9%32.0×79 +153.0%
6Jiangnan UniversityChina 76.124.1%11.4×79 +46.3%
7Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 74.719.8%25.3×114 +16.7%
8Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 74.223.9%18.0×70 +66.1%
9Hefei University of TechnologyChina 71.924.7%8.3×53 +117.9%
10Bohai UniversityChina 70.628.1%32.7×39 +66.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Meat and Animal Product Quality, country by country

Is Meat and Animal Product Quality research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Meat and Animal Product Quality.

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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 Meat and Animal Product Quality as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.060% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%Meat and Animal Product Quality0.055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Meat and Animal Product Quality 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%Meat and Animal Product Quality9.8% 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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