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. 19.0% 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%
- 14k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +28% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Meat and Animal Product Quality research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.5k and 896 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.5k works
- 2 United States 896 works
- 3 Brazil 654 works
- 4 Türkiye 601 works
- 5 India 499 works
- 6 Spain 409 works
- 7 Italy 375 works
- 8 Indonesia 367 works
- 9 South Korea 356 works
- 10 Poland 272 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Meat and Animal Product Quality research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs publishes the most Meat and Animal Product Quality research, followed by Nanjing Agricultural University and Northeast Agricultural University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 103 works
- 2 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 102 works
- 3 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 96 works
- 4 Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 95 works
- 5 China Agricultural UniversityChina 91 works
- 6 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 77 works
- 7 Jiangnan UniversityChina 74 works
- 8 Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 70 works
- 9 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and TechnologyChina 67 works
- 10 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 63 works
Who are the leading researchers in Meat and Animal Product Quality?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Meat and Animal Product Quality include Hongjie Dai, David Julian McClements and Thomas Hofmann.
- 1 Hongjie Dai United States 5.8k citations
- 2 David Julian McClements United States 4.1k citations
- 3 Thomas Hofmann Germany 3.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Meat and Animal Product Quality research done?
The largest centres of Meat and Animal Product Quality research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Caldes de MontbuiES · 25.7 works72×
- WanjuKR · 36.4 works66×
- CarlowIE · 30.1 works37×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Meat and Animal Product Quality than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Meat and Animal Product Quality?
Among universities, judged by research, Dalian Polytechnic University, Northeast Agricultural University and Huazhong 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.
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 | Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina | 82.4 | 47.2% | 44.5× | 95 | +181.9% |
| 2 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 73.6 | 57.2% | 30.0× | 96 | -57.2% |
| 3 | Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina | 70.6 | 50.1% | 15.3× | 63 | -11.1% |
| 4 | Jiangnan UniversityChina | 70.5 | 50.5% | 10.2× | 74 | -27.2% |
| 5 | Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina | 70.0 | 48.3% | 26.9× | 70 | -0.5% |
| 6 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina | 69.7 | 41.3% | 21.5× | 102 | -11.5% |
| 7 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 67.8 | 41.0% | 13.5× | 91 | -27.4% |
| 8 | Bohai UniversityChina | 66.2 | 54.9% | 28.5× | 36 | -22.3% |
| 9 | Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina | 63.6 | 38.4% | 27.9× | 77 | -65.9% |
| 10 | Jiangsu UniversityChina | 63.5 | 52.4% | 6.2× | 57 | +31.4% |
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 Meat and Animal Product Quality research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Meat and Animal Product Quality.
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.