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Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows

Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows is a research topic within Agronomy and Crop Science. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the research related to bovine mastitis, milk quality, and dairy farming. It covers topics such as intramammary infection, somatic cell count, antimicrobial resistance, and innate immune response in the context of bovine mastitis. The research also delves into the impact of mastitis on milk composition and quality, as well as management strategies for mastitis in dairy farming.

  • Bovine Mastitis
  • Milk Quality
  • Dairy Farming
  • Intramammary Infection
  • Somatic Cell Count
  • Pathogen Detection
  • Mastitis Management
  • Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Milk Composition
  • Innate Immune Response
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows

Which countries lead Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (451 and 337 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 451 works
  2. 2 United States 337 works
  3. 3 India 278 works
  4. 4 Brazil 251 works
  5. 5 Italy 158 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 130 works
  7. 7 Russia 86 works
  8. 8 Japan 86 works
  9. 9 France 85 works
  10. 10 Canada 85 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: 23.2%United States: 17.3%India: 14.3%Brazil: 12.9%6 others listed: 32.3%23%largest
China451 · 23.2%United States337 · 17.3%India278 · 14.3%Brazil251 · 12.9%6 others listed629 · 32.3%

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

Which institutions lead Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 54 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 39 works
  3. 3 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 34 works
  4. 4 Cornell UniversityUnited States 28 works
  5. 5 China Agricultural UniversityChina 18 works
  6. 6 Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development AuthorityIreland 17 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 17 works
  8. 8 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 16 works
  9. 9 University of PaduaItaly 16 works
  10. 10 University of MilanItaly 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows include Walter Churchill Willett, Jun Wang and Paul M. Thompson.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  3. 3 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  4. 4 Julie Glanville United Kingdom 179k 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 Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows?

The most cited paper in Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows is "Nomenclature of the Proteins of Cows’ Milk—Sixth Revision" (Harold M. Farrell, Rafael Jiménez‐Flores, G. T. Bleck et al., 2004), with 1,219 citations. Next come "Economic effects of bovine mastitis and mastitis management: A review" (1,145) and "Evaluation of the bacterial diversity in the feces of cattle using 16S rDNA bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP)" (1,132).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nomenclature of the Proteins of Cows’ Milk—Sixth Revision Harold M. Farrell, Rafael Jiménez‐Flores, G. T. Bleck et al. · Journal of Dairy Science Open access Jun 2004 1,219
2 Economic effects of bovine mastitis and mastitis management: A review Tariq Halasa, K. Huijps, Olav Østerås et al. · Veterinary Quarterly Open access 2007 1,145
3 Evaluation of the bacterial diversity in the feces of cattle using 16S rDNA bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP) Scot E. Dowd, Todd R. Callaway, Randall D. Wolcott et al. · BMC Microbiology Open access 2008 1,132
4 The Composition of Bovine Milk Lipids: January 1995 to December 2000 Robert G. Jensen · Journal of Dairy Science Open access Feb 2002 1,071
5 Production effects related to mastitis and mastitis economics in dairy cattle herds Henri H. Seegers, Christine Fourichon, Fran�ois Beaudeau · Veterinary Research Open access Sep 2003 1,047
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Where is Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows research done?

The largest centres of Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Moscow (Russia) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Karnāl.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 76 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 45 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 31 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 25 works
  5. 5 MilanItaly 25 works
  6. 6 GizaEgypt 24 works
  7. 7 KarnālIndia 24 works
  8. 8 HohhotChina 22 works
  9. 9 LanzhouChina 21 works
  10. 10 LahorePakistan 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KarnālIN · 24.3 works74×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows?

Among universities, judged by research, Jilin University, Cornell University and Wageningen University & Research 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 21.32%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jilin UniversityWageningen Universit…University of Veteri…Cornell University
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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
1Jilin UniversityChina 66.845.0%3.8×14 +75.5%
2Cornell UniversityUnited States 62.212.4%6.8×28 +5.4%
3Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 62.121.2%13.3×15 +8.1%
4University of Veterinary and Animal SciencesPakistan 56.117.4%73.1×15 +56.1%
5China Agricultural UniversityChina 54.617.9%10.4×18 +3.8%
6Northwest A&F UniversityChina 53.616.4%12.4×15 +64.8%
7University of MilanItaly 53.314.7%7.9×16 +25.0%
8Michigan State UniversityUnited States 49.721.0%6.0×14 +23.2%
9Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityChina 48.928.2%27.9×12 +47.3%
10University of PaduaItaly 48.319.0%6.4×16 -27.1%

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 Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows, country by country

Is Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows.

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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 Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows 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.

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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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