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Reproductive Physiology in Livestock

Reproductive Physiology in Livestock is a research topic within Agronomy and Crop Science. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on various aspects of reproductive health in high-producing dairy cattle, including uterine diseases, metabolic stress, follicular development, oxidative stress, and embryo survival. It explores the impact of energy balance and postpartum health on conceptus development and overall reproductive performance.

  • Reproductive Loss
  • Uterine Disease
  • Dairy Cattle
  • Metabolic Stress
  • Follicular Development
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Embryo Survival
  • Energy Balance
  • Postpartum Health
  • Conceptus Development
Research works
48k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+0%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Reproductive Physiology in Livestock

Which countries lead Reproductive Physiology in Livestock research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 666 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 666 works
  3. 3 Brazil 527 works
  4. 4 India 469 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 240 works
  6. 6 Italy 167 works
  7. 7 Japan 163 works
  8. 8 Spain 159 works
  9. 9 Canada 158 works
  10. 10 Germany 152 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.

United States: 29.4%China: 17.4%Brazil: 13.8%India: 12.3%6 others listed: 27.2%29%largest
United States1,122 · 29.4%China666 · 17.4%Brazil527 · 13.8%India469 · 12.3%6 others listed1,038 · 27.2%

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

Which institutions lead Reproductive Physiology in Livestock research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Reproductive Physiology in Livestock research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 114 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 54 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 54 works
  4. 4 Cornell UniversityUnited States 52 works
  5. 5 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 51 works
  6. 6 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 51 works
  7. 7 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 50 works
  8. 8 University of FloridaUnited States 45 works
  9. 9 University of GuelphCanada 45 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 38 works

Who are the leading researchers in Reproductive Physiology in Livestock?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Reproductive Physiology in Livestock include George Davey Smith, Shizuo Akira and Jun Wang.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  3. 3 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  4. 4 Luigi Ferrucci United States 281k citations
  5. 5 Martin McKee United Kingdom 270k citations
  6. 6 Mark I. McCarthy United Kingdom 267k citations
  7. 7 Cornelia M. van Duijn Netherlands 250k citations
  8. 8 André Gerardus Uitterlinden Netherlands 246k 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 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock?

The most cited paper in Reproductive Physiology in Livestock is "Standardization of procedures for nitrogen fractionation of ruminant feeds" (Giuseppe Licitra, Torres Hernández, Peter J. Van Soest, 1996), with 2,663 citations. Next come "Automated Simultaneous Determination of Ammonia and Total Amino Acids in Ruminal Fluid and In Vitro Media" (2,557) and "Nonspecific vaginitis" (2,397).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Standardization of procedures for nitrogen fractionation of ruminant feeds Giuseppe Licitra, Torres Hernández, Peter J. Van Soest · Animal Feed Science and Technology Open access Mar 1996 2,663
2 Automated Simultaneous Determination of Ammonia and Total Amino Acids in Ruminal Fluid and In Vitro Media Glen A. Broderick, Jinhe Kang · Journal of Dairy Science Open access 1980 2,557
3 Nonspecific vaginitis R Amsel, Patricia A. Totten, Carol A. Spiegel et al. · The American Journal of Medicine 1983 2,397
4 Relationship between condition score, physical measurements and body fat percentage in mares D.R. Henneke, G.D. Potter, Jack L. Kreider et al. · Equine Veterinary Journal Oct 1983 1,947
5 The estimation of the digestibility and metabolizable energy content of ruminant feedingstuffs from the gas production when they are incubated with rumen liquor in vitro K. H. Menke, L. Raab, A. Salewski et al. · The Journal of Agricultural Science Open access Aug 1979 1,940
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Where is Reproductive Physiology in Livestock research done?

The largest centres of Reproductive Physiology in Livestock research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Madison (United States) and College Station (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Carlow, Kalpatta and Karnāl.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 115 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 111 works
  3. 3 MadisonUnited States 55 works
  4. 4 College StationUnited States 54 works
  5. 5 GainesvilleUnited States 45 works
  6. 6 MontevideoUruguay 45 works
  7. 7 GizaEgypt 45 works
  8. 8 GuelphCanada 45 works
  9. 9 TehranIran 41 works
  10. 10 KarnālIndia 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CarlowIE · 29.8 works72×
  2. KalpattaIN · 20.0 works71×
  3. KarnālIN · 38.7 works66×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Reproductive Physiology in Livestock than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Reproductive Physiology in Livestock?

Among universities, judged by research, Cornell University, China Agricultural University and University of Guelph 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 22.18%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Wageningen Universit…China Agricultural U…Cornell UniversityUniversity of Guelph
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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
1Cornell UniversityUnited States 83.921.4%7.0×52 +44.8%
2China Agricultural UniversityChina 75.225.8%10.5×32 +34.5%
3University of GuelphCanada 72.021.3%27.9×44 -9.4%
4Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 70.729.0%8.7×18 -8.3%
5University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 70.415.5%9.7×50 -1.1%
6University of FloridaUnited States 70.320.2%7.6×45 -28.4%
7Northwest A&F UniversityChina 70.025.6%10.7×23 +55.3%
8Michigan State UniversityUnited States 69.125.6%7.8×32 -10.7%
9Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 68.515.7%10.9×51 -8.6%
10University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal 63.521.7%34.6×20 +21.6%

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 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, country by country

Is Reproductive Physiology in Livestock research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023.

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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 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Reproductive Physiology in Livestock0.024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Reproductive Physiology in Livestock 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%Reproductive Physiology in Livestock10.1% 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.

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