Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Topic · Agronomy and Crop Science

Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology

Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology is a research topic within Agronomy and Crop Science. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 20.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of ruminant nutrition, with a focus on strategies to optimize health, production, and environmental impact. Topics include methane production, microbial communities in the rumen, effects of dietary tannins, rumen fermentation, milk composition, feed efficiency, subacute ruminal acidosis, and fatty acid composition. The research aims to improve the understanding and management of nutritional factors affecting ruminant health and productivity.

  • Ruminant Nutrition
  • Methane Production
  • Microbial Community
  • Dietary Tannins
  • Rumen Fermentation
  • Milk Composition
  • Feed Efficiency
  • Subacute Ruminal Acidosis
  • Fatty Acid Composition
  • Forage Quality
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+19%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 944 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 944 works
  3. 3 Brazil 631 works
  4. 4 India 205 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 183 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 181 works
  7. 7 Canada 176 works
  8. 8 Australia 150 works
  9. 9 Mexico 147 works
  10. 10 France 134 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: 28.8%China: 24.4%Brazil: 16.3%India: 5.3%6 others listed: 25.1%29%largest
United States1,112 · 28.8%China944 · 24.4%Brazil631 · 16.3%India205 · 5.3%6 others listed971 · 25.1%

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

Which institutions lead Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, China Agricultural University publishes the most Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology research, followed by University of Florida and University of Saskatchewan.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China Agricultural UniversityChina 59 works
  2. 2 University of FloridaUnited States 48 works
  3. 3 University of SaskatchewanCanada 47 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 45 works
  5. 5 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 44 works
  6. 6 IPB UniversityIndonesia 43 works
  7. 7 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 42 works
  8. 8 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 39 works
  9. 9 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 39 works
  10. 10 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 38 works

Where is Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology research done?

The largest centres of Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Hohhot (China) and Lanzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Carlow and Lincoln.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 211 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 102 works
  3. 3 Hohhot China 69 works
  4. 4 Lanzhou China 64 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 48 works
  6. 6 Saskatoon Canada 48 works
  7. 7 Gainesville United States 48 works
  8. 8 Madison United States 45 works
  9. 9 Bogor Indonesia 45 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C. United States 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CarlowIE · 39.3 works99×
  2. LincolnNZ · 43.4 works77×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology than the world average.

See Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology on the map

Where is the best place to study Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing Agricultural University, China Agricultural University and Northwest A&F 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.

0%20%40%60%mean 38.77%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nanjing Agricultural University: 44, 45.1%China Agricultural University: 59, 42.7%Northwest A&F University: 21, 51.3%Inner Mongolia Agricultural University: 34, 40.4%IPB University: 43, 16.5%Massey University: 26, 35.3%Gansu Agricultural University: 32, 40.4%Wageningen University & Research: 23, 33.2%Sichuan Agricultural University: 27, 36.7%Ningxia University: 12, 46.1%Northwest A&F Univer…Nanjing Agricultural…China Agricultural U…Inner Mongolia Agric…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 76.445.1%19.1×44 +54.8%
2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 74.842.7%17.9×59 +1.8%
3 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 67.751.3%9.1×21 +10.7%
4 Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityChina 65.040.4%42.5×34 -31.4%
5 IPB UniversityIndonesia 64.816.5%12.8×43 +161.9%
6 Massey UniversityNew Zealand 64.835.3%24.6×26 +5.9%
7 Gansu Agricultural UniversityChina 63.140.4%36.3×32 -59.4%
8 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 62.633.2%10.8×23 -14.0%
9 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 61.936.7%16.2×27 -7.6%
10 Ningxia UniversityChina 61.046.1%10.4×12 +17.3%

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 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology.

19801990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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.