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Veterinary Equine Medical Research

Veterinary Equine Medical Research is a research topic within Equine. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 13.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to equine health and welfare, including studies on laminitis, horse nutrition, stress assessment, genetics, injuries, obesity, and behaviour. The research aims to improve the understanding and management of health issues in horses and promote their overall well-being.

  • Equine Health
  • Welfare Assessment
  • Laminitis
  • Horse Nutrition
  • Stress in Horses
  • Equine Genetics
  • Heart Rate Variability
  • Equine Injuries
  • Obesity in Horses
  • Equine Behaviour
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Veterinary Equine Medical Research research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (657 and 244 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 657 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 244 works
  3. 3 Brazil 225 works
  4. 4 Germany 134 works
  5. 5 Italy 123 works
  6. 6 Australia 104 works
  7. 7 France 93 works
  8. 8 Canada 77 works
  9. 9 China 69 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 67 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: 36.6%United Kingdom: 13.6%Brazil: 12.5%Germany: 7.5%6 others listed: 29.7%37%largest
United States657 · 36.6%United Kingdom244 · 13.6%Brazil225 · 12.5%Germany134 · 7.5%6 others listed533 · 29.7%

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

Which institutions lead Veterinary Equine Medical Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Colorado State University publishes the most Veterinary Equine Medical Research research, followed by University of California, Davis and University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation.

Where is Veterinary Equine Medical Research research done?

The largest centres of Veterinary Equine Medical Research research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), London (United Kingdom), Davis (United States) and Fort Collins (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Newmarket and Fort Collins.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 60 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 48 works
  3. 3 Davis United States 41 works
  4. 4 Fort Collins United States 40 works
  5. 5 Lexington United States 33 works
  6. 6 Hanover Germany 33 works
  7. 7 Uppsala Sweden 29 works
  8. 8 Zurich Switzerland 28 works
  9. 9 Philadelphia United States 28 works
  10. 10 Vienna Austria 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NewmarketGB · 25.7 works1253×
  2. Fort CollinsUS · 40.1 works38×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Veterinary Equine Medical Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Veterinary Equine Medical Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, University of Messina and Royal Veterinary College 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 18.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 24, 21.5%University of Messina: 10, 51.4%Royal Veterinary College: 31, 14.6%University of Veterinary Medicine: 18, 10.6%University of Liverpool: 20, 21.4%University of California, Davis: 32, 13.7%Ghent University: 21, 14.4%University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna: 20, 14.1%Colorado State University: 40, 9.6%University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation: 31, 13.7%University of MessinaSwedish University o…Royal Veterinary Col…University of Veteri…
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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 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 63.121.5%58.2×24 -8.8%
2 University of MessinaItaly 62.451.4%16.0×10 -7.3%
3 Royal Veterinary CollegeUnited Kingdom 58.514.6%259.0×31 +24.7%
4 University of Veterinary MedicineHungary 57.110.6%111.1×18 +149.4%
5 University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom 57.021.4%15.6×20 -25.9%
6 University of California, DavisUnited States 54.613.7%16.2×32 +4.1%
7 Ghent UniversityBelgium 54.514.4%14.2×21 -12.0%
8 University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaAustria 53.714.1%137.1×20 -37.6%
9 Colorado State UniversityUnited States 53.69.6%42.1×40 -2.9%
10 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, FoundationGermany 53.313.7%225.0×31 -23.1%

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 Veterinary Equine Medical Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Veterinary Equine Medical Research.

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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.

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.