Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia

Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia is a research topic within Small Animals. Science Explorer counts 17k 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 pain management, anesthesia, and welfare assessment in laboratory animals, with a specific emphasis on the use of tramadol, pharmacokinetics of analgesic drugs, behavioral assessment of pain, and postoperative pain management. The papers cover various routes and volumes of drug administration, development of pain assessment scales, evaluation of analgesic efficacy, and the impact of different anesthetic agents on animal welfare.

Pain Assessment
Anesthesia
Tramadol
Animal Welfare
Pharmacokinetics
Analgesia
Behavioral Assessment
Postoperative Pain
Drug Administration
Animal Research

Research works: 17k
In the world top 10%: 1.7k
Top-10% rate: 10.0%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +14%
Largest producer: United States

Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (775 and 206 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 775 works
2 Brazil 206 works
3 United Kingdom 175 works
4 India 154 works
5 China 117 works
6 Italy 89 works
7 Canada 82 works
8 Germany 82 works
9 France 73 works
10 Türkiye 72 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 States775 · 42.5%Brazil206 · 11.3%United Kingdom175 · 9.6%India154 · 8.4%6 others listed515 · 28.2%

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

Which institutions lead Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of California, Davis publishes the most Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research, followed by University of Pennsylvania and North Carolina State University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 University of California, DavisUnited States 35 works
2 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 24 works
3 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 20 works
4 Colorado State UniversityUnited States 20 works
5 Cornell UniversityUnited States 19 works
6 University of ZurichSwitzerland 19 works
7 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, FoundationGermany 17 works
8 University of FloridaUnited States 17 works
9 University of GeorgiaUnited States 17 works
10 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia include Jean‐Louis Vincent and Rinaldo Bellomo.

1 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k citations
2 Rinaldo Bellomo Australia 182k 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 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia?

The most cited paper in Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia is "Ethical guidelines for investigations of experimental pain in conscious animals" (Manfred Zimmermann, 1983), with 7,814 citations. Next come "A new and sensitive method for measuring thermal nociception in cutaneous hyperalgesia" (5,230) and "Physiological Parameters in Laboratory Animals and Humans" (2,937).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Ethical guidelines for investigations of experimental pain in conscious animals Manfred Zimmermann · Pain	Jun 1983	7,814
2	A new and sensitive method for measuring thermal nociception in cutaneous hyperalgesia Kenneth Hargreaves, Ronald A. Dubner, Frederick J. Brown et al. · Pain	1988	5,230
3	Physiological Parameters in Laboratory Animals and Humans Brian E. Davies, Tim Morris · Pharmaceutical Research	Jul 1993	2,937
4	The formalin test: A quantitative study of the analgesic effects of morphine, meperidine, and brain stem stimulation in rats and cats David Dubuisson, Stephen G. Dennis · Pain	Oct 1977	2,538
5	Pharmacokinetics of a novel formulation of ivermectin after administration to goats Aranzazu González, Ana M. Sahagún, M. José Diez et al. · American Journal of Veterinary Research Open access	Feb 2006	1,768

All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research done?

The largest centres of Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Philadelphia (United States), Davis (United States) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fort Collins and Davis.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 São PauloBrazil 48 works
2 PhiladelphiaUnited States 38 works
3 DavisUnited States 37 works
4 LondonUnited Kingdom 37 works
5 New YorkUnited States 28 works
6 TokyoJapan 24 works
7 ZurichSwitzerland 24 works
8 HanoverGermany 22 works
9 RaleighUnited States 21 works
10 Fort CollinsUnited States 20 works

Where it is the local speciality

Fort CollinsUS · 20.3 works19×
DavisUS · 36.9 works18×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Pennsylvania, Université de Montréal and Ghent 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.

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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.

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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States	71.0	15.0%	9.5×	24	+16.2%
2	Université de MontréalCanada	66.5	23.5%	10.2×	14	-22.7%
3	Ghent UniversityBelgium	65.0	16.4%	7.8×	14	+71.0%
4	University of California, DavisUnited States	64.0	6.2%	18.3×	35	-0.2%
5	University of ZurichSwitzerland	63.5	7.8%	11.5×	19	+81.2%
6	University of HelsinkiFinland	59.8	10.0%	7.8×	13	+36.2%
7	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States	58.5	25.3%	2.3×	9	+98.1%
8	Utrecht UniversityNetherlands	57.6	18.6%	5.8×	10	+3.6%
9	University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaAustria	57.1	10.9%	90.6×	12	+17.9%
10	Cornell UniversityUnited States	55.5	9.2%	6.1×	19	+3.3%
11	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom	55.5	6.2%	6.9×	14	+17.8%
12	Harvard UniversityUnited States	54.8	17.1%	1.3×	10	+74.1%
13	North Carolina State UniversityUnited States	54.1	6.0%	15.2×	20	-3.2%
14	University of FloridaUnited States	53.1	6.7%	6.7×	17	+53.8%
15	University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, FoundationGermany	49.7	5.9%	143.3×	17	+76.5%
16	University of GuelphCanada	49.7	12.3%	21.2×	14	-25.2%
17	University of GeorgiaUnited States	49.4	5.2%	16.1×	17	+37.7%
18	Royal Veterinary CollegeUnited Kingdom	48.3	9.1%	133.6×	14	-31.4%
19	University of BernSwitzerland	47.0	5.0%	9.2×	12	+46.5%
20	The University of QueenslandAustralia	47.0	15.3%	4.1×	9	+15.8%
21	Colorado State UniversityUnited States	44.1	2.0%	23.7×	20	-16.0%
22	Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil	44.1	10.9%	7.9×	16	-3.6%
23	Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States	41.8	12.2%	4.4×	10	+234.6%
24	University of LiègeBelgium	39.8	9.3%	11.1×	9	+10.1%
25	University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom	38.9	7.3%	4.8×	9	+51.0%
26	University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States	38.6	4.8%	6.4×	14	-27.2%
27	Auburn UniversityUnited States	37.7	3.0%	15.7×	12	+22.1%
28	Michigan State UniversityUnited States	37.0	7.8%	4.7×	8	+32.9%
29	University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States	35.7	1.0%	11.8×	11	+21.2%
30	University of MinnesotaUnited States	35.5	7.8%	5.4×	10	+4.6%
31	Kansas State UniversityUnited States	35.4	9.2%	20.4×	11	-36.8%
32	The University of SydneyAustralia	35.4	12.0%	3.5×	10	-16.5%
33	University of TurinItaly	35.2	4.5%	6.9×	9	+115.8%
34	The Ohio State UniversityUnited States	32.5	14.1%	3.0×	9	-28.6%
35	University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom	31.9	6.3%	5.9×	8	-34.7%
36	Universidade de São PauloBrazil	30.6	7.5%	2.7×	13	-12.7%
37	Texas A&M UniversityUnited States	28.5	9.9%	4.0×	8	-12.3%
38	Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea	25.5	1.6%	3.3×	9	+12.3%
39	University of SaskatchewanCanada	25.3	0.9%	10.7×	8	-23.7%
40	University of MosulIraq	24.6	0.0%	11.4×	10	+54.2%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia, country by country

Is Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia.

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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 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

Fractional works of Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia 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.

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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Which countries lead Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia?

What are the most cited papers in Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia?

Where is Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia?

Is Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion