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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. 15.9% 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
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
the tick is no change

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 (649 and 165 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 649 works
  2. 2 Brazil 165 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 145 works
  4. 4 India 129 works
  5. 5 China 90 works
  6. 6 Italy 78 works
  7. 7 Canada 71 works
  8. 8 Germany 69 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 60 works
  10. 10 Japan 58 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: 42.9%Brazil: 10.9%United Kingdom: 9.6%India: 8.5%6 others listed: 28.1%43%largest
United States649 · 42.9%Brazil165 · 10.9%United Kingdom145 · 9.6%India129 · 8.5%6 others listed425 · 28.1%

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

Which institutions lead Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of California, Davis publishes the most Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research, followed by North Carolina State University and University of Pennsylvania.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of California, DavisUnited States 28 works
  2. 2 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 18 works
  3. 3 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 17 works
  4. 4 Colorado State UniversityUnited States 17 works
  5. 5 University of ZurichSwitzerland 16 works
  6. 6 University of FloridaUnited States 16 works
  7. 7 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, FoundationGermany 16 works
  8. 8 University of GeorgiaUnited States 15 works
  9. 9 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 14 works
  10. 10 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 12 works

Where is Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research done?

The largest centres of Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Davis (United States), Philadelphia (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 Davis.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 41 works
  2. 2 Davis United States 33 works
  3. 3 Philadelphia United States 32 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 31 works
  5. 5 New York United States 23 works
  6. 6 Zurich Switzerland 21 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 20 works
  8. 8 Hanover Germany 19 works
  9. 9 Raleigh United States 19 works
  10. 10 Fort Collins United States 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DavisUS · 32.9 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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, Université de Montréal, University of Pennsylvania 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%10%20%30%mean 14.92%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Université de Montréal: 11, 25.3%University of Pennsylvania: 17, 26.4%Royal Veterinary College: 12, 11.2%University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna: 10, 20.8%University of Zurich: 16, 12.6%University of California, Davis: 28, 5.2%North Carolina State University: 18, 7.9%University of Guelph: 12, 13.5%University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation: 16, 11.8%Ghent University: 11, 14.5%University of Pennsy…Université de MontréalUniversity of Veteri…Royal Veterinary Col…
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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 Université de MontréalCanada 79.625.3%12.2×11 +162.3%
2 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 67.126.4%8.5×17 -24.8%
3 Royal Veterinary CollegeUnited Kingdom 61.511.2%124.4×12 +107.4%
4 University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaAustria 61.420.8%78.5×10 -48.3%
5 University of ZurichSwitzerland 61.312.6%13.8×16 -18.8%
6 University of California, DavisUnited States 57.05.2%16.6×28 -12.8%
7 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 56.37.9%14.8×18 +38.4%
8 University of GuelphCanada 56.213.5%18.8×12 +16.6%
9 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, FoundationGermany 56.111.8%136.7×16 -10.5%
10 Ghent UniversityBelgium 53.614.5%9.1×11 -34.4%

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 Pharmacology and Anesthesia research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.