Department of Agriculture and Northern Ireland's Department of
Agriculture and Rural Development Lead Field of Veterinary Medicine and Animal
Health

PHILADELPHIA, and LONDON, The U. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of
Northern Ireland (DARDNI) "lead the pack" in research on veterinary medicine
and animal health, according to new rankings published in "Science Watch," the
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The USDA leads the field in "total citations," the number of times an
institution was cited in other published scientific works.
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U. institutions account for three of the 10 with the highest
impact. Department of Agriculture 15,541
2 University of California, Davis 13,662
3 Ohio State University 7,521
4 University of Utrecht (Netherlands) 7,386
5 Colorado State University 6 ,738
6 Cornell University 6,614
7 University of Wisconsin 6,147
8 University of Minnesota 6,105
9 University of Guelph (Canada) 6,015
10 University of Georgia 5,939

Ranked by Citation Impact
In the impact ranking, the DARDNI made the most of the 272 papers it
published during the 11-year period, earning an average of more than 10
citations per paper.98 citations per
paper.yancey@thomson. Papers published in medical journals are most highly cited, as New England
Journal of Medicine publishes 'Hottest' paper of 2005

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S. The USDA published approximately 1,900 papers
during the same period.
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To survey
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2004 from 150 Thomson Scientific-indexed journals categorized under the
headings of veterinary sciences, veterinary medicine and animal health,"
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institutions had the strongest presence of any country in these
rankings.

Highest Impact Veterinary/Animal Institutions
(Ordered by average number of citations per paper)
Rank Institution Impact (1994-2004)

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institutions, the USDA (15,541 total citations) and University of
California-Davis (13,662) each boasted a much higher citation total than the
other high-ranking institutions, including third-ranked Ohio State University
(7,521 total citations).
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"Citations are an acknowledgement of intellectual debt - a direct
demonstration of influence in a given subject area," said Christopher King,
editor of "Science Watch. Eight of the 10 most highly cited institutions are based in the
U.72 citations per paper, while the University of Maryland, one of
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Institut Pasteur, a French institution, ranked second in
impact with 9.83
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Journal subject categories:
(Ordered by number of Red -Hot Research Papers in the field)

Number of
Subject category "Red-Hot"
Papers

Medicine 21
Multidisciplinary 10
Biochemistry + Molecular Biology 4
Physics 2
Astronomy 1
Computer Science 1
Oncology 1

Journals:
(Ordered by number of Red-Hot Research Papers published in the journal )

Number of
Publication "Red-Hot"
Papers

New England Journal of Medicine 13
Lancet 6
Science 5
Nature 4
Nucleic Acids Research 3
Physics Review Letter 2
Annals of Internal Medicine 1
Astronomy Journal 1
Bioinformatics 1
Cancer Cell 1
Cell 1
Journal of the Natn'l Cancer Institute 1
Nature Materials 1

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The USDA is the only institution
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Most Highly Cited Veterinary/Animal Institutions
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