Research in Harpenden
Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Harpenden, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Rothamsted Research.
- Research institutions
- 4 1 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 6.5k ▲ 2% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 30.0% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Harpenden?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rothamsted ResearchResearch facility | 5,987 | #5,142 | |
| 2 | A-T SocietyInstitution | 497 | #22,172 all time | |
| 3 | Agrimetrics (United Kingdom)Company | 16 | not ranked | |
| 4 | Rothamsted InternationalNonprofit | 7 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
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What is Harpenden strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Harpenden is most concentrated in Soil Science, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (26.7× the world share in Soil Science).
- Soil ScienceSubfield · 34.1 works27×
- Plant ScienceSubfield · 77.0 works10×
- Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 174.3 works8.6×
- EcologySubfield · 26.6 works8.0×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
Which keywords describe research in Harpenden?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Ecosystem Functioning, Soil Fertility, Microbial Communities, Nutrient Limitation, Biochar Application and Nitrogen Cycle.
- Food Systems
- Genetic Mapping
- Sediment Transport Models
- Model Evaluation
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Global Carbon Budget
- Crop Improvement
- Genome Sequencing
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Sediment Transport
- QTL Mapping
- Phosphorus Management
- Health Effects
- Biodiversity
- Water Quality
- Sustainability
- Nitrogen Cycle
- Nutrient Limitation
- Soil Fertility
- Soil Carbon Sequestration
- Climate Change
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Microbial Communities
- Biochar Application
- Environmental Impact
- Land Use Change
- Nutrient Cycling
- Eutrophication
- Hyporheic Zone
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Agricultural Sustainability
- Genetic Improvement
- Invasive Species
- Soil Degradation
- Ecosystem Services
- Livestock Production
- Hydrological Modeling
- Biological Control
- Soil Erosion
- Yield Potential
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Climate Change76▲ 6.6×62 topics
- Soil Carbon Sequestration25▲ 77×2 topics
- Ecosystem Functioning23▲ 29×6 topics
- Soil Fertility23▲ 24×6 topics
- Microbial Communities22▲ 12×6 topics
- Nutrient Limitation21▲ 47×2 topics
- Biochar Application21▲ 47×1 topic
- Nitrogen Cycle21▲ 78×1 topic
- Environmental Impact20▲ 2.7×24 topics
- Sustainability20▲ 1.90×27 topics
- Land Use Change19▲ 15×8 topics
- Water Quality17▲ 10×8 topics
- Nutrient Cycling15▲ 49×3 topics
- Biodiversity13▲ 4.2×17 topics
- Eutrophication13▲ 30×3 topics
- Health Effects13▲ 5.1×13 topics
- Hyporheic Zone13▲ 149×1 topic
- Phosphorus Management13▲ 149×1 topic
- Sustainable Agriculture13▲ 9.4×8 topics
- QTL Mapping12▲ 25×5 topics
- Agricultural Sustainability12▲ 25×3 topics
- Sediment Transport12▲ 17×3 topics
- Genetic Improvement12▲ 30×4 topics
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions11▲ 9.7×5 topics
- Invasive Species11▲ 6.1×17 topics
- Genome Sequencing10▲ 16×6 topics
- Soil Degradation10▲ 44×2 topics
- Crop Improvement10▲ 49×2 topics
- Ecosystem Services10▲ 6.0×10 topics
- Global Carbon Budget10▲ 32×2 topics
- Livestock Production10▲ 24×2 topics
- Phylogenetic Analysis10▲ 7.3×8 topics
- Hydrological Modeling9▲ 9.4×4 topics
- Model Evaluation9▲ 17×2 topics
- Biological Control9▲ 14×8 topics
- Sediment Transport Models9▲ 54×1 topic
- Soil Erosion9▲ 54×1 topic
- Genetic Mapping9▲ 26×6 topics
- Yield Potential8▲ 35×2 topics
- Food Systems8▲ 43×1 topic
What research is done in Harpenden?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 21 works
- 2 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 13 works
- 3 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 9 works
- 4 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 8 works
- 5 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 7 works
- 6 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 6 works
- 7 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 6 works
- 8 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
- 9 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
- 10 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 5 works
Research output over time
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