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Agri Food and Biosciences Institute

In research, Agri Food and Biosciences Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,423 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,906 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,489 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science — Agronomy and Crop Science is 47.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,295
of 28,054 · #10,315 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#377
of 1,094
Research works
1.1k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Agri Food and Biosciences Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,423 of 3,409 20.2%82 #1187
Life SciencesDomain #4,906 of 7,800 21.1%115 #5611
Physical SciencesDomain #10,489 of 12,888 17.7%69 #10017

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agri Food and Biosciences Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,187 #1,423
  2. Life Sciences#5,611 #4,906
  3. Physical Sciences#10,017 #10,489
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Agri Food and Biosciences Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 47.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 25.1 works47×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7.65× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.14× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.78× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.65× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.72× its world share, 53 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 36.14× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 36.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Agri Food and Biosciences Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Robin Skuce, Mark Linton and J. S. Bailey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agri Food and Biosciences Institute.

  1. 1 Robin Skuce United Kingdom · #225,842 worldwide 156 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Mark Linton United Kingdom · #331,063 worldwide 89 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 J. S. Bailey United Kingdom · #331,582 worldwide 98 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 T. Yan United Kingdom · #413,659 worldwide 154 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 A. K. Murchie United Kingdom · #562,171 worldwide 47 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Catherine Duffy United Kingdom · #749,878 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 L.J. Farmer United Kingdom · #820,463 worldwide 42 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Nicolae Corcionivoschi United Kingdom · #840,446 worldwide 50 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Catherine J. Watson United Kingdom · #963,393 worldwide 63 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Alan Gordon United Kingdom · #1,066,401 worldwide 45 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Agri Food and Biosciences Institute

Which keywords describe research at Agri Food and Biosciences Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Microbial Community, Genetic Diversity, Animal Welfare, Plant Breeding, Milk Composition, Marker-Assisted Selection and Population Genetics.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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
  1. Climate Change37▲ 6.0×50 topics
  2. Microbial Community19▲ 105×5 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity17▲ 17×8 topics
  4. Environmental Impact16▲ 4.2×21 topics
  5. Epidemiology15▲ 1.69×35 topics
  6. Animal Welfare15▲ 75×3 topics
  7. Plant Breeding14▲ 65×4 topics
  8. Milk Composition14▲ 149×2 topics
  9. Marker-Assisted Selection14▲ 80×2 topics
  10. Population Genetics14▲ 44×2 topics
  11. Animal Breeding13▲ 132×1 topic
  12. Genomic Selection13▲ 132×1 topic
  13. Fatty Acid Composition13▲ 52×2 topics
  14. Livestock Production13▲ 62×2 topics
  15. Methane Production13▲ 203×1 topic
  16. Ruminant Nutrition13▲ 203×1 topic
  17. Dairy Cattle12▲ 105×2 topics
  18. Sustainability12▲ 2.1×22 topics
  19. Heat Stress11▲ 62×2 topics
  20. Biodiversity9▲ 5.5×14 topics
  21. Health Effects8▲ 6.0×9 topics
  22. Water Quality8▲ 9.0×8 topics
  23. Emotional State8▲ 113×1 topic
  24. Stress Indicators8▲ 113×1 topic
  25. Environmental Effects7▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Eutrophication7▲ 31×4 topics
  27. Invasive Species7▲ 7.5×11 topics
  28. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 10.0×8 topics
  29. Metabolic Adaptations7▲ 124×1 topic
  30. Physiological Responses7▲ 60×1 topic
  31. Gut Microbiota7▲ 8.9×6 topics
  32. Energy Balance7▲ 51×2 topics
  33. Nutrient Cycling7▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Greenhouse Gas Emissions6▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Hyporheic Zone6▲ 140×1 topic
  36. Phosphorus Management6▲ 140×1 topic
  37. Food Systems6▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Sustainable Diets6▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Fisheries Sustainability6▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Probiotics6▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Agri Food and Biosciences Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock.

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 13 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 13 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…8Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 8 fractional worksEffects of Environmental…7Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 7 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 6 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 6 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …5Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 5 fractional worksOdor and Emission Control Technologies: 4 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 4 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 4 fractional works
GeneticsAgronomy and Crop ScienceSmall AnimalsAnimal Science and Zoology4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 13 works
  2. 2 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 13 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 8 works
  4. 4 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 7 works
  5. 5 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 6 works
  6. 6 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 6 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  8. 8 Odor and Emission Control Technologies Process Chemistry and Technology 4 works
  9. 9 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.1%domestic only65.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Agri Food and Biosciences Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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