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AgriBio

In research, AgriBio stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,602 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#878 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Plant Science is 10.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,127
of 22,385 · #7,701 all time
Rank in Australia
#131
of 270
Research works
783
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
32.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
AgriBio

What is AgriBio known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,602 of 6,403 13.5%125 #1901
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #878 of 3,157 13.2%83 #892

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where AgriBio 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does AgriBio work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at AgriBio is in Life Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (42%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Medicine (12%). It does 4.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 141 fractional works · 65.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 90 fractional works · 41.7% of its workPlant Science: 40 fractional works · 18.5% of its workInsect Science: 15 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 43 fractional works · 20.1% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 7.8% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 17.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 30 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAgriBio216fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences65%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9041.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4320.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology52.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Neuroscience10.6%
    1. Environmental Science2310.6%
    2. Engineering52.2%
    3. Chemistry31.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.2%
    5. Materials Science20.7%
    6. Computer Science20.7%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine2511.6%
    2. Veterinary31.4%
    3. Nursing20.8%
    4. Health Professions10.3%
    1. Social Sciences31.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting20.8%
    4. Psychology10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does AgriBio specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 39.9 works11×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 90.1 works8.8×
← 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: 8.78× its world share, 90 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.76× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.12× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.13× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 10.02× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary10.02×3 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.78×90 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.76×43 works
  4. Environmental Science2.13×23 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.12×5 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.89×1 works
  7. Nursing1.57×2 works
  8. Chemistry0.77×3 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×3 works
  10. Medicine0.60×25 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.37×1 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.37×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×2 works
  15. Materials Science0.21×2 works
  16. Energy0.16×0 works
  17. Engineering0.15×5 works
  18. Psychology0.13×1 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.12×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.12×3 works
  21. Health Professions0.10×1 works
  22. Computer Science0.09×2 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at AgriBio?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthew Hayden, Iona M. MacLeod and Debbie Wong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AgriBio.

  1. 1 Matthew Hayden Australia · #189,611 worldwide 18k citations · 252 works
  2. 2 Iona M. MacLeod Australia · #223,080 worldwide 3.9k citations · 158 works
  3. 3 Debbie Wong Australia · #406,893 worldwide 4.6k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Josquin F. G. Tibbits Australia · #496,960 worldwide 7.7k citations · 102 works
  5. 5 Kerrie Forrest Australia · #608,739 worldwide 6.6k citations · 112 works
  6. 6 Michael D. Materne Australia · #644,325 worldwide 2.1k citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Luke W. Pembleton Australia · #839,336 worldwide 2.1k citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Sukhjiwan Jeet Kaur Australia · #840,052 worldwide 2.5k citations · 91 works
  9. 9 Abdulqader Jighly Australia · #1,052,830 worldwide 1.3k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Zhiqian Liu Australia · #1,139,742 worldwide 3.6k citations · 144 works
All ranked researchers at AgriBio

What are the most cited papers from AgriBio?

The most cited paper from AgriBio is "Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome" (R. Appels et al., 2018), with 3,439 citations. Next come "Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs" (2,374) and "Characterization of polyploid wheat genomic diversity using a high‐density 90 000 single nucleotide polymorphism array" (1,924).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome R. Appels et al. · Science Open access201 authors 17 Aug 2018 3,439
2 Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs S Hong Lee et al. · Nature Genetics Open access370 authors 11 Aug 2013 2,374
3 Characterization of polyploid wheat genomic diversity using a high‐density 90 000 single nucleotide polymorphism array Shichen Wang et al. · Plant Biotechnology Journal Open access 20 Mar 2014 1,924
4 Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus Moritz U. G. Kraemer et al. · Nature Microbiology Open access 4 Mar 2019 1,535
5 The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people Brett R. Scheffers, Luc De Meester, Tom C. L. Bridge et al. · Science 11 Nov 2016 1,444
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at AgriBio?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Marker-Assisted Selection, Genetic Diversity, Climate Change, Plant Breeding, Population Genetics, Biological Control, QTL Mapping and Genome-Wide Association.

▲ 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-now 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 Change18▲ 3.0×44 topics
  2. Marker-Assisted Selection14▲ 86×3 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity14▲ 15×16 topics
  4. Epidemiology13▲ 1.46×47 topics
  5. Plant Breeding11▲ 57×3 topics
  6. Population Genetics11▲ 36×4 topics
  7. Biological Control11▲ 32×9 topics
  8. QTL Mapping10▲ 40×6 topics
  9. Genome-Wide Association10▲ 57×2 topics
  10. Invasive Species9▲ 10×18 topics
  11. Crop Improvement9▲ 88×2 topics
  12. Genetic Mapping9▲ 54×5 topics
  13. Genetic Variation9▲ 18×5 topics
  14. Quantitative Trait Loci8▲ 70×3 topics
  15. Animal Breeding8▲ 89×1 topic
  16. Genomic Selection8▲ 89×1 topic
  17. Genetics8▲ 5.2×11 topics
  18. Microbiota7▲ 16×7 topics
  19. Biodiversity7▲ 4.4×23 topics
  20. Gene Expression7▲ 5.3×14 topics
  21. Supply Chain Management7▲ 3.7×3 topics
  22. Smallholder Farmers7▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Agriculture7▲ 8.3×2 topics
  24. Agribusiness7▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Economic Development7▲ 3.8×1 topic
  26. Rural Economy7▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Genome-wide Association Studies6▲ 102×1 topic
  28. Maize Domestication6▲ 102×1 topic
  29. Drought Tolerance6▲ 20×8 topics
  30. Genome Sequencing6▲ 17×6 topics
  31. Vector Control6▲ 22×3 topics
  32. Genomics6▲ 8.6×12 topics
  33. Breeding5▲ 33×4 topics
  34. Population Dynamics5▲ 9.3×10 topics
  35. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 7.6×9 topics
  36. Soil Fertility5▲ 11×6 topics
  37. Host-Pathogen Interactions5▲ 28×5 topics
  38. Genome Evolution5▲ 53×2 topics
  39. Global Change4▲ 7.8×6 topics
  40. Diversity4▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does AgriBio publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 8 fractional worksAgriculture and Agroindustry Studies: 7 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Dive…6Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 6 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…4Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 4 fractional worksInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences: 4 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 3 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breed…3Genetics and Plant Breeding: 3 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 3 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 2 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 2 fractional works
GeneticsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesInsect SciencePlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 8 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 works
  3. 3 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 6 works
  4. 4 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 4 works
  5. 5 Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Insect Science 4 works
  6. 6 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 3 works
  9. 9 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  10. 10 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 2 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 available64.1%not open35.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.4%domestic only60.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has AgriBio's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 AgriBio as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00068% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%AgriBio0.00075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of AgriBio 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, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%AgriBio17.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.1% in 2016.

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