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Agricultural Academy

In research, Agricultural Academy stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,034 of 6,403 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,727 of 3,157 worldwide) and Plant Science (#791 of 1,317 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Plant Science (Agronomy and Crop Science is 32.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,668
of 22,385 · #23,186 all time
Rank in Bulgaria
#21
of 64
Research works
1.3k
▲ 190% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.9k
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.73×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Agricultural Academy

What is Agricultural Academy 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 #3,034 of 6,403 2.8%319 #7943
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,727 of 3,157 2.9%277 #3700
Plant ScienceSubfield #791 of 1,317 3.3%114 #2039
Physical SciencesDomain #9,757 of 10,670 3.1%64 #15573

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agricultural Academy 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Life Sciences#7,943 #3,034
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,700 #1,727
  3. Plant Science#2,039 #791
  4. Physical Sciences#15,573 #9,757
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Agricultural Academy work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Agricultural Academy is in Life Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (61%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Environmental Science (5%). It does 5.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 349 fractional works · 70.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 302 fractional works · 60.7% of its workPlant Science: 127 fractional works · 25.5% of its workFood Science: 46 fractional works · 9.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 38 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 22 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInsect Science: 17 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSoil Science: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 69 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 37 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiochemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKAgriculturalAcademy497fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences70%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences8%

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 Sciences30260.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology428.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    5. Neuroscience10.2%
    1. Environmental Science275.4%
    2. Engineering173.4%
    3. Chemistry81.6%
    4. Materials Science51.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.9%
    6. Computer Science40.9%
    7. Energy20.5%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences173.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting122.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance91.8%
    4. Psychology20.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Medicine265.1%
    2. Nursing61.3%
    3. Health Professions30.6%
    4. Veterinary30.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Agricultural Academy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 32.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 37.9 works32×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 22.2 works20×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 127.0 works15×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 301.7 works13×
  5. Food ScienceSubfield · 45.6 works12×
← 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: 12.78× its world share, 302 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.02× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 2.56× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.11× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.78×302 works
  2. Veterinary4.11×3 works
  3. Nursing2.56×6 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.58×42 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.24×2 works
  6. Environmental Science1.09×27 works
  7. Chemistry1.02×8 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×9 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.74×12 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.59×5 works
  11. Energy0.50×2 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×2 works
  13. Materials Science0.31×5 works
  14. Medicine0.27×26 works
  15. Social Sciences0.26×16 works
  16. Engineering0.23×17 works
  17. Health Professions0.22×3 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.22×1 works
  19. Psychology0.14×2 works
  20. Neuroscience0.11×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.11×4 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.07×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Agricultural Academy?

Ranked on the quality score, Rositsa Shumkova, Nadezhda Palova and S. Ivanova lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agricultural Academy.

  1. 1 Rositsa Shumkova Bulgaria · #3,558,608 worldwide 844 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Nadezhda Palova Bulgaria · #3,686,500 worldwide 644 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 S. Ivanova Bulgaria · #4,217,792 worldwide 358 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Krasimira Taneva Bulgaria · #4,304,383 worldwide 107 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Zbigniew Milart Bulgaria · #4,324,216 worldwide 144 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 T. Odjakova Bulgaria · #4,523,718 worldwide 47 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Violeta Bozhanova Bulgaria · #4,610,457 worldwide 322 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Rangel Dragov Bulgaria · #4,741,742 worldwide 110 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 D. Marinova Bulgaria · #4,742,033 worldwide 704 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Stanko Stanev Bulgaria · #4,753,739 worldwide 286 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Agricultural Academy

What are the most cited papers from Agricultural Academy?

The most cited paper from Agricultural Academy is "The relationship between plasma triglycerides, cholesterol, total lipids and lipid peroxidation products during human atherosclerosis" (Andrzej Ledwoż yw, Jerzy Michalak, Adam Stępień et al., 1986), with 523 citations. Next come "Factors Associated with Honey Bee Colony Losses: A Mini-Review" (353) and "The Impact of Auxin and Cytokinin on the Growth and Development of Selected Crops" (239).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The relationship between plasma triglycerides, cholesterol, total lipids and lipid peroxidation products during human atherosclerosis Andrzej Ledwoż yw, Jerzy Michalak, Adam Stępień et al. · Clinica Chimica Acta Mar 1986 523
2 Factors Associated with Honey Bee Colony Losses: A Mini-Review Peter I Hristov, Rositsa Shumkova, Nadezhda Palova et al. · Veterinary Sciences ReviewOpen access 30 Oct 2020 353
3 The Impact of Auxin and Cytokinin on the Growth and Development of Selected Crops Jacek Sosnowski, Milena Truba, Viliana Vasileva · Agriculture Open access 21 Mar 2023 239
4 RNAi: What is its position in agriculture? Bruno Mezzetti, Guy J. Smagghe, Salvatore Arpaia et al. · Journal of Pest Science Open access 26 May 2020 170
5 Studies on the role of exogenous proteolytic enzymes in digestion processes in fish Konrad R Dabrowski, Jan Glogowski · Hydrobiologia Jun 1977 157
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Agricultural Academy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Food Security, Soil Fertility, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Drought Tolerance, Genetic Improvement and Plant Breeding.

▲ 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 Change81▲ 6.0×44 topics
  2. Food Security58▲ 21×14 topics
  3. Sustainable Development46▲ 5.9×25 topics
  4. Soil Fertility44▲ 40×7 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture41▲ 27×14 topics
  6. Drought Tolerance35▲ 51×9 topics
  7. Genetic Improvement33▲ 77×4 topics
  8. Plant Breeding33▲ 71×4 topics
  9. Genetics28▲ 7.8×6 topics
  10. Agriculture27▲ 14×7 topics
  11. Biotechnology25▲ 57×3 topics
  12. Crop Productivity24▲ 73×3 topics
  13. Functional Foods23▲ 52×3 topics
  14. Nutrition23▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Agricultural Development23▲ 30×3 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity22▲ 10×17 topics
  17. Livestock Breeding22▲ 213×1 topic
  18. Plant Genetics22▲ 213×1 topic
  19. Antioxidants22▲ 9.8×11 topics
  20. Breeding22▲ 58×5 topics
  21. Antioxidant Activity20▲ 6.6×21 topics
  22. Economic Implications18▲ 75×2 topics
  23. Forage Production18▲ 151×2 topics
  24. Crop Adaptation18▲ 260×1 topic
  25. Genetic Resources18▲ 192×1 topic
  26. Antioxidant18▲ 5.2×29 topics
  27. Genome Sequencing18▲ 23×5 topics
  28. Fisheries Management18▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Micronutrients18▲ 104×1 topic
  30. QTL Mapping17▲ 30×6 topics
  31. Meat Quality16▲ 45×3 topics
  32. Plant Growth16▲ 30×6 topics
  33. Flavonoids15▲ 12×8 topics
  34. Regional Development15▲ 8.8×9 topics
  35. Crop Improvement14▲ 58×2 topics
  36. Disease Resistance14▲ 54×3 topics
  37. Health Benefits14▲ 8.5×11 topics
  38. Yield Potential14▲ 50×2 topics
  39. Genomic Diversity13▲ 72×2 topics
  40. Polyphenols13▲ 15×6 topics

Which research topics does Agricultural Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agriculture and Biological Studies, Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement, Food Industry and Aquatic Biology and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology.

Agriculture and Biological Studies: 22 fractional worksAgricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement: 18 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquati…18Food Industry and Aquatic Biology: 18 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetic…13Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 13 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 10 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Health: 9 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…8Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 8 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 8 fractional worksAgriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management: 8 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 8 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesAgronomy and Crop ScienceFood SciencePlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture and Biological Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 18 works
  3. 3 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 18 works
  4. 4 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 13 works
  5. 5 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 10 works
  6. 6 Animal Nutrition and Health Plant Science 9 works
  7. 7 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 8 works
  8. 8 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 8 works
  9. 9 Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management Plant Science 8 works
  10. 10 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 8 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 available62.9%not open37.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Agricultural Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 190% higher 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 Agricultural Academy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Agricultural Academy0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Agricultural Academy 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Agricultural Academy4.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.7% in 2019.

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