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Agricultural Academy

In research, Agricultural Academy stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,546 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#1,195 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,723 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 32.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,779
of 28,054 · #29,663 all time
Rank in Bulgaria
#50
of 92
Research works
1.3k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Agricultural Academy 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 #2,546 of 3,409 5.3%277 #4839
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,195 of 1,395 8.4%114 #2597
Life SciencesDomain #6,723 of 7,800 5.7%319 #12502
Physical SciencesDomain #12,261 of 12,888 4.2%64 #19903

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 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#4,839 #2,546
  2. Plant Science#2,597 #1,195
  3. Life Sciences#12,502 #6,723
  4. Physical Sciences#19,903 #12,261
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 Agricultural Academy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 32.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 35.4 works33×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 21.7 works22×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 113.6 works14×
  4. Food ScienceSubfield · 44.3 works13×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 277.5 works13×
  6. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 24.2 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: 12.83× its world share, 278 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.07× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 2.72× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.50× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Agricultural Academy?

Ranked on the composite score, B. Dyulgerova and A Ledwozyw lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agricultural Academy.

  1. 1 B. Dyulgerova Bulgaria · #936,248 worldwide 15 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 A Ledwozyw Bulgaria · #1,561,774 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Agricultural Academy

Which keywords describe research at Agricultural Academy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Food Security, Soil Fertility, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Agriculture, 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 2022–2025 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 Change76▲ 6.2×44 topics
  2. Food Security55▲ 22×14 topics
  3. Sustainable Development44▲ 6.1×25 topics
  4. Soil Fertility42▲ 41×7 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture38▲ 26×14 topics
  6. Drought Tolerance32▲ 50×9 topics
  7. Genetic Improvement30▲ 73×4 topics
  8. Plant Breeding29▲ 66×4 topics
  9. Genetics26▲ 8.0×6 topics
  10. Agriculture25▲ 14×6 topics
  11. Biotechnology24▲ 56×3 topics
  12. Crop Productivity23▲ 73×3 topics
  13. Functional Foods22▲ 54×3 topics
  14. Nutrition22▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Agricultural Development22▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Livestock Breeding21▲ 206×1 topic
  17. Plant Genetics21▲ 206×1 topic
  18. Genetic Diversity21▲ 10×16 topics
  19. Antioxidants20▲ 10×11 topics
  20. Breeding20▲ 57×5 topics
  21. Antioxidant Activity19▲ 6.5×21 topics
  22. Economic Implications17▲ 74×2 topics
  23. Fisheries Management17▲ 34×1 topic
  24. Micronutrients17▲ 104×1 topic
  25. Forage Production17▲ 145×2 topics
  26. Antioxidant17▲ 5.4×25 topics
  27. Crop Adaptation17▲ 254×1 topic
  28. Genetic Resources17▲ 184×1 topic
  29. Genome Sequencing16▲ 22×5 topics
  30. Meat Quality16▲ 44×3 topics
  31. QTL Mapping15▲ 29×6 topics
  32. Flavonoids14▲ 12×8 topics
  33. Regional Development14▲ 8.7×9 topics
  34. Plant Growth14▲ 28×6 topics
  35. Health Benefits14▲ 9.0×11 topics
  36. Gut Microbiota13▲ 8.1×7 topics
  37. Polyphenols13▲ 16×5 topics
  38. Disease Resistance13▲ 54×3 topics
  39. Crop Improvement12▲ 56×2 topics
  40. Yield Potential12▲ 47×2 topics

Which research topics does Agricultural Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Biological Studies, Food Industry and Aquatic Biology, Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology.

Agriculture and Biological Studies: 21 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquatic Biology: 17 fractional worksAgricultural Productivit…17Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement: 17 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetic…12Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 12 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 9 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Health: 8 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…8Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 8 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 8 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 7 fractional worksAgriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management: 7 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesFood ScienceAgronomy and Crop 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 21 works
  2. 2 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 17 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 17 works
  4. 4 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 12 works
  5. 5 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 9 works
  6. 6 Animal Nutrition and Health Plant Science 8 works
  7. 7 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 8 works
  8. 8 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 8 works
  9. 9 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 7 works
  10. 10 Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management Plant Science 7 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Agricultural Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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