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Agricultural Research Council of South Africa

In research, Agricultural Research Council of South Africa stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#674 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,258 of 7,800 worldwide) and Plant Science (#876 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 15.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,060
of 28,054 · #15,327 all time
Rank in South Africa
#40
of 87
Research works
1.7k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Agricultural Research Council of South Africa 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 #674 of 3,409 24.1%174 #1188
Life SciencesDomain #4,258 of 7,800 22.3%215 #6726
Plant ScienceSubfield #876 of 1,395 23.5%83 #1257
Physical SciencesDomain #9,228 of 12,888 28.9%64 #16570

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agricultural Research Council of South Africa 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#1,188 #674
  2. Life Sciences#6,726 #4,258
  3. Plant Science#1,257 #876
  4. Physical Sciences#16,570 #9,228
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 Research Council of South Africa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 15.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 83.5 works15×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 173.8 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: 11.52× its world share, 174 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.27× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.63× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 2.46× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Agricultural Research Council of South Africa?

Ranked on the composite score, Stephen O. Amoo, Antoinette Swart and C.P. Du Plooy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agricultural Research Council of South Africa.

  1. 1 Stephen O. Amoo South Africa · #316,200 worldwide 67 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Antoinette Swart South Africa · #342,697 worldwide 60 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 C.P. Du Plooy South Africa · #616,426 worldwide 33 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 L. W. Strathie South Africa · #713,002 worldwide 62 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Sunette M. Laurie South Africa · #765,535 worldwide 40 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Olayinka Ayobami Aiyegoro South Africa · #789,317 worldwide 75 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 S.L. Venter South Africa · #971,694 worldwide 52 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 A.R. Ndhlala South Africa · #972,087 worldwide 43 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Moses Herbert Lubinga South Africa · #1,021,234 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Abe Shegro Gerrano South Africa · #1,131,888 worldwide 35 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Agricultural Research Council of South Africa

Which keywords describe research at Agricultural Research Council of South Africa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Genetic Diversity, Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity, Drought Tolerance, Invasive Species, Sustainability and 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 Change38▲ 4.5×52 topics
  2. Genetic Diversity24▲ 17×17 topics
  3. Sustainability22▲ 2.9×29 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture22▲ 21×13 topics
  5. Biodiversity17▲ 7.2×21 topics
  6. Drought Tolerance16▲ 34×7 topics
  7. Invasive Species15▲ 11×15 topics
  8. Breeding13▲ 55×4 topics
  9. Food Security13▲ 7.3×12 topics
  10. Nutritional Quality13▲ 53×4 topics
  11. Environmental Impact13▲ 2.3×25 topics
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis12▲ 12×8 topics
  13. Biological Control12▲ 25×8 topics
  14. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 16×4 topics
  15. Plant Breeding11▲ 37×3 topics
  16. Genetics11▲ 4.9×7 topics
  17. Adaptation10▲ 12×6 topics
  18. Marker Development10▲ 64×3 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services10▲ 7.7×9 topics
  20. Host Specificity10▲ 26×5 topics
  21. Marker-Assisted Selection10▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Global Warming9▲ 7.2×9 topics
  23. Genetic Improvement9▲ 32×3 topics
  24. Conservation9▲ 6.7×9 topics
  25. Genomics9▲ 9.6×9 topics
  26. Climate Resilience9▲ 44×2 topics
  27. Global Change9▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Rural Development8▲ 7.7×7 topics
  29. Population Genetics8▲ 19×4 topics
  30. Nitrogen Fixation8▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Agricultural Sustainability8▲ 22×3 topics
  32. Social Networks8▲ 9.5×2 topics
  33. QTL Mapping7▲ 20×5 topics
  34. Fungal Pathogens7▲ 17×4 topics
  35. Microbial Community7▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Genome Sequencing7▲ 14×6 topics
  37. Quantitative Genetics7▲ 41×2 topics
  38. Genome-Wide Association7▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Symbiosis7▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Animal Breeding7▲ 47×1 topic

Which research topics does Agricultural Research Council of South Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agricultural pest management studies and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

Genetic and phenotypic t…7Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 7 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…6Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 6 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 6 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 5 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 5 fractional worksSperm and Testicular Function: 5 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 5 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…5Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 5 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 4 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 4 fractional works
GeneticsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 7 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  3. 3 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 6 works
  4. 4 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 5 works
  5. 5 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  6. 6 Sperm and Testicular Function Reproductive Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  8. 8 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  9. 9 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 4 works
  10. 10 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available56.2%not open43.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Agricultural Research Council of South Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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