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Agricultural Research Service

In research, Agricultural Research Service stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#59 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#77 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#774 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Chemistry, Insect Science and Agronomy and Crop Science — Environmental Chemistry is 25.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,795
of 28,054 · #720 all time
Rank in United States
#276
of 4,192
Research works
38k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4M
36.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Agricultural Research Service 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 #59 of 3,409 25.4%1,230 #12
Plant ScienceSubfield #77 of 1,395 28.1%601 #18
Life SciencesDomain #774 of 7,800 24.2%1,725 #286
Insect ScienceSubfield #13 of 102 25.6%156 #4
Environmental ScienceField #544 of 3,551 15.7%522 #167
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #652 of 3,579 22.7%412 #293
Physical SciencesDomain #3,051 of 12,888 12.3%987 #1214
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #31 of 121 22.7%100 #9
EcologySubfield #158 of 578 23.8%124 #120
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #77 of 255 25.6%102 #65

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agricultural Research Service 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#12 #59
  2. Plant Science#18 #77
  3. Life Sciences#286 #774
  4. Insect Science#4 #13
  5. Environmental Science#167 #544
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#293 #652
  7. Physical Sciences#1,214 #3,051
  8. Agronomy and Crop Science#9 #31
  9. Ecology#120 #158
  10. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#65 #77
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 Service specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Chemistry takes 25.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 169.7 works26×
  2. Insect ScienceSubfield · 156.4 works18×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 100.3 works14×
  4. EndocrinologySubfield · 27.3 works11×
  5. Plant ScienceSubfield · 601.0 works11×
  6. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 68.9 works10×
  7. OceanographySubfield · 77.4 works9.1×
← 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: 8.52× its world share, 1,230 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.54× its world share, 412 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 64 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.87× its world share, 184 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 114 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.46× its world share, 522 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 76 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 185 worksMedicineNursing: 2.72× its world share, 40 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.91× its world share, 24 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Agricultural Research Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Feng Gao, Yakov Pachepsky and M. Susan Moran lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agricultural Research Service.

  1. 1 Feng Gao United States · #7,747 worldwide 1.7k citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Yakov Pachepsky United States · #9,886 worldwide 958 citations · 85 works
  3. 3 M. Susan Moran United States · #15,237 worldwide 904 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Gary J. Samuels United States · #25,431 worldwide 739 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Douglas L. Karlen United States · #28,040 worldwide 676 citations · 64 works
  6. 6 W. J. Rawls United States · #31,384 worldwide 801 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 W. J. Busscher United States · #32,108 worldwide 563 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Rufus L. Chaney United States · #35,541 worldwide 629 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Andrew N. Sharpley United States · #36,132 worldwide 697 citations · 75 works
  10. 10 Kris M. Havstad United States · #41,839 worldwide 449 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Agricultural Research Service

Which keywords describe research at Agricultural Research Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Microbial Communities, Invasive Species, Methane Oxidation, Anaerobic, Gas Hydrates, Genetic Diversity and Biological Control.

▲ 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 Change416▲ 5.1×80 topics
  2. Microbial Communities194▲ 15×10 topics
  3. Epidemiology155▲ 1.29×78 topics
  4. Invasive Species129▲ 9.9×20 topics
  5. Methane Oxidation125▲ 51×2 topics
  6. Anaerobic125▲ 59×1 topic
  7. Gas Hydrates125▲ 59×1 topic
  8. Genetic Diversity123▲ 9.1×20 topics
  9. Biological Control119▲ 26×9 topics
  10. Hydrological Modeling111▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Gut Microbiota108▲ 10×6 topics
  12. Biodiversity106▲ 4.7×30 topics
  13. Genome Sequencing100▲ 21×10 topics
  14. Phylogenetic Analysis94▲ 10×14 topics
  15. Genomics94▲ 10×12 topics
  16. QTL Mapping88▲ 25×6 topics
  17. Drought Tolerance84▲ 19×9 topics
  18. Genetic Mapping81▲ 34×6 topics
  19. Sea Level Rise78▲ 20×3 topics
  20. Global Change76▲ 9.6×7 topics
  21. GRACE75▲ 48×1 topic
  22. groundwater depletion75▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Ionosphere75▲ 44×1 topic
  24. Magnetosphere75▲ 44×1 topic
  25. Fungal Pathogens73▲ 18×5 topics
  26. Host Specificity71▲ 21×5 topics
  27. Microbiota67▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Plant Immunity60▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Quantitative Trait Loci58▲ 34×3 topics
  30. Soil Fertility58▲ 8.4×9 topics
  31. Marker-Assisted Selection58▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Pathogenicity56▲ 28×5 topics
  33. Ecosystem Functioning55▲ 9.6×6 topics
  34. Soil Carbon Sequestration54▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Tomography53▲ 9.7×3 topics
  36. Seismic Noise53▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Surface Wave53▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Genomic Characterization52▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Genetic Improvement51▲ 18×4 topics
  40. Habitat Fragmentation51▲ 7.6×5 topics

Which research topics does Agricultural Research Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics and Seismic Waves and Analysis.

Methane Hydrates and Rel…125Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 125 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 75 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…75Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 75 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis53Seismic Waves and Analysis: 53 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 45 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 45 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…44Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 44 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 40 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 32 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 30 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryOceanographyAstronomy and AstrophysicsGeophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 125 works
  2. 2 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 75 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 75 works
  4. 4 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 53 works
  5. 5 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 45 works
  6. 6 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 45 works
  7. 7 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 44 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 40 works
  9. 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 32 works
  10. 10 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 30 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Agricultural Research Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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