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Agriculture and Food

In research, Agriculture and Food stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#64 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#93 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#828 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Veterinary — Animal Science and Zoology is 18.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,848
of 28,054 · #2,468 all time
Rank in Australia
#39
of 391
Research works
4.6k
▲ 98% vs 2013–17
Citations
151k
32.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Agriculture and Food 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 #64 of 3,409 34.7%599 #103
Plant ScienceSubfield #93 of 1,395 39.4%263 #146
Life SciencesDomain #828 of 7,800 32.7%798 #1082
Food ScienceSubfield #114 of 492 31.3%91 #134
Environmental ScienceField #868 of 3,551 32.3%149 #935
Health SciencesDomain #2,996 of 11,982 28.6%161 #4133
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #934 of 3,579 27.6%177 #1314
Physical SciencesDomain #3,651 of 12,888 30.9%265 #4657
MedicineField #4,397 of 10,443 30.2%91 #6362
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,029 of 2,175 28.3%86 #1527

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agriculture and Food 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#103 #64
  2. Plant Science#146 #93
  3. Life Sciences#1,082 #828
  4. Food Science#134 #114
  5. Environmental Science#935 #868
  6. Health Sciences#4,133 #2,996
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,314 #934
  8. Physical Sciences#4,657 #3,651
  9. Medicine#6,362 #4,397
  10. Molecular Biology#1,527 #1,029
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 Agriculture and Food specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 18.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 50.7 works18×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 52.6 works17×
  3. VeterinaryField · 21.0 works12×
  4. Plant ScienceSubfield · 262.6 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: 9.87× its world share, 599 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.61× its world share, 177 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.21× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.35× its world share, 149 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 91 worksMedicineNursing: 6.43× its world share, 40 worksNursingVeterinary: 12.13× its world share, 21 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Agriculture and Food?

Ranked on the composite score, B.P. Mullan, Lee T. Hickey and Ali Ahsan Bajwa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agriculture and Food.

  1. 1 B.P. Mullan Australia · #109,029 worldwide 152 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Lee T. Hickey Australia · #157,108 worldwide 194 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Ali Ahsan Bajwa Australia · #449,649 worldwide 94 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Duncan Hilchey Australia · #592,520 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Brendan Power Australia · #1,217,904 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 G. J. Platz Australia · #1,444,429 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 B.P. Mullan Australia · #1,483,878 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Yifan Zhang Australia · #1,497,407 worldwide 12 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Agriculture and Food

Which keywords describe research at Agriculture and Food?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Antioxidants, Health Benefits, Genetic Diversity, Gut Microbiota, QTL Mapping, Antioxidant Activity and Consumer Perception.

▲ 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 Change138▲ 4.0×75 topics
  2. Sustainability65▲ 2.1×50 topics
  3. Environmental Impact61▲ 2.8×44 topics
  4. Antioxidants51▲ 8.9×13 topics
  5. Health Benefits49▲ 12×14 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity49▲ 8.6×21 topics
  7. Antioxidant Activity46▲ 5.6×27 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress45▲ 2.2×39 topics
  9. Gut Microbiota43▲ 9.7×7 topics
  10. Food Security40▲ 5.8×19 topics
  11. QTL Mapping40▲ 26×6 topics
  12. Consumer Perception38▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Sustainable Agriculture38▲ 9.4×16 topics
  14. Antioxidant38▲ 4.3×44 topics
  15. Gene Expression36▲ 4.6×19 topics
  16. Lipid Oxidation36▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Microbial Communities35▲ 6.4×9 topics
  18. Biodiversity34▲ 3.6×27 topics
  19. Polyphenols34▲ 15×6 topics
  20. Plant Breeding30▲ 24×4 topics
  21. Livestock Production30▲ 25×3 topics
  22. Drought Tolerance30▲ 16×9 topics
  23. Soil Fertility30▲ 10×7 topics
  24. Marker-Assisted Selection29▲ 29×3 topics
  25. Soil Carbon Sequestration28▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Genetic Mapping28▲ 28×6 topics
  27. Cancer Prevention28▲ 8.2×10 topics
  28. Genetic Improvement28▲ 24×4 topics
  29. Ecosystem Functioning27▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Probiotics27▲ 8.9×6 topics
  31. Animal Welfare26▲ 23×4 topics
  32. Modified Atmosphere Packaging26▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Phylogenetic Analysis26▲ 6.7×12 topics
  34. Dietary Fiber26▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Phenolic Compounds25▲ 10×9 topics
  36. Metabolic Health25▲ 9.9×3 topics
  37. Nutritional Significance25▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Crop Improvement24▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Genome Sequencing24▲ 12×9 topics
  40. Yield Potential24▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Agriculture and Food publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Food composition and properties and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…22Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 22 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …21Meat and Animal Product Quality: 21 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 17 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 16 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 16 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems: 15 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 15 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…13Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 13 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 13 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 12 fractional works
Soil ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyNutrition and DieteticsEcology5 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 22 works
  2. 2 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 21 works
  3. 3 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 17 works
  4. 4 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 16 works
  5. 5 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 16 works
  6. 6 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 15 works
  7. 7 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 15 works
  8. 8 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 13 works
  9. 9 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 13 works
  10. 10 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 12 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.4%domestic only50.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Agriculture and Food's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% 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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