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Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department

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World rank, all time
#33,250
of 42,892
Rank in China
#3,089
of 3,536
Research works
198
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

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: 3.46× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.68× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 12.09× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.16× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Innate Immunity, Antibiotic Resistance, Biodiversity, Conservation, Gut Microbiota and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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 39 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change7▲ 6.5×20 topics
  2. Aquaculture5▲ 46×7 topics
  3. Innate Immunity3▲ 22×3 topics
  4. Epidemiology3▲ 1.71×13 topics
  5. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 16×3 topics
  6. Biodiversity2▲ 8.1×11 topics
  7. Conservation2▲ 14×9 topics
  8. Gut Microbiota2▲ 17×3 topics
  9. Invasive Species2▲ 13×10 topics
  10. Population Dynamics2▲ 23×7 topics
  11. Probiotics2▲ 24×2 topics
  12. DNA Barcoding2▲ 33×7 topics
  13. Fish Immunology2▲ 117×1 topic
  14. Stress Response2▲ 92×1 topic
  15. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.9×7 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services2▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Trophic Cascades2▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Nutrition2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  20. Pathogenesis2▲ 8.0×6 topics
  21. Sustainability2▲ 1.65×5 topics
  22. Marine Environment1▲ 25×3 topics
  23. Biogeography1▲ 13×10 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity1▲ 7.8×5 topics
  25. Morphology1▲ 19×6 topics
  26. Phylogeny1▲ 23×7 topics
  27. Biological Control1▲ 19×5 topics
  28. Evolution1▲ 12×8 topics
  29. Fatty Acids1▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Fish Feed1▲ 56×1 topic
  31. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Immune Response1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  33. Ecosystem Management1▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Genomic Sequencing1▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Marine Fisheries1▲ 65×1 topic
  36. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 17×7 topics
  37. Ocean Acidification1▲ 36×3 topics
  38. Professional Development1▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Vaccine1▲ 6.7×4 topics

Which research topics does Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Marine and fisheries research and Marine animal studies overview.

Aquaculture disease mana…2Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 2 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 1 fractional worksPhysiological and biochemical adaptations: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…1Species Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 1 fractional worksInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms: 0 fractional works
ImmunologyAquatic ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology1 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 2 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 1 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Physiological and biochemical adaptations Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms Immunology 0 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.8%domestic only52.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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