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Agriculture Victoria

In research, Agriculture Victoria stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,151 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,415 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Genetics — Plant Science is 15.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,369
of 28,054 · #8,309 all time
Rank in Australia
#173
of 391
Research works
1.9k
▲ 289% vs 2013–17
Citations
56k
29.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Agriculture Victoria 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 #1,151 of 3,409 28.9%97 #593
Life SciencesDomain #4,415 of 7,800 29.5%134 #3549

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agriculture Victoria 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).

What does Agriculture Victoria specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 15.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 49.8 works15×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 20.2 works13×
← 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: 11.07× its world share, 97 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.41× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.78× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 2.87× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 11.26× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Agriculture Victoria?

Ranked on the composite score, J.L. Barnett, G. M. Cronin and R. G. Campbell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agriculture Victoria.

  1. 1 J.L. Barnett Australia · #54,083 worldwide 426 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 G. M. Cronin Australia · #226,022 worldwide 221 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 R. G. Campbell Australia · #795,686 worldwide 36 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 I. Cumming Australia · #810,820 worldwide 22 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 B. M. El-Zeftawi Australia · #826,343 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 K. F. Smith Australia · #859,092 worldwide 66 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Brendan Rodoni Australia · #1,004,555 worldwide 54 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 R. Behrendt Australia · #1,005,065 worldwide 29 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 M. Haile‐Mariam Australia · #1,094,214 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 J. L. Jacobs Australia · #1,123,494 worldwide 72 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Agriculture Victoria

Which keywords describe research at Agriculture Victoria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Marker-Assisted Selection, Climate Change, Plant Breeding, Population Genetics, Genome-Wide Association, Animal Breeding and Genomic Selection.

▲ 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 Change20▲ 4.0×31 topics
  2. Genetic Diversity17▲ 21×13 topics
  3. Marker-Assisted Selection16▲ 109×3 topics
  4. Plant Breeding14▲ 76×3 topics
  5. Population Genetics13▲ 50×4 topics
  6. Genome-Wide Association12▲ 81×2 topics
  7. Animal Breeding10▲ 123×1 topic
  8. Genomic Selection10▲ 123×1 topic
  9. Dairy Cattle10▲ 100×2 topics
  10. Biological Control10▲ 34×9 topics
  11. Drought Tolerance10▲ 36×7 topics
  12. QTL Mapping9▲ 43×6 topics
  13. Genetics8▲ 6.5×9 topics
  14. Breeding8▲ 59×4 topics
  15. Crop Improvement8▲ 90×2 topics
  16. Genetic Mapping8▲ 55×4 topics
  17. Genetic Variation8▲ 20×4 topics
  18. Quantitative Trait Loci8▲ 76×3 topics
  19. Invasive Species7▲ 9.4×12 topics
  20. Animal Welfare7▲ 44×3 topics
  21. Genomics7▲ 13×10 topics
  22. Livestock Production7▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Microbial Community6▲ 43×4 topics
  24. Milk Composition6▲ 81×2 topics
  25. Energy Balance6▲ 57×2 topics
  26. Marker Development6▲ 68×3 topics
  27. Nutritional Quality6▲ 42×3 topics
  28. Heat Stress6▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Methane Production6▲ 108×1 topic
  30. Ruminant Nutrition6▲ 108×1 topic
  31. Genome Sequencing6▲ 19×6 topics
  32. Genetic Improvement5▲ 32×3 topics
  33. Genome-wide Association Studies5▲ 109×1 topic
  34. Maize Domestication5▲ 109×1 topic
  35. Metabolic Adaptations5▲ 106×1 topic
  36. Physiological Responses5▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Global Change5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  38. Host Specificity5▲ 22×5 topics
  39. Reproductive Loss5▲ 94×1 topic
  40. Uterine Disease5▲ 94×1 topic

Which research topics does Agriculture Victoria publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock.

Genetic and phenotypic t…10Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 10 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 6 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Dive…5Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 5 fractional worksEffects of Environmental…5Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 5 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 5 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 3 fractional worksGenetic and Environmenta…3Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies: 3 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 3 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 3 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 3 fractional works
GeneticsAgronomy and Crop ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyPlant Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 10 works
  2. 2 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  3. 3 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 5 works
  4. 4 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 5 works
  5. 5 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  6. 6 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 3 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 3 works
  10. 10 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 3 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Agriculture Victoria's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 289% 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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