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AgroBio

In research, AgroBio stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,654 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,143 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Plant Science is 11.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,003
of 22,385 · #16,675 all time
Rank in Brazil
#421
of 684
Research works
1.7k
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
68%
world 18%
AgroBio

What is AgroBio known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #3,654 of 6,403 6.1%128 #6916
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,143 of 3,157 6.3%111 #2209

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where AgroBio 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does AgroBio work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at AgroBio is in Life Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (49%), Environmental Science (13%), Medicine (7%). It does 4.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 146 fractional works · 55.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 127 fractional works · 48.6% of its workPlant Science: 52 fractional works · 20.0% of its workSoil Science: 16 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workForestry: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 21.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 33 fractional works · 12.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 26 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAgroBio261fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences56%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences13%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12748.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology166.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Environmental Science3312.7%
    2. Engineering83.1%
    3. Chemistry41.5%
    4. Computer Science31.3%
    5. Materials Science31.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    7. Energy20.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences166.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities41.3%
    5. Decision Sciences31.2%
    6. Psychology10.3%
    1. Medicine187.1%
    2. Health Professions51.9%
    3. Nursing21.0%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does AgroBio specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 52.1 works11×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 126.9 works10×
← 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: 10.22× its world share, 127 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.55× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 1.95× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.22×127 works
  2. Environmental Science2.55×33 works
  3. Nursing1.95×2 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.23×3 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.13×16 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.03×6 works
  7. Chemistry0.93×4 works
  8. Energy0.80×2 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.78×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.75×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.73×5 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.68×1 works
  13. Veterinary0.63×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.49×16 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×2 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.47×4 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×4 works
  18. Medicine0.37×18 works
  19. Materials Science0.31×3 works
  20. Engineering0.21×8 works
  21. Computer Science0.17×3 works
  22. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  24. Psychology0.09×1 works
  25. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at AgroBio?

Ranked on the quality score, Giovanni Giorio, Fernando Carvalho Oliveira and Adriana Lucia Stigliani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AgroBio.

  1. 1 Giovanni Giorio Brazil · #2,352,613 worldwide 1.1k citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Fernando Carvalho Oliveira Brazil · #2,875,180 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Adriana Lucia Stigliani Brazil · #2,930,458 worldwide 770 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Н. И. Коробейников Brazil · #5,637,664 worldwide 1 citations · 14 works
All ranked researchers at AgroBio

What are the most cited papers from AgroBio?

The most cited paper from AgroBio is "Plant biostimulants: Definition, concept, main categories and regulation" (Patrick du Jardin, 2015), with 2,833 citations. Next come "Male Sterility and Fertility Restoration in Crops" (990) and "Pathogenesis-Related PR-1 Proteins Are Antifungal (Isolation and Characterization of Three 14-Kilodalton Proteins of Tomato and of a Basic PR-1 of Tobacco with Inhibitory Activity against Phytophthora infestans)" (472).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Plant biostimulants: Definition, concept, main categories and regulation Patrick du Jardin · Scientia Horticulturae Open access Nov 2015 2,833
2 Male Sterility and Fertility Restoration in Crops Letian Chen, Yao‐Guang Liu · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 6 Dec 2013 990
3 Pathogenesis-Related PR-1 Proteins Are Antifungal (Isolation and Characterization of Three 14-Kilodalton Proteins of Tomato and of a Basic PR-1 of Tobacco with Inhibitory Activity against Phytophthora infestans) Thierry Niderman, Isabelle Genetet, Thierry Bruyère et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Open access May 1995 472
4 Aquaporins are multifunctional water and solute transporters highly divergent in living organisms Dulceneia Gomes, Alice Agasse, Pierre Thiébaud et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes Open access 26 Mar 2009 433
5 Priming of jasmonate-mediated antiherbivore defense responses in rice by silicon Mao Ye, Yuanyuan Song, Jun Long et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 3 Sep 2013 363
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at AgroBio?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security, Soil Fertility, Climate Change, Sustainability, Drought Tolerance, Agriculture and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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-now 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 Change23▲ 3.3×47 topics
  2. Sustainability22▲ 3.4×36 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture20▲ 25×14 topics
  4. Food Security20▲ 14×21 topics
  5. Soil Fertility19▲ 32×8 topics
  6. Environmental Impact15▲ 3.4×31 topics
  7. Drought Tolerance14▲ 38×9 topics
  8. Agriculture12▲ 12×10 topics
  9. Agroecology10▲ 27×5 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity10▲ 8.5×14 topics
  11. Genetic Improvement10▲ 42×4 topics
  12. Soil Quality9▲ 89×4 topics
  13. Plant Nutrition9▲ 38×3 topics
  14. Sustainable Development9▲ 2.2×24 topics
  15. Biodiversity8▲ 4.3×24 topics
  16. Crop Production8▲ 26×4 topics
  17. Soil Management8▲ 75×2 topics
  18. Social Development7▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Antioxidant Activity7▲ 4.3×19 topics
  20. Family Farming7▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Rural Policy7▲ 81×1 topic
  22. Biological Control7▲ 17×10 topics
  23. Soil Degradation6▲ 47×2 topics
  24. Climate Change Impact6▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Economic Analysis6▲ 17×5 topics
  26. Composting6▲ 23×3 topics
  27. No-till Crop Production6▲ 148×1 topic
  28. QTL Mapping6▲ 19×6 topics
  29. Soil Compaction6▲ 148×1 topic
  30. Organic Farming6▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Plant Breeding6▲ 23×4 topics
  32. Genome Sequencing5▲ 13×6 topics
  33. Rural Development5▲ 5.9×11 topics
  34. Crop Management5▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Genomics5▲ 6.6×11 topics
  36. Genetic Mapping5▲ 24×5 topics
  37. Crop Yield5▲ 40×3 topics
  38. Value-Added Products5▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Teaching Methods5▲ 11×5 topics
  40. Sustainable Production5▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does AgroBio publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rural Development and Agriculture, Soil Management and Crop Yield, Agricultural and Food Sciences and Growth and nutrition in plants.

Rural Development and Ag…7Rural Development and Agriculture: 7 fractional worksSoil Management and Crop…6Soil Management and Crop Yield: 6 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 4 fractional worksGrowth and nutrition in plants: 4 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 4 fractional worksPlant Growth and Agriculture Techniques: 4 fractional worksAgricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement: 4 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…4Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 4 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 4 fractional worksWeed Control and Herbicide Applications: 4 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSoil ScienceForestryPlant Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 works
  2. 2 Soil Management and Crop Yield Soil Science 6 works
  3. 3 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 4 works
  4. 4 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 4 works
  5. 5 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 4 works
  6. 6 Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques Soil Science 4 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  8. 8 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  9. 9 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 4 works
  10. 10 Weed Control and Herbicide Applications Plant Science 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 available58.1%not open41.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors67.9%domestic only32.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has AgroBio's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is AgroBio as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00082% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%AgroBio0.00098% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of AgroBio over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025AgroBio9.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.6% in 2025.

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