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Agroscope

In research, Agroscope stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#178 of 3,409 worldwide), Environmental Science (#802 of 3,551 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,877 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Veterinary, Animal Science and Zoology and Insect Science — Veterinary is 23.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,345
of 28,054 · #4,010 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#31
of 220
Research works
2.5k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
95k
38.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Agroscope 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 #178 of 3,409 36.8%301 #226
Environmental ScienceField #802 of 3,551 36.2%136 #814
Life SciencesDomain #1,877 of 7,800 34.2%374 #2077
Plant ScienceSubfield #402 of 1,395 39.6%102 #408
Physical SciencesDomain #5,631 of 12,888 32.7%176 #5434
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,657 of 3,579 24.6%67 #2679

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agroscope 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#226 #178
  2. Environmental Science#814 #802
  3. Life Sciences#2,077 #1,877
  4. Plant Science#408 #402
  5. Physical Sciences#5,434 #5,631
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,679 #2,657
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 Agroscope specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Veterinary takes 23.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VeterinaryField · 20.4 works23×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 28.5 works20×
  3. Insect ScienceSubfield · 36.0 works20×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 25.2 works16×
← 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: 9.73× its world share, 301 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.94× its world share, 67 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.20× its world share, 136 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 2.18× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 23.12× its world share, 20 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 23.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Agroscope?

Ranked on the composite score, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, F. Bigler and Félix Herzog lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agroscope.

  1. 1 Marcel G. A. van der Heijden · #17,754 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
  2. 2 F. Bigler · #70,330 worldwide 333 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Félix Herzog · #100,550 worldwide 404 citations · 73 works
  4. 4 Thomas Nemecek · #102,356 worldwide 308 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Franco Widmer · #115,744 worldwide 290 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Sokrat Sinaj · #118,369 worldwide 171 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Samiran Banerjee · #127,086 worldwide 346 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Fritz Oehl · #145,186 worldwide 246 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Jochen Mayer · #151,330 worldwide 279 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Per Schjønning · #170,031 worldwide 665 citations · 107 works
All ranked researchers at Agroscope

Which keywords describe research at Agroscope?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Invasive Species, Gut Microbiota, Ecosystem Services and Livestock Production.

▲ 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 Change116▲ 6.6×64 topics
  2. Environmental Impact66▲ 6.0×25 topics
  3. Sustainability52▲ 3.2×36 topics
  4. Biodiversity48▲ 10.0×18 topics
  5. Invasive Species32▲ 12×16 topics
  6. Gut Microbiota31▲ 14×6 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services30▲ 12×10 topics
  8. Livestock Production28▲ 46×2 topics
  9. Greenhouse Gas Emissions27▲ 15×6 topics
  10. Health Effects25▲ 6.4×12 topics
  11. Ecosystem Functioning24▲ 19×4 topics
  12. Global Change24▲ 14×5 topics
  13. Animal Welfare24▲ 41×4 topics
  14. Microbial Communities24▲ 8.5×9 topics
  15. Biological Control23▲ 24×9 topics
  16. Sustainable Agriculture22▲ 11×11 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation22▲ 9.0×12 topics
  18. Food Systems21▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Sustainable Diets21▲ 72×1 topic
  20. Soil Fertility20▲ 14×6 topics
  21. Consumer Perception20▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Heat Stress20▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Habitat Fragmentation19▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Probiotics19▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Soil Carbon Sequestration18▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Microbiota18▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Genetic Diversity17▲ 6.0×16 topics
  28. Environmental Policy17▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Nutrient Limitation17▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Biochar Application16▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Nitrogen Cycle16▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Emotional State16▲ 80×1 topic
  33. Stress Indicators16▲ 80×1 topic
  34. Genomics15▲ 7.7×11 topics
  35. Smallholder Farmers15▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Amino Acids14▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Multifunctionality14▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Global Impact14▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Immune System13▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. Plant-Animal Interactions13▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Agroscope publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Plant and animal studies.

Agriculture Sustainabili…21Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 21 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…16Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 16 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…16Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 16 fractional worksPlant and animal studies13Plant and animal studies: 13 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 12 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 12 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…10Agricultural Economics and Policy: 10 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 9 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 9 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agricul…9Organic Food and Agriculture: 9 fractional works
EcologySoil ScienceSmall AnimalsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEcology 21 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil Science 16 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesSmall Animals 16 works
  4. 4 Plant and animal studiesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13 works
  5. 5 Insect and Pesticide ResearchInsect Science 12 works
  6. 6 Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAnimal Science and Zoology 12 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Economics and PolicyGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 works
  8. 8 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockGenetics 9 works
  9. 9 Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchPlant Science 9 works
  10. 10 Organic Food and AgriculturePlant Science 9 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 available62.6%not open37.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.9%domestic only55.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Agroscope's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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