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Agroscope

In research, Agroscope stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#233 of 3,157 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,061 of 6,403 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#660 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Veterinary, Insect Science and Animal Science and Zoology (Veterinary is 21.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,703
of 22,385 · #2,110 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#36
of 186
Research works
2.5k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
95k
38.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Agroscope

What is Agroscope 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #233 of 3,157 18.2%301 #243
Life SciencesDomain #1,061 of 6,403 16.6%374 #734
Environmental ScienceField #660 of 3,334 17.4%136 #595
Plant ScienceSubfield #262 of 1,317 17.6%102 #271
Physical SciencesDomain #3,604 of 10,670 17.9%176 #2547
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,417 of 2,964 10.7%67 #1071

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#243 #233
  2. Life Sciences#734 #1,061
  3. Environmental Science#595 #660
  4. Plant Science#271 #262
  5. Physical Sciences#2,547 #3,604
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,071 #1,417
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Agroscope work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Agroscope is in Life Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (46%), Environmental Science (21%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 4.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 431 fractional works · 57.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 347 fractional works · 46.0% of its workPlant Science: 120 fractional works · 15.9% of its workInsect Science: 42 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 32 fractional works · 4.3% of its workFood Science: 32 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 30 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSoil Science: 28 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 27 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 3.5% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHorticulture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 78 fractional works · 10.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 26 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 209 fractional works · 27.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 161 fractional works · 21.3% of its workEcology: 55 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 25 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 61 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVeterinary: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmall Animals: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEquine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAgroscope755fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences57%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences7%

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 Sciences34746.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7810.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.4%
    4. Neuroscience20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Environmental Science16121.3%
    2. Engineering233.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences70.9%
    4. Chemistry60.7%
    5. Energy40.6%
    6. Computer Science40.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    10. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Medicine283.7%
    2. Veterinary222.9%
    3. Nursing71.0%
    4. Health Professions30.5%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance152.0%
    2. Social Sciences152.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting131.7%
    4. Psychology50.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities40.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Agroscope specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Veterinary takes 21.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VeterinaryField · 22.1 works22×
  2. Insect ScienceSubfield · 42.3 works20×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 30.0 works18×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 26.9 works15×
← 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: 9.68× its world share, 347 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.93× its world share, 78 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.29× its world share, 161 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 1.98× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 21.57× its world share, 22 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 21.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary21.57×22 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.68×347 works
  3. Environmental Science4.29×161 works
  4. Nursing1.98×7 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.93×78 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.95×15 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.87×2 works
  8. Energy0.60×4 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.58×7 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×13 works
  11. Chemistry0.48×6 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×3 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×1 works
  14. Psychology0.22×5 works
  15. Engineering0.20×23 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.20×2 works
  17. Neuroscience0.19×2 works
  18. Medicine0.19×28 works
  19. Health Professions0.17×3 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.17×4 works
  21. Social Sciences0.15×15 works
  22. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.07×1 works
  24. Computer Science0.06×4 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.06×1 works
  26. Materials Science0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Agroscope?

Ranked on the quality score, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Matthias Albrecht and Jens Leifeld lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agroscope.

  1. 1 Marcel G. A. van der Heijden Switzerland · #2,374 worldwide 62k citations · 414 works
  2. 2 Matthias Albrecht Switzerland · #16,205 worldwide 10k citations · 169 works
  3. 3 Jens Leifeld Switzerland · #49,501 worldwide 18k citations · 296 works
  4. 4 Nadja El Benni Switzerland · #63,451 worldwide 2.6k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 S. Franz Bender Switzerland · #67,001 worldwide 7.1k citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Félix Herzog Switzerland · #118,213 worldwide 16k citations · 333 works
  7. 7 Thomas Nemecek Switzerland · #118,390 worldwide 16k citations · 182 works
  8. 8 Hans-Rudolf Buser Switzerland · #126,673 worldwide 9.2k citations · 70 works
  9. 9 Lotti Egger Switzerland · #128,570 worldwide 16k citations · 97 works
  10. 10 Louis Sutter Switzerland · #131,473 worldwide 4k citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at Agroscope

What are the most cited papers from Agroscope?

The most cited paper from Agroscope is "Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers" (Simon Geoffrey Potts, Jacobus Christiaan Biesmeijer, Claire Kremen et al., 2010), with 6,497 citations. Next come "Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers" (6,084) and "A standardised static in vitro digestion method suitable for food – an international consensus" (5,749).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers Simon Geoffrey Potts, Jacobus Christiaan Biesmeijer, Claire Kremen et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Review 25 Feb 2010 6,497
2 Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers Joseph Poore, Thomas Nemecek · Science Jun 2018 6,084
3 A standardised static in vitro digestion method suitable for food – an international consensus Mans Minekus et al. · Food & Function Open access 2014 5,749
4 Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi Conrad L. Schoch et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access156 authors 27 Mar 2012 5,240
5 INFOGEST static in vitro simulation of gastrointestinal food digestion André Brodkorb et al. · Nature Protocols Open access 18 Mar 2019 5,074
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Agroscope?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Services, Gut Microbiota 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-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 Change136▲ 6.6×69 topics
  2. Environmental Impact75▲ 5.8×26 topics
  3. Sustainability60▲ 3.2×43 topics
  4. Biodiversity55▲ 9.6×20 topics
  5. Invasive Species37▲ 12×16 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services33▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Gut Microbiota33▲ 13×7 topics
  8. Livestock Production31▲ 44×2 topics
  9. Ecosystem Functioning30▲ 20×5 topics
  10. Greenhouse Gas Emissions30▲ 15×7 topics
  11. Microbial Communities30▲ 9.1×10 topics
  12. Global Change28▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Biological Control28▲ 24×9 topics
  14. Health Effects28▲ 6.0×12 topics
  15. Sustainable Agriculture26▲ 11×11 topics
  16. Animal Welfare26▲ 38×4 topics
  17. Soil Fertility26▲ 15×7 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation24▲ 8.4×12 topics
  19. Soil Carbon Sequestration24▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Food Systems23▲ 66×1 topic
  21. Sustainable Diets23▲ 66×1 topic
  22. Consumer Perception22▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Nutrient Limitation22▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Biochar Application22▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Nitrogen Cycle22▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Habitat Fragmentation21▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Microbiota21▲ 13×6 topics
  28. Heat Stress20▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Probiotics20▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Genetic Diversity20▲ 5.9×16 topics
  31. Environmental Policy19▲ 13×6 topics
  32. Emotional State17▲ 73×1 topic
  33. Stress Indicators17▲ 73×1 topic
  34. Genomics17▲ 7.6×11 topics
  35. Smallholder Farmers17▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Global Impact16▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Multifunctionality16▲ 44×2 topics
  38. Amino Acids14▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Plant-Animal Interactions14▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Pollinator Decline14▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Agroscope publish most on?

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

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 23 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 22 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…17Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 17 fractional worksPlant and animal studies14Plant and animal studies: 14 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 13 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 13 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…11Agricultural Economics and Policy: 11 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 11 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agriculture: 10 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…10Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 10 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 Impact Ecology 23 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 22 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 17 works
  4. 4 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
  5. 5 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 13 works
  6. 6 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 13 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Economics and Policy General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 works
  8. 8 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 11 works
  9. 9 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 10 works
  10. 10 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 10 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Agroscope's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Agroscope as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0030% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Agroscope0.0028% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Agroscope 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 counting10%20%30%Agroscope13.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.9% in 2008.

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