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Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station

In research, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,521 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,913 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science (Animal Science and Zoology is 83.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,901
of 22,385 · #11,714 all time
Rank in United States
#3,095
of 3,332
Research works
6.8k
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
102k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station

What is Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station 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 #4,521 of 6,403 3.3%90 #3872
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,913 of 3,157 3.1%79 #1677

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station 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 Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station is in Life Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (59%), Environmental Science (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 4.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 93 fractional works · 67.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 81 fractional works · 58.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 26 fractional works · 18.4% of its workPlant Science: 22 fractional works · 16.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 12 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 19.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 15.8% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 10.7% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArkansasAgricultural…139fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences67%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences3%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8158.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology117.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Environmental Science2215.8%
    2. Engineering21.5%
    3. Computer Science10.9%
    4. Chemistry10.8%
    5. Materials Science00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Veterinary64.5%
    2. Medicine64.3%
    3. Nursing21.4%
    4. Health Professions10.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    2. Social Sciences10.9%
    3. Psychology00.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 83.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 25.6 works84×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 81.3 works12×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 22.4 works9.3×
← 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: 12.35× its world share, 81 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.18× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.82× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 33.00× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 33.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary33.00×6 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.35×81 works
  3. Environmental Science3.18×22 works
  4. Nursing2.82×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.42×10 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.58×1 works
  7. Chemistry0.50×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.34×1 works
  9. Medicine0.22×6 works
  10. Neuroscience0.21×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.21×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.19×1 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.12×1 works
  16. Psychology0.11×0 works
  17. Engineering0.10×2 works
  18. Energy0.09×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.07×1 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station?

Ranked on the quality score, David Andrew Nichols, R. J. Hoyle and Wise Burroughs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.

  1. 1 David Andrew Nichols United States · #83,920 worldwide 45k citations · 337 works
  2. 2 R. J. Hoyle United States · #1,290,076 worldwide 1.4k citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Wise Burroughs United States · #1,474,913 worldwide 2.4k citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Roger H. Bray United States · #1,557,147 worldwide 10k citations · 81 works
  5. 5 William A. Dugas United States · #1,719,461 worldwide 4.7k citations · 67 works
  6. 6 P. T. Dyke United States · #1,721,488 worldwide 3.8k citations · 27 works
  7. 7 R. P. Wettemann United States · #1,773,838 worldwide 6.3k citations · 181 works
  8. 8 W. H. Pierre United States · #1,798,659 worldwide 1.7k citations · 77 works
  9. 9 Kling L. Anderson United States · #2,027,760 worldwide 801 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Werner L. Nelson United States · #2,083,406 worldwide 4.7k citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station

What are the most cited papers from Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station?

The most cited paper from Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station is "SIGNIFICANCE OF CARBONATES IN IRRIGATION WATERS" (Frank M. Eaton, 1950), with 1,235 citations. Next come "Development and evaluation of Soil Moisture Deficit Index (SMDI) and Evapotranspiration Deficit Index (ETDI) for agricultural drought monitoring" (881) and "AUTOMATED METHODS FOR ESTIMATING BASEFLOW AND GROUND WATER RECHARGE FROM STREAMFLOW RECORDS1" (821).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SIGNIFICANCE OF CARBONATES IN IRRIGATION WATERS Frank M. Eaton · Soil Science Feb 1950 1,235
2 Development and evaluation of Soil Moisture Deficit Index (SMDI) and Evapotranspiration Deficit Index (ETDI) for agricultural drought monitoring Balaji Narasimhan, Raghavan Srinivasan · Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 18 Oct 2005 881
3 AUTOMATED METHODS FOR ESTIMATING BASEFLOW AND GROUND WATER RECHARGE FROM STREAMFLOW RECORDS1 Jeffrey G. Arnold, Peter M. Allen · JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association Apr 1999 821
4 Mean Weight‐Diameter of Soil Aggregates as a Statistical Index of Aggregation Cornelius H. M. van Bavel · Soil Science Society of America Journal 1950 821
5 Urea and Guanidine Hydrochloride Denaturation of Ribonuclease, Lysozyme, α-Chymotrypsin, and b-Lactoglobulin Raymond F. Greene, C. Nick Pace · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Sep 1974 808
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gut Microbiota, Heat Stress, Amino Acids, Intestinal Barrier, Feed Additives, Probiotics, Antibiotic Alternatives and Poultry 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. Gut Microbiota19▲ 39×5 topics
  2. Heat Stress18▲ 166×2 topics
  3. Amino Acids18▲ 138×2 topics
  4. Intestinal Barrier18▲ 162×2 topics
  5. Feed Additives18▲ 222×2 topics
  6. Probiotics17▲ 53×3 topics
  7. Antibiotic Alternatives17▲ 227×1 topic
  8. Poultry Production17▲ 227×1 topic
  9. Climate Change15▲ 4.0×37 topics
  10. Animal Welfare7▲ 60×3 topics
  11. Genetic Improvement7▲ 55×4 topics
  12. Emotional State6▲ 139×1 topic
  13. Stress Indicators6▲ 139×1 topic
  14. Water Quality6▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Remote Sensing6▲ 3.3×12 topics
  16. Biodiversity6▲ 5.2×12 topics
  17. Genetic Diversity6▲ 9.1×13 topics
  18. Meat Quality5▲ 53×2 topics
  19. Antioxidants5▲ 8.5×4 topics
  20. Consumer Perception5▲ 16×4 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 9.3×6 topics
  22. Lipid Oxidation5▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Food Security5▲ 6.1×11 topics
  24. Protein Oxidation5▲ 59×1 topic
  25. Soil Fertility5▲ 15×6 topics
  26. Spoilage Microbiota5▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Conservation4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  28. Drought Resistance4▲ 32×3 topics
  29. Drought Tolerance4▲ 22×6 topics
  30. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 10×5 topics
  31. Crop Management4▲ 47×2 topics
  32. Maize Yield4▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Nitrogen Uptake4▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Weed Control4▲ 105×2 topics
  35. Biogeochemical Cycling4▲ 74×1 topic
  36. Invasive Species4▲ 6.7×7 topics
  37. Turfgrass4▲ 507×1 topic
  38. Genome Sequencing4▲ 17×5 topics
  39. Microbial Community4▲ 31×3 topics
  40. Forage Production3▲ 103×2 topics

Which research topics does Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Meat and Animal Product Quality and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility.

Animal Nutrition and Phy…17Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 17 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…6Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 6 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …5Meat and Animal Product Quality: 5 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 4 fractional worksTurfgrass Adaptation and Management: 4 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…3Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 3 fractional worksWeed Control and Herbicide Applications: 3 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 3 fractional worksAgriculture, Soil, Plant Science: 2 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 2 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologySmall AnimalsAgronomy and Crop ScienceEnvironmental Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 17 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 6 works
  3. 3 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 5 works
  4. 4 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  5. 5 Turfgrass Adaptation and Management Environmental Chemistry 4 works
  6. 6 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  7. 7 Weed Control and Herbicide Applications Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 3 works
  9. 9 Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 2 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 available50.5%not open49.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.4%domestic only96.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% 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 Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2023Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station1.6% in 2023200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.1% in 2011.

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