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CGIAR

In research, CGIAR stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#108 of 3,157 worldwide), Plant Science (#109 of 1,317 worldwide) and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#21 of 253 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science (Agronomy and Crop Science is 16.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,050
of 22,385 · #1,658 all time
Rank in France
#74
of 517
Research works
15k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
546k
35.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
58%
world 18%
CGIAR

What is CGIAR 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 #108 of 3,157 17.7%1,216 #103
Plant ScienceSubfield #109 of 1,317 16.1%530 #100
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield #21 of 253 21.7%168 #9
Life SciencesDomain #825 of 6,403 17.1%1,455 #809
Social SciencesDomain #2,260 of 9,585 18.5%338 #1662
Soil ScienceSubfield #34 of 144 21.5%90 #40
Environmental ScienceField #814 of 3,334 14.9%323 #713
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #46 of 130 16.2%105 #42
Social SciencesField #2,160 of 5,988 19.5%165 #1734
Food ScienceSubfield #203 of 517 14.1%78 #236

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where CGIAR 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#103 #108
  2. Plant Science#100 #109
  3. General Agricultural and Biological Sciences#9 #21
  4. Life Sciences#809 #825
  5. Social Sciences#1,662 #2,260
  6. Soil Science#40 #34
  7. Environmental Science#713 #814
  8. Agronomy and Crop Science#42 #46
  9. Social Sciences#1,734 #2,160
  10. Food Science#236 #203
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 CGIAR work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at CGIAR is in Life Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (46%), Environmental Science (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 4.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 1,681 fractional works · 55.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,399 fractional works · 45.8% of its workPlant Science: 609 fractional works · 19.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 191 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 144 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 117 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSoil Science: 102 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFood Science: 86 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInsect Science: 49 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAquatic Science: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHorticulture: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 239 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGenetics: 108 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 92 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCell Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 643 fractional works · 21.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 382 fractional works · 12.5% of its workEcology: 110 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 78 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 52 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 86 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 55 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 423 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 216 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 78 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 79 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 75 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 66 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 310 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMedicine: 195 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 53 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNursing: 53 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 53 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 49 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 36 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCGIAR3,057fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences55%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences14%

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. Life Sciences1,68155.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,39945.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2397.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology331.1%
    4. Neuroscience70.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
    1. Environmental Science38212.5%
    2. Engineering862.8%
    3. Computer Science551.8%
    4. Materials Science411.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences270.9%
    6. Chemistry220.7%
    7. Energy120.4%
    8. Mathematics80.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy70.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Social Sciences2167.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance792.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting662.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities220.7%
    5. Psychology210.7%
    6. Decision Sciences180.6%
    1. Medicine1956.4%
    2. Nursing531.7%
    3. Health Professions491.6%
    4. Veterinary100.3%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does CGIAR specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 16.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 117.1 works16×
  2. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 191.0 works14×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 609.0 works11×
  4. Soil ScienceSubfield · 102.0 works11×
  5. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 143.5 works10×
  6. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,398.9 works9.6×
← 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: 9.63× its world share, 1,399 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 239 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 55 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 27 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 86 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.52× its world share, 382 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 41 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 49 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 195 worksMedicineNursing: 3.57× its world share, 54 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.39× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 66 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 79 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 216 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.63×1,399 works
  2. Nursing3.57×54 works
  3. Environmental Science2.52×382 works
  4. Veterinary2.39×10 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.47×239 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×79 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.06×33 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×66 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.62×18 works
  10. Health Professions0.61×49 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.56×27 works
  12. Social Sciences0.56×216 works
  13. Chemistry0.46×22 works
  14. Energy0.43×12 works
  15. Materials Science0.38×41 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×4 works
  17. Medicine0.33×195 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.25×22 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.24×3 works
  20. Computer Science0.23×55 works
  21. Mathematics0.23×8 works
  22. Psychology0.23×21 works
  23. Engineering0.19×86 works
  24. Dentistry0.16×2 works
  25. Neuroscience0.13×7 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.11×7 works

Who are the top researchers at CGIAR?

Ranked on the quality score, Prem Kumar Sholapurapu, Ismahane A. Elouafi and Land and Ecosystems CGIAR Research Program on Water lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CGIAR.

  1. 1 Prem Kumar Sholapurapu France · #1,590,497 worldwide 94 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Ismahane A. Elouafi France · #1,689,119 worldwide 1.5k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Land and Ecosystems CGIAR Research Program on Water France · #5,158,238 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at CGIAR

What are the most cited papers from CGIAR?

The most cited paper from CGIAR is "Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas" (Robert J. Hijmans, Susan E. Cameron, Juan L. Parra et al., 2005), with 20,328 citations. Next come "Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet" (12,569) and "Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems" (10,973).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas Robert J. Hijmans, Susan E. Cameron, Juan L. Parra et al. · International Journal of Climatology 2005 20,328
2 Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet Will Steffen, Katherine Anne Koren Richardson, Johan Rockström et al. · Science Open access 15 Jan 2015 12,569
3 Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems Walter Churchill Willett et al. · The Lancet Open access 16 Jan 2019 10,973
4 Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Theo Vos et al. · The Lancet Open access679 authors 7 Jun 2015 6,558
5 Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Charles H. Brower, Marius Gilbert et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 19 Mar 2015 4,021
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CGIAR?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Food Security, Smallholder Farmers, Drought Tolerance, Social Networks and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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 Change395▲ 4.8×99 topics
  2. Sustainability306▲ 4.1×86 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture230▲ 24×15 topics
  4. Food Security215▲ 13×22 topics
  5. Smallholder Farmers191▲ 30×5 topics
  6. Drought Tolerance169▲ 40×9 topics
  7. Environmental Impact166▲ 3.2×57 topics
  8. Social Networks164▲ 20×12 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity157▲ 12×20 topics
  10. Rural Development148▲ 14×19 topics
  11. QTL Mapping143▲ 40×6 topics
  12. Agriculture136▲ 12×15 topics
  13. Adaptation133▲ 15×12 topics
  14. Genetics126▲ 5.8×18 topics
  15. Technology Adoption124▲ 22×5 topics
  16. Genetic Improvement122▲ 46×4 topics
  17. Vulnerability120▲ 17×8 topics
  18. Agricultural Innovation118▲ 83×1 topic
  19. Livelihood Diversification118▲ 123×1 topic
  20. Biodiversity116▲ 5.0×35 topics
  21. Plant Breeding110▲ 39×4 topics
  22. Breeding104▲ 45×5 topics
  23. Water Management100▲ 26×8 topics
  24. Crop Improvement95▲ 64×2 topics
  25. Ecosystem Services86▲ 7.3×12 topics
  26. Marker-Assisted Selection85▲ 36×3 topics
  27. Global Warming82▲ 6.3×13 topics
  28. Yield Potential80▲ 48×2 topics
  29. Genome Sequencing80▲ 17×9 topics
  30. Quantitative Trait Loci75▲ 44×3 topics
  31. Stability Analysis71▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Cultivar Evaluation70▲ 105×1 topic
  33. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction70▲ 105×1 topic
  34. Biodiversity Conservation70▲ 6.1×18 topics
  35. Agroecology68▲ 16×5 topics
  36. Genetic Mapping67▲ 28×6 topics
  37. Crop Production65▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Disease Resistance63▲ 39×3 topics
  39. Soil Fertility62▲ 9.0×9 topics
  40. Extreme Weather60▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does CGIAR publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Climate change impacts on agriculture and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Agricultural Innovations…118Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 118 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 70 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 60 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 48 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 47 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 43 fractional worksAgricultural risk and re…41Agricultural risk and resilience: 41 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 38 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 37 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 35 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 118 works
  2. 2 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 70 works
  3. 3 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 60 works
  4. 4 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 48 works
  5. 5 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 47 works
  6. 6 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 43 works
  7. 7 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 41 works
  8. 8 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 38 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 37 works
  10. 10 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 35 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.5%domestic only41.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has CGIAR's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher 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 CGIAR as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%CGIAR0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of CGIAR 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%CGIAR14.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.5% in 2012.

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