Question 1

What is CGIAR known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does CGIAR rank in research?

Accepted Answer

CGIAR ranks #2,050 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1,658 all time), and #74 of 517 in France.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at CGIAR?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from CGIAR?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does CGIAR publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at CGIAR?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does CGIAR work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is CGIAR's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

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