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Czech Agrifood Research Center

In research, Czech Agrifood Research Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,101 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,204 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Insect Science is 36.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,653
of 22,385 · #10,198 all time
Rank in Czechia
#68
of 110
Research works
2.4k
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
59k
24.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Czech Agrifood Research Center

What is Czech Agrifood Research Center 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 #2,101 of 6,403 10.4%139 #2359
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,204 of 3,157 10.6%114 #786

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Czech Agrifood Research Center 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 Czech Agrifood Research Center work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Czech Agrifood Research Center is in Life Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 5.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 153 fractional works · 77.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 126 fractional works · 63.8% of its workPlant Science: 64 fractional works · 32.5% of its workInsect Science: 20 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCzech AgrifoodResearch Center198fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences78%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences2%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12663.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2512.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Environmental Science189.3%
    2. Engineering52.3%
    3. Chemistry21.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Computer Science00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine84.0%
    2. Nursing41.8%
    1. Social Sciences31.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    4. Psychology00.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Czech Agrifood Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 36.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 20.2 works36×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 64.3 works19×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 126.0 works13×
← 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: 13.43× its world share, 126 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.41× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.88× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 3.66× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.43×126 works
  2. Nursing3.66×4 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.41×25 works
  4. Environmental Science1.88×18 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.98×1 works
  6. Chemistry0.71×2 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×1 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
  10. Energy0.22×0 works
  11. Medicine0.21×8 works
  12. Engineering0.15×5 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.12×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.11×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.11×3 works
  17. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.02×0 works
  20. Psychology0.02×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Czech Agrifood Research Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Wayne Powell, Roman Pavela and Ilja Tom Prášil lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Czech Agrifood Research Center.

  1. 1 Wayne Powell Czechia · #100,123 worldwide 29k citations · 352 works
  2. 2 Roman Pavela Czechia · #309,224 worldwide 13k citations · 214 works
  3. 3 Ilja Tom Prášil Czechia · #1,022,967 worldwide 4.6k citations · 89 works
  4. 4 Markéta Ságová‐Marečková Czechia · #1,156,267 worldwide 3k citations · 80 works
  5. 5 Klára Kosová Czechia · #1,327,899 worldwide 3.7k citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Jan Kopecký Czechia · #1,379,790 worldwide 7.4k citations · 173 works
  7. 7 Dagmar Janovská Czechia · #1,410,147 worldwide 2.4k citations · 118 works
  8. 8 Martin Markovic Czechia · #1,726,783 worldwide 395 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Pavel Vítámvás Czechia · #1,744,782 worldwide 3.8k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Elena Shcherbachenko Czechia · #2,016,273 worldwide 202 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Czech Agrifood Research Center

What are the most cited papers from Czech Agrifood Research Center?

The most cited paper from Czech Agrifood Research Center is "Rhizosphere: biophysics, biogeochemistry and ecological relevance" (Philippe Hinsinger, Anthony Glyn Bengough, Doris Vetterlein et al., 2009), with 1,271 citations. Next come "Essential Oils as Ecofriendly Biopesticides? Challenges and Constraints" (1,141) and "Plant Retrotransposons" (1,065).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rhizosphere: biophysics, biogeochemistry and ecological relevance Philippe Hinsinger, Anthony Glyn Bengough, Doris Vetterlein et al. · Plant and Soil Open access 20 Jan 2009 1,271
2 Essential Oils as Ecofriendly Biopesticides? Challenges and Constraints Roman Pavela, Giovanni Benelli · Trends in Plant Science ReviewOpen access 24 Oct 2016 1,141
3 Plant Retrotransposons Amar Kumar, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen · Annual Review of Genetics Review Dec 1999 1,065
4 The effects of stress on plant cuticular waxes Tom Shepherd, D. Wynne Griffiths · New Phytologist Open access 14 Jul 2006 974
5 Active and total microbial communities in forest soil are largely different and highly stratified during decomposition Petr Baldrián, Miroslav Kolařík, Martina Štursová et al. · The ISME Journal Open access 21 Jul 2011 885
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Czech Agrifood Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Biological Control, Soil Fertility, Gut Microbiota, Ecosystem Functioning and Breeding.

▲ 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 Change26▲ 4.8×34 topics
  2. Invasive Species12▲ 15×16 topics
  3. Biodiversity12▲ 8.0×21 topics
  4. Biological Control11▲ 36×8 topics
  5. Soil Fertility10▲ 23×7 topics
  6. Gut Microbiota10▲ 14×4 topics
  7. Ecosystem Functioning9▲ 23×5 topics
  8. Genetics8▲ 6.0×7 topics
  9. Breeding8▲ 55×5 topics
  10. Genome Sequencing8▲ 26×7 topics
  11. Honey Bees8▲ 76×1 topic
  12. Immune System8▲ 17×2 topics
  13. Neonicotinoids8▲ 76×1 topic
  14. Phylogenetic Analysis8▲ 12×12 topics
  15. QTL Mapping8▲ 34×5 topics
  16. Sustainable Agriculture8▲ 13×10 topics
  17. Genetic Improvement7▲ 43×4 topics
  18. Soil Carbon Sequestration7▲ 45×2 topics
  19. Biopesticides7▲ 52×2 topics
  20. Gene Expression7▲ 5.5×10 topics
  21. Antioxidant Activity7▲ 5.5×13 topics
  22. Yield Potential7▲ 62×2 topics
  23. Essential Oils7▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Genomics7▲ 11×10 topics
  25. Fungal Pathogens6▲ 25×4 topics
  26. Pest Management6▲ 39×5 topics
  27. Disease Resistance6▲ 61×3 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services6▲ 8.4×7 topics
  29. Plant Immunity6▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Biochar Application6▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Microbial Communities6▲ 7.3×3 topics
  32. Nitrogen Cycle6▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Drought Tolerance6▲ 22×7 topics
  34. Global Change6▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Crop Improvement6▲ 59×2 topics
  36. Host Specificity6▲ 26×5 topics
  37. Genomic Diversity5▲ 74×2 topics
  38. Microbiota5▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Polyploid Wheat5▲ 127×1 topic
  40. Wheat5▲ 127×1 topic

Which research topics does Czech Agrifood Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Insect and Pesticide Research, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology and Insect Pest Control Strategies.

Insect and Pesticide Res…8Insect and Pesticide Research: 8 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…6Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 6 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetic…5Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 5 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…5Insect Pest Control Strategies: 5 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 5 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 4 fractional worksPlant and animal studies4Plant and animal studies: 4 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 4 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 3 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 2 fractional works
Insect ScienceSoil SciencePlant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 8 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 6 works
  3. 3 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 5 works
  4. 4 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 5 works
  5. 5 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 5 works
  6. 6 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 4 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  8. 8 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  9. 9 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 3 works
  10. 10 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 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 available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Czech Agrifood Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Czech Agrifood Research Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00092% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Czech Agrifood Research Center0.00050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Czech Agrifood Research Center 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%Czech Agrifood Research Center10.8% 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 16.4% in 1999.

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