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Department of Agricultural Research & Technical Services

Research works
59
▲ 80% vs 2013–17
Citations
736
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Department of Agricultural Research & Technical Services is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 10.68× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 5.77× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
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Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Agricultural Research & Technical Services?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Drought Tolerance, Breeding, Genomics, Genetic Diversity, QTL Mapping, Sustainable Agriculture, AFLP Markers and Marker-Assisted Selection.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Drought Tolerance10▲ 115×6 topics
  2. Breeding8▲ 183×5 topics
  3. Genomics6▲ 27×5 topics
  4. Genetic Diversity5▲ 18×10 topics
  5. QTL Mapping5▲ 75×5 topics
  6. Climate Change5▲ 3.3×18 topics
  7. AFLP Markers4▲ 241×2 topics
  8. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 28×10 topics
  9. Marker-Assisted Selection4▲ 73×3 topics
  10. Nutritional Quality4▲ 128×3 topics
  11. Marker Development4▲ 136×3 topics
  12. Transcriptome Analysis4▲ 85×2 topics
  13. Genetics4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  14. High Oleic Trait4▲ 809×1 topic
  15. Peanut4▲ 809×1 topic
  16. Biogeography3▲ 17×6 topics
  17. Climate Resilience3▲ 114×2 topics
  18. Sustainability3▲ 2.8×10 topics
  19. Agricultural Sustainability3▲ 50×3 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Genetic Improvement3▲ 57×3 topics
  22. Cowpea3▲ 215×1 topic
  23. Legume Crop3▲ 215×1 topic
  24. Biodiversity2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  25. Nitrogen Fixation2▲ 45×2 topics
  26. Antioxidant2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  27. Invasive Species2▲ 6.1×7 topics
  28. Drought Resistance2▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 22×4 topics
  31. Taxonomy2▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Biological Control2▲ 16×6 topics
  33. Food Security2▲ 7.2×8 topics
  34. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Phylogeny2▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Rhizosphere Interactions2▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Genome Analysis2▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Host Specificity2▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Health Benefits2▲ 8.8×6 topics

Which research topics does Department of Agricultural Research & Technical Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural pest management studies, Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies, Disability Rights and Representation and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems.

  1. 1 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 1 works
  2. 2 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies Plant Science 1 works
  3. 3 Disability Rights and Representation Safety Research 0 works
  4. 4 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  5. 5 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  8. 8 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 School Leadership and Teacher Performance Education 0 works
  10. 10 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 0 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 available59.2%not open40.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.0%domestic only40.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Agricultural Research & Technical Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 80% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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