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Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,148
of 28,054 · #34,886 all time
Rank in South Africa
#74
of 87
Research works
251
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

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: 7.34× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.16× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.12× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.33× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 11.85× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Conservation, Genetic Diversity, Population Dynamics, Public Participation, Biodiversity and Population Genetics.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Change11▲ 6.4×40 topics
  2. Invasive Species4▲ 16×16 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 1.59×20 topics
  4. Conservation4▲ 14×10 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity4▲ 13×7 topics
  6. Population Dynamics3▲ 20×9 topics
  7. Biodiversity3▲ 6.5×13 topics
  8. Sustainability3▲ 1.99×12 topics
  9. Public Participation3▲ 204×2 topics
  10. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.5×13 topics
  11. Population Genetics3▲ 30×2 topics
  12. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Energy Balance2▲ 70×2 topics
  14. Food Security2▲ 7.3×11 topics
  15. Constitutionalism2▲ 41×1 topic
  16. Developmental Local Government2▲ 356×1 topic
  17. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.3×3 topics
  18. Dairy Cattle2▲ 65×2 topics
  19. Marker-Assisted Selection2▲ 42×2 topics
  20. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 37×2 topics
  21. Plant Breeding2▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Animal Breeding2▲ 68×1 topic
  23. Genomic Selection2▲ 68×1 topic
  24. Biological Control2▲ 19×8 topics
  25. Trophic Cascades2▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Genetic Improvement2▲ 31×3 topics
  27. Rural Development2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  28. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Ecosystem Management2▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Host Specificity2▲ 22×5 topics
  31. Marine Fisheries2▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Ocean Acidification2▲ 32×3 topics
  33. Acoustic Communication1▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Environmental Impacts1▲ 8.6×3 topics
  35. Soil Carbon Sequestration1▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Bioenergy Crops1▲ 157×1 topic
  38. Reproductive Loss1▲ 75×1 topic
  39. Switchgrass1▲ 157×1 topic
  40. Uterine Disease1▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Legal Issues in South Africa, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Marine and fisheries research and Reproductive Physiology in Livestock.

Legal Issues in South Africa: 2 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…2Marine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …1Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 1 fractional worksBioenergy crop production and management: 1 fractional worksSperm and Testicular Function: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…1Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 1 fractional worksEffects of Environmental…1Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 1 fractional works
LawGeneticsGlobal and Planetary ChangeAgronomy and Crop Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 2 works
  2. 2 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  5. 5 Bioenergy crop production and management Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  6. 6 Sperm and Testicular Function Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  8. 8 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 1 works
  10. 10 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 1 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 available51.1%not open48.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.4%domestic only66.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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