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Department of Research and Specialist Services

In research, Department of Research and Specialist Services stands highest in Life Sciences (#12,957 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#32,980
of 42,892
Rank in Zimbabwe
#17
of 24
Research works
292
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Department of Research and Specialist Services known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #12,957 of 14,347 15.6%146

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department of Research and Specialist Services 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Department of Research and Specialist Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 20.7 works9.0×
← 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: 8.96× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.71× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Research and Specialist Services?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Drought Tolerance, Food Security, Agricultural Sustainability, Heavy Metals, Environmental Impact, Breeding and Sustainable Agriculture.

▲ 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. Genetic Diversity4▲ 17×11 topics
  2. Drought Tolerance4▲ 50×5 topics
  3. Climate Change3▲ 2.5×20 topics
  4. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.9×16 topics
  5. Food Security3▲ 11×9 topics
  6. Agricultural Sustainability3▲ 53×3 topics
  7. Sustainability3▲ 2.5×13 topics
  8. Heavy Metals3▲ 24×5 topics
  9. Breeding2▲ 63×4 topics
  10. Genetics2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  11. Rural Development2▲ 12×3 topics
  12. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 14×7 topics
  13. Marker Development2▲ 87×2 topics
  14. Nutritional Quality2▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Climate Resilience2▲ 63×2 topics
  16. Genetic Improvement2▲ 43×3 topics
  17. Toxicity2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  18. Cowpea2▲ 152×1 topic
  19. Legume Crop2▲ 152×1 topic
  20. Pollution2▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Remediation2▲ 48×2 topics
  22. Colonialism2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  23. Contamination2▲ 37×1 topic
  24. Developing Countries2▲ 35×3 topics
  25. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Soil2▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Social Networks1▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Biological Control1▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Global Warming1▲ 6.4×5 topics
  30. Nitrogen Fixation1▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Waste Management1▲ 6.5×5 topics
  32. Insecticide Resistance1▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Plant Breeding1▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Technology Adoption1▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Vulnerability1▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Climate Change Adaptation1▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Cultivar Evaluation1▲ 100×1 topic
  38. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction1▲ 100×1 topic
  39. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles1▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Jasmonate Signaling1▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does Department of Research and Specialist Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural pest management studies, Heavy metals in environment, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Genetics and Plant Breeding.

Agricultural pest management studies: 2 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 2 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 1 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 1 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Genetics: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Research an…1Agricultural Research and Practices: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…1Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 1 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…1Climate change impacts on agriculture: 1 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…1Insect Pest Control Strategies: 1 fractional works
Plant SciencePollutionInsect ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences3 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 2 works
  2. 2 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 2 works
  3. 3 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 1 works
  4. 4 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 1 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  6. 6 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Research and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  10. 10 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.3%domestic only67.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Research and Specialist Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% 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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