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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

In research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#353 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,042 of 7,800 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,075 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Global and Planetary Change — General Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 11.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,149
of 28,054 · #4,232 all time
Rank in Italy
#115
of 618
Research works
2.6k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
97k
37.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #353 of 3,409 41.4%121 #218
Life SciencesDomain #2,042 of 7,800 40.1%145 #1949
Environmental ScienceField #1,075 of 3,551 36.6%113 #648
Physical SciencesDomain #6,233 of 12,888 35.8%134 #6896
Social SciencesDomain #6,049 of 10,521 37.3%76 #4146
Health SciencesDomain #7,602 of 11,982 29.7%65 #8557

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#218 #353
  2. Life Sciences#1,949 #2,042
  3. Environmental Science#648 #1,075
  4. Physical Sciences#6,896 #6,233
  5. Social Sciences#4,146 #6,049
  6. Health Sciences#8,557 #7,602
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 21.4 works12×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 31.2 works9.8×
← 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: 6.07× its world share, 121 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.11× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.39× its world share, 113 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 5.75× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.63× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.69× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations?

Ranked on the composite score, Francesco N. Tubiello, Pierre Gerber and Alberto Zezza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

  1. 1 Francesco N. Tubiello Italy · #19,923 worldwide 1.2k citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Pierre Gerber Italy · #46,048 worldwide 504 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Alberto Zezza Italy · #104,772 worldwide 242 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Solomon Asfaw Italy · #122,257 worldwide 233 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Benjamin Davis Italy · #164,027 worldwide 160 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 H. Steinfeld Italy · #166,837 worldwide 266 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Leslie Lipper Italy · #189,850 worldwide 205 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 D. M. Bartley Italy · #254,843 worldwide 183 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Brian Thompson Italy · #263,138 worldwide 137 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Piero Conforti Italy · #297,486 worldwide 125 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Which keywords describe research at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Food Security, Smallholder Farmers, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture and Social Networks.

▲ 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 Change85▲ 7.5×71 topics
  2. Sustainability62▲ 6.1×45 topics
  3. Environmental Impact46▲ 6.4×32 topics
  4. Epidemiology31▲ 1.88×42 topics
  5. Food Security31▲ 13×18 topics
  6. Smallholder Farmers28▲ 30×5 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation25▲ 16×12 topics
  8. Sustainable Agriculture23▲ 17×10 topics
  9. Globalization22▲ 2.7×20 topics
  10. Social Networks21▲ 18×3 topics
  11. Biodiversity19▲ 6.2×18 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services19▲ 12×10 topics
  13. Agriculture18▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Adaptation18▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Land Use Change18▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Vulnerability17▲ 18×7 topics
  17. Health Effects17▲ 6.7×8 topics
  18. Greenhouse Gas Emissions16▲ 14×7 topics
  19. Agroecology16▲ 27×5 topics
  20. Pathogenesis15▲ 6.9×11 topics
  21. Rural Development15▲ 10×11 topics
  22. Global Impact15▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Livestock Production13▲ 32×3 topics
  24. Genetic Characterization13▲ 65×2 topics
  25. Urbanization12▲ 7.1×7 topics
  26. Food Systems12▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Sustainable Diets12▲ 64×1 topic
  28. Gender Inequality12▲ 21×4 topics
  29. Aquaculture12▲ 11×8 topics
  30. Child Development11▲ 6.4×3 topics
  31. Global Burden of Disease11▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Maternal and Child Undernutrition11▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Water Sanitation Hygiene11▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Technology Adoption10▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Agricultural Innovation10▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Livelihood Diversification10▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Viral Pathogenesis10▲ 36×3 topics
  38. Political Economy9▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Environmental Policy9▲ 11×7 topics
  40. Poverty9▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Agricultural risk and resilience.

Agriculture Sustainabili…12Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 12 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…11Child Nutrition and Water Access: 11 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 10 fractional worksAgricultural risk and re…9Agricultural risk and resilience: 9 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, R…9Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 9 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 8 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 8 fractional worksFood Security and Health…7Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 7 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 6 fractional worksFood Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 6 fractional works
EcologyNutrition and DieteticsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesSoil Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 12 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 11 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 works
  4. 4 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 9 works
  5. 5 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 works
  6. 6 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 8 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  8. 8 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 7 works
  9. 9 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  10. 10 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 6 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.5%domestic only60.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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