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Foreign Agricultural Service

In research, Foreign Agricultural Service stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,883 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#11,872 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,867
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,541
of 8,685
Research works
410
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.8k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Foreign Agricultural Service 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,883 of 6,031 17.3%190
Life SciencesDomain #11,872 of 14,347 17.6%217

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Foreign Agricultural Service 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).

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: 8.00× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.34× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Foreign Agricultural Service?

Ranked on the composite score, George M. Darrow, Edgar Buckingham and Charles V. Piper lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Foreign Agricultural Service.

  1. 1 George M. Darrow United States · #854,788 worldwide 47 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Edgar Buckingham United States · #1,090,665 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Charles V. Piper United States · #1,198,706 worldwide 6 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Ralph W. Sherman United States · #1,549,766 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Foreign Agricultural Service

Which keywords describe research at Foreign Agricultural Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Water Quality, Biodiversity, Conservation, Microbial Communities, Ecosystem and Sagebrush.

▲ 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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 5.2×23 topics
  2. Invasive Species3▲ 21×10 topics
  3. Water Quality2▲ 18×4 topics
  4. Biodiversity2▲ 8.5×6 topics
  5. Conservation2▲ 12×3 topics
  6. Microbial Communities2▲ 12×3 topics
  7. Ecosystem2▲ 46×2 topics
  8. Sustainability2▲ 2.0×8 topics
  9. Sagebrush1▲ 287×1 topic
  10. Wildlife Habitat1▲ 287×1 topic
  11. Epidemiology1◆ 0.95×12 topics
  12. Biological Control1▲ 23×9 topics
  13. Drought Resistance1▲ 35×3 topics
  14. Mental Health1▲ 2.4×3 topics
  15. Metabolism1▲ 6.8×7 topics
  16. Aquaponics1▲ 229×1 topic
  17. Host Specificity1▲ 28×4 topics
  18. Hydroponics1▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Self-Efficacy1▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Soil Properties1▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Foreign Agricultural Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems, Turfgrass Adaptation and Management and Biofuel production and bioconversion.

Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems: 1 fractional worksTurfgrass Adaptation and…1Turfgrass Adaptation and Management: 1 fractional worksBiofuel production and b…1Biofuel production and bioconversion: 1 fractional worksSeedling growth and survival studies: 1 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 1 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…1Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 1 fractional worksProblem Solving Skills Development: 0 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 0 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 0 fractional works
EcologyAquatic ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryBiomedical Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems Aquatic Science 1 works
  3. 3 Turfgrass Adaptation and Management Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  4. 4 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Seedling growth and survival studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  7. 7 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 1 works
  8. 8 Problem Solving Skills Development Speech and Hearing 0 works
  9. 9 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Foreign Agricultural Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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