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Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

In research, Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,987 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#9,738 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 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,084
of 28,054 · #22,001 all time
Rank in South Africa
#67
of 87
Research works
469
▲ 113% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development 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 #1,987 of 6,031 16.1%199
Life SciencesDomain #9,738 of 14,347 15.5%250

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development 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 Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 40.5 works9.3×
← 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: 9.35× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.91× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.29× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.15× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity, QTL Mapping, Plant Breeding, Sustainability 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 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 Change10▲ 3.9×27 topics
  2. Genetic Diversity10▲ 23×14 topics
  3. Sustainability6▲ 2.9×22 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 21×9 topics
  5. Biodiversity5▲ 7.1×12 topics
  6. Plant Breeding4▲ 47×3 topics
  7. QTL Mapping4▲ 40×5 topics
  8. Marker-Assisted Selection4▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Rural Development3▲ 11×4 topics
  10. Ecosystem Services3▲ 9.2×9 topics
  11. Invasive Species3▲ 8.2×9 topics
  12. Soil Fertility3▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Conservation3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  14. Genomics3▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Food Security3▲ 5.8×9 topics
  16. Population Genetics3▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Potato3▲ 86×2 topics
  18. Toxicity3▲ 7.3×5 topics
  19. Ecosystem3▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Animal Breeding3▲ 66×1 topic
  22. Genomic Selection3▲ 66×1 topic
  23. Metabolism3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  24. Antioxidants3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  25. Domestication2▲ 52×3 topics
  26. Phylogenetic Relationships2▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Social Networks2▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Drought Tolerance2▲ 18×6 topics
  29. Genetic Improvement2▲ 29×3 topics
  30. Genome Sequencing2▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Agricultural Innovation2▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Agroforestry2▲ 38×3 topics
  33. Livelihood Diversification2▲ 84×1 topic
  34. Adaptation2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  35. Biosynthesis2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Cucurbit Genetics2▲ 186×1 topic
  37. Cucurbitacins2▲ 186×1 topic
  38. Quantitative Trait Loci2▲ 38×3 topics
  39. Disease Resistance2▲ 41×3 topics
  40. Livelihoods2▲ 60×2 topics

Which research topics does Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

Genetic and phenotypic t…3Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…2Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 2 fractional worksAdvances in Cucurbitacea…2Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research: 2 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife M…2Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 2 fractional worksPotato Plant Research: 2 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 2 fractional worksRangeland Management and…1Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 1 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resi…1Plant Pathogens and Resistance: 1 fractional works
GeneticsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesEcologyFood Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 3 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  3. 3 Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 2 works
  5. 5 Potato Plant Research Food Science 2 works
  6. 6 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  7. 7 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  8. 8 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  10. 10 Plant Pathogens and Resistance 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 available46.4%not open53.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 113% 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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