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Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust

In research, Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#889 of 6,031 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,569 of 14,347 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#13,768 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,584
of 28,054 · #13,542 all time
Rank in Zambia
#11
of 15
Research works
516
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust 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 #889 of 6,031 31.6%159
Life SciencesDomain #5,569 of 14,347 29.3%193
Social SciencesDomain #13,768 of 16,945 14.8%132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust 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 Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 29.7 works6.6×
← 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: 6.56× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.15× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.46× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.18× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 3.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust?

Ranked on the composite score, Philip E. Thuma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust.

  1. 1 Philip E. Thuma Zambia · #856,116 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust

Which keywords describe research at Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change, Insecticide Resistance, Smallholder Farmers, Social Networks and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 4.0×34 topics
  2. Climate Change8▲ 3.1×26 topics
  3. Vaccine Development8▲ 32×7 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 20×8 topics
  5. Sustainability6▲ 2.5×20 topics
  6. Insecticide Resistance5▲ 64×2 topics
  7. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 22×4 topics
  8. Social Networks5▲ 19×2 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity5▲ 11×12 topics
  10. Genome Sequence4▲ 54×3 topics
  11. Public Health4▲ 3.0×16 topics
  12. Vulnerability4▲ 18×4 topics
  13. Rural Development4▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Vector Control4▲ 34×4 topics
  15. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.3×16 topics
  16. Food Security4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  17. Global Burden4▲ 7.2×3 topics
  18. Artemisinin Resistance4▲ 121×1 topic
  19. Plasmodium falciparum4▲ 121×1 topic
  20. Arboviral Diseases3▲ 55×1 topic
  21. Zika Virus3▲ 55×1 topic
  22. Immune Response3▲ 5.9×9 topics
  23. Agricultural Innovation3▲ 74×1 topic
  24. Livelihood Diversification3▲ 110×1 topic
  25. Agriculture3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  26. Drought Tolerance3▲ 21×5 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases3▲ 8.7×7 topics
  28. Vaccine3▲ 6.9×8 topics
  29. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.3×9 topics
  30. Poverty Reduction3▲ 21×5 topics
  31. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 16×5 topics
  32. Adaptation2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  33. Maternal Mortality2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Breeding2▲ 30×4 topics
  35. Gender Inequality2▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Child Mortality2▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Climate Resilience2▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Health Systems2▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Poverty2▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Biopesticides2▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Malaria Research and Control: 4 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…3Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…2Agricultural pest management studies: 2 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  5. 5 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 2 works
  6. 6 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  7. 7 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 2 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available72.9%not open27.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.5%domestic only58.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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