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Harper Adams University

In research, Harper Adams University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#747 of 3,157 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,658 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Animal Science and Zoology is 27.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,785
of 22,385 · #5,891 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#271
of 862
Research works
1.3k
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
23.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Harper Adams University

What is Harper Adams University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #747 of 3,157 11.0%128 #862
Life SciencesDomain #1,658 of 6,403 10.6%159 #2083

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Harper Adams University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Harper Adams University work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Harper Adams University is in Life Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (44%), Environmental Science (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 3.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 180 fractional works · 54.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 147 fractional works · 44.3% of its workPlant Science: 51 fractional works · 15.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 20 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 20 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 19.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 42 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 5.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVeterinary: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSmall Animals: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHarper AdamsUniversity332fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences54%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14744.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology288.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology41.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Environmental Science4212.6%
    2. Engineering133.8%
    3. Computer Science30.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    5. Energy20.7%
    6. Chemistry20.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences216.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance113.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting92.8%
    4. Psychology20.7%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Medicine195.6%
    2. Veterinary123.7%
    3. Health Professions41.3%
    4. Nursing41.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Harper Adams University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 27.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 20.2 works28×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 20.2 works26×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 147.4 works9.3×
  4. Plant ScienceSubfield · 50.9 works8.8×
← 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: 9.33× its world share, 147 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.53× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 2.15× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 27.27× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.56× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 27.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary27.27×12 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.33×147 works
  3. Environmental Science2.53×42 works
  4. Nursing2.15×4 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.57×28 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.56×11 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.30×4 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.88×10 works
  9. Energy0.79×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.51×21 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.47×4 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.45×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.41×2 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.36×0 works
  16. Medicine0.29×19 works
  17. Engineering0.25×13 works
  18. Psychology0.24×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.13×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.12×3 works
  21. Neuroscience0.11×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.09×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Harper Adams University?

Ranked on the quality score, Simon Jeffery, Nicola Randall and Philip Alan Robinson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Harper Adams University.

  1. 1 Simon Jeffery United Kingdom · #235,561 worldwide 9.3k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Nicola Randall United Kingdom · #531,111 worldwide 2.3k citations · 140 works
  3. 3 Philip Alan Robinson United Kingdom · #541,385 worldwide 2.8k citations · 124 works
  4. 4 Katy L. James United Kingdom · #623,588 worldwide 1.6k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Helen Elizabeth Warren United Kingdom · #650,040 worldwide 3.4k citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Claire Darizu Munialo United Kingdom · #671,824 worldwide 969 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Iona Yuelu Huang United Kingdom · #708,420 worldwide 761 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Simon Edwards United Kingdom · #786,158 worldwide 10k citations · 282 works
  9. 9 Simon Tristram Segar United Kingdom · #899,511 worldwide 1.6k citations · 105 works
  10. 10 Lydia Arnold United Kingdom · #1,041,634 worldwide 130 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Harper Adams University

What are the most cited papers from Harper Adams University?

The most cited paper from Harper Adams University is "Fusarium ear blight (scab) in small grain cereals—a review" (D. WYNN PARRY, Peter Jenkinson, Lynette J. McLeod, 1995), with 1,759 citations. Next come "A methodology for systematic mapping in environmental sciences" (785) and "Biochar boosts tropical but not temperate crop yields" (763).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fusarium ear blight (scab) in small grain cereals—a review D. WYNN PARRY, Peter Jenkinson, Lynette J. McLeod · Plant Pathology Apr 1995 1,759
2 A methodology for systematic mapping in environmental sciences Katy L. James, Nicola Randall, Neal Haddaway · Environmental Evidence Open access 25 Apr 2016 785
3 Biochar boosts tropical but not temperate crop yields Simon Jeffery, Diego Ábalos, Marija Prodana et al. · Environmental Research Letters Open access 20 Mar 2017 763
4 Scientists' warning on climate change and insects Jeffrey A. Harvey et al. · Ecological Monographs Open access 7 Nov 2022 599
5 Meeting the demand for crop production: the challenge of yield decline in crops grown in short rotations Amanda J. Bennett, Gary D. Bending, David Chandler et al. · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Review Jun 2011 523
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Harper Adams University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Livestock Production, Sustainability, Animal Welfare, Heat Stress, Health Effects and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

▲ 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-now 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 Change45▲ 5.0×53 topics
  2. Environmental Impact28▲ 5.0×21 topics
  3. Sustainability27▲ 3.3×33 topics
  4. Livestock Production18▲ 59×2 topics
  5. Animal Welfare15▲ 51×3 topics
  6. Health Effects15▲ 7.3×7 topics
  7. Biodiversity14▲ 5.7×19 topics
  8. Heat Stress14▲ 54×2 topics
  9. Greenhouse Gas Emissions14▲ 15×5 topics
  10. Food Security13▲ 7.0×15 topics
  11. Gut Microbiota12▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Food Systems11▲ 74×1 topic
  13. Sustainable Diets11▲ 74×1 topic
  14. Milk Composition11▲ 75×2 topics
  15. Microbial Community10▲ 37×3 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity10▲ 7.1×13 topics
  17. Dairy Cattle10▲ 58×2 topics
  18. Methane Production10▲ 100×1 topic
  19. Ruminant Nutrition10▲ 100×1 topic
  20. Probiotics10▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Biological Control9▲ 18×6 topics
  22. Invasive Species8▲ 6.0×14 topics
  23. Consumer Perception8▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Emotional State8▲ 80×1 topic
  25. Stress Indicators8▲ 80×1 topic
  26. Sustainable Agriculture8▲ 7.9×8 topics
  27. Amino Acids8▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Intestinal Barrier8▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Plant Breeding7▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Antibiotic Alternatives7▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Poultry Production7▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Ecosystem Services7▲ 5.3×9 topics
  33. Metabolic Adaptations7▲ 81×1 topic
  34. Physiological Responses7▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Pest Management7▲ 24×5 topics
  36. Fungal Pathogens6▲ 14×5 topics
  37. Plant Disease Detection6▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Smart Farming6▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Biopesticides6▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Marker-Assisted Selection6▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Harper Adams University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Animal Nutrition and Physiology.

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 11 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 10 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…8Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 8 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…7Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 7 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 7 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 6 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…5Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 5 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 4 fractional worksFood Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 3 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agriculture: 3 fractional works
EcologyAgronomy and Crop ScienceSmall AnimalsAnimal Science and Zoology3 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 11 works
  2. 2 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 10 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 8 works
  4. 4 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 7 works
  5. 5 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 7 works
  6. 6 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 6 works
  7. 7 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 5 works
  8. 8 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 4 works
  9. 9 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 3 works
  10. 10 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 3 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.9%domestic only72.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Harper Adams University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Harper Adams University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Harper Adams University0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Harper Adams University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Harper Adams University11.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.9% in 2019.

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