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Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology

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Research works
76
▲ 355% vs 2013–17
Citations
371
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
93%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

What does Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 15.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 33.8 works15×
← 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: 15.46× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.12× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.72× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 15.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Food Security, Climate Change, Agriculture, India, Policy, Development and Production.

▲ 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. Sustainability11▲ 9.6×11 topics
  2. Climate Change8▲ 6.8×10 topics
  3. Food Security8▲ 34×7 topics
  4. Agriculture6▲ 32×4 topics
  5. India5▲ 139×2 topics
  6. Policy5▲ 46×2 topics
  7. Development4▲ 28×1 topic
  8. Production4▲ 113×1 topic
  9. Genetic Diversity3▲ 15×8 topics
  10. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 21×6 topics
  11. Pest Management3▲ 75×3 topics
  12. Soil Fertility3▲ 27×7 topics
  13. Nutrient Uptake3▲ 85×3 topics
  14. Urban Agriculture2▲ 133×2 topics
  15. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Biological Control2▲ 32×3 topics
  17. Plant Growth2▲ 43×4 topics
  18. Breeding2▲ 60×2 topics
  19. Nutritional Quality2▲ 60×2 topics
  20. Adaptation2▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Agricultural Practices2▲ 108×3 topics
  22. Crop Management2▲ 65×2 topics
  23. Endophytic Fungi2▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 14×1 topic
  25. Antioxidant Properties2▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Invasive Species2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  27. Microbial Communities2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  28. Microbiota2▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Water Management2▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Hydroponics2▲ 53×2 topics
  31. Genetic Variability2▲ 92×1 topic
  32. Okra Genetics2▲ 303×1 topic
  33. Rural Development2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  34. Aquaponics2▲ 238×1 topic
  35. Crop Productivity2▲ 49×3 topics
  36. Drosophila Suzukii2▲ 230×1 topic
  37. Fruit Fly2▲ 230×1 topic
  38. Nutrient Recycling2▲ 238×1 topic
  39. Ecosystem Services1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  40. Essential Oils1▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Economics and Practices, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics and Insect behavior and control techniques.

Agricultural Economics a…4Agricultural Economics and Practices: 4 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 2 fractional worksInsect behavior and control techniques: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems: 2 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 1 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…1Insect Pest Control Strategies: 1 fractional worksLivestock and Poultry Ma…1Livestock and Poultry Management: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Science and…1Agricultural Science and Fertilization: 1 fractional worksPotato Plant Research1Potato Plant Research: 1 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesCell BiologyPlant ScienceInsect Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Insect behavior and control techniques Insect Science 2 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems Aquatic Science 2 works
  6. 6 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  7. 7 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Livestock and Poultry Management Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 1 works
  10. 10 Potato Plant Research Food 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 available92.7%not open7.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 355% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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