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Indian Council of Agricultural Research

In research, Indian Council of Agricultural Research stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#48 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#97 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#942 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science and Plant Science — Agronomy and Crop Science is 22.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,512
of 28,054 · #5,360 all time
Rank in India
#140
of 1,840
Research works
5k
▲ 104% vs 2013–17
Citations
55k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Indian Council of Agricultural Research known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #48 of 3,409 20.2%1,005 #258
Plant ScienceSubfield #97 of 1,395 23.6%483 #407
Life SciencesDomain #942 of 7,800 19.6%1,226 #2240
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield #36 of 247 14.6%110 #165
Environmental ScienceField #1,359 of 3,551 21.9%140 #2359
Physical SciencesDomain #5,330 of 12,888 17.9%288 #9377
Soil ScienceSubfield #58 of 139 20.0%91 #167
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,527 of 3,579 18.0%178 #3421
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #52 of 121 14.2%95 #251
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #140 of 255 21.7%72 #675

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indian Council of Agricultural Research 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#258 #48
  2. Plant Science#407 #97
  3. Life Sciences#2,240 #942
  4. General Agricultural and Biological Sciences#165 #36
  5. Environmental Science#2,359 #1,359
  6. Physical Sciences#9,377 #5,330
  7. Soil Science#167 #58
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,421 #1,527
  9. Agronomy and Crop Science#251 #52
  10. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#675 #140
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Indian Council of Agricultural Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 22.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 94.8 works23×
  2. Soil ScienceSubfield · 91.1 works17×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 482.6 works16×
  4. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 109.8 works14×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,005.0 works12×
  6. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 71.6 works8.6×
  7. Insect ScienceSubfield · 37.4 works7.4×
← 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: 11.91× its world share, 1,005 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.88× its world share, 178 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.97× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 57 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 140 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 3.30× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.64× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indian Council of Agricultural Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Bhag Mal, S. K. Chaudhari and A. K. Sikka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

  1. 1 Bhag Mal India · #370,608 worldwide 30 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 S. K. Chaudhari India · #532,414 worldwide 44 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 A. K. Sikka India · #765,404 worldwide 73 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 M. S. Meena India · #778,698 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 J. C. Dagar India · #888,954 worldwide 65 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 A. K. Handa India · #923,788 worldwide 87 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Ranjeet Singh India · #930,917 worldwide 44 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Inder Dev India · #984,886 worldwide 30 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Gurbachan Singh India · #1,007,660 worldwide 19 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Anil Kumar Dixit India · #1,082,019 worldwide 11 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Which keywords describe research at Indian Council of Agricultural Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Food Security, Sustainability, Agriculture, Genetic Diversity, Sustainable Agriculture, Drought Tolerance and Development.

▲ 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 Change229▲ 4.8×73 topics
  2. Food Security165▲ 17×19 topics
  3. Sustainability160▲ 3.7×43 topics
  4. Agriculture105▲ 15×10 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity92▲ 12×21 topics
  6. Sustainable Agriculture90▲ 16×14 topics
  7. Drought Tolerance89▲ 35×9 topics
  8. Development81▲ 13×3 topics
  9. Policy80▲ 21×5 topics
  10. India78▲ 61×3 topics
  11. QTL Mapping78▲ 37×6 topics
  12. Technology76▲ 8.2×5 topics
  13. Economic Analysis76▲ 29×5 topics
  14. Production75▲ 50×2 topics
  15. Biodiversity70▲ 5.3×28 topics
  16. Soil Fertility66▲ 17×8 topics
  17. Breeding60▲ 45×5 topics
  18. Antioxidant60▲ 5.0×44 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services59▲ 8.6×10 topics
  20. Water Management57▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Nutrient Uptake55▲ 45×3 topics
  22. Antioxidant Activity55▲ 4.9×27 topics
  23. Agricultural Practices55▲ 78×3 topics
  24. Drought Resistance54▲ 31×4 topics
  25. Nutritional Quality53▲ 39×4 topics
  26. Aquaculture52▲ 11×7 topics
  27. Genetics52▲ 4.2×15 topics
  28. Plant Growth52▲ 26×6 topics
  29. Crop Productivity50▲ 41×3 topics
  30. Yield Potential49▲ 49×2 topics
  31. Genomics48▲ 9.2×12 topics
  32. Gene Expression47▲ 4.3×14 topics
  33. Genetic Improvement47▲ 29×4 topics
  34. Rice42▲ 43×2 topics
  35. Aerobic Rice Systems41▲ 66×1 topic
  36. Root Traits41▲ 66×1 topic
  37. Rural Development40▲ 6.4×9 topics
  38. Marker Development38▲ 44×3 topics
  39. Genetic Mapping38▲ 27×6 topics
  40. Rhizosphere Interactions34▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Indian Council of Agricultural Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Economics and Practices, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Agricultural Science and Fertilization and Agricultural Systems and Practices.

Agricultural Economics a…74Agricultural Economics and Practices: 74 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 41 fractional worksAgricultural Science and Fertilization: 31 fractional worksAgricultural Systems and Practices: 28 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 26 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 22 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…21Agricultural pest management studies: 21 fractional worksLivestock Management and Performance Improvement: 20 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 19 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 18 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceSoil ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics1 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 74 works
  2. 2 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 41 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 31 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Systems and Practices Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 28 works
  5. 5 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 26 works
  6. 6 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 22 works
  7. 7 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 21 works
  8. 8 Livestock Management and Performance Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 20 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 19 works
  10. 10 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 18 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indian Council of Agricultural Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 104% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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