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Institut Agro Montpellier

In research, Institut Agro Montpellier stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#263 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,443 of 7,800 worldwide) and Plant Science (#798 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 17.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,567
of 28,054 · #5,387 all time
Rank in France
#128
of 1,422
Research works
1.8k
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
58k
32.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Institut Agro Montpellier 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 #263 of 3,409 28.0%179 #272
Life SciencesDomain #2,443 of 7,800 27.8%216 #2488
Plant ScienceSubfield #798 of 1,395 30.4%76 #501
Environmental ScienceField #2,318 of 3,551 23.9%67 #1789
Physical SciencesDomain #8,502 of 12,888 21.1%110 #9172

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Agro Montpellier 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#272 #263
  2. Life Sciences#2,488 #2,443
  3. Plant Science#501 #798
  4. Environmental Science#1,789 #2,318
  5. Physical Sciences#9,172 #8,502
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 Institut Agro Montpellier specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 17.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 33.9 works18×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 75.6 works11×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 179.2 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: 9.32× its world share, 179 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.34× its world share, 67 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 3.25× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.64× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 29 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.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Agro Montpellier?

Ranked on the composite score, Françoise Jarrige, Pierre Feillet and Stéphane de Tourdonnet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Agro Montpellier.

  1. 1 Françoise Jarrige France · #140,454 worldwide 49 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Pierre Feillet France · #249,104 worldwide 30 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Stéphane de Tourdonnet France · #255,539 worldwide 86 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Luc Ferry France · #301,207 worldwide 21 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Rodolphe Bourret France · #362,640 worldwide 9 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Daniel Bieysse France · #553,950 worldwide 13 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Aurélie Metay France · #574,689 worldwide 59 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 J.P. Bousset France · #646,700 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Fabrice Dreyfus France · #677,592 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Charles Staver France · #735,635 worldwide 47 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Agro Montpellier

Which keywords describe research at Institut Agro Montpellier?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Adaptation, Agroecology, Diversity and Livestock Farming.

▲ 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 Change77▲ 7.1×80 topics
  2. Sustainability42▲ 4.2×57 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers34▲ 37×5 topics
  4. Biodiversity26▲ 8.5×29 topics
  5. Environmental Impact25▲ 3.6×39 topics
  6. Adaptation23▲ 20×9 topics
  7. Agroecology22▲ 37×5 topics
  8. Genetics20▲ 7.0×11 topics
  9. Diversity20▲ 28×5 topics
  10. Livestock Farming19▲ 76×2 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture19▲ 14×11 topics
  12. Agricultural Development18▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Multifunctionality18▲ 88×2 topics
  14. Work Organization18▲ 103×1 topic
  15. Ecosystem Services17▲ 11×11 topics
  16. Invasive Species16▲ 9.3×20 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation16▲ 11×14 topics
  18. Transcriptome Analysis14▲ 55×3 topics
  19. Anthocyanins14▲ 49×3 topics
  20. Grapevine13▲ 82×2 topics
  21. Water Deficit13▲ 92×1 topic
  22. Wine Quality13▲ 92×1 topic
  23. Polyphenols12▲ 17×6 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity12▲ 6.6×19 topics
  25. Agroforestry12▲ 44×3 topics
  26. Land Use Change11▲ 9.2×6 topics
  27. Global Change11▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Community Engagement11▲ 7.9×7 topics
  29. Greenhouse Gas Emissions10▲ 9.4×6 topics
  30. Local Development10▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Territorial Governance10▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Biological Control10▲ 16×9 topics
  33. Fermentation10▲ 17×5 topics
  34. Soil Fertility9▲ 10×7 topics
  35. Aroma Compounds9▲ 25×3 topics
  36. Drought Tolerance9▲ 15×8 topics
  37. Citizen Participation9▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Environmental Participation9▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Proximity and Innovation9▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Climate Change Resilience8▲ 38×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut Agro Montpellier publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Horticultural and Viticultural Research, French Urban and Social Studies and Fermentation and Sensory Analysis.

Agriculture and Rural De…18Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 18 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 13 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 9 fractional worksFermentation and Sensory Analysis: 8 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 5 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…4Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 4 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 4 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 4 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 4 fractional worksOil Palm Production and Sustainability: 4 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant ScienceSociology and Political ScienceFood Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 18 works
  2. 2 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 13 works
  3. 3 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  4. 4 Fermentation and Sensory Analysis Food Science 8 works
  5. 5 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 5 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  7. 7 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 4 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  9. 9 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 4 works
  10. 10 Oil Palm Production and Sustainability Ecology 4 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 available54.3%not open45.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.6%domestic only56.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Agro Montpellier's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.