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Institut Agro Montpellier

In research, Institut Agro Montpellier stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#518 of 3,157 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,361 of 6,403 worldwide) and Plant Science (#446 of 1,317 worldwide), 2022-now. 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 17.7× its share of world research).

institut-agro-montpellier.frROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#5,633
of 22,385 · #2,755 all time
Rank in France
#153
of 517
Research works
1.8k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
58k
32.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Institut Agro Montpellier

What is Institut Agro Montpellier 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 #518 of 3,157 12.0%179 #411
Life SciencesDomain #1,361 of 6,403 11.9%216 #1144
Plant ScienceSubfield #446 of 1,317 11.5%76 #396
Environmental ScienceField #1,378 of 3,334 9.0%67 #1261
Physical SciencesDomain #5,757 of 10,670 9.3%110 #3421

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#411 #518
  2. Life Sciences#1,144 #1,361
  3. Plant Science#396 #446
  4. Environmental Science#1,261 #1,378
  5. Physical Sciences#3,421 #5,757
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Institut Agro Montpellier work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Institut Agro Montpellier is in Life Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (44%), Environmental Science (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 3.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 227 fractional works · 53.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 188 fractional works · 44.1% of its workPlant Science: 80 fractional works · 18.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 35 fractional works · 8.3% of its workFood Science: 21 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInsect Science: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSoil Science: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workForestry: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHorticulture: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 117 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 71 fractional works · 16.7% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 54 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut AgroMontpellier426fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences53%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences13%

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 Sciences18844.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology378.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science7116.7%
    2. Engineering174.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.6%
    4. Computer Science71.6%
    5. Materials Science51.2%
    6. Chemistry51.1%
    7. Energy20.6%
    8. Mathematics20.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences307.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting112.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.3%
    4. Decision Sciences30.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.5%
    6. Psychology20.4%
    1. Medicine163.7%
    2. Nursing71.6%
    3. Health Professions40.9%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institut Agro Montpellier specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 17.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 35.3 works18×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 79.7 works11×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 187.8 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: 9.29× its world share, 188 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.62× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× 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: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.37× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× 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, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 3.21× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.51× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 30 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.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.29×188 works
  2. Environmental Science3.37×71 works
  3. Nursing3.21×7 works
  4. Veterinary2.51×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.62×37 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.04×7 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.82×11 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.76×3 works
  9. Chemistry0.73×5 works
  10. Energy0.60×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×5 works
  12. Social Sciences0.55×30 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.33×5 works
  15. Mathematics0.33×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.33×4 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.26×0 works
  18. Engineering0.26×17 works
  19. Computer Science0.20×7 works
  20. Medicine0.19×16 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.19×2 works
  22. Neuroscience0.16×1 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  24. Psychology0.13×2 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.09×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut Agro Montpellier?

Ranked on the quality score, Hélène Marrou, Clément Rigal and Léo Garcia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Agro Montpellier.

  1. 1 Hélène Marrou France · #923,033 worldwide 3.5k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Clément Rigal France · #1,097,967 worldwide 421 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Léo Garcia France · #1,880,129 worldwide 513 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Yassin Elamri France · #1,893,409 worldwide 593 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 T. Lacombe France · #2,561,667 worldwide 485 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Max Ruas France · #2,848,269 worldwide 76 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Esther Fouillet France · #3,057,042 worldwide 111 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Patrick Avato France · #3,115,994 worldwide 176 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Jean Michel Boursiquot France · #3,236,214 worldwide 415 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Victor Coulon France · #3,269,917 worldwide 18 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Agro Montpellier

What are the most cited papers from Institut Agro Montpellier?

The most cited paper from Institut Agro Montpellier is "New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide" (Natalia Pérez Harguindeguy et al., 2013), with 4,312 citations. Next come "Consequences of changing biodiversity" (4,302) and "A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide" (4,148).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide Natalia Pérez Harguindeguy et al. · Australian Journal of Botany Open access 25 Apr 2013 4,312
2 Consequences of changing biodiversity F. Stuart Chapin, Erika S. Zavaleta, Valerie T. Eviner et al. · Nature Open access May 2000 4,302
3 A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide J. H. C. Cornelissen, Sandra Lavorel, Éric Garnier et al. · Australian Journal of Botany 13 Aug 2003 4,148
4 Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates Chuang Zhao et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 15 Aug 2017 3,339
5 TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access Jens Kattge et al. · Global Change Biology Open access729 authors 31 Dec 2019 2,168
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut Agro Montpellier?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Adaptation, Agroecology, Diversity and Sustainable Agriculture.

▲ 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 Change81▲ 7.0×81 topics
  2. Sustainability43▲ 4.1×57 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers35▲ 38×5 topics
  4. Biodiversity27▲ 8.3×29 topics
  5. Environmental Impact26▲ 3.6×39 topics
  6. Adaptation24▲ 19×10 topics
  7. Agroecology22▲ 37×5 topics
  8. Genetics20▲ 6.8×11 topics
  9. Diversity20▲ 27×5 topics
  10. Livestock Farming20▲ 78×2 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture20▲ 15×11 topics
  12. Agricultural Development18▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Multifunctionality18▲ 92×2 topics
  14. Work Organization18▲ 110×1 topic
  15. Ecosystem Services18▲ 11×11 topics
  16. Invasive Species17▲ 9.4×20 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation17▲ 10×14 topics
  18. Transcriptome Analysis14▲ 56×3 topics
  19. Anthocyanins14▲ 48×3 topics
  20. Grapevine14▲ 84×2 topics
  21. Water Deficit14▲ 96×1 topic
  22. Wine Quality14▲ 96×1 topic
  23. Genetic Diversity13▲ 6.9×19 topics
  24. Polyphenols13▲ 17×6 topics
  25. Agroforestry12▲ 43×3 topics
  26. Global Change12▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Land Use Change12▲ 9.2×6 topics
  28. Community Engagement11▲ 7.8×7 topics
  29. Greenhouse Gas Emissions11▲ 9.2×6 topics
  30. Biological Control10▲ 16×9 topics
  31. Local Development10▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Territorial Governance10▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Fermentation10▲ 18×5 topics
  34. Soil Fertility10▲ 11×7 topics
  35. Aroma Compounds10▲ 26×3 topics
  36. Drought Tolerance9▲ 16×8 topics
  37. Climate Change Resilience9▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Citizen Participation9▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Environmental Participation9▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Proximity and Innovation9▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut Agro Montpellier publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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: 14 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 9 fractional worksFermentation and Sensory Analysis: 8 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 5 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…5Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 5 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 4 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 4 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 4 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 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 14 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 5 works
  7. 7 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 4 works
  8. 8 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  9. 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  10. 10 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut Agro Montpellier's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Institut Agro Montpellier as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Institut Agro Montpellier0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut Agro Montpellier 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%Institut Agro Montpellier10.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.8% in 2008.

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