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Institut d'Économie Rurale

In research, Institut d'Économie Rurale stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,213 of 5,126 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,741 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 14.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,983
of 22,385 · #15,036 all time
Rank in Mali
#8
of 8
Research works
349
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
72%
world 18%
Institut d'Économie Rurale

What is Institut d'Économie Rurale known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,213 of 5,126 11.9%223
Life SciencesDomain #2,741 of 11,023 11.5%236

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut d'Économie Rurale 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 Institut d'Économie Rurale work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Institut d'Économie Rurale is in Life Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (68%), Environmental Science (8%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 4.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 49 fractional works · 71.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 47 fractional works · 67.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 fractional works · 24.9% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 19.0% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 7.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutd'Économie Rurale69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences72%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences10%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4767.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences56.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Psychology00.1%
    1. Medicine45.4%
    2. Health Professions22.7%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    1. Environmental Science57.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    3. Energy00.2%
    4. Computer Science00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Engineering00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institut d'Économie Rurale specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 14.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 46.7 works14×
← 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: 14.27× its world share, 47 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEnvironmental Science: 1.58× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 2.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.27×47 works
  2. Nursing2.34×1 works
  3. Environmental Science1.58×5 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.05×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.02×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×2 works
  7. Social Sciences0.53×5 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×0 works
  10. Medicine0.28×4 works
  11. Energy0.26×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.17×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.10×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.02×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  18. Psychology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut d'Économie Rurale?

Ranked on the quality score, Alpha Kergna, Niaba Témé and Adama Coulibaly lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut d'Économie Rurale.

  1. 1 Alpha Kergna Mali · #560,486 worldwide 1k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Niaba Témé Mali · #1,360,592 worldwide 328 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Adama Coulibaly Mali · #1,397,665 worldwide 557 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Bouba Traoré Mali · #1,547,642 worldwide 987 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Émilie Devic Mali · #1,619,767 worldwide 982 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 D. Guindo Mali · #1,977,203 worldwide 539 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 M. Bagayoko Mali · #1,980,921 worldwide 711 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Ousmane Mama Sanogo Mali · #2,138,188 worldwide 787 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Bocary Kaya Mali · #2,188,820 worldwide 361 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Harouna Yossi Mali · #2,667,046 worldwide 211 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Institut d'Économie Rurale

What are the most cited papers from Institut d'Économie Rurale?

The most cited paper from Institut d'Économie Rurale is "A review of earthworm impact on soil function and ecosystem services" (Manuel Blouin, Mark E. Hodson, Expectación Delgado et al., 2013), with 1,316 citations. Next come "Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?" (896) and "Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development" (515).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A review of earthworm impact on soil function and ecosystem services Manuel Blouin, Mark E. Hodson, Expectación Delgado et al. · European Journal of Soil Science Open access 21 Feb 2013 1,316
2 Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? M.K. van Ittersum et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 12 Dec 2016 896
3 Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development K.E. Giller et al. · Agricultural Systems Open access 19 Aug 2010 515
4 Near real-time agriculture monitoring at national scale at parcel resolution: Performance assessment of the Sen2-Agri automated system in various cropping systems around the world Pierre Defourny et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment Open access 7 Dec 2018 432
5 Cowpea supply and demand in West and Central Africa Augustine S. Langyintuo, James M. Lowenberg-DeBoer, Mbène Dièye Faye et al. · Field Crops Research May 2003 368
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Which keywords describe research at Institut d'Économie Rurale?

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

▲ 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. Smallholder Farmers21▲ 141×4 topics
  2. Climate Change20▲ 11×22 topics
  3. Sustainability20▲ 12×16 topics
  4. Adaptation17▲ 84×3 topics
  5. Agroecology15▲ 151×2 topics
  6. Livestock Farming15▲ 357×3 topics
  7. Diversity14▲ 119×2 topics
  8. Multifunctionality14▲ 448×2 topics
  9. Agricultural Development14▲ 136×1 topic
  10. Work Organization14▲ 538×1 topic
  11. Sustainable Agriculture9▲ 43×9 topics
  12. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 21×8 topics
  13. Climate Resilience5▲ 123×2 topics
  14. Agroforestry5▲ 103×3 topics
  15. Nutritional Value5▲ 62×3 topics
  16. Genetic Improvement4▲ 69×3 topics
  17. Indigenous Fruits4▲ 237×1 topic
  18. Tree Domestication4▲ 237×1 topic
  19. Drought Tolerance3▲ 35×6 topics
  20. Food Security3▲ 9.1×6 topics
  21. Sustainable Development3▲ 3.0×6 topics
  22. Water Management3▲ 36×3 topics
  23. Breeding3▲ 52×5 topics
  24. Crop Management2▲ 53×2 topics
  25. Social Networks2▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Ecosystem Services2▲ 8.7×6 topics
  27. Genetic Diversity2▲ 7.8×7 topics
  28. Global Warming2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  29. QTL Mapping2▲ 28×4 topics
  30. Agricultural Innovation2▲ 67×1 topic
  31. Agriculture2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  32. Livelihood Diversification2▲ 99×1 topic
  33. Rhizosphere Interactions2▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Rural Development2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  35. Maize Yield2▲ 79×1 topic
  36. Nitrogen Uptake2▲ 79×1 topic
  37. Vulnerability2▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Environmental Participation2▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Territorial Governance2▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Nutritional Quality2▲ 38×4 topics

Which research topics does Institut d'Économie Rurale publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility.

Agriculture and Rural De…14Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 14 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 2 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 2 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 2 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 2 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 1 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestryGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesAgronomy and Crop Science4 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 14 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 4 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  4. 4 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available68.7%not open31.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.3%domestic only27.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut d'Économie Rurale's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower 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 Institut d'Économie Rurale as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Institut d'Économie Rurale0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut d'Économie Rurale over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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