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Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique

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World rank, all time
#34,100
of 42,892
Rank in Togo
#4
of 4
Research works
189
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What does Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 14.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 34.4 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: 14.48× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.35× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change, Sustainability, Agroforestry, Adaptation, Agricultural Development 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. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 111×3 topics
  2. Climate Change10▲ 7.1×17 topics
  3. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 50×4 topics
  4. Sustainability9▲ 7.3×8 topics
  5. Agroforestry9▲ 263×2 topics
  6. Adaptation7▲ 51×4 topics
  7. Agricultural Development7▲ 82×2 topics
  8. Livestock Farming7▲ 212×1 topic
  9. Work Organization7▲ 308×1 topic
  10. Climate Resilience6▲ 207×2 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 39×5 topics
  12. Nutritional Value6▲ 110×2 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity6▲ 26×10 topics
  14. Indigenous Fruits6▲ 476×1 topic
  15. Tree Domestication6▲ 476×1 topic
  16. Ecosystem Services4▲ 22×5 topics
  17. Soil Fertility4▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Disease Resistance3▲ 123×2 topics
  19. Food Security3▲ 11×9 topics
  20. Cacao3▲ 450×1 topic
  21. Climate Change Resilience3▲ 110×1 topic
  22. Drought Tolerance2▲ 29×5 topics
  23. Gut Microbiota2▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Probiotics2▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Amino Acids2▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Antibiotic Alternatives2▲ 71×1 topic
  27. Antioxidant2▲ 5.8×8 topics
  28. Nutritional Quality2▲ 53×4 topics
  29. Breeding2▲ 50×5 topics
  30. Phytochemicals2▲ 34×5 topics
  31. Gender Equality2▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Bioactive Compounds1▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Flavonoids1▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Aquaculture1▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Genomics1▲ 8.8×6 topics
  36. Africa1▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Governance1▲ 7.3×1 topic
  38. QTL Mapping1▲ 21×5 topics
  39. Antioxidant Properties1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 9.4×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy and Animal Nutrition and Physiology.

Agriculture and Rural De…7Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 7 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…6African Botany and Ecology Studies: 6 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 3 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 2 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethn…1African Studies and Ethnography: 1 fractional worksLivestock and Poultry Management: 1 fractional worksCassava research and cyanide: 1 fractional worksGinkgo biloba and Cashew Applications: 1 fractional worksMoringa oleifera research and applications: 1 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestryHorticultureAnimal Science and Zoology3 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 7 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 6 works
  3. 3 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 3 works
  4. 4 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  5. 5 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Livestock and Poultry Management Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  7. 7 Cassava research and cyanide Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Moringa oleifera research and applications Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Agricultural pest management studies Plant 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 available80.2%not open19.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.3%domestic only59.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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