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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies

Research works
76
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
34.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 6.89× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.96× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.07× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
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Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Political Economy, Land Reform, Globalization, Smallholder Farmers, Rural Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Land Tenure and Agroecology.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Political Economy15▲ 77×4 topics
  2. Land Reform14▲ 513×2 topics
  3. Globalization14▲ 9.8×14 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers13▲ 121×3 topics
  5. Rural Development12▲ 53×5 topics
  6. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 58×2 topics
  7. Land Tenure12▲ 413×2 topics
  8. Agroecology11▲ 115×4 topics
  9. Gender Inequality11▲ 114×2 topics
  10. Food Sovereignty10▲ 797×1 topic
  11. Land Grabbing10▲ 797×1 topic
  12. Property Rights10▲ 115×2 topics
  13. Agricultural Investment10▲ 902×1 topic
  14. Customary Tenure10▲ 902×1 topic
  15. Climate Change9▲ 4.4×16 topics
  16. Colonialism7▲ 20×7 topics
  17. Sustainability7▲ 5.2×19 topics
  18. Nationalism6▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Human Rights6▲ 9.4×6 topics
  20. Social Justice5▲ 13×5 topics
  21. History5▲ 7.6×2 topics
  22. Social Impact5▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Environmental Governance4▲ 109×2 topics
  24. Constitutionalism4▲ 50×1 topic
  25. Developmental Local Government4▲ 396×1 topic
  26. Public Participation4▲ 191×2 topics
  27. Agrarian Relations4▲ 680×1 topic
  28. Poverty Alleviation4▲ 77×2 topics
  29. Zimbabwe4▲ 680×1 topic
  30. Environmental Impact4▲ 3.6×11 topics
  31. Sustainable Development4▲ 4.0×10 topics
  32. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 13×6 topics
  33. Imperialism3▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Inequality3▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Emerging Markets2▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Frugal Innovation2▲ 110×1 topic
  37. Poverty Reduction2▲ 33×3 topics
  38. Social Movements2▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Lake Tanganyika2▲ 315×1 topic
  40. Lake Victoria2▲ 315×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development, Land Rights and Reforms, African studies and sociopolitical issues and African history and culture studies.

  1. 1 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  2. 2 Land Rights and Reforms Soil Science 2 works
  3. 3 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 African history and culture studies Anthropology 0 works
  5. 5 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Mining and Resource Management Building and Construction 0 works
  8. 8 Agricultural and Financial Auditing General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  9. 9 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Development and Policies Agronomy and Crop Science 0 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017.

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