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Institute of Agricultural Economics

In research, Institute of Agricultural Economics stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,765 of 6,031 worldwide), Social Sciences (#13,738 of 16,945 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#13,303 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — General Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 55.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,707
of 28,054 · #33,148 all time
Rank in Bulgaria
#69
of 92
Research works
540
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Institute of Agricultural Economics 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 #3,765 of 6,031 15.2%205
Social SciencesDomain #13,738 of 16,945 12.4%216
Life SciencesDomain #13,303 of 14,347 14.9%211

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Agricultural Economics 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).

What does Institute of Agricultural Economics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 55.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 31.4 works56×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 56.5 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, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.98× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.92× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.49× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.96× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 12 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 Institute of Agricultural Economics?

Ranked on the composite score, Prem Chand, Pratap S. Birthal and Hrabrin Bachev lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Agricultural Economics.

  1. 1 Prem Chand Bulgaria · #629,635 worldwide 25 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Pratap S. Birthal Bulgaria · #655,109 worldwide 77 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Hrabrin Bachev Bulgaria · #923,264 worldwide 77 citations · 127 works
  4. 4 Lucian Luca Bulgaria · #1,022,731 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Dimitre Nikolov Bulgaria · #1,121,334 worldwide 24 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Petar Marinov Bulgaria · #1,359,031 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Agricultural Economics

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Agricultural Economics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Food Security, Agriculture, Climate Change, Policy, Innovation and Technology.

▲ 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. Sustainability33▲ 10×24 topics
  2. Sustainable Development30▲ 15×18 topics
  3. Food Security27▲ 38×13 topics
  4. Climate Change20▲ 5.8×30 topics
  5. Agriculture18▲ 36×8 topics
  6. Policy15▲ 52×5 topics
  7. Innovation12▲ 9.3×13 topics
  8. Technology12▲ 18×2 topics
  9. Agricultural Sustainability11▲ 77×3 topics
  10. India11▲ 121×3 topics
  11. Biodiversity11▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Development11▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Economic Analysis11▲ 56×3 topics
  14. Production10▲ 97×1 topic
  15. Regional Development10▲ 22×8 topics
  16. Environmental Impact10▲ 4.5×11 topics
  17. Competitiveness Indices9▲ 228×1 topic
  18. Globalization9▲ 3.8×23 topics
  19. Revealed Comparative Advantage9▲ 228×1 topic
  20. Rural Development9▲ 20×7 topics
  21. Economic Growth8▲ 7.9×14 topics
  22. Social Networks8▲ 24×4 topics
  23. Sustainable Agriculture8▲ 20×7 topics
  24. Environmental Policy8▲ 32×4 topics
  25. Multifunctionality8▲ 124×2 topics
  26. Smallholder Farmers7▲ 25×3 topics
  27. Livestock Farming7▲ 85×3 topics
  28. Financial Performance7▲ 8.8×3 topics
  29. Organizational Culture7▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Innovation Management6▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Small and Medium Enterprises6▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Common Agricultural Policy6▲ 651×1 topic
  33. Leadership Emergence6▲ 343×1 topic
  34. Rural Tourism6▲ 152×1 topic
  35. agricultural subsidies6▲ 651×1 topic
  36. Bioenergy Production5▲ 245×2 topics
  37. Vulnerability5▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Sustainability Indicators5▲ 65×3 topics
  39. Agricultural Sector5▲ 326×2 topics
  40. Ecosystem Services5▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Agricultural Economics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Economics and Practices, Global Trade and Competitiveness, Agricultural Economics and Policy and Regional Development and Management Studies.

Agricultural Economics and Practices: 10 fractional worksGlobal Trade and Competitiveness: 9 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…6Agricultural Economics and Policy: 6 fractional worksRegional Development and…6Regional Development and Management Studies: 6 fractional worksAgriculture Market Analysis Ukraine: 5 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 4 fractional worksAgricultural risk and re…4Agricultural risk and resilience: 4 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 4 fractional worksBioeconomy and Sustainability Development: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Systems and Practices: 3 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesStrategy and ManagementEconomics and EconometricsEnvironmental Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 works
  2. 2 Global Trade and Competitiveness Strategy and Management 9 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Economics and Policy General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  4. 4 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  5. 5 Agriculture Market Analysis Ukraine General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 works
  6. 6 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 4 works
  7. 7 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 4 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  9. 9 Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Systems and Practices Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 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 available60.8%not open39.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors57.1%domestic only42.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Agricultural Economics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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