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Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco

In research, Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,263 of 6,031 worldwide), Life Sciences (#10,648 of 14,347 worldwide) and Plant Science (#2,637 of 2,837 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#27,106
of 42,892
Rank in Brazil
#447
of 870
Research works
431
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco 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 #2,263 of 6,031 11.1%284
Life SciencesDomain #10,648 of 14,347 10.3%324
Plant ScienceSubfield #2,637 of 2,837 9.8%145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco 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 Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 32.6 works12×
← 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: 11.54× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.09× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.04× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 3.69× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco?

Ranked on the composite score, Antônio Félix da Costa, Márcia do Vale Barreto Figueiredo and J. N. Tabosa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco.

  1. 1 Antônio Félix da Costa Brazil · #663,410 worldwide 48 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Márcia do Vale Barreto Figueiredo Brazil · #862,585 worldwide 46 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 J. N. Tabosa Brazil · #1,472,690 worldwide 7 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant, Agroecology, Genetic Diversity, Food Security, Sustainability, Nutrition, Agriculture and Bioactive Compounds.

▲ 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. Sustainability6▲ 3.9×12 topics
  2. Antioxidant5▲ 13×6 topics
  3. Agroecology4▲ 50×3 topics
  4. Environmental Impact4▲ 4.2×10 topics
  5. Food Security4▲ 13×5 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity4▲ 16×7 topics
  7. Agriculture4▲ 16×3 topics
  8. Nutrition4▲ 14×3 topics
  9. Bioactive Compounds4▲ 25×2 topics
  10. Social Development4▲ 74×2 topics
  11. Drought Tolerance4▲ 41×6 topics
  12. Family Farming4▲ 164×1 topic
  13. Food Processing4▲ 138×2 topics
  14. Health Benefits4▲ 18×3 topics
  15. Rural Policy4▲ 164×1 topic
  16. Betalains3▲ 215×1 topic
  17. Opuntia3▲ 215×1 topic
  18. Soil Fertility3▲ 23×5 topics
  19. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 17×7 topics
  20. Biodiversity3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Genetics3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  23. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Host Specificity2▲ 36×3 topics
  25. Plant Nutrition2▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Invasive Species2▲ 9.1×7 topics
  27. Morphological Parameters2▲ 189×1 topic
  28. Nitrogen Fixation2▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Substrates2▲ 189×1 topic
  30. Ecosystem Services2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  31. Forest Biomass2▲ 98×1 topic
  32. Wood Residues2▲ 98×1 topic
  33. Endophytic Fungi2▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Genomic Characterization2▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Genome Analysis2▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Rhizosphere Interactions2▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Global Change2▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Legumes2▲ 76×1 topic
  39. Soil Quality2▲ 69×2 topics
  40. Symbiosis2▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rural Development and Agriculture, Botanical Research and Applications, Growth and nutrition in plants and Agricultural and Food Sciences.

Rural Development and Agriculture: 4 fractional worksBotanical Research and Applications: 3 fractional worksGrowth and nutrition in …2Growth and nutrition in plants: 2 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sc…2Agricultural and Food Sciences: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 2 fractional worksSoil Management and Crop…2Soil Management and Crop Yield: 2 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 1 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 1 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 1 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawFood SciencePlant ScienceForestry2 others

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

  1. 1 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  2. 2 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 3 works
  3. 3 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 2 works
  5. 5 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Soil Management and Crop Yield Soil Science 2 works
  8. 8 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 1 works
  9. 9 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Banana Cultivation and Research 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 available67.8%not open32.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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