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Instituto Agronômico do Paraná

In research, Instituto Agronômico do Paraná stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,955 of 3,157 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,307 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Plant Science is 20.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,556
of 22,385 · #6,689 all time
Rank in Brazil
#629
of 684
Research works
2.9k
▼ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
87%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Instituto Agronômico do Paraná

What is Instituto Agronômico do Paraná known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,955 of 3,157 3.3%86 #702
Life SciencesDomain #4,307 of 6,403 3.3%93 #1961

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Agronômico do Paraná 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 Instituto Agronômico do Paraná work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Instituto Agronômico do Paraná is in Life Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (64%), Environmental Science (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 4.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 98 fractional works · 68.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 91 fractional works · 63.5% of its workPlant Science: 51 fractional works · 35.3% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 7.6% of its workForestry: 8 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 20.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 14.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutoAgronômico do…143fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences69%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences5%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9163.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Environmental Science2114.6%
    2. Engineering32.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    4. Materials Science10.8%
    5. Computer Science10.6%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine53.4%
    2. Health Professions21.7%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences53.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    4. Psychology00.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto Agronômico do Paraná specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 20.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 50.6 works20×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 91.0 works13×
← 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: 13.37× its world share, 91 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.93× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× 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, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.37×91 works
  2. Environmental Science2.93×21 works
  3. Veterinary2.60×0 works
  4. Nursing0.95×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×7 works
  6. Health Professions0.65×2 works
  7. Dentistry0.60×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.58×1 works
  9. Chemistry0.38×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.29×5 works
  11. Energy0.25×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.24×1 works
  13. Medicine0.18×5 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works
  15. Engineering0.15×3 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.08×1 works
  22. Psychology0.06×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Agronômico do Paraná?

Ranked on the quality score, Tiago Santos Telles, Ademir Calegari and Laíse da Silveira Pontes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Agronômico do Paraná.

  1. 1 Tiago Santos Telles Brazil · #1,137,407 worldwide 2.1k citations · 140 works
  2. 2 Ademir Calegari Brazil · #1,298,332 worldwide 1.6k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Laíse da Silveira Pontes Brazil · #1,825,144 worldwide 1.6k citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Lutécia Beatriz dos Santos Canalli Brazil · #1,910,199 worldwide 495 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Bruno Volsi Brazil · #1,963,839 worldwide 343 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Elcio Libório Balota Brazil · #2,097,068 worldwide 1.8k citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Walter Kranz Brazil · #2,378,564 worldwide 1.4k citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Anderson Rotter Meda Brazil · #2,540,573 worldwide 1.1k citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Cíntia Sorane Good Kitzberger Brazil · #2,653,395 worldwide 1.4k citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Celso Jamil Marur Brazil · #2,690,767 worldwide 1.9k citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Agronômico do Paraná

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Agronômico do Paraná?

The most cited paper from Instituto Agronômico do Paraná is "Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specificities" (A. C. R. da Silva et al., 2002), with 1,230 citations. Next come "Stress-induced synthesis of proline confers tolerance to water deficit in transgenic wheat" (541) and "Evaluation of the stress‐inducible production of proline in transgenic sugarcane (Saccharum spp.): osmotic adjustment, chlorophyll fluorescence and oxidative stress" (368).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specificities A. C. R. da Silva et al. · Nature 23 May 2002 1,230
2 Stress-induced synthesis of proline confers tolerance to water deficit in transgenic wheat Eliane Cristina Gruszka Vendruscolo, Ivan Schuster, Marcos Pileggi et al. · Journal of Plant Physiology 3 Jul 2007 541
3 Evaluation of the stress‐inducible production of proline in transgenic sugarcane (Saccharum spp.): osmotic adjustment, chlorophyll fluorescence and oxidative stress Hugo Bruno Correa Molinari, Celso Jamil Marur, Edelclaiton Daros et al. · Physiologia Plantarum 18 Apr 2007 368
4 Aggregate stability under different soil management systems in a red latosol in the state of Parana, Brazil C. Castro Filho, Ana Mafalda Lourenço, María de Fátima Guimarães et al. · Soil and Tillage Research Apr 2002 355
5 Long-term tillage and crop rotation effects on microbial biomass and C and N mineralization in a Brazilian Oxisol Elcio Libório Balota, Arnaldo Colozzi Filho, Diva Souza Andrade et al. · Soil and Tillage Research 5 Feb 2004 345
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Agronômico do Paraná?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Soil Fertility, Agroecology, Drought Tolerance, Food Security, Agriculture, Climate Change and Family 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-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. Climate Change13▲ 3.4×24 topics
  2. Sustainability12▲ 3.3×13 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity11▲ 18×9 topics
  4. Soil Fertility11▲ 34×6 topics
  5. Agroecology10▲ 50×5 topics
  6. Drought Tolerance10▲ 48×8 topics
  7. Environmental Impact10▲ 3.9×13 topics
  8. Food Security10▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Agriculture9▲ 17×5 topics
  10. Family Farming8▲ 180×1 topic
  11. Rural Policy8▲ 180×1 topic
  12. Biological Control8▲ 35×7 topics
  13. Economic Analysis7▲ 35×4 topics
  14. Soil Degradation7▲ 90×2 topics
  15. Forest Biomass7▲ 143×1 topic
  16. Genetics7▲ 6.5×6 topics
  17. Wood Residues7▲ 143×1 topic
  18. Plant Nutrition6▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Domestication6▲ 88×2 topics
  20. Metabolism6▲ 8.0×5 topics
  21. Soil Management6▲ 107×2 topics
  22. No-till Crop Production6▲ 270×1 topic
  23. Soil Compaction6▲ 270×1 topic
  24. Morphological Parameters6▲ 208×1 topic
  25. Substrates6▲ 208×1 topic
  26. Genome Analysis6▲ 40×3 topics
  27. Genetic Improvement5▲ 42×4 topics
  28. Nitrogen Fixation5▲ 52×2 topics
  29. Antioxidant Activity5▲ 5.7×7 topics
  30. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 11×8 topics
  31. Genome Sequencing5▲ 21×4 topics
  32. Genome Sequence4▲ 38×3 topics
  33. QTL Mapping4▲ 27×4 topics
  34. Host Specificity4▲ 27×3 topics
  35. Nematodes4▲ 60×2 topics
  36. Phylogenetic Relationships4▲ 42×2 topics
  37. Banana4▲ 128×1 topic
  38. Molecular Pathology4▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Mycosphaerella fijiensis4▲ 128×1 topic
  40. Rhizosphere Interactions4▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Agronômico do Paraná publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rural Development and Agriculture, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Soil Management and Crop Yield and Growth and nutrition in plants.

Rural Development and Agriculture: 8 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 7 fractional worksSoil Management and Crop…6Soil Management and Crop Yield: 6 fractional worksGrowth and nutrition in …6Growth and nutrition in plants: 6 fractional worksNematode management and characterization studies: 4 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 4 fractional worksCoffee research and impa…4Coffee research and impacts: 4 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 3 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 3 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 3 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawForestrySoil SciencePlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  2. 2 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 7 works
  3. 3 Soil Management and Crop Yield Soil Science 6 works
  4. 4 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 6 works
  5. 5 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 4 works
  6. 6 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 4 works
  7. 7 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 4 works
  8. 8 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 3 works
  10. 10 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 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 available87.4%not open12.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Agronômico do Paraná's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Instituto Agronômico do Paraná as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Instituto Agronômico do Paraná0.00044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Agronômico do Paraná over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Instituto Agronômico do Paraná4.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.2% in 2016.

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