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Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias

In research, Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,762 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#1,115 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,319 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 17.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,980
of 28,054 · #12,389 all time
Rank in Spain
#418
of 658
Research works
2.4k
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,762 of 3,409 14.3%146 #1251
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,115 of 1,395 16.7%72 #1190
Life SciencesDomain #6,319 of 7,800 14.0%168 #6747

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,251 #1,762
  2. Plant Science#1,190 #1,115
  3. Life Sciences#6,747 #6,319
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 17.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 71.6 works18×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 146.2 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: 13.30× its world share, 146 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.08× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.15× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 3.11× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias?

Ranked on the composite score, Zenbei Uchijima, Akinori EZUKA and Shigehisa KIYOSAWA lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias.

  1. 1 Zenbei Uchijima Spain · #522,083 worldwide 56 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Akinori EZUKA Spain · #528,046 worldwide 46 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Shigehisa KIYOSAWA Spain · #657,617 worldwide 76 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Akira Shirata Spain · #719,222 worldwide 66 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Basavaprabhu Jirli Spain · #1,038,050 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 María Fe Andrés Spain · #1,243,014 worldwide 10 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Héctor Nieto Spain · #1,244,055 worldwide 63 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 K. Jakobsen Spain · #1,261,171 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Yutaka Murakami Spain · #1,277,859 worldwide 33 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Carmen E. Díaz Spain · #1,341,455 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Food Security, Soil Fertility, Sustainable Agriculture, Drought Tolerance, Biological Control, Breeding and Crop Productivity.

▲ 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. Climate Change27▲ 4.3×43 topics
  2. Food Security17▲ 14×17 topics
  3. Soil Fertility16▲ 31×8 topics
  4. Sustainability14▲ 2.5×23 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture14▲ 19×10 topics
  6. Drought Tolerance14▲ 42×9 topics
  7. Biological Control12▲ 34×9 topics
  8. Breeding11▲ 64×5 topics
  9. Crop Productivity11▲ 68×3 topics
  10. Plant Growth11▲ 42×4 topics
  11. Agriculture11▲ 12×7 topics
  12. Nutritional Quality10▲ 59×4 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity10▲ 9.8×12 topics
  14. Agricultural Practices10▲ 108×2 topics
  15. Genetics10▲ 6.0×7 topics
  16. Nutrient Uptake9▲ 58×2 topics
  17. Antioxidant Activity8▲ 5.8×17 topics
  18. Environmental Sustainability8▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Genetic Improvement8▲ 38×4 topics
  20. Integrated Nutrient Management8▲ 156×1 topic
  21. Organic Manure8▲ 156×1 topic
  22. Marker Development8▲ 69×3 topics
  23. QTL Mapping7▲ 27×6 topics
  24. Pest Management7▲ 37×5 topics
  25. Essential Oils7▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Biopesticides7▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Crop Management7▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Invasive Species7▲ 6.8×14 topics
  29. Agricultural Sustainability7▲ 25×3 topics
  30. Development6▲ 8.0×2 topics
  31. India6▲ 38×2 topics
  32. Genomics6▲ 8.9×8 topics
  33. Economic Analysis6▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Policy6▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Production6▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles6▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Jasmonate Signaling6▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Botanical Insecticides6▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Cowpea6▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Insect Control6▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Science and Fertilization, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Agricultural Economics and Practices and Insect Pest Control Strategies.

Agricultural Science and…8Agricultural Science and Fertilization: 8 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…6Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 6 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…6Agricultural Economics and Practices: 6 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…6Insect Pest Control Strategies: 6 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 6 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 5 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yie…4Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 4 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Genetics: 3 fractional worksNematode management and characterization studies: 3 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 3 fractional works
Soil ScienceInsect ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 8 works
  2. 2 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 6 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  4. 4 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 6 works
  5. 5 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 6 works
  6. 6 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  7. 7 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 3 works
  10. 10 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil 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 available54.0%not open46.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.4%domestic only59.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% lower 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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