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Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas

In research, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,964 of 6,031 worldwide), General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#204 of 452 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#9,964 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 14.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#23,319
of 42,892
Rank in Cuba
#25
of 57
Research works
2k
▼ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
6k
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
15%
world 28%

What is Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas 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 #1,964 of 6,031 4.4%1,572
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield #204 of 452 6.8%466
Life SciencesDomain #9,964 of 14,347 4.2%1,685
Plant ScienceSubfield #2,333 of 2,837 3.2%576
Food ScienceSubfield #1,013 of 1,169 3.4%285
Health SciencesDomain #20,458 of 20,462 1.4%122

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 14.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 39.5 works15×
← 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: 14.51× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.33× 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, 14.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas?

Ranked on the composite score, Juan Carlos Cabrera, Pablo Rodríguez and C. Moya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas.

  1. 1 Juan Carlos Cabrera Cuba · #711,753 worldwide 18 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Pablo Rodríguez Cuba · #850,463 worldwide 81 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 C. Moya Cuba · #860,559 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Noraída Pérez Cuba · #871,420 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 María C. González Cuba · #932,040 worldwide 8 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 M. Varela Cuba · #960,682 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Alexander Miranda Caballero Cuba · #968,204 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Ramón Rivera Espinosa Cuba · #972,832 worldwide 8 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Lourdes Savón Cuba · #1,004,115 worldwide 11 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 A. Elías Cuba · #1,066,434 worldwide 27 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental Impact, Food Security, Soil Management, Agroecology, Rural Communities and Climate Change Adaptation.

▲ 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. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 68×6 topics
  2. Biodiversity12▲ 29×5 topics
  3. Environmental Impact11▲ 12×3 topics
  4. Food Security11▲ 35×5 topics
  5. Agroecology11▲ 128×2 topics
  6. Soil Management11▲ 474×2 topics
  7. Rural Communities10▲ 345×2 topics
  8. Climate Change Adaptation10▲ 104×2 topics
  9. Crop Production10▲ 155×1 topic
  10. Organic Farming10▲ 245×1 topic
  11. Nutrition4▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Antioxidant4▲ 9.9×8 topics
  13. Sustainability4▲ 2.7×9 topics
  14. Antioxidant Activity4▲ 9.6×7 topics
  15. Bioactive Compounds3▲ 20×4 topics
  16. Health Benefits3▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Phytochemicals3▲ 45×3 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity3▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Rural Development3▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Genome Analysis2▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Drought Tolerance2▲ 29×6 topics
  22. Economic Analysis2▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Betalains2▲ 153×1 topic
  24. Nutrient Cycling2▲ 57×2 topics
  25. Opuntia2▲ 153×1 topic
  26. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Ecosystem Services2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  28. Mycorrhizal Fungi2▲ 53×2 topics
  29. Agriculture2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  30. Fungal Diversity2▲ 84×1 topic
  31. Nitrogen Fixation2▲ 53×2 topics
  32. Plant Interactions2▲ 97×1 topic
  33. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  34. Anti-inflammatory2▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Host Recognition2▲ 48×2 topics
  36. Legumes2▲ 92×1 topic
  37. Symbiosis2▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Agroforestry2▲ 45×2 topics
  39. Plant Physiology2▲ 66×3 topics
  40. Soil Fertility2▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and soil sciences, Botanical Research and Applications, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

Plant and soil sciences10Plant and soil sciences: 10 fractional worksBotanical Research and Applications: 2 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 2 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 2 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Production Studies: 2 fractional worksCoffee research and impacts: 2 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 1 fractional worksAgriculture and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 1 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 1 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesFood SciencePlant SciencePharmacology2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 works
  2. 2 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 2 works
  3. 3 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 2 works
  6. 6 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 2 works
  7. 7 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Agriculture and Social Issues Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 1 works
  10. 10 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 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 available14.9%not open85.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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