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Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias

In research, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#396 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,377 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 15.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,278
of 28,054 · #14,978 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#23
of 71
Research works
819
▲ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.7k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias 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 #396 of 3,409 13.4%125 #852
Life SciencesDomain #3,377 of 7,800 13.8%139 #5903

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 15.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 48.2 works15×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 124.6 works14×
← 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: 14.47× its world share, 125 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.50× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.86× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.71× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.85× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× 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 Investigaciones Agropecuarias?

Ranked on the composite score, Rey Gastón Loor Solorzano, William Viera and Franklin Valverde lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias.

  1. 1 Rey Gastón Loor Solorzano Ecuador · #748,090 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 William Viera Ecuador · #1,026,854 worldwide 21 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Franklin Valverde Ecuador · #1,045,921 worldwide 14 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 José Bernardo Navarrete Cedeño Ecuador · #1,074,749 worldwide 14 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Patricio Gallegos Ecuador · #1,176,397 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Elena Villacrés Ecuador · #1,263,715 worldwide 7 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Raúl Flores Créspo Ecuador · #1,529,616 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias?

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

▲ 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. Biodiversity24▲ 17×15 topics
  2. Climate Change21▲ 4.3×38 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture21▲ 37×10 topics
  4. Environmental Impact20▲ 6.5×18 topics
  5. Agroecology19▲ 74×4 topics
  6. Food Security19▲ 19×11 topics
  7. Sustainability17▲ 4.0×27 topics
  8. Rural Communities16▲ 163×2 topics
  9. Soil Management15▲ 209×2 topics
  10. Crop Production15▲ 70×2 topics
  11. Climate Change Adaptation14▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Organic Farming14▲ 109×1 topic
  13. Genetic Diversity14▲ 17×14 topics
  14. Drought Tolerance11▲ 42×7 topics
  15. Genetics11▲ 8.3×6 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services9▲ 13×7 topics
  17. Soil Fertility9▲ 21×4 topics
  18. Agroforestry8▲ 70×3 topics
  19. Nutrition8▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Antioxidant Activity8▲ 6.9×17 topics
  21. Rural Development7▲ 12×5 topics
  22. AFLP Markers7▲ 130×2 topics
  23. Biodiversity Conservation7▲ 10×8 topics
  24. Domestication7▲ 73×3 topics
  25. Agriculture7▲ 9.3×7 topics
  26. Banana7▲ 154×1 topic
  27. Mycosphaerella fijiensis7▲ 154×1 topic
  28. Smallholder Farmers6▲ 16×5 topics
  29. Disease Resistance6▲ 65×3 topics
  30. Biological Control6▲ 22×7 topics
  31. Adaptation6▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Nutrient Uptake5▲ 41×4 topics
  33. Climate Change Resilience5▲ 50×2 topics
  34. Economic Analysis5▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Diversity5▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 8.4×8 topics
  37. Cacao4▲ 186×1 topic
  38. Cocoa Production4▲ 186×1 topic
  39. Policy4▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Rhizosphere Interactions4▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and soil sciences, Banana Cultivation and Research, Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy and Agricultural and Food Production Studies.

Plant and soil sciences14Plant and soil sciences: 14 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and R…7Banana Cultivation and Research: 7 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato A…4Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 4 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Production Studies: 4 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 4 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopa…3Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 3 fractional worksSoil Science and Environmental Management: 3 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 3 fractional worksGrowth and nutrition in plants: 3 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 3 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceHorticultureFood Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 works
  2. 2 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 7 works
  3. 3 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 4 works
  4. 4 Agricultural and Food Production Studies Food Science 4 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  6. 6 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 3 works
  7. 7 Soil Science and Environmental Management Soil Science 3 works
  8. 8 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 3 works
  9. 9 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 3 works
  10. 10 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies 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 available68.5%not open31.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.8%domestic only51.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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