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International Center for Tropical Agriculture

In research, International Center for Tropical Agriculture stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,608 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 11.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,416
of 28,054 · #11,158 all time
Rank in Kenya
#21
of 75
Research works
545
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is International Center for Tropical Agriculture 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,608 of 7,800 43.6%61 #4782

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Center for Tropical Agriculture 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 International Center for Tropical Agriculture specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 59.6 works11×
← 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: 11.28× its world share, 60 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.15× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 7.20× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at International Center for Tropical Agriculture?

Ranked on the composite score, A. Bationo, Bernard Vanlauwe and Anton Eitzinger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Center for Tropical Agriculture.

  1. 1 A. Bationo Kenya · #84,392 worldwide 245 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Bernard Vanlauwe Kenya · #118,646 worldwide 609 citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Anton Eitzinger Kenya · #584,727 worldwide 65 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Robin Buruchara Kenya · #691,458 worldwide 42 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Caroline Mwongera Kenya · #857,660 worldwide 77 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Rolf Sommer Kenya · #905,379 worldwide 87 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Job Kihara Kenya · #936,219 worldwide 75 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Birthe K. Paul Kenya · #1,287,337 worldwide 23 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Wuletawu Abera Kenya · #1,467,872 worldwide 28 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Which keywords describe research at International Center for Tropical Agriculture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainable Agriculture, Social Networks, Rural Development, Adaptation and Food Security.

▲ 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 Change25▲ 8.3×40 topics
  2. Sustainability22▲ 7.9×30 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers19▲ 77×4 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture19▲ 53×8 topics
  5. Social Networks15▲ 52×2 topics
  6. Rural Development15▲ 38×9 topics
  7. Adaptation13▲ 42×4 topics
  8. Food Security13▲ 21×13 topics
  9. Technology Adoption13▲ 66×2 topics
  10. Agricultural Innovation12▲ 255×1 topic
  11. Livelihood Diversification12▲ 377×1 topic
  12. Vulnerability10▲ 38×4 topics
  13. Agriculture9▲ 20×5 topics
  14. Environmental Impact8▲ 4.5×16 topics
  15. Global Warming8▲ 17×7 topics
  16. Water Management6▲ 46×4 topics
  17. Agroecology6▲ 35×3 topics
  18. Livestock Farming5▲ 76×3 topics
  19. Crop Production5▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Extreme Weather5▲ 159×1 topic
  21. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Ecosystem Services5▲ 12×9 topics
  23. Drought Tolerance4▲ 28×6 topics
  24. Greenhouse Gas Emissions4▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Agricultural Sustainability4▲ 33×3 topics
  26. Health Effects4▲ 5.9×3 topics
  27. Agricultural Development4▲ 21×4 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity4▲ 7.6×7 topics
  29. Social Capital4▲ 6.3×6 topics
  30. Diversity4▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Work Organization4▲ 76×1 topic
  32. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Child Development3▲ 7.3×1 topic
  34. Climate Resilience3▲ 50×2 topics
  35. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Livelihoods3▲ 84×2 topics
  37. Livestock Production3▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Nitrogen Fixation3▲ 41×2 topics
  39. Pastoralists3▲ 106×1 topic
  40. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 106×1 topic

Which research topics does International Center for Tropical Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Climate change impacts on agriculture, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Agricultural Innovations…12Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 12 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…5Climate change impacts on agriculture: 5 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…4Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 3 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 3 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 2 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 2 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 2 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNutrition and DieteticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
  2. 2 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  5. 5 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  6. 6 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 3 works
  7. 7 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 3 works
  8. 8 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  10. 10 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 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 available71.8%not open28.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors65.5%domestic only34.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has International Center for Tropical Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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