Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Funder · Santiago de Cali · Colombia

International Center for Tropical Agriculture

In research, International Center for Tropical Agriculture stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#211 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,425 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 15.6× its share of world research.

alliancebioversityciat.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#6,037
of 28,054 · #6,302 all time
Rank in Colombia
#15
of 173
Research works
1.8k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
80k
43.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #211 of 3,409 44.9%90 #211
Life SciencesDomain #2,425 of 7,800 43.6%97 #2533

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: Plant Science takes 15.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 45.2 works16×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 90.2 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: 11.44× its world share, 90 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.58× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.84× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Christophe Béné, Andy Jarvis and César Cardona lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Center for Tropical Agriculture.

  1. 1 Christophe Béné Colombia · #15,197 worldwide 507 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Andy Jarvis Colombia · #18,174 worldwide 3k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 César Cardona Colombia · #37,757 worldwide 466 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Manabu Ishitani Colombia · #55,546 worldwide 473 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Julián Ramírez-Villegas Colombia · #87,986 worldwide 230 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Peter Läderach Colombia · #100,169 worldwide 261 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Edmundo Barrios Colombia · #115,455 worldwide 241 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Matthew W. Blair Colombia · #129,927 worldwide 204 citations · 54 works
  9. 9 Hernán Ceballos Colombia · #136,236 worldwide 176 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Richard J. Thomas Colombia · #185,125 worldwide 191 citations · 33 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, Environmental Impact, Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security, Ecosystem Services, Drought Tolerance and Health Effects.

▲ 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 Change28▲ 6.2×54 topics
  2. Sustainability21▲ 5.1×32 topics
  3. Environmental Impact18▲ 6.3×18 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture13▲ 25×9 topics
  5. Food Security12▲ 13×16 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services9▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Drought Tolerance9▲ 37×7 topics
  8. Greenhouse Gas Emissions9▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Health Effects9▲ 8.7×7 topics
  10. Biodiversity8▲ 6.9×17 topics
  11. Smallholder Farmers8▲ 23×4 topics
  12. Adaptation8▲ 17×4 topics
  13. Agriculture8▲ 11×10 topics
  14. Livestock Production7▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation7▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Food Systems6▲ 87×1 topic
  17. Genetic Diversity6▲ 8.8×9 topics
  18. Sustainable Diets6▲ 87×1 topic
  19. Soil Fertility6▲ 17×6 topics
  20. Agroecology6▲ 26×4 topics
  21. Rural Development6▲ 11×9 topics
  22. Agroforestry6▲ 55×2 topics
  23. Genetics6▲ 5.2×5 topics
  24. Genomic Sequencing6▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Livestock Farming6▲ 57×2 topics
  26. Quantitative Trait Loci6▲ 63×3 topics
  27. Cassava6▲ 183×1 topic
  28. Cyanogenic Glycosides6▲ 183×1 topic
  29. Drought Resistance6▲ 35×3 topics
  30. Metabolic Pathways6▲ 66×2 topics
  31. Genome Analysis5▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Vulnerability5▲ 13×6 topics
  33. Agricultural Sustainability4▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Climate Change Resilience4▲ 47×2 topics
  35. Plant Nutrition4▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Social Networks4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  37. Water Management4▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Molecular Markers4▲ 66×2 topics
  39. QTL Mapping4▲ 21×6 topics
  40. Resistance4▲ 24×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Cassava research and cyanide, Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems and Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms.

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 6 fractional worksCassava research and cyanide: 6 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 4 fractional worksPlant pathogens and resistance mechanisms: 4 fractional worksPlant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects: 4 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 3 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and R…3Banana Cultivation and Research: 3 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 3 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 3 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…3Climate change impacts on agriculture: 3 fractional works
EcologyPlant ScienceForestryEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 6 works
  2. 2 Cassava research and cyanide Plant Science 6 works
  3. 3 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 4 works
  4. 4 Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms Plant Science 4 works
  5. 5 Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects Plant Science 4 works
  6. 6 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  7. 7 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 3 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.0%domestic only51.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Santiago de Cali

All research institutions in Santiago de Cali

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.