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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

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World rank, all time
#25,862
of 42,892
Rank in Kenya
#55
of 98
Research works
120
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
40.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
49.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

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: 13.33× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 5.94× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.95× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.47× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.66× 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, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics?

Ranked on the composite score, K. P. C. Rao, Alastair Orr and S. N. Silim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.

  1. 1 K. P. C. Rao Kenya · #280,218 worldwide 196 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Alastair Orr Kenya · #419,647 worldwide 72 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 S. N. Silim Kenya · #622,763 worldwide 79 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Moses Siambi Kenya · #1,277,434 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Which keywords describe research at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Drought Tolerance, Breeding, Smallholder Farmers, Social Networks, Marker Development, Nutritional Quality and Rural Development.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Agriculture22▲ 68×9 topics
  2. Drought Tolerance21▲ 123×7 topics
  3. Breeding18▲ 209×5 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers16▲ 99×5 topics
  5. Social Networks16▲ 65×2 topics
  6. Climate Change15▲ 4.8×29 topics
  7. Marker Development14▲ 245×3 topics
  8. Sustainability14▲ 6.7×15 topics
  9. Nutritional Quality14▲ 220×3 topics
  10. Rural Development14▲ 37×5 topics
  11. Agricultural Innovation12▲ 347×1 topic
  12. Livelihood Diversification12▲ 466×1 topic
  13. Food Security11▲ 23×9 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity11▲ 19×12 topics
  15. Genomics10▲ 24×4 topics
  16. Agriculture10▲ 31×4 topics
  17. Genetics9▲ 10×4 topics
  18. Vulnerability9▲ 47×2 topics
  19. Genetic Improvement9▲ 88×4 topics
  20. QTL Mapping8▲ 59×6 topics
  21. Adaptation8▲ 22×4 topics
  22. Agricultural Sustainability7▲ 63×4 topics
  23. Climate Resilience7▲ 134×2 topics
  24. Cowpea7▲ 283×1 topic
  25. Crop Wild Relatives7▲ 539×1 topic
  26. Legume Crop7▲ 283×1 topic
  27. Legume Crops7▲ 539×1 topic
  28. Water Management6▲ 53×2 topics
  29. Global Warming6▲ 14×5 topics
  30. Marker-Assisted Selection5▲ 45×3 topics
  31. Nitrogen Fixation5▲ 52×2 topics
  32. Soil Carbon Sequestration5▲ 61×2 topics
  33. Crop Production5▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Extreme Weather5▲ 218×1 topic
  35. Biomass Production4▲ 193×2 topics
  36. Crop Improvement4▲ 60×2 topics
  37. Insurance4▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Risk Management4▲ 9.9×1 topic
  39. Bioenergy Crops4▲ 221×1 topic
  40. Switchgrass4▲ 221×1 topic

Which research topics does International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agricultural risk and resilience, Genetics and Plant Breeding and Economic and Environmental Valuation.

Agricultural Innovations…2Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 2 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 1 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Environmental Valuation: 1 fractional worksGenetic and Environmental Crop Studies: 1 fractional worksBioenergy crop production and management: 1 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Dive…0Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 0 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 0 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 0 fractional worksPeanut Plant Research Studies: 0 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSoil SciencePlant ScienceEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  2. 2 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 1 works
  3. 3 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 1 works
  4. 4 Economic and Environmental Valuation Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies Plant Science 1 works
  6. 6 Bioenergy crop production and management Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  7. 7 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 0 works
  8. 8 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  10. 10 Peanut Plant Research Studies Plant Science 0 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 available65.7%not open34.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors69.1%domestic only30.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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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