Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Nonprofit · Washington D.C. · United States

International Food Policy Research Institute

In research, International Food Policy Research Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#438 of 3,409 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,853 of 10,521 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,601 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Safety Research — Soil Science is 25.7× its share of world research.

ifpri.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#5,361
of 28,054 · #2,811 all time
Rank in United States
#730
of 4,192
Research works
3.2k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
144k
45.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is International Food Policy Research Institute 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 #438 of 3,409 42.7%117 #85
Social SciencesDomain #2,853 of 10,521 43.7%151 #892
Life SciencesDomain #3,601 of 7,800 43.0%121 #1598
Social SciencesField #3,196 of 6,365 38.1%72 #937
Health SciencesDomain #7,085 of 11,982 30.9%101 #4881
Physical SciencesDomain #8,196 of 12,888 36.5%65 #8084

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Food Policy Research Institute 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#85 #438
  2. Social Sciences#892 #2,853
  3. Life Sciences#1,598 #3,601
  4. Social Sciences#937 #3,196
  5. Health Sciences#4,881 #7,085
  6. Physical Sciences#8,084 #8,196
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does International Food Policy Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 25.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 33.6 works26×
  2. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 44.4 works23×
  3. Safety ResearchSubfield · 23.3 works19×
  4. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 35.5 works19×
  5. NursingField · 35.5 works17×
  6. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 43.0 works6.2×
← 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: 5.63× its world share, 117 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.13× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.31× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 16.58× its world share, 36 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.69× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.31× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 72 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 16.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at International Food Policy Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark W. Rosegrant, Claudia Ringler and Agnes Quisumbing lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Food Policy Research Institute.

  1. 1 Mark W. Rosegrant United States · #7,667 worldwide 636 citations · 87 works
  2. 2 Claudia Ringler United States · #14,723 worldwide 940 citations · 96 works
  3. 3 Agnes Quisumbing United States · #17,080 worldwide 805 citations · 105 works
  4. 4 Peter Hazell United States · #17,752 worldwide 477 citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Marie T. Ruel United States · #20,065 worldwide 561 citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Purnima Menon United States · #37,082 worldwide 357 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Xiaobo Zhang United States · #38,299 worldwide 550 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Harold Alderman United States · #40,482 worldwide 445 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Rob Vos United States · #52,826 worldwide 282 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Shenggen Fan United States · #66,914 worldwide 481 citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at International Food Policy Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at International Food Policy Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Networks, Food Security, Sustainability, Gender Inequality, Climate Change, Agriculture, Vulnerability and Child 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 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. Sustainability52▲ 4.8×34 topics
  2. Climate Change51▲ 4.3×38 topics
  3. Social Networks49▲ 42×5 topics
  4. Food Security44▲ 18×17 topics
  5. Gender Inequality40▲ 66×5 topics
  6. Agriculture38▲ 22×4 topics
  7. Vulnerability37▲ 38×6 topics
  8. Child Development36▲ 20×4 topics
  9. Smallholder Farmers36▲ 37×4 topics
  10. Sustainable Agriculture36▲ 26×9 topics
  11. Poverty Reduction35▲ 61×3 topics
  12. Global Burden of Disease34▲ 31×4 topics
  13. Maternal and Child Undernutrition33▲ 92×1 topic
  14. Water Sanitation Hygiene33▲ 92×1 topic
  15. Rural Development31▲ 20×10 topics
  16. Globalization29▲ 3.4×23 topics
  17. Environmental Impact27▲ 3.6×22 topics
  18. Risk Management27▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Poverty26▲ 64×2 topics
  20. Insurance26▲ 74×2 topics
  21. Household Resilience25▲ 197×1 topic
  22. Weather Shocks25▲ 197×1 topic
  23. Economic Development25▲ 7.0×14 topics
  24. Mental Health24▲ 3.8×12 topics
  25. Economic Growth23▲ 6.2×19 topics
  26. Chronic Disease22▲ 29×3 topics
  27. Conditional Cash Transfers22▲ 137×1 topic
  28. School Subsidies22▲ 137×1 topic
  29. Technology Adoption22▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Agricultural Innovation22▲ 112×1 topic
  31. Livelihood Diversification22▲ 165×1 topic
  32. Health Outcomes21▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Social Determinants20▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Food Insecurity20▲ 78×1 topic
  35. Nutritional Consequences20▲ 94×1 topic
  36. Health Effects18▲ 6.9×10 topics
  37. Adaptation16▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Greenhouse Gas Emissions15▲ 13×7 topics
  39. Political Economy15▲ 13×10 topics
  40. Agroecology14▲ 22×3 topics

Which research topics does International Food Policy Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Agricultural risk and resilience, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Child Nutrition and Water Access: 33 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 25 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …22Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 22 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…22Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 22 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 20 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 12 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainabili…10Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 10 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 10 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 9 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 8 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsSoil ScienceSafety ResearchGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences4 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 33 works
  2. 2 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 25 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 22 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 works
  5. 5 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 20 works
  6. 6 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
  7. 7 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 10 works
  8. 8 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  9. 9 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 8 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 available56.5%not open43.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.1%domestic only66.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has International Food Policy Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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 Washington D.C.

All research institutions in Washington D.C.

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.