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International Fund for Agricultural Development

In research, International Fund for Agricultural Development stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,326 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,292
of 22,385 · #21,356 all time
Rank in Italy
#406
of 475
Research works
276
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
47%
world 18%
International Fund for Agricultural Development

What is International Fund for Agricultural Development known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #9,326 of 14,833 8.4%134

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Fund for Agricultural Development 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does International Fund for Agricultural Development work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at International Fund for Agricultural Development is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (15%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 26 fractional works · 37.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 7.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 28.6% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 14.8% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 12.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 11.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 23.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 21.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInternationalFund for…69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences37%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1318.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance69.0%
    3. Decision Sciences45.1%
    4. Psychology11.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.4%
    1. Medicine1014.8%
    2. Health Professions812.1%
    3. Nursing11.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1521.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Environmental Science57.7%
    2. Energy00.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    4. Computer Science00.6%
    5. Engineering00.4%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 4.50× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.56× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.61× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 3.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.30× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.21× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.30×4 works
  2. Health Professions4.61×8 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.50×15 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.21×6 works
  5. Nursing3.45×1 works
  6. Environmental Science1.56×5 works
  7. Social Sciences1.44×13 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.37×0 works
  9. Energy0.79×0 works
  10. Medicine0.77×10 works
  11. Psychology0.60×1 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.50×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.34×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.07×0 works
  19. Engineering0.03×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at International Fund for Agricultural Development?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul Winters, Aslıhan Arslan and Vibhuti Mendiratta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Fund for Agricultural Development.

  1. 1 Paul Winters Italy · #84,618 worldwide 10k citations · 367 works
  2. 2 Aslıhan Arslan Italy · #201,395 worldwide 2k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Vibhuti Mendiratta Italy · #793,367 worldwide 618 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Adriana Paolantonio Italy · #1,026,266 worldwide 405 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Marup Hossain Italy · #1,367,206 worldwide 214 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Tisorn Songsermsawas Italy · #1,546,448 worldwide 136 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Lauren M. Phillips Italy · #1,747,448 worldwide 369 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Julian Higuera-Florez Italy · #1,842,928 worldwide 1 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Fabrizio Bresciani Italy · #2,283,035 worldwide 858 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Nadim Khouri Italy · #2,796,223 worldwide 175 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at International Fund for Agricultural Development

What are the most cited papers from International Fund for Agricultural Development?

The most cited paper from International Fund for Agricultural Development is "The future of farming: Who will produce our food?" (K.E. Giller, Thomas Delaune, ‪João Vasco Silva et al., 2021), with 649 citations. Next come "Urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG 13): transforming agriculture and food systems" (380) and "Food systems for sustainable development: proposals for a profound four-part transformation" (345).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The future of farming: Who will produce our food? K.E. Giller, Thomas Delaune, ‪João Vasco Silva et al. · Food Security Open access 3 Sep 2021 649
2 Urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG 13): transforming agriculture and food systems Bruce Campbell, James Hansen, Janie Rioux et al. · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ReviewOpen access 14 Aug 2018 380
3 Food systems for sustainable development: proposals for a profound four-part transformation Patrick Caron et al. · Agronomy for Sustainable Development Open access Aug 2018 345
4 Microfinance and Poverty—A Macro Perspective Katsushi S. Imai, Raghav Gaiha, Ganesh Bahadur Thapa et al. · World Development 11 May 2012 214
5 Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies Caroline Mwongera, Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku, Jennifer Twyman et al. · Agricultural Systems Open access 18 Jun 2016 201
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Which keywords describe research at International Fund for Agricultural Development?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Networks, Climate Change, Economic Growth, Health Outcomes, Smallholder Farmers, Chronic Disease, Vulnerability 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-now 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 Change8▲ 4.5×36 topics
  2. Social Networks7▲ 36×3 topics
  3. Sustainability6▲ 3.6×21 topics
  4. Economic Growth6▲ 10×6 topics
  5. Health Outcomes5▲ 29×3 topics
  6. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 37×4 topics
  7. Chronic Disease5▲ 44×3 topics
  8. Globalization5▲ 3.7×11 topics
  9. Vulnerability5▲ 31×6 topics
  10. Food Security5▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Ageing Population4▲ 164×1 topic
  13. Agriculture4▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Health Care Expenditure4▲ 164×1 topic
  15. Poverty Reduction4▲ 44×3 topics
  16. Poverty4▲ 56×3 topics
  17. Public Health4▲ 3.4×11 topics
  18. Rural Development4▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Gender Inequality3▲ 35×4 topics
  20. Insurance3▲ 65×1 topic
  21. Risk Management3▲ 10×1 topic
  22. Health Care Utilization3▲ 44×3 topics
  23. Agricultural Innovation3▲ 99×2 topics
  24. Primary Care3▲ 12×4 topics
  25. COVID-193▲ 3.4×5 topics
  26. Complexity Theory3▲ 71×3 topics
  27. Livelihood Diversification3▲ 132×1 topic
  28. Technology Adoption3▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Economic Development3▲ 5.0×4 topics
  30. Mortality3▲ 7.2×4 topics
  31. Agroecology3▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Health Care Spending3▲ 97×1 topic
  33. Insurance Markets3▲ 97×1 topic
  34. Social Capital3▲ 7.2×4 topics
  35. Concept Mapping2▲ 96×1 topic
  36. Theory-Based Evaluation2▲ 207×1 topic
  37. Gender Equality2▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Adaptation2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  39. Emergency Department Visits2▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Surgery2▲ 8.3×1 topic

Which research topics does International Fund for Agricultural Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Health Care Issues, Agricultural risk and resilience, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Healthcare Policy and Management.

Global Health Care Issues: 4 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…3Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…3Healthcare Policy and Management: 3 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…2Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSoil ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 4 works
  2. 2 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 3 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  9. 9 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.1%domestic only52.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has International Fund for Agricultural Development's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is International Fund for Agricultural Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%International Fund for Agricultural Development0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of International Fund for Agricultural Development over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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