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Kerala Agricultural University

In research, Kerala Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#435 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#515 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,070 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Plant Science and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Soil Science is 22.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,168
of 28,054 · #10,558 all time
Rank in India
#435
of 1,840
Research works
3.1k
▲ 149% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Kerala Agricultural University 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 #435 of 3,409 7.3%785 #691
Plant ScienceSubfield #515 of 1,395 9.3%409 #1278
Life SciencesDomain #3,070 of 7,800 7.5%923 #4710
Environmental ScienceField #1,902 of 3,551 17.6%88 #3367
Physical SciencesDomain #8,126 of 12,888 11.6%201 #15512
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield #207 of 247 2.4%86 #333
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,011 of 3,579 9.2%120 #6327
Soil ScienceSubfield #117 of 139 2.0%83 #364
Health SciencesDomain #11,120 of 11,982 6.8%68 #19421
Social SciencesDomain #9,893 of 10,521 7.6%71 #13364

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kerala Agricultural University 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#691 #435
  2. Plant Science#1,278 #515
  3. Life Sciences#4,710 #3,070
  4. Environmental Science#3,367 #1,902
  5. Physical Sciences#15,512 #8,126
  6. General Agricultural and Biological Sciences#333 #207
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#6,327 #3,011
  8. Soil Science#364 #117
  9. Health Sciences#19,421 #11,120
  10. Social Sciences#13,364 #9,893
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 Kerala Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 22.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 83.1 works22×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 409.5 works19×
  3. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 85.9 works15×
  4. Insect ScienceSubfield · 49.2 works14×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 785.0 works13×
  6. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 32.0 works11×
  7. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 49.6 works8.4×
← 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: 13.09× its world share, 785 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.78× its world share, 120 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.05× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 88 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 2.99× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kerala Agricultural University?

Ranked on the composite score, B. Mohan Kumar, C. Thamban and P. A. Wahid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kerala Agricultural University.

  1. 1 B. Mohan Kumar India · #68,998 worldwide 340 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 C. Thamban India · #669,964 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 P. A. Wahid India · #750,229 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 K. N. Anith India · #839,594 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 K. M. Sreekumar India · #970,216 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 P. Nazeem India · #985,813 worldwide 19 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Meera V. Menon India · #1,061,158 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 K. D. Prathapan India · #1,103,146 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Deepu Mathew India · #1,138,355 worldwide 17 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 K. V. Peter India · #1,147,919 worldwide 18 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Kerala Agricultural University

Which keywords describe research at Kerala Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Security, Climate Change, Sustainability, India, Agriculture, Drought Tolerance, Antioxidant and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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 Change153▲ 4.5×62 topics
  2. Sustainability127▲ 4.1×38 topics
  3. Food Security122▲ 18×18 topics
  4. India92▲ 101×3 topics
  5. Agriculture84▲ 17×8 topics
  6. Drought Tolerance76▲ 42×9 topics
  7. Antioxidant73▲ 8.4×37 topics
  8. Genetic Diversity72▲ 13×18 topics
  9. Development72▲ 16×6 topics
  10. Sustainable Agriculture71▲ 18×12 topics
  11. Policy69▲ 25×4 topics
  12. Technology65▲ 9.8×2 topics
  13. Production65▲ 61×2 topics
  14. Economic Analysis65▲ 34×3 topics
  15. Soil Fertility64▲ 23×8 topics
  16. Plant Growth58▲ 42×6 topics
  17. QTL Mapping56▲ 38×6 topics
  18. Genetics51▲ 5.8×7 topics
  19. Breeding49▲ 51×5 topics
  20. Nutritional Quality47▲ 49×4 topics
  21. Biodiversity46▲ 4.9×23 topics
  22. Nutrient Uptake46▲ 53×3 topics
  23. Agricultural Practices45▲ 92×4 topics
  24. Antioxidant Activity45▲ 5.6×24 topics
  25. Water Management44▲ 29×4 topics
  26. Crop Productivity42▲ 49×3 topics
  27. Drought Resistance42▲ 34×3 topics
  28. Domestication41▲ 63×3 topics
  29. Ecosystem Services39▲ 8.0×9 topics
  30. Biological Control39▲ 20×10 topics
  31. Rice36▲ 51×2 topics
  32. Yield Potential36▲ 51×2 topics
  33. Aerobic Rice Systems36▲ 80×1 topic
  34. Root Traits36▲ 80×1 topic
  35. Environmental Sustainability36▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Biofertilizers35▲ 66×3 topics
  37. Integrated Nutrient Management34▲ 123×1 topic
  38. Organic Manure34▲ 123×1 topic
  39. Rhizosphere Interactions34▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Plant Immunity32▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Kerala Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Economics and Practices, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Agricultural Science and Fertilization and Banana Cultivation and Research.

Agricultural Economics a…65Agricultural Economics and Practices: 65 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 36 fractional worksAgricultural Science and…34Agricultural Science and Fertilization: 34 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and R…28Banana Cultivation and Research: 28 fractional worksSocial and Economic Development in India: 24 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 21 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…19Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 19 fractional worksAgricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 19 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 18 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 15 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceSoil ScienceSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 65 works
  2. 2 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 36 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 34 works
  4. 4 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 28 works
  5. 5 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  6. 6 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 21 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 19 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 19 works
  9. 9 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 18 works
  10. 10 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 15 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 available63.4%not open36.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.0%domestic only95.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kerala Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 149% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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