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Lethbridge Research and Development Centre

In research, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,439 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#8,652 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 11.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,998
of 28,054 · #17,134 all time
Rank in ??
#356
of 692
Research works
493
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
29.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Lethbridge Research and Development Centre 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,439 of 6,031 29.7%292
Life SciencesDomain #8,652 of 14,347 30.0%366

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lethbridge Research and Development Centre 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 Lethbridge Research and Development Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 40.8 works12×
← 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: 11.87× its world share, 41 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.68× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.68× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 2.87× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 18.97× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 19.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Lethbridge Research and Development Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Microbial Community, Methane Production, Ruminant Nutrition, Climate Change, Gut Microbiota, Genetics, Genome Sequencing and QTL Mapping.

▲ 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 Change8▲ 3.9×28 topics
  2. Microbial Community7▲ 127×3 topics
  3. Methane Production7▲ 330×1 topic
  4. Ruminant Nutrition7▲ 330×1 topic
  5. Gut Microbiota4▲ 17×6 topics
  6. Genetics4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  7. Genome Sequencing4▲ 37×5 topics
  8. Environmental Impact4▲ 3.1×9 topics
  9. Microbial Communities4▲ 12×4 topics
  10. QTL Mapping4▲ 45×3 topics
  11. Crop Improvement4▲ 103×2 topics
  12. Genetic Improvement4▲ 55×4 topics
  13. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 16×10 topics
  14. Breeding3▲ 62×3 topics
  15. Disease Resistance3▲ 91×3 topics
  16. Genomic Diversity3▲ 125×1 topic
  17. Wheat3▲ 210×1 topic
  18. Health Effects2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  19. Probiotics2▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Biological Control2▲ 22×6 topics
  21. Nitrogen Fixation2▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Risk Assessment2▲ 4.6×3 topics
  23. Agricultural Intensification2▲ 87×2 topics
  24. Invasive Species2▲ 7.1×8 topics
  25. Soil Carbon Sequestration2▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Weed Control2▲ 110×2 topics
  27. Plant Physiology2▲ 66×2 topics
  28. Crop Losses2▲ 218×1 topic
  29. Herbicide Resistance2▲ 218×1 topic
  30. Metabolic Health2▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Crop Management2▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Energy Balance2▲ 46×2 topics
  33. Metagenomic Analysis2▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Short-Chain Fatty Acids2▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Soil Fertility2▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 19×4 topics
  37. Maize Yield2▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Nitrogen Uptake2▲ 61×1 topic
  39. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 8.3×6 topics
  40. Livestock Production2▲ 25×3 topics

Which research topics does Lethbridge Research and Development Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Weed Control and Herbicide Applications and Gut microbiota and health.

Ruminant Nutrition and D…7Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 7 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetic…3Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 3 fractional worksWeed Control and Herbici…2Weed Control and Herbicide Applications: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 2 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 2 fractional worksPlant and fungal interactions: 2 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 1 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 1 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 1 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop SciencePlant ScienceMolecular BiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 7 works
  2. 2 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 3 works
  3. 3 Weed Control and Herbicide Applications Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  6. 6 Plant and fungal interactions Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  7. 7 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  8. 8 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 1 works
  10. 10 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 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 available44.0%not open56.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lethbridge Research and Development Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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.

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.