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Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute

In research, Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,986 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,206 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 18.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,529
of 28,054 · #25,070 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#24
of 43
Research works
331
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Mikocheni Agricultural 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 #1,986 of 3,409 21.1%66 #2353
Life SciencesDomain #6,206 of 7,800 22.1%74 #10170

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mikocheni Agricultural 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).

What does Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 18.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 32.0 works18×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 66.1 works14×
← 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: 13.88× its world share, 66 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.98× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 2.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.97× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Smallholder Farmers, Food Security, Climate Change, Social Networks, Technology Adoption, Sustainability and Drought Tolerance.

▲ 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. Sustainable Agriculture11▲ 36×10 topics
  2. Smallholder Farmers11▲ 51×6 topics
  3. Climate Change10▲ 3.9×30 topics
  4. Food Security9▲ 16×10 topics
  5. Sustainability9▲ 3.6×14 topics
  6. Environmental Impact7▲ 4.2×16 topics
  7. Social Networks7▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Technology Adoption6▲ 37×3 topics
  9. Drought Tolerance6▲ 42×8 topics
  10. Rural Development6▲ 16×2 topics
  11. Biodiversity5▲ 7.1×6 topics
  12. Agricultural Innovation5▲ 118×1 topic
  13. Livelihood Diversification5▲ 174×1 topic
  14. Genetics5▲ 7.1×5 topics
  15. Genomic Sequencing5▲ 41×2 topics
  16. Metabolic Pathways5▲ 92×2 topics
  17. Cassava5▲ 257×1 topic
  18. Cyanogenic Glycosides5▲ 257×1 topic
  19. Genetic Diversity5▲ 10×10 topics
  20. QTL Mapping5▲ 40×6 topics
  21. Land Use Change4▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Soil Fertility4▲ 18×6 topics
  23. Genomics4▲ 14×8 topics
  24. Genetic Improvement4▲ 42×4 topics
  25. Agriculture4▲ 9.6×6 topics
  26. Conservation4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  27. Breeding4▲ 48×4 topics
  28. Greenhouse Gas Emissions4▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Water Management4▲ 31×3 topics
  30. Rhizosphere Interactions4▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Adaptation4▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Oil Palm Expansion3▲ 184×1 topic
  33. Tropical Agriculture3▲ 184×1 topic
  34. Nitrogen Fixation3▲ 46×2 topics
  35. Agricultural Productivity3▲ 109×1 topic
  36. Drought Resistance3▲ 31×3 topics
  37. Ecosystem Services3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  38. Intercropping3▲ 109×1 topic
  39. Yield Potential3▲ 56×2 topics
  40. Host Specificity3▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Cassava research and cyanide, Oil Palm Production and Sustainability and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems.

Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 5 fractional worksCassava research and cyanide: 5 fractional worksOil Palm Production and …3Oil Palm Production and Sustainability: 3 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and …3Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 3 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 2 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 2 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…2Agricultural pest management studies: 2 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 2 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceEcologyAgronomy and Crop Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 works
  2. 2 Cassava research and cyanide Plant Science 5 works
  3. 3 Oil Palm Production and Sustainability Ecology 3 works
  4. 4 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  5. 5 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 2 works
  6. 6 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  7. 7 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 2 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 2 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 available64.3%not open35.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.7%domestic only48.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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