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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

In research, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,965 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,363 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,293
of 28,054 · #24,756 all time
Rank in Laos
#1
of 6
Research works
984
▲ 127% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 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 #1,965 of 3,409 14.4%100 #3501
Life SciencesDomain #6,363 of 7,800 14.6%128 #11525

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 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 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 99.9 works9.9×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 35.8 works9.6×
← 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: 9.87× its world share, 100 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.51× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.47× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.77× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 3.38× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.91× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry?

Ranked on the composite score, Hideo Ebine, Shinjiro Chikubu and Shinji Matsuura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

  1. 1 Hideo Ebine Laos · #834,032 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Shinjiro Chikubu Laos · #886,769 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Shinji Matsuura Laos · #1,042,788 worldwide 14 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Hideichi TORII Laos · #1,082,247 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Tomotaro Sato Laos · #1,371,203 worldwide 18 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Tokuji Watanabe Laos · #1,382,999 worldwide 20 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 KEIJI UMEDA Laos · #1,537,761 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Nobuzô Tsumura Laos · #1,585,035 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Sanja Bosnić Laos · #1,606,290 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Genetic Diversity, Sustainability, Antioxidants, Phenolic Compounds, Antioxidant Activity and Sustainable Agriculture.

▲ 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 Change29▲ 5.1×60 topics
  2. Sustainability16▲ 3.0×32 topics
  3. Epidemiology14▲ 1.66×37 topics
  4. Biodiversity13▲ 8.0×20 topics
  5. Environmental Impact11▲ 3.0×26 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity10▲ 11×18 topics
  7. Antioxidants10▲ 10×10 topics
  8. Antioxidant Activity9▲ 6.5×19 topics
  9. Phenolic Compounds9▲ 22×6 topics
  10. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 10×11 topics
  11. Invasive Species7▲ 7.3×18 topics
  12. Pathogenesis7▲ 6.1×13 topics
  13. Polyphenols6▲ 17×6 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services6▲ 7.5×8 topics
  15. Antioxidant6▲ 4.2×24 topics
  16. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 9.3×11 topics
  17. Flavonoids6▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Gut Microbiota6▲ 7.7×7 topics
  19. Medicinal Plants6▲ 6.7×14 topics
  20. Agriculture6▲ 6.7×8 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 7.0×11 topics
  22. Genetics6▲ 3.7×9 topics
  23. Bioavailability5▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Food Security5▲ 4.5×15 topics
  25. Biogeography5▲ 9.1×14 topics
  26. Economic Analysis5▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Toxicity5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Activity4▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Biological Control4▲ 14×8 topics
  30. Genetic Characterization4▲ 44×2 topics
  31. Cancer Prevention4▲ 7.6×9 topics
  32. Fatty Acids4▲ 19×5 topics
  33. Vegetation4▲ 19×4 topics
  34. Livestock4▲ 39×3 topics
  35. Drought Tolerance4▲ 13×8 topics
  36. Essential Oils4▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Host Specificity4▲ 16×5 topics
  38. Modified Atmosphere Packaging4▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Natural Products4▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Mode of Action4▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural and Rural Development Research, Insect and Pesticide Research, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

Agricultural and Rural D…3Agricultural and Rural Development Research: 3 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Res…3Insect and Pesticide Research: 3 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 3 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 3 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 2 fractional worksAnimal Disease Managemen…2Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 2 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 2 fractional works
ForestryInsect ScienceBiochemistryAnimal Science and Zoology6 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural and Rural Development Research Forestry 3 works
  2. 2 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 3 works
  3. 3 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 3 works
  4. 4 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 3 works
  5. 5 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 2 works
  6. 6 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  9. 9 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 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 available69.5%not open30.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.6%domestic only47.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 127% 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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