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Ministry of Agriculture and Forests

In research, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,734 of 21,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#13,229 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,650
of 28,054 · #27,636 all time
Rank in Bhutan
#2
of 3
Research works
425
▲ 239% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Agriculture and Forests 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
Physical SciencesDomain #16,734 of 21,541 19.3%133
Life SciencesDomain #13,229 of 14,347 12.7%136

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Agriculture and Forests 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).

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: 5.31× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.24× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.84× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Agriculture and Forests?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation, Population Dynamics, Global Change and Habitat Selection.

▲ 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 Change24▲ 5.7×39 topics
  2. Biodiversity16▲ 14×14 topics
  3. Invasive Species10▲ 14×13 topics
  4. Conservation9▲ 12×9 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 23×5 topics
  6. Sustainability8▲ 1.98×18 topics
  7. Population Dynamics7▲ 18×6 topics
  8. Global Change6▲ 16×3 topics
  9. Education6▲ 2.3×9 topics
  10. Habitat Selection6▲ 51×2 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services6▲ 9.5×7 topics
  12. Animal Movement6▲ 67×1 topic
  13. Occupancy Rates6▲ 67×1 topic
  14. Educational Technology5▲ 2.9×9 topics
  15. Biogeography5▲ 12×7 topics
  16. Conservation Biology5▲ 30×3 topics
  17. Model Evaluation5▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Medicinal Plants4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  19. Curriculum Development4▲ 3.6×7 topics
  20. Teaching Strategies4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  21. Ecological Niche4▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Technology Integration4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  24. Adaptation4▲ 8.0×5 topics
  25. Herbal Medicine4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  26. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Plant-Animal Interactions4▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Pollinator Decline4▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Livelihoods3▲ 61×2 topics
  30. Mobile Learning3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  31. Phylogeny3▲ 14×6 topics
  32. Species Richness3▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Student Engagement3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  34. Ecosystem3▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Biological Invasions3▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Community Ecology3▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Land Use Change3▲ 6.3×3 topics
  38. Pastoralists3▲ 70×1 topic
  39. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Functional Diversity3▲ 33×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and animal studies and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology.

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 6 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksPlant and animal studies4Plant and animal studies: 4 fractional worksRangeland Management and…3Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 2 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology …2Bat Biology and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 2 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 2 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 6 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  4. 4 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  6. 6 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 2 works
  7. 7 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  8. 8 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 2 works
  10. 10 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 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 available75.0%not open25.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.1%domestic only58.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 239% 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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