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Ministry of Agriculture

In research, Ministry of Agriculture stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#903 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,152 of 7,800 worldwide) and Plant Science (#573 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 13.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,955
of 28,054 · #10,019 all time
Rank in Canada
#86
of 403
Research works
832
▲ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Agriculture 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 #903 of 3,409 36.5%140 #1365
Life SciencesDomain #2,152 of 7,800 30.7%244 #4253
Plant ScienceSubfield #573 of 1,395 39.6%83 #1203
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,088 of 3,579 24.2%77 #4426
Physical SciencesDomain #8,287 of 12,888 26.3%71 #15288

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Agriculture 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#1,365 #903
  2. Life Sciences#4,253 #2,152
  3. Plant Science#1,203 #573
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,426 #2,088
  5. Physical Sciences#15,288 #8,287
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 Ministry of Agriculture specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 13.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 82.7 works13×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 140.0 works8.2×
← 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: 8.23× its world share, 140 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.05× its world share, 77 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.07× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.38× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 11 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 3.67× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial 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: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Agriculture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aquaculture, Gene Expression, Gut Microbiota, Antioxidants, Genetic Diversity, Genomics, Drought Tolerance 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 Change21▲ 2.2×37 topics
  2. Aquaculture19▲ 20×8 topics
  3. Epidemiology19▲ 1.31×42 topics
  4. Gene Expression19▲ 8.6×17 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress16▲ 2.7×35 topics
  6. Gut Microbiota13▲ 11×7 topics
  7. Antioxidants13▲ 8.1×11 topics
  8. Genetic Diversity13▲ 8.2×19 topics
  9. Genomics12▲ 12×10 topics
  10. Drought Tolerance12▲ 23×7 topics
  11. QTL Mapping11▲ 27×6 topics
  12. Transcription Factors11▲ 25×4 topics
  13. Genetic Mapping11▲ 38×6 topics
  14. Innate Immunity11▲ 9.4×8 topics
  15. Genetics11▲ 4.3×8 topics
  16. Genetic Regulation10▲ 17×5 topics
  17. Metabolism10▲ 5.5×21 topics
  18. Antioxidant Activity10▲ 4.4×18 topics
  19. Fatty Acids10▲ 27×5 topics
  20. Genome Sequencing10▲ 18×9 topics
  21. Pathogenesis10▲ 5.4×11 topics
  22. Probiotics10▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Nutrition9▲ 5.8×7 topics
  24. Immune Response9▲ 4.5×14 topics
  25. Epigenetic Regulation9▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Vaccine9▲ 6.2×8 topics
  27. Health Benefits8▲ 7.0×9 topics
  28. Reactive Oxygen Species8▲ 5.7×10 topics
  29. Stress Response8▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Plant Immunity8▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Drought Resistance8▲ 23×4 topics
  32. Modified Atmosphere Packaging8▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Cytokines8▲ 7.4×2 topics
  34. Genomic Sequencing7▲ 17×5 topics
  35. Polyphenols7▲ 12×6 topics
  36. Fish Immunology7▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Omega-3 Fatty Acids7▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Pattern Recognition Receptors7▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Viral Diseases7▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Marker-Assisted Selection7▲ 25×3 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Plant Molecular Biology Research and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Aquaculture disease mana…7Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 7 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition an…7Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 7 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 5 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 5 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 5 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 4 fractional worksPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management: 4 fractional worksPhysiological and bioche…4Physiological and biochemical adaptations: 4 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 4 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 4 fractional works
ImmunologyAquatic SciencePlant ScienceMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 7 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 7 works
  3. 3 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 5 works
  4. 4 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 5 works
  5. 5 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 5 works
  6. 6 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Physiological and biochemical adaptations Ecology 4 works
  9. 9 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  10. 10 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 4 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors86.5%domestic only13.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% 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.