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Ministry of Agriculture

In research, Ministry of Agriculture stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,350 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,779 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,138
of 28,054 · #16,799 all time
Rank in Botswana
#3
of 8
Research works
455
▲ 88% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.9k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
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 #1,350 of 3,409 34.8%67 #2209
Life SciencesDomain #3,779 of 7,800 30.4%100 #7133

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).

What does Ministry of Agriculture specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 67.0 works8.4×
← 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: 8.36× its world share, 67 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.34× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.75× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.11× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 2.00× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.4×. 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, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Gut Microbiota, Nutrition, Microbial Communities, Waste Management and Fatty Acids.

▲ 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. Aquaculture17▲ 39×7 topics
  2. Climate Change17▲ 3.7×40 topics
  3. Environmental Impact14▲ 4.7×16 topics
  4. Gut Microbiota10▲ 16×6 topics
  5. Nutrition9▲ 12×3 topics
  6. Microbial Communities9▲ 12×8 topics
  7. Fatty Acids8▲ 45×3 topics
  8. Waste Management8▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Fish Feed8▲ 88×1 topic
  10. Sustainable Feeds8▲ 88×1 topic
  11. Pollution8▲ 23×3 topics
  12. Soil Fertility8▲ 20×6 topics
  13. Probiotics7▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Recycling7▲ 10×3 topics
  15. Toxicity7▲ 9.2×11 topics
  16. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Innate Immunity6▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Food Security6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  20. Soil Carbon Sequestration6▲ 46×2 topics
  21. Fish Immunology6▲ 75×1 topic
  22. Marine Environment6▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Stress Response6▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Viral Diseases6▲ 52×2 topics
  25. Nutrient Limitation6▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Biochar Application5▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Nitrogen Cycle5▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Genetic Diversity5▲ 7.0×14 topics
  29. Gene Expression5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  30. Microplastics5▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Terrestrial Ecosystems5▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Biodiversity5▲ 3.9×15 topics
  33. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 8.7×10 topics
  34. Heavy Metals4▲ 10×6 topics
  35. Metabolism4▲ 4.6×11 topics
  36. Genetic Improvement4▲ 23×4 topics
  37. Biological Control4▲ 14×6 topics
  38. Nitrogen Fixation3▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Bioavailability3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  40. QTL Mapping3▲ 15×6 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

Aquaculture Nutrition an…8Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 8 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 6 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 5 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…5Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 5 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 2 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 2 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 2 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 2 fractional worksStudy of Mite Species: 2 fractional worksInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms: 2 fractional works
Aquatic ScienceImmunologySoil SciencePollution4 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 8 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 6 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 5 works
  4. 4 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 5 works
  5. 5 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  6. 6 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 2 works
  7. 7 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 2 works
  8. 8 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Study of Mite Species Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms Immunology 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 available38.4%not open61.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors79.8%domestic only20.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 88% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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