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Ministry of Agriculture

In research, Ministry of Agriculture stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,171 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,957
of 28,054 · #20,666 all time
Rank in Latvia
#11
of 33
Research works
472
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.7k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
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
Life SciencesDomain #6,171 of 7,800 27.2%76 #9343

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 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 52.2 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: 9.64× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.96× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.36× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.12× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.68× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 6.68× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.02× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× 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, 9.6×. 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: Gut Microbiota, Environmental Impact, Toxicity, Microbiota, Dietary Fiber, Nutrition, Biological Control and Heat Stress.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact11▲ 5.5×13 topics
  2. Gut Microbiota10▲ 25×6 topics
  3. Microbiota7▲ 29×5 topics
  4. Toxicity7▲ 15×11 topics
  5. Dietary Fiber6▲ 50×3 topics
  6. Nutrition6▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Biological Control5▲ 31×9 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.9×19 topics
  9. Antioxidant5▲ 6.6×19 topics
  10. Heat Stress5▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Pollution5▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Probiotics5▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Pesticides5▲ 58×3 topics
  14. Bioremediation4▲ 32×4 topics
  15. Microbial Communities4▲ 9.2×4 topics
  16. Intestinal Barrier4▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Amino Acids4▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Health Benefits4▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Quality4▲ 88×2 topics
  20. Risk Assessment4▲ 5.3×3 topics
  21. Antibiotic Alternatives4▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Factors4▲ 204×1 topic
  23. Poultry Production4▲ 64×1 topic
  24. Rabbit Meat4▲ 204×1 topic
  25. Honey Bees4▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Neonicotinoids4▲ 57×1 topic
  27. Gene Expression4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity4▲ 7.4×11 topics
  29. Herbicides4▲ 88×2 topics
  30. Food Security4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  31. Plant Immunity4▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Degradation3▲ 138×1 topic
  33. Soil Sorption3▲ 138×1 topic
  34. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles3▲ 69×1 topic
  35. Invasive Species3▲ 6.6×9 topics
  36. Jasmonate Signaling3▲ 69×1 topic
  37. Horizontal Gene Transfer3▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Aquatic Environment3▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Antibiotics3▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Metabolic Health3▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health, Insect and Pesticide Research and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies.

Animal Nutrition and Phy…4Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 4 fractional worksRabbits: Nutrition, Repr…4Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health: 4 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Res…4Insect and Pesticide Research: 4 fractional worksPesticide and Herbicide …3Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies: 3 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 3 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…2Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 2 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 2 fractional worksInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 2 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologyInsect SciencePollutionPlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  2. 2 Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  3. 3 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 4 works
  4. 4 Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies Pollution 3 works
  5. 5 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 3 works
  6. 6 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 3 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  9. 9 Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Insect Science 2 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available60.3%not open39.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors75.2%domestic only24.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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