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Ministry of Agriculture

In research, Ministry of Agriculture stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,703 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,162
of 28,054 · #21,928 all time
Rank in Fiji
#3
of 5
Research works
654
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.4k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
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 #6,703 of 7,800 16.8%71 #10711

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: Plant Science takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 22.3 works12×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 50.6 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: 9.61× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.00× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.31× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 2.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Agriculture?

Ranked on the composite score, Fred. V. Theobald lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Agriculture.

  1. 1 Fred. V. Theobald Fiji · #1,513,171 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Agriculture

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Agriculture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Antioxidant Activity, Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Fertility, Genome Sequencing, QTL Mapping and Gut Microbiota.

▲ 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 Change10▲ 3.5×35 topics
  2. Antioxidant Activity6▲ 8.3×15 topics
  3. Food Security6▲ 9.5×14 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 16×10 topics
  5. Sustainability5▲ 2.0×19 topics
  6. Environmental Impact5▲ 2.6×21 topics
  7. Soil Fertility5▲ 19×6 topics
  8. Remote Sensing4▲ 3.1×11 topics
  9. Genome Sequencing4▲ 23×6 topics
  10. QTL Mapping4▲ 29×5 topics
  11. Genetic Improvement4▲ 36×3 topics
  12. Gut Microbiota4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  13. Metabolism4▲ 6.2×10 topics
  14. Probiotics3▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Agriculture3▲ 7.3×5 topics
  16. Antioxidant3▲ 4.3×17 topics
  17. Crop Production3▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity3▲ 6.3×15 topics
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 9.2×4 topics
  20. Crop Management3▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Genomics3▲ 9.0×9 topics
  22. Aquaculture3▲ 9.7×7 topics
  23. Nutritional Value3▲ 23×4 topics
  24. Plant Nutrition3▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Hydroponics3▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Toxicity3▲ 5.6×7 topics
  27. Water Management3▲ 20×4 topics
  28. Drought Tolerance3▲ 17×7 topics
  29. Fertilizers3▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Nutrition3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  31. Yield Potential3▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Plant Growth2▲ 20×6 topics
  33. Drought Resistance2▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Quality Assessment2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Cancer Prevention2▲ 7.7×7 topics
  36. Horticulture2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Organic Farming2▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Plant Breeding2▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Heat Stress2▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Biomass Estimation2▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Plant Growth and Agricul…2Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques: 2 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…2Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 2 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…2Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…2Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 2 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 2 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetic…1Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 1 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 1 fractional worksDate Palm Research Studies1Date Palm Research Studies: 1 fractional works
Soil ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyAgronomy and Crop ScienceMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques Soil Science 2 works
  2. 2 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  3. 3 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 2 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  9. 9 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Date Palm Research Studies Plant Science 1 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 available53.5%not open46.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.7%domestic only43.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower 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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