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Ministry of Agriculture

In research, Ministry of Agriculture stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#417 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#339 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,564 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Soil Science is 16.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,413
of 28,054 · #11,358 all time
Rank in Estonia
#4
of 16
Research works
759
▲ 174% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
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 #417 of 3,409 38.7%196 #1030
Plant ScienceSubfield #339 of 1,395 41.2%111 #944
Life SciencesDomain #2,564 of 7,800 34.5%290 #5519
Physical SciencesDomain #6,928 of 12,888 36.1%89 #12703
Environmental ScienceField #1,968 of 3,551 39.7%61 #3996
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,801 of 3,579 26.0%84 #6393

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#1,030 #417
  2. Plant Science#944 #339
  3. Life Sciences#5,519 #2,564
  4. Physical Sciences#12,703 #6,928
  5. Environmental Science#3,996 #1,968
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#6,393 #2,801
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: Soil Science takes 16.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 20.1 works16×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 111.3 works15×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 196.2 works10×
← 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: 10.01× its world share, 196 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.83× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.96× its world share, 61 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 2.64× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Agriculture?

Ranked on the composite score, Shulin Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Agriculture.

  1. 1 Shulin Wang Estonia · #1,574,474 worldwide 6 citations · 17 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, Gene Expression, Ecosystem Functioning, Transcription Factors, Microbial Communities, Biodiversity, Metabolism and Invasive Species.

▲ 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 Change57▲ 5.1×45 topics
  2. Gene Expression32▲ 13×17 topics
  3. Ecosystem Functioning26▲ 33×5 topics
  4. Biodiversity23▲ 7.4×13 topics
  5. Transcription Factors23▲ 46×5 topics
  6. Microbial Communities22▲ 13×9 topics
  7. Metabolism22▲ 10×19 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress20▲ 3.0×24 topics
  9. Invasive Species19▲ 11×15 topics
  10. Antioxidants18▲ 9.5×8 topics
  11. Soil Fertility17▲ 18×6 topics
  12. Epigenetic Regulation17▲ 19×5 topics
  13. Soil Carbon Sequestration17▲ 55×2 topics
  14. Global Change17▲ 16×6 topics
  15. Biochar Application16▲ 38×1 topic
  16. Nitrogen Cycle16▲ 63×1 topic
  17. Drought Resistance16▲ 39×4 topics
  18. Ecosystem15▲ 33×4 topics
  19. Conservation14▲ 7.9×7 topics
  20. MicroRNA14▲ 28×2 topics
  21. QTL Mapping13▲ 27×5 topics
  22. Development13▲ 9.2×4 topics
  23. Reactive Oxygen Species13▲ 7.8×5 topics
  24. Signal Transduction13▲ 21×5 topics
  25. Auxin13▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Plant13▲ 68×1 topic
  27. Mycorrhizal Fungi13▲ 43×2 topics
  28. Plant Responses12▲ 38×2 topics
  29. Regulation12▲ 5.5×11 topics
  30. Genetic Diversity12▲ 6.4×14 topics
  31. Genetic Regulation12▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Phylogenetic Analysis11▲ 9.0×8 topics
  33. Habitat Fragmentation11▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Abiotic Stress11▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Quantitative Trait Loci11▲ 46×3 topics
  36. Rhizosphere Interactions11▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Genetic Mapping10▲ 32×5 topics
  38. Metabolic Pathways10▲ 49×3 topics
  39. Cancer Prevention10▲ 9.5×9 topics
  40. Salt Tolerance10▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance and Plant Gene Expression Analysis.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 16 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 13 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 10 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 9 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 8 fractional worksPlant and fungal interactions: 8 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake an…7Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 7 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 7 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 7 fractional worksRangeland Management and…7Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 7 fractional works
Soil SciencePlant ScienceMolecular BiologyNature and Landscape Conservation2 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 16 works
  2. 2 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 13 works
  3. 3 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 10 works
  4. 4 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 9 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  6. 6 Plant and fungal interactions Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  7. 7 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 7 works
  8. 8 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 7 works
  9. 9 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 7 works
  10. 10 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 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 available52.7%not open47.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 174% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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