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Ministry of Agriculture

In research, Ministry of Agriculture stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#851 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,103 of 7,800 worldwide) and Plant Science (#608 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 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,036
of 28,054 · #13,793 all time
Rank in Tunisia
#9
of 59
Research works
629
▲ 112% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
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 #851 of 3,409 38.4%115 #2228
Life SciencesDomain #3,103 of 7,800 32.1%184 #6638
Plant ScienceSubfield #608 of 1,395 42.2%64 #1473
Physical SciencesDomain #6,640 of 12,888 32.0%84 #14644

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#2,228 #851
  2. Life Sciences#6,638 #3,103
  3. Plant Science#1,473 #608
  4. Physical Sciences#14,644 #6,640
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 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 63.7 works12×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 115.4 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: 8.17× its world share, 115 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.47× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.76× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.31× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.47× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 2.01× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.50× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 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: Climate Change, Gene Expression, Oxidative Stress, Microbial Communities, Metabolism, Soil Fertility, Genetic Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning.

▲ 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 Change24▲ 3.0×42 topics
  2. Gene Expression15▲ 8.1×15 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress14▲ 3.0×27 topics
  4. Environmental Impact13▲ 2.5×24 topics
  5. Metabolism10▲ 6.2×13 topics
  6. Microbial Communities9▲ 7.3×8 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity9▲ 6.6×15 topics
  8. Soil Fertility8▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Antioxidants7▲ 5.5×7 topics
  10. Ecosystem Functioning7▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Biological Control7▲ 16×9 topics
  12. Genetic Regulation7▲ 15×4 topics
  13. Drought Resistance7▲ 25×3 topics
  14. QTL Mapping7▲ 20×6 topics
  15. Phosphorus7▲ 27×3 topics
  16. Soil Carbon Sequestration7▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Rhizosphere Interactions7▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Nutrient Limitation7▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Transcription Factors7▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Reactive Oxygen Species7▲ 5.5×9 topics
  21. Waste Management7▲ 5.5×6 topics
  22. Plant Immunity7▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Plant Development6▲ 35×3 topics
  24. Toxicity6▲ 4.9×11 topics
  25. Biochar Application6▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Epigenetic Regulation6▲ 9.8×5 topics
  27. Genetic Improvement6▲ 23×4 topics
  28. Nitrogen Cycle6▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Genome Sequencing6▲ 14×8 topics
  30. Nitrate6▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Pattern Recognition Receptors6▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Pollution6▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Signal Transduction6▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Microbiome6▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Nitrogen5▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Root Architecture5▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Root Exudates5▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Microbial Pathogens5▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Systemic Acquired Resistance5▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Abiotic Stress5▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…6Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 6 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake an…5Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 5 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…5Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 5 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…5Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 5 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 4 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 4 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …3Plant Molecular Biology Research: 3 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Genetics: 3 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 3 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing S…3Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 3 fractional works
Soil SciencePlant ScienceInsect ScienceAgronomy and Crop Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 6 works
  2. 2 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 5 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 5 works
  4. 4 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 5 works
  5. 5 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 4 works
  6. 6 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  7. 7 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 3 works
  10. 10 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 3 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 available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors87.2%domestic only12.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 112% 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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