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National Agricultural Library

nal.usda.govROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#29,174
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,251
of 8,685
Research works
167
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

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: 9.20× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.54× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.75× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 2.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.09× 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, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at National Agricultural Library?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Academic Libraries, Educational Technology, Digital Textbooks, E-Books, Sustainability, Plant Immunity, Gene Silencing and Small RNAs.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Academic Libraries15▲ 190×3 topics
  2. Sustainability12▲ 4.1×23 topics
  3. Educational Technology12▲ 10×4 topics
  4. Digital Textbooks11▲ 551×1 topic
  5. E-Books11▲ 551×1 topic
  6. Plant Immunity9▲ 59×2 topics
  7. Gene Silencing8▲ 42×2 topics
  8. Small RNAs8▲ 62×2 topics
  9. Viral RNA Silencing8▲ 111×1 topic
  10. Virus-Host Interactions8▲ 111×1 topic
  11. Climate Change8▲ 1.73×26 topics
  12. Biological Control7▲ 25×7 topics
  13. Ethical Considerations6▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Horizontal Gene Transfer6▲ 66×2 topics
  15. Fungal Symbiosis6▲ 241×1 topic
  16. Mycoviruses6▲ 241×1 topic
  17. Genomics5▲ 8.7×5 topics
  18. Education5▲ 2.3×9 topics
  19. Biodiversity4▲ 3.5×14 topics
  20. Social Media4▲ 3.2×6 topics
  21. Big Data4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  22. Digital Repositories4▲ 92×2 topics
  23. Drought Tolerance4▲ 16×6 topics
  24. Ecology4▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Genetic Mapping4▲ 23×4 topics
  26. Diversity4▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Conservation4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  28. Data Citation4▲ 60×2 topics
  29. Host Specificity4▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Data Sharing3▲ 97×1 topic
  31. Scientific Data Management3▲ 125×1 topic
  32. Dietetics3▲ 220×1 topic
  33. Nutrition Care Process3▲ 220×1 topic
  34. Rural Development3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  35. Technology Integration3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  36. Workflow Management3▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Biotechnology3▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria3▲ 75×1 topic
  39. Type III Secretion System3▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Bioinformatics3▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does National Agricultural Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Virus Research Studies, Plant and Fungal Interactions Research, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies and Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing.

Plant Virus Research Stu…1Plant Virus Research Studies: 1 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Interactions Research: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies: 1 fractional worksSugarcane Cultivation and Processing: 0 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 0 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…0Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 0 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 0 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 0 fractional worksPlant Disease Resistance and Genetics: 0 fractional works
Plant ScienceEndocrinologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 1 works
  2. 2 Plant and Fungal Interactions Research Endocrinology 1 works
  3. 3 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Science 1 works
  4. 4 Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing Plant Science 0 works
  5. 5 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 0 works
  6. 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  10. 10 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 0 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 available28.3%not open71.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Agricultural Library's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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