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National Agricultural Research Organisation

In research, National Agricultural Research Organisation stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,859 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,067 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 13.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,976
of 28,054 · #20,793 all time
Rank in Uganda
#15
of 33
Research works
868
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is National Agricultural Research Organisation 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 #1,859 of 3,409 17.9%92 #1949
Life SciencesDomain #6,067 of 7,800 17.9%109 #8851

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Agricultural Research Organisation 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 National Agricultural Research Organisation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 13.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 39.8 works13×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 91.7 works11×
← 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: 11.39× its world share, 92 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.90× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.45× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Agricultural Research Organisation?

Ranked on the composite score, E. Karamura, Wilberforce Tushemereirwe and Jerome Kubiriba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Agricultural Research Organisation.

  1. 1 E. Karamura Uganda · #567,483 worldwide 52 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Wilberforce Tushemereirwe Uganda · #598,166 worldwide 41 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Jerome Kubiriba Uganda · #725,700 worldwide 30 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at National Agricultural Research Organisation

Which keywords describe research at National Agricultural Research Organisation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Drought Tolerance, Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change, Smallholder Farmers, Genetics, Food Security and Metabolism.

▲ 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 Change15▲ 3.3×41 topics
  2. Genetic Diversity15▲ 20×17 topics
  3. Drought Tolerance12▲ 50×8 topics
  4. Sustainability12▲ 2.8×23 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture10▲ 19×11 topics
  6. Epidemiology9▲ 1.36×33 topics
  7. Genetics9▲ 7.7×6 topics
  8. Smallholder Farmers9▲ 24×5 topics
  9. Food Security8▲ 8.2×11 topics
  10. Metabolism8▲ 8.8×6 topics
  11. Biodiversity7▲ 5.8×13 topics
  12. Domestication7▲ 77×3 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 10×7 topics
  14. AFLP Markers6▲ 119×2 topics
  15. Banana6▲ 150×1 topic
  16. Mycosphaerella fijiensis6▲ 150×1 topic
  17. Antioxidant Activity6▲ 5.3×10 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services5▲ 8.2×8 topics
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 11×7 topics
  20. Social Networks5▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Aquaculture5▲ 11×7 topics
  22. Agroforestry5▲ 43×3 topics
  23. QTL Mapping5▲ 24×6 topics
  24. Antioxidants4▲ 5.9×8 topics
  25. Technology Adoption4▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Genetic Improvement4▲ 28×4 topics
  27. Breeding4▲ 33×5 topics
  28. Invasive Species4▲ 6.0×11 topics
  29. Rural Development4▲ 7.3×3 topics
  30. Soil Fertility4▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Agricultural Innovation4▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Livelihood Diversification4▲ 83×1 topic
  33. Nutritional Quality4▲ 32×4 topics
  34. Adaptation4▲ 8.2×3 topics
  35. Climate Resilience4▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Plant Breeding4▲ 24×4 topics
  37. Biological Control4▲ 15×7 topics
  38. Disease Resistance4▲ 45×3 topics
  39. Genomics4▲ 7.8×10 topics
  40. Climate Change Resilience4▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does National Agricultural Research Organisation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Banana Cultivation and Research, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Coffee research and impacts and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth.

Banana Cultivation and Research: 6 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 4 fractional worksCoffee research and impacts: 3 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 3 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 3 fractional worksPotato Plant Research: 3 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology…2Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 2 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksCassava research and cya…2Cassava research and cyanide: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesPharmacologyAquatic Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 6 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  3. 3 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 3 works
  4. 4 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 3 works
  5. 5 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 3 works
  6. 6 Potato Plant Research Food Science 3 works
  7. 7 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 2 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  10. 10 Cassava research and cyanide Plant Science 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 available83.8%not open16.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.1%domestic only62.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Agricultural Research Organisation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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