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National Institute of Food and Agriculture

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World rank, all time
#29,164
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,248
of 8,685
Research works
156
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
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: 7.57× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.86× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.90× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 3.02× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 17.05× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 17.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of Food and Agriculture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Environmental Impact, Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Conservation 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 3.6×15 topics
  2. Environmental Impact3▲ 5.1×9 topics
  3. Sustainability3▲ 3.2×17 topics
  4. Biodiversity3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  5. Mental Health2▲ 3.7×4 topics
  6. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services2▲ 13×6 topics
  8. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 13×10 topics
  9. Invasive Species2▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Agroforestry2▲ 62×3 topics
  11. Public Health2▲ 2.9×11 topics
  12. Biological Control1▲ 25×6 topics
  13. Consumer Perception1▲ 16×5 topics
  14. Food Insecurity1▲ 63×1 topic
  15. Health Outcomes1▲ 14×1 topic
  16. Antioxidants1▲ 7.2×8 topics
  17. Consumer Behavior1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  18. Health Effects1▲ 5.5×4 topics
  19. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.87×9 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity1▲ 6.3×5 topics
  21. Inflammation1▲ 1.39×3 topics
  22. Sustainable Development1▲ 1.72×4 topics
  23. Agricultural Sustainability1▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does National Institute of Food and Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Organic Food and Agriculture, Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems and Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis.

Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agriculture: 1 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopa…1Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 1 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural…1Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 1 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 1 fractional worksPasture and Agricultural Systems: 1 fractional worksResearch Data Management…0Research Data Management Practices: 0 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…0CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining a…0Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 0 fractional worksAcademic Publishing and …0Academic Publishing and Open Access: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPlant ScienceForestryEnvironmental Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 1 works
  3. 3 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 1 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Pasture and Agricultural Systems Forestry 1 works
  7. 7 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 0 works
  8. 8 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 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 available53.7%not open46.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.1%domestic only67.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of Food and Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower 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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