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Royal Agricultural University

In research, Royal Agricultural University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,224 of 5,126 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,600 of 11,023 worldwide) and Food Science (#629 of 1,177 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 6.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,049
of 22,385 · #9,351 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#595
of 862
Research works
2.6k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
108k
41.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Royal Agricultural University

What is Royal Agricultural University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,224 of 5,126 12.9%891
Life SciencesDomain #4,600 of 11,023 11.4%1,433
Food ScienceSubfield #629 of 1,177 11.2%170
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,409 of 5,801 9.0%409
Animal Science and ZoologySubfield #275 of 462 15.1%156
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,483 of 2,489 11.1%239
Environmental ScienceField #3,275 of 5,407 12.9%196
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,632 of 3,729 8.7%183
Physical SciencesDomain #12,381 of 17,446 14.4%493
Health SciencesDomain #13,165 of 16,688 9.7%534

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Agricultural University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Royal Agricultural University work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Royal Agricultural University is in Life Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (32%), Environmental Science (18%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 36 fractional works · 37.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 31 fractional works · 32.2% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 10.0% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 28.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 17.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 26.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEquine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyalAgricultural…96fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences37%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences26%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3132.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science1717.7%
    2. Engineering44.1%
    3. Computer Science43.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.2%
    5. Materials Science10.9%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting1010.7%
    2. Social Sciences99.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance44.6%
    4. Psychology11.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine33.1%
    2. Veterinary33.0%
    3. Health Professions21.6%
    4. Nursing00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Royal Agricultural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 31.0 works6.8×
← 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: 6.77× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.57× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 21.84× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.32× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.17× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 21.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary21.84×3 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.77×31 works
  3. Environmental Science3.57×17 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting3.32×10 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.17×4 works
  6. Nursing0.82×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×4 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.78×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.72×9 works
  10. Health Professions0.62×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.61×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.48×4 works
  13. Psychology0.38×1 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.32×0 works
  16. Engineering0.27×4 works
  17. Materials Science0.25×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.18×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  21. Medicine0.16×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Agricultural University?

Ranked on the quality score, Louise Manning, Brittmarie Sandström and Barbara J. Hart lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Agricultural University.

  1. 1 Louise Manning United Kingdom · #643,543 worldwide 4.6k citations · 194 works
  2. 2 Brittmarie Sandström United Kingdom · #720,852 worldwide 12k citations · 177 works
  3. 3 Barbara J. Hart United Kingdom · #968,054 worldwide 3.7k citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Klaus S. Vestergaard United Kingdom · #1,484,635 worldwide 3.6k citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Grete Bertelsen United Kingdom · #1,931,188 worldwide 6.1k citations · 88 works
  6. 6 Gösta Fåhræus United Kingdom · #2,037,094 worldwide 1.9k citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Claus A. Andersson United Kingdom · #2,057,855 worldwide 3.1k citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Felicity Crotty United Kingdom · #2,209,664 worldwide 1.8k citations · 69 works
  9. 9 R.N. Baines United Kingdom · #2,505,148 worldwide 1.8k citations · 61 works
  10. 10 H.B. Simonsen United Kingdom · #2,521,651 worldwide 1.7k citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Agricultural University

What are the most cited papers from Royal Agricultural University?

The most cited paper from Royal Agricultural University is "Tracing dissolved organic matter in aquatic environments using a new approach to fluorescence spectroscopy" (Colin Andrew Stedmon, Stiig Markager, Rasmus Bro, 2003), with 2,056 citations. Next come "The N-way Toolbox for MATLAB" (1,244) and "A comparison of the performance of nine soil organic matter models using datasets from seven long-term experiments" (1,173).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tracing dissolved organic matter in aquatic environments using a new approach to fluorescence spectroscopy Colin Andrew Stedmon, Stiig Markager, Rasmus Bro · Marine Chemistry 21 Jun 2003 2,056
2 The N-way Toolbox for MATLAB Claus A. Andersson, Rasmus Bro · Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems Aug 2000 1,244
3 A comparison of the performance of nine soil organic matter models using datasets from seven long-term experiments Pete Smith, Jo Smith, D. S. Powlson et al. · Geoderma Open access Dec 1997 1,173
4 Global soil pollution by toxic metals threatens agriculture and human health Deyi Hou, Xiyue Jia, Liuwei Wang et al. · Science 17 Apr 2025 956
5 A fast non-negativity-constrained least squares algorithm Rasmus Bro, Sijmen de Jong · Journal of Chemometrics Sep 1997 888
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Agricultural University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Environmental Impact, Consumer Behavior, Invasive Species, Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services.

▲ 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-now 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 Change11▲ 4.2×29 topics
  2. Sustainability11▲ 4.6×29 topics
  3. Environmental Impact8▲ 4.6×17 topics
  4. Biodiversity7▲ 9.8×15 topics
  5. Consumer Behavior5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  6. Invasive Species4▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 9.9×10 topics
  8. Corporate Governance4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services3▲ 9.1×6 topics
  10. Conservation3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  11. Risk Management3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  12. Global Impact3▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Supply Chain3▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Financial Stability2▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Soil Fertility2▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 8.3×7 topics
  17. Global Change2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  18. Food Security2▲ 4.3×8 topics
  19. Food Waste2▲ 66×1 topic
  20. Household Behavior2▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Social Capital2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  23. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 10×2 topics
  24. Microbial Communities2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  25. Consumer Perception2▲ 9.0×6 topics
  26. Governance2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  27. Inequality2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  28. Finance2▲ 11×1 topic
  29. Genomic Analysis2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  30. Islamic Banking2▲ 5.4×1 topic
  31. Knowledge Economy2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Animal Welfare2▲ 21×2 topics
  33. ICT2▲ 14×1 topic
  34. financial access2▲ 48×1 topic
  35. DNA Barcoding2▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Genetic Structure2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  38. Soil Carbon Sequestration2▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Water Management2▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Agricultural Innovation2▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Agricultural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Economic Growth and Development and Organic Food and Agriculture.

Food Waste Reduction and…2Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…2Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agriculture: 2 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 2 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tou…1Culinary Culture and Tourism: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional works
Food ScienceAccountingInformation SystemsPlant Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 2 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  3. 3 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 2 works
  6. 6 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 1 works
  8. 8 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 1 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 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 available24.7%not open75.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.8%domestic only64.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Agricultural University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Royal Agricultural University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Royal Agricultural University0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Agricultural University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Royal Agricultural University11.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.3% in 2022.

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