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Rwanda Agriculture Board

In research, Rwanda Agriculture Board stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,586 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#10,715 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,425
of 28,054 · #25,330 all time
Rank in Rwanda
#8
of 17
Research works
248
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Rwanda Agriculture Board 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 #2,586 of 6,031 26.5%131
Life SciencesDomain #10,715 of 14,347 26.3%151

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rwanda Agriculture Board 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 Rwanda Agriculture Board specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 37.2 works8.7×
← 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: 8.71× its world share, 37 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.82× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 3.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.10× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Rwanda Agriculture Board?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Smallholder Farmers, Food Security, Rural Development, Social Networks and Information Technology.

▲ 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 Change12▲ 4.9×32 topics
  2. Sustainability8▲ 3.9×22 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 23×9 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 26×5 topics
  5. Food Security5▲ 10×11 topics
  6. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.8×15 topics
  7. Rural Development4▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Information Technology4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  9. Social Networks4▲ 16×2 topics
  10. Biodiversity4▲ 5.4×12 topics
  11. Agricultural Innovation4▲ 89×1 topic
  12. Livelihood Diversification4▲ 131×1 topic
  13. Risk Assessment3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management3▲ 3.9×3 topics
  15. Metabolism3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity3▲ 7.6×11 topics
  17. Agriculture3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  18. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  20. Operations Research3▲ 18×1 topic
  21. Production Management3▲ 21×1 topic
  22. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  23. Antioxidants2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  24. Adaptation2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  25. Customer Satisfaction2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  26. Development2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  27. Biological Control2▲ 15×5 topics
  28. Nutritional Value2▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Potato2▲ 59×2 topics
  30. Service Quality2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  31. Policy2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  32. Soil Fertility2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  33. Biopesticides2▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Mitigation Strategies2▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Acrylamide2▲ 83×1 topic
  36. Functional Foods2▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Maillard Reaction2▲ 83×1 topic
  38. Neurotoxicity2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Production2▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Crop Productivity2▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Rwanda Agriculture Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Management and Optimization Techniques, Potato Plant Research and Agricultural Economics and Practices.

Agricultural Innovations…4Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 4 fractional worksManagement and Optimization Techniques: 3 fractional worksPotato Plant Research2Potato Plant Research: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 1 fractional worksFinancial Analysis and Corporate Governance: 1 fractional worksConsumer Behavior and Marketing Influence: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 1 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 1 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesStrategy and ManagementFood ScienceAccounting5 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  2. 2 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 3 works
  3. 3 Potato Plant Research Food Science 2 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  5. 5 Financial Analysis and Corporate Governance Accounting 1 works
  6. 6 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence Marketing 1 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  8. 8 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  9. 9 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 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 available74.6%not open25.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors69.6%domestic only30.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rwanda Agriculture Board's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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