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Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture

In research, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#700 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,621 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,966 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Plant Science — Soil Science is 39.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,458
of 28,054 · #9,192 all time
Rank in India
#314
of 1,840
Research works
4.4k
▲ 100% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture 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 #700 of 3,409 2.1%1,450 #1658
Life SciencesDomain #2,621 of 7,800 2.7%1,651 #5352
Physical SciencesDomain #4,966 of 12,888 8.6%270 #8833
Plant ScienceSubfield #677 of 1,395 2.3%729 #1407
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield #134 of 247 2.9%145 #374
Social SciencesDomain #6,717 of 10,521 10.2%84 #13091
Soil ScienceSubfield #96 of 139 0.5%258 #360
Health SciencesDomain #8,704 of 11,982 7.5%188 #13977
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #92 of 121 0.7%199 #400
EngineeringField #5,165 of 6,636 7.7%79 #6654

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,658 #700
  2. Life Sciences#5,352 #2,621
  3. Physical Sciences#8,833 #4,966
  4. Plant Science#1,407 #677
  5. General Agricultural and Biological Sciences#374 #134
  6. Social Sciences#13,091 #6,717
  7. Soil Science#360 #96
  8. Health Sciences#13,977 #8,704
  9. Agronomy and Crop Science#400 #92
  10. Engineering#6,654 #5,165
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 39.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 258.1 works39×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 198.9 works38×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 729.2 works19×
  4. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 144.5 works15×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,450.5 works14×
  6. Life SciencesDomain · 1,650.7 works5.8×
← 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: 13.93× its world share, 1,450 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 158 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.05× its world share, 31 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 79 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 74 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 40 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 4.02× its world share, 43 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture?

Ranked on the composite score, Pramod W. Ramteke, DK Patel and George Thomas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture.

  1. 1 Pramod W. Ramteke India · #224,477 worldwide 235 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 DK Patel India · #527,505 worldwide 60 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 George Thomas India · #569,543 worldwide 59 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Amita Verma India · #593,960 worldwide 131 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Shashi Kant Tiwari India · #618,748 worldwide 70 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Dinesh Kumar Patel India · #670,824 worldwide 91 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Vikram Singh India · #747,859 worldwide 57 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Prateek Kumar India · #766,980 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Anita Kerketta India · #817,675 worldwide 4 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Vikas Kumar India · #832,816 worldwide 137 citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture

Which keywords describe research at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Plant Growth, Nutrient Uptake, Soil Fertility, Food Security, Breeding, Biofertilizers and Drought Tolerance.

▲ 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. Sustainable Agriculture304▲ 44×14 topics
  2. Plant Growth267▲ 111×6 topics
  3. Nutrient Uptake231▲ 152×3 topics
  4. Soil Fertility224▲ 45×8 topics
  5. Climate Change206▲ 3.5×45 topics
  6. Food Security205▲ 17×16 topics
  7. Breeding200▲ 120×5 topics
  8. Biofertilizers196▲ 211×3 topics
  9. Drought Tolerance195▲ 62×9 topics
  10. Agricultural Practices192▲ 224×3 topics
  11. Crop Productivity189▲ 126×3 topics
  12. Nutritional Quality186▲ 111×4 topics
  13. Integrated Nutrient Management178▲ 369×1 topic
  14. Organic Manure178▲ 369×1 topic
  15. Crop Management174▲ 124×2 topics
  16. Sustainability171▲ 3.2×31 topics
  17. Genetic Improvement163▲ 81×4 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity150▲ 15×19 topics
  19. Antioxidant149▲ 9.9×45 topics
  20. Agriculture136▲ 16×6 topics
  21. India131▲ 83×3 topics
  22. Marker Development128▲ 121×3 topics
  23. Development128▲ 17×8 topics
  24. Policy127▲ 26×5 topics
  25. Maize Yield126▲ 138×1 topic
  26. Nitrogen Uptake126▲ 138×1 topic
  27. Production124▲ 67×2 topics
  28. Economic Analysis124▲ 38×3 topics
  29. Technology122▲ 11×2 topics
  30. QTL Mapping122▲ 47×6 topics
  31. Genetics107▲ 7.0×7 topics
  32. Agricultural Sustainability100▲ 40×4 topics
  33. Anti-inflammatory94▲ 15×28 topics
  34. Climate Resilience93▲ 69×2 topics
  35. Cowpea89▲ 165×1 topic
  36. Legume Crop89▲ 165×1 topic
  37. Genomics87▲ 13×10 topics
  38. Antioxidant Properties83▲ 26×7 topics
  39. Plant Nutrition79▲ 37×3 topics
  40. Humic Substances74▲ 123×2 topics

Which research topics does Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Science and Fertilization, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Agricultural Economics and Practices and Agricultural pest management studies.

Agricultural Science and…178Agricultural Science and Fertilization: 178 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 126 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 122 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 89 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 63 fractional worksAgricultural Practices a…60Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 60 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 54 fractional worksPlant Growth Enhancement Techniques: 48 fractional worksFlowering Plant Growth and Cultivation: 43 fractional worksPlant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects: 42 fractional works
Soil ScienceAgronomy and Crop ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant Science

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 178 works
  2. 2 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 126 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 122 works
  4. 4 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 89 works
  5. 5 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 63 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 60 works
  7. 7 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 54 works
  8. 8 Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques Plant Science 48 works
  9. 9 Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation Plant Science 43 works
  10. 10 Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects Plant Science 42 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 available77.4%not open22.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 100% 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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