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Scottish Agricultural Science Agency

In research, Scottish Agricultural Science Agency stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#951 of 5,126 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,698 of 11,023 worldwide) and Animal Science and Zoology (#184 of 462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,102
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#410
of 1,844
Research works
1.7k
▼ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
56k
33.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency

What is Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 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 #951 of 5,126 11.4%829
Life SciencesDomain #2,698 of 11,023 10.2%1,140
Animal Science and ZoologySubfield #184 of 462 15.3%172
Environmental ScienceField #2,313 of 5,407 12.2%158
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #188 of 428 11.4%163
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,200 of 2,489 8.2%287
Health SciencesDomain #8,627 of 16,688 11.8%224
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,241 of 5,801 6.4%286
GeneticsSubfield #852 of 1,429 8.4%160
Physical SciencesDomain #12,146 of 17,446 12.3%220

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 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 Scottish Agricultural Science Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research at Scottish Agricultural Science Agency is in Life Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (23%), Social Sciences (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 9 fractional works · 30.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 8.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 29.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 29.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 22.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKScottishAgricultural…28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences29%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences516.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology311.5%
    3. Neuroscience12.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    1. Social Sciences516.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting15.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities13.0%
    4. Psychology12.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.8%
    1. Environmental Science622.9%
    2. Computer Science12.6%
    3. Engineering12.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.2%
    1. Medicine28.8%
    2. Health Professions11.9%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 3.43× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.14× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.61× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science4.61×6 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.43×5 works
  3. Veterinary2.19×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.14×3 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.54×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.33×5 works
  7. Neuroscience1.26×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.03×1 works
  9. Psychology0.87×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.86×0 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.71×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.69×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×0 works
  15. Medicine0.46×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.34×1 works
  17. Engineering0.16×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Scottish Agricultural Science Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Ilias Kyriazakis, Peter McDonald and Christophe Lacomme lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scottish Agricultural Science Agency.

  1. 1 Ilias Kyriazakis United Kingdom · #416,010 worldwide 20k citations · 584 works
  2. 2 Peter McDonald United Kingdom · #665,602 worldwide 5k citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Christophe Lacomme United Kingdom · #679,690 worldwide 4.8k citations · 84 works
  4. 4 N. W. Simmonds United Kingdom · #938,201 worldwide 7.6k citations · 238 works
  5. 5 Beatriz Villanueva United Kingdom · #1,033,235 worldwide 5.4k citations · 109 works
  6. 6 John Parker United Kingdom · #1,227,960 worldwide 1k citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Alistair B Lawrence United Kingdom · #1,511,749 worldwide 18k citations · 400 works
  8. 8 Annie R. Henderson United Kingdom · #1,596,575 worldwide 1.3k citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Lorna Sherwood United Kingdom · #1,701,241 worldwide 735 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 R. K. M. Hay United Kingdom · #1,706,123 worldwide 2.3k citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Scottish Agricultural Science Agency

What are the most cited papers from Scottish Agricultural Science Agency?

The most cited paper from Scottish Agricultural Science Agency is "Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units" (R.S. de Groot, Luke Brander, Sander van der Ploeg et al., 2012), with 2,596 citations. Next come "Are there social limits to adaptation to climate change?" (2,529) and "The Impact of Genetic Architecture on Genome-Wide Evaluation Methods" (854).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units R.S. de Groot, Luke Brander, Sander van der Ploeg et al. · Ecosystem Services Open access Jul 2012 2,596
2 Are there social limits to adaptation to climate change? William Neil Adger, Suraje Dessai, Marisa C. Goulden et al. · Climatic Change 19 Nov 2008 2,529
3 The Impact of Genetic Architecture on Genome-Wide Evaluation Methods Hans D. Daetwyler, Ricardo Pong‐Wong, Beatriz Villanueva et al. · Genetics Open access 20 Apr 2010 854
4 No-till in northern, western and south-western Europe: A review of problems and opportunities for crop production and the environment B.D. Soane, Bruce C. Ball, Johan Arvidsson et al. · Soil and Tillage Research Open access 23 Nov 2011 819
5 Accuracy of Predicting the Genetic Risk of Disease Using a Genome-Wide Approach Hans D. Daetwyler, Beatriz Villanueva, John Arthur Woolliams · PLoS ONE Open access 13 Oct 2008 770
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Which keywords describe research at Scottish Agricultural Science Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Environmental Exposure, Toxicity, Invasive Species, International Law, Evolution, Oxidative Stress and Health.

▲ 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons2▲ 110×2 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  3. Environmental Exposure2▲ 48×3 topics
  4. Toxicity1▲ 12×3 topics
  5. Public Health1▲ 3.2×7 topics
  6. Invasive Species1▲ 10×4 topics
  7. Consumer Behavior1▲ 6.0×2 topics
  8. Evolution1▲ 14×2 topics
  9. Health1▲ 9.6×4 topics
  10. Human Rights1▲ 3.9×3 topics
  11. International Law1▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor1▲ 98×1 topic
  13. Biodegradation1▲ 35×2 topics
  14. Biological Control1▲ 24×5 topics
  15. Brominated Flame Retardants1▲ 98×1 topic
  16. Environmental Innovation1▲ 39×1 topic
  17. Green Consumption1▲ 39×1 topic
  18. RNA methylation1▲ 43×1 topic
  19. m6A-seq1▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Scottish Agricultural Science Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Environmental Sustainability in Business, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, RNA modifications and cancer and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Environmental Sustainabi…1Environmental Sustainability in Business: 1 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants…1Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 1 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…1RNA modifications and cancer: 1 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behav…1Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 1 fractional worksMicrobial bioremediation and biosurfactants: 1 fractional worksYersinia bacterium, plag…1Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research: 1 fractional worksFreedom of Expression and Defamation: 0 fractional worksLegal Rights and Human Rights: 0 fractional worksEvolution and Genetic Dynamics: 0 fractional works
MarketingHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisMolecular BiologyEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 1 works
  2. 2 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 1 works
  6. 6 Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants Pollution 1 works
  7. 7 Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Freedom of Expression and Defamation Law 0 works
  9. 9 Legal Rights and Human Rights Law 0 works
  10. 10 Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Genetics 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 available17.4%not open82.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Scottish Agricultural Science Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Scottish Agricultural Science Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000080% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Scottish Agricultural Science Agency0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 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.

10%20%Scottish Agricultural Science Agency15.4% in 2012all institutions10.0% in 201220002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.6% in 1992.

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