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Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

In research, Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#203 of 3,409 worldwide), Food Science (#50 of 492 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,370 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Agronomy and Crop Science and Animal Science and Zoology — Forestry is 47.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,987
of 28,054 · #2,560 all time
Rank in Ireland
#11
of 79
Research works
5.4k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
214k
39.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority 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 #203 of 3,409 27.4%508 #199
Food ScienceSubfield #50 of 492 43.3%109 #16
Life SciencesDomain #1,370 of 7,800 28.3%673 #1121
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield #33 of 121 24.2%99 #29
Health SciencesDomain #4,194 of 11,982 32.7%152 #2833
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,303 of 3,579 31.8%146 #833
Physical SciencesDomain #5,181 of 12,888 17.5%309 #4943
Environmental ScienceField #1,482 of 3,551 14.6%199 #1123
Animal Science and ZoologySubfield #49 of 114 24.3%65 #42
MedicineField #4,886 of 10,443 31.5%75 #4233

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority 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#199 #203
  2. Food Science#16 #50
  3. Life Sciences#1,121 #1,370
  4. Agronomy and Crop Science#29 #33
  5. Health Sciences#2,833 #4,194
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#833 #1,303
  7. Physical Sciences#4,943 #5,181
  8. Environmental Science#1,123 #1,482
  9. Animal Science and Zoology#42 #49
  10. Medicine#4,233 #4,886
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 Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 47.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 57.8 works47×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 98.8 works35×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 65.1 works25×
  4. Small AnimalsSubfield · 33.9 works23×
  5. VeterinaryField · 35.1 works22×
  6. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 42.9 works17×
  7. Food ScienceSubfield · 109.1 works12×
  8. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 508.1 works9.1×
← 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: 9.08× its world share, 508 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.32× its world share, 146 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.13× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.18× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.40× its world share, 199 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 75 worksMedicineNursing: 5.67× its world share, 33 worksNursingVeterinary: 21.97× its world share, 35 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 22.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul D. Cotter, Mohammed Gagaoua and Brijesh K. Tiwari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority.

  1. 1 Paul D. Cotter Ireland · #23,808 worldwide 667 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Mohammed Gagaoua Ireland · #29,755 worldwide 336 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Brijesh K. Tiwari Ireland · #63,611 worldwide 952 citations · 98 works
  4. 4 A.P. Moloney Ireland · #83,752 worldwide 329 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 J. P. Hanrahan Ireland · #85,386 worldwide 216 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Carlos Álvarez Ireland · #104,061 worldwide 116 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Paul Allen Ireland · #115,143 worldwide 266 citations · 80 works
  8. 8 Catherine Stanton Ireland · #120,772 worldwide 628 citations · 111 works
  9. 9 P. Dillon Ireland · #151,928 worldwide 141 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 María Hayes Ireland · #165,696 worldwide 172 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

Which keywords describe research at Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Environmental Impact, Ecosystem Services, Lipid Oxidation, Milk Composition and Agroforestry.

▲ 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 Change118▲ 3.7×57 topics
  2. Biodiversity90▲ 10×16 topics
  3. Environmental Impact89▲ 4.4×32 topics
  4. Sustainability71▲ 2.5×41 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture70▲ 19×13 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services58▲ 13×11 topics
  7. Lipid Oxidation55▲ 45×2 topics
  8. Milk Composition52▲ 104×2 topics
  9. Agroforestry49▲ 63×3 topics
  10. European Union48▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Silvoarable Systems48▲ 265×1 topic
  12. Temperate Region48▲ 265×1 topic
  13. Consumer Perception47▲ 18×7 topics
  14. Microbial Community44▲ 47×4 topics
  15. Health Benefits43▲ 11×11 topics
  16. Antioxidant Activity42▲ 5.7×21 topics
  17. Genetic Diversity42▲ 8.2×17 topics
  18. Livestock Production42▲ 38×3 topics
  19. Probiotics41▲ 15×6 topics
  20. Marker-Assisted Selection41▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Dairy Cattle41▲ 67×2 topics
  22. Gut Microbiota40▲ 9.7×7 topics
  23. Fatty Acid Composition39▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Animal Welfare39▲ 38×3 topics
  25. Plant Breeding38▲ 33×4 topics
  26. Methane Production38▲ 112×1 topic
  27. Ruminant Nutrition38▲ 112×1 topic
  28. Antioxidants37▲ 7.0×8 topics
  29. Population Genetics36▲ 22×4 topics
  30. Livestock Farming36▲ 49×3 topics
  31. Genome-Wide Association35▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Animal Breeding35▲ 67×1 topic
  33. Genomic Selection35▲ 67×1 topic
  34. Microbial Communities35▲ 7.0×6 topics
  35. Modified Atmosphere Packaging32▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Microbiota32▲ 13×6 topics
  37. Hydrocolloids31▲ 33×2 topics
  38. Meat Quality30▲ 34×3 topics
  39. Prebiotics30▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Protein Oxidation30▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

Agroforestry and silvopa…48Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 48 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…38Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 38 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…35Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 35 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …30Meat and Animal Product Quality: 30 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 26 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 26 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural…25Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 25 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems: 25 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented Foods: 23 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…20Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 20 fractional works
ForestryAgronomy and Crop ScienceGeneticsAnimal Science and Zoology4 others

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

  1. 1 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 48 works
  2. 2 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 38 works
  3. 3 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 35 works
  4. 4 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 30 works
  5. 5 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 26 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 26 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 25 works
  8. 8 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 25 works
  9. 9 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 23 works
  10. 10 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 20 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher 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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