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Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères

In research, Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,450 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#8,493 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 12.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#20,168
of 42,892
Rank in France
#1,269
of 2,321
Research works
412
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
31.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères 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 #1,450 of 6,031 24.5%270
Life SciencesDomain #8,493 of 14,347 24.0%308

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères 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 Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 26.7 works12×
← 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: 12.17× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.39× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères?

Ranked on the composite score, François Gastal, G. Lemaire and Sandra Novak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères.

  1. 1 François Gastal France · #55,633 worldwide 360 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 G. Lemaire France · #66,037 worldwide 429 citations · 96 works
  3. 3 Sandra Novak France · #218,427 worldwide 55 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Yves Y. Barrière France · #360,044 worldwide 122 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Jean Louis Durand France · #507,383 worldwide 70 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Didier Combes France · #507,392 worldwide 130 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Pierre Guy France · #815,357 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 C. Huyghe France · #892,065 worldwide 112 citations · 173 works
  9. 9 G. Lemaire France · #903,924 worldwide 40 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Bernadette Julier France · #1,000,561 worldwide 74 citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères

Which keywords describe research at Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity, Genetic Improvement, Adaptation, Drought Tolerance, Genetics and Soil Carbon Sequestration.

▲ 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 Change14▲ 12×27 topics
  2. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 40×9 topics
  3. Biodiversity4▲ 12×11 topics
  4. Sustainability3▲ 3.1×7 topics
  5. Genetic Improvement3▲ 71×4 topics
  6. Adaptation3▲ 22×4 topics
  7. Drought Tolerance3▲ 42×8 topics
  8. Genetics3▲ 8.6×4 topics
  9. Plant Breeding3▲ 57×4 topics
  10. Soil Carbon Sequestration3▲ 75×2 topics
  11. Invasive Species2▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Nitrogen Fixation2▲ 77×2 topics
  13. Soil Fertility2▲ 24×5 topics
  14. Conservation2▲ 12×7 topics
  15. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  16. Plant Growth2▲ 43×5 topics
  17. Rhizosphere Interactions2▲ 58×2 topics
  18. Agricultural Productivity2▲ 161×1 topic
  19. Intercropping2▲ 161×1 topic
  20. Livestock Farming2▲ 74×2 topics
  21. Food Security2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity2▲ 9.8×8 topics
  23. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 19×4 topics
  24. Agroecology2▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Multifunctionality2▲ 80×2 topics
  27. Water Quality2▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Agricultural Development2▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 10×5 topics
  30. Drought Resistance2▲ 40×4 topics
  31. Global Change2▲ 15×5 topics
  32. Vegetation2▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Work Organization2▲ 93×1 topic
  34. Ecosystem2▲ 35×3 topics
  35. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Food Systems2▲ 72×1 topic
  37. Genetic Regulation2▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Plant Physiology2▲ 74×2 topics
  39. QTL Mapping2▲ 28×5 topics
  40. Sustainable Diets2▲ 72×1 topic

Which research topics does Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact and Turfgrass Adaptation and Management.

Agronomic Practices and …2Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…2Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 2 fractional worksTurfgrass Adaptation and Management: 1 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 1 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 1 fractional worksBioenergy crop production and management: 1 fractional worksPlant responses to eleva…1Plant responses to elevated CO2: 1 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 1 fractional worksSeed Germination and Physiology: 1 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyEnvironmental Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Turfgrass Adaptation and Management Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  6. 6 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 1 works
  7. 7 Bioenergy crop production and management Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  8. 8 Plant responses to elevated CO2 Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Seed Germination and Physiology Plant Science 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 available23.2%not open76.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.