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World Agroforestry Centre

In research, World Agroforestry Centre stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#49 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,248 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,177 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,637
of 28,054 · #1,999 all time
Rank in Kenya
#2
of 75
Research works
1.2k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
59k
47.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is World Agroforestry Centre 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 #49 of 3,409 37.8%95 #13
Life SciencesDomain #1,248 of 7,800 36.4%106 #623
Physical SciencesDomain #11,177 of 12,888 24.1%72 #8727

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Agroforestry Centre 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#13 #49
  2. Life Sciences#623 #1,248
  3. Physical Sciences#8,727 #11,177
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.

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: 9.81× its world share, 95 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.70× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.52× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at World Agroforestry Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Frank Place, Keith Shepherd and Sara Scherr lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Agroforestry Centre.

  1. 1 Frank Place Kenya · #58,953 worldwide 343 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Keith Shepherd Kenya · #64,434 worldwide 443 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Sara Scherr Kenya · #78,095 worldwide 209 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Delia Catacutan Kenya · #97,244 worldwide 244 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Festus K. Akinnifesi Kenya · #156,547 worldwide 222 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Peter A. Minang Kenya · #179,030 worldwide 131 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Steven Franzel Kenya · #210,914 worldwide 149 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Rodel D. Lasco Kenya · #235,934 worldwide 190 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Leigh Winowiecki Kenya · #242,101 worldwide 169 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Ramni Jamnadass Kenya · #298,207 worldwide 114 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at World Agroforestry Centre

Which keywords describe research at World Agroforestry Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Ecosystem Services, Agroforestry and Biodiversity.

▲ 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 Change40▲ 7.4×47 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation32▲ 42×11 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture30▲ 46×10 topics
  4. Sustainability28▲ 5.8×37 topics
  5. Smallholder Farmers27▲ 60×6 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services24▲ 30×8 topics
  7. Agroforestry21▲ 155×4 topics
  8. Biodiversity19▲ 13×19 topics
  9. Land Use Change18▲ 30×6 topics
  10. Adaptation12▲ 21×4 topics
  11. Environmental Impact12▲ 3.5×27 topics
  12. Agroecology11▲ 39×4 topics
  13. Social Networks10▲ 19×2 topics
  14. Food Security10▲ 8.7×15 topics
  15. Environmental Services9▲ 129×1 topic
  16. Tropical Deforestation9▲ 129×1 topic
  17. Rural Development8▲ 12×6 topics
  18. Climate Change Resilience8▲ 73×2 topics
  19. Silvoarable Systems8▲ 266×1 topic
  20. Temperate Region8▲ 266×1 topic
  21. Climate Resilience8▲ 65×3 topics
  22. Soil Fertility8▲ 18×6 topics
  23. Agricultural Development8▲ 24×4 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity8▲ 8.6×11 topics
  25. Livestock Farming8▲ 61×2 topics
  26. Technology Adoption8▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Diversity8▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Agricultural Innovation8▲ 84×1 topic
  29. Livelihood Diversification8▲ 124×1 topic
  30. Nutritional Value8▲ 33×3 topics
  31. Multifunctionality7▲ 72×2 topics
  32. Work Organization7▲ 85×1 topic
  33. Rural Livelihoods7▲ 69×2 topics
  34. Indigenous Fruits7▲ 146×1 topic
  35. Tree Domestication7▲ 146×1 topic
  36. Conservation7▲ 7.6×11 topics
  37. Biomass Estimation6▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Disease Resistance6▲ 60×3 topics
  39. Global Change6▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Urbanization6▲ 6.9×5 topics

Which research topics does World Agroforestry Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Agriculture and Rural Development Research.

Conservation, Biodiversi…9Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 9 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopa…8Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 8 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…8Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 8 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…7Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 7 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 7 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 5 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato A…5Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 5 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 3 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 3 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeForestryGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2 others

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

  1. 1 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  2. 2 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 8 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  4. 4 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  5. 5 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 7 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  7. 7 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 5 works
  8. 8 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  9. 9 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors64.6%domestic only35.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has World Agroforestry Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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