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World Agroforestry Centre

In research, World Agroforestry Centre stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#742 of 3,157 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,999 of 6,403 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,294 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change (Global and Planetary Change is 12.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,670
of 22,385 · #5,318 all time
Rank in Kenya
#36
of 69
Research works
1.2k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
59k
47.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
65%
world 18%
World Agroforestry Centre

What is World Agroforestry Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #742 of 3,157 20.5%95 #499
Life SciencesDomain #1,999 of 6,403 19.8%106 #1616
Physical SciencesDomain #9,294 of 10,670 13.6%72 #5849

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#499 #742
  2. Life Sciences#1,616 #1,999
  3. Physical Sciences#5,849 #9,294
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does World Agroforestry Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at World Agroforestry Centre is in Life Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (47%), Environmental Science (28%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 120 fractional works · 52.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 108 fractional works · 47.1% of its workPlant Science: 34 fractional works · 14.8% of its workForestry: 20 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHorticulture: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 81 fractional works · 35.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 65 fractional works · 28.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWorldAgroforestry…229fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences53%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences7%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10847.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology125.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Environmental Science6528.3%
    2. Engineering73.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    4. Energy20.8%
    5. Computer Science20.7%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences83.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting41.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.1%
    4. Decision Sciences10.5%
    5. Psychology10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Medicine73.1%
    2. Nursing31.2%
    3. Health Professions10.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does World Agroforestry Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 21.4 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: 9.91× its world share, 108 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.70× its world share, 65 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.37× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.91×108 works
  2. Environmental Science5.70×65 works
  3. Nursing2.37×3 works
  4. Veterinary1.02×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×12 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×1 works
  7. Energy0.83×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.66×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×3 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×4 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.51×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.27×8 works
  13. Chemistry0.26×1 works
  14. Engineering0.21×7 works
  15. Health Professions0.20×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  17. Medicine0.16×7 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  19. Psychology0.10×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.09×2 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at World Agroforestry Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Todd S. Rosenstock, Tor‐Gunnar Vågen and Leigh Ann Winowiecki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Agroforestry Centre.

  1. 1 Todd S. Rosenstock Kenya · #66,186 worldwide 7k citations · 289 works
  2. 2 Tor‐Gunnar Vågen Kenya · #81,360 worldwide 5.8k citations · 271 works
  3. 3 Leigh Ann Winowiecki Kenya · #99,851 worldwide 8k citations · 477 works
  4. 4 Barbara Gemmill‐Herren Kenya · #102,061 worldwide 8.2k citations · 70 works
  5. 5 Roeland Kindt Kenya · #103,061 worldwide 32k citations · 289 works
  6. 6 Richard Coe Kenya · #114,976 worldwide 6.7k citations · 149 works
  7. 7 Jenny C. Ordoñez Kenya · #118,089 worldwide 8.2k citations · 173 works
  8. 8 Henry Neufeldt Kenya · #139,721 worldwide 9.2k citations · 151 works
  9. 9 Christine A. Lamanna Kenya · #155,437 worldwide 5.2k citations · 93 works
  10. 10 Markus Walsh Kenya · #174,141 worldwide 6.8k citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at World Agroforestry Centre

What are the most cited papers from World Agroforestry Centre?

The most cited paper from World Agroforestry Centre 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 "Global Biodiversity Conservation Priorities" (2,397) and "Soil carbon 4 per mille" (2,234).

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 Global Biodiversity Conservation Priorities Thomas M. Brooks, R. A. Mittermeier, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca et al. · Science 6 Jul 2006 2,397
3 Soil carbon 4 per mille Budiman Minasny et al. · Geoderma Open access 19 Jan 2017 2,234
4 Climate-smart agriculture for food security Leslie Lipper et al. · Nature Climate Change 26 Nov 2014 2,203
5 TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access Jens Kattge et al. · Global Change Biology Open access729 authors 31 Dec 2019 2,168
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at World Agroforestry Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture, Smallholder Farmers, Ecosystem Services, Sustainability, 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-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 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 Change47▲ 7.5×53 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation35▲ 41×13 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture33▲ 47×10 topics
  4. Sustainability32▲ 5.7×42 topics
  5. Smallholder Farmers29▲ 60×6 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services28▲ 31×8 topics
  7. Agroforestry24▲ 154×4 topics
  8. Biodiversity22▲ 13×20 topics
  9. Land Use Change20▲ 29×6 topics
  10. Environmental Impact13▲ 3.4×29 topics
  11. Adaptation12▲ 18×4 topics
  12. Agroecology12▲ 36×5 topics
  13. Food Security12▲ 9.4×16 topics
  14. Social Networks11▲ 17×2 topics
  15. Soil Fertility10▲ 20×6 topics
  16. Silvoarable Systems10▲ 258×1 topic
  17. Temperate Region10▲ 258×1 topic
  18. Environmental Services10▲ 123×1 topic
  19. Tropical Deforestation10▲ 123×1 topic
  20. Climate Resilience9▲ 67×3 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity9▲ 9.2×13 topics
  22. Rural Development9▲ 12×6 topics
  23. Climate Change Resilience9▲ 65×2 topics
  24. Technology Adoption8▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Nutritional Value8▲ 32×3 topics
  26. Agricultural Development8▲ 23×4 topics
  27. Agricultural Innovation8▲ 75×1 topic
  28. Livelihood Diversification8▲ 112×1 topic
  29. Rural Livelihoods8▲ 64×2 topics
  30. Livestock Farming8▲ 58×2 topics
  31. Diversity8▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Indigenous Fruits8▲ 145×1 topic
  33. Multifunctionality8▲ 71×2 topics
  34. Tree Domestication8▲ 145×1 topic
  35. Conservation7▲ 7.5×11 topics
  36. Work Organization7▲ 83×1 topic
  37. Disease Resistance7▲ 59×3 topics
  38. Biomass Estimation7▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Drought Tolerance6▲ 20×7 topics
  40. Global Change6▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does World Agroforestry Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and African Botany and Ecology Studies.

Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 10 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 10 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…8Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 8 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…8African Botany and Ecology Studies: 8 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 7 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 5 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…5Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 5 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 4 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 3 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 3 fractional works
ForestryGlobal and Planetary ChangeGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 10 works
  2. 2 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  4. 4 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 8 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  6. 6 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 5 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  8. 8 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 3 works
  10. 10 Forest ecology and management 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has World Agroforestry Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 World Agroforestry Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%World Agroforestry Centre0.00097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of World Agroforestry Centre 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.

still counting20%40%World Agroforestry Centre17.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.9% in 2013.

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