Question 1

What is World Agroforestry Centre known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does World Agroforestry Centre rank in research?

Accepted Answer

World Agroforestry Centre ranks #11,670 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#5,318 all time), and #36 of 69 in Kenya.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at World Agroforestry Centre?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from World Agroforestry Centre?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does World Agroforestry Centre publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at World Agroforestry Centre?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does World Agroforestry Centre work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is World Agroforestry Centre's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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