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Agricultural and Food Production Studies

Agricultural and Food Production Studies is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 2.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to food and agriculture in Latin America, including nutrition, sustainable agriculture, rural development, globalization's impact on food systems, livestock production, public health, economic analysis of agricultural enterprises, and policy implications. The papers provide insights into the challenges and opportunities for food security, nutrition, and sustainable agricultural practices in the region.

  • Food
  • Agriculture
  • Nutrition
  • Sustainability
  • Rural Development
  • Globalization
  • Livestock
  • Public Health
  • Economic Analysis
  • Policy
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
544
per year above
Top-10% rate
2.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+32%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Agricultural and Food Production Studies research?

By volume, Mexico and Colombia publish the most (1.2k and 412 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico 1.2k works
  2. 2 Colombia 412 works
  3. 3 Ecuador 410 works
  4. 4 Peru 297 works
  5. 5 Spain 162 works
  6. 6 Argentina 122 works
  7. 7 Venezuela 82 works
  8. 8 United States 75 works
  9. 9 Chile 66 works
  10. 10 ?? 66 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Mexico: 40.5%Colombia: 14.5%Ecuador: 14.4%Peru: 10.4%6 others listed: 20.1%41%largest
Mexico1,152 · 40.5%Colombia412 · 14.5%Ecuador410 · 14.4%Peru297 · 10.4%6 others listed572 · 20.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Agricultural and Food Production Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Colegio de Postgraduados publishes the most Agricultural and Food Production Studies research, followed by Chapingo Autonomous University and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México.

Who are the leading researchers in Agricultural and Food Production Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Agricultural and Food Production Studies include Juan Ramón De La Fuente and Juan Á. Rivera.

  1. 1 Juan Ramón De La Fuente Mexico 1.5k citations
  2. 2 Juan Á. Rivera Mexico 1.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Agricultural and Food Production Studies research done?

The largest centres of Agricultural and Food Production Studies research in 2022–2025 are Mexico City (Mexico), Bogotá (Colombia), Montecillo (Mexico) and Lima (Peru). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mosquera, Montecillo and Texcoco.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico City Mexico 169 works
  2. 2 Bogotá Colombia 131 works
  3. 3 Montecillo Mexico 101 works
  4. 4 Lima Peru 99 works
  5. 5 Texcoco Mexico 77 works
  6. 6 Xalapa Mexico 74 works
  7. 7 Toluca Mexico 66 works
  8. 8 Coyoacán Mexico 56 works
  9. 9 Pachuca Mexico 54 works
  10. 10 Guayaquil Ecuador 53 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MosqueraCO · 40.6 works448×
  2. MontecilloMX · 101.5 works383×
  3. TexcocoMX · 76.7 works383×
  4. CoyoacánMX · 56.2 works319×
  5. Tuxtla GutiérrezMX · 29.3 works157×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agricultural and Food Production Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Agricultural and Food Production Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of the Amazon, Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo and Escuela Superior Politécnica del Chimborazo score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 5.26%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of the Amazon: 13, 16.7%Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo: 24, 8.2%Escuela Superior Politécnica del Chimborazo: 36, 2.1%Colegio de Postgraduados: 102, 2.1%Chapingo Autonomous University: 74, 3.2%Universidad Técnica de Ambato: 16, 6.1%Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina: 29, 1.0%Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Xalapa: 22, 1.0%Universidad de Guanajuato: 25, 2.0%Universidad César Vallejo: 15, 10.2%University of the Am…Universidad Técnica …Escuela Superior Pol…Colegio de Postgradu…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of the AmazonColombia 66.516.7%168.0×13 +8.1%
2 Universidad Técnica Estatal de QuevedoEcuador 65.98.2%103.8×24 +641.8%
3 Escuela Superior Politécnica del ChimborazoEcuador 59.22.1%157.0×36 +1522.8%
4 Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 58.92.1%382.9×102 +81.4%
5 Chapingo Autonomous UniversityMexico 58.13.2%464.0×74 +75.0%
6 Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador 58.06.1%35.1×16 +460.4%
7 Universidad Nacional Agraria La MolinaPeru 57.01.0%231.7×29 +404.9%
8 Instituto Tecnológico Superior de XalapaMexico 56.71.0%110.3×22 +446.1%
9 Universidad de GuanajuatoMexico 55.42.0%55.9×25 +308.3%
10 Universidad César VallejoPeru 55.310.2%17.7×15

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Agricultural and Food Production Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Agricultural and Food Production Studies.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.