Agricultural and Food Sciences
Agricultural and Food Sciences is a research topic within Forestry. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 8.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the utilization of forest biomass, including wood residues, for various applications such as bioenergy generation, value-added products, and sustainable production. It also explores the environmental impact, technological innovation, and economic analysis related to small-scale forestry and waste utilization.
- Forest Biomass
- Wood Residues
- Sustainable Production
- Bioenergy Generation
- Value-Added Products
- Environmental Impact
- Small-Scale Forestry
- Technological Innovation
- Economic Analysis
- Waste Utilization
- Research works
- 38k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 8.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +40% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Agricultural and Food Sciences research?
By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (5.9k and 315 works in 2022–2025).
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Agricultural and Food Sciences research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) publishes the most Agricultural and Food Sciences research, followed by Universidade Federal do Pará and Universidade Federal do Amazonas.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 119 works
- 2 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 117 works
- 3 Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil 106 works
- 4 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 99 works
- 5 Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationBrazil 97 works
- 6 Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil 88 works
- 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 88 works
- 8 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 79 works
- 9 Universidade Federal de ViçosaBrazil 75 works
- 10 Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáBrazil 72 works
Who are the leading researchers in Agricultural and Food Sciences?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Agricultural and Food Sciences include José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves and Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira.
- 1 José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves Brazil 2k citations
- 2 Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira Portugal 1.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Agricultural and Food Sciences research done?
The largest centres of Agricultural and Food Sciences research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Belém (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Porto Alegre, Santarém and Marabá.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 São Paulo Brazil 605 works
- 2 Belém Brazil 296 works
- 3 Brasília Brazil 289 works
- 4 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 278 works
- 5 Curitiba Brazil 214 works
- 6 Manaus Brazil 194 works
- 7 Recife Brazil 184 works
- 8 Fortaleza Brazil 162 works
- 9 Salvador Brazil 155 works
- 10 Belo Horizonte Brazil 152 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Porto AlegreBR · 22.6 works95×
- SantarémBR · 30.6 works81×
- MarabáBR · 21.5 works74×
- GoiásBR · 35.7 works72×
- PetrolinaBR · 44.4 works67×
- Rio BrancoBR · 38.7 works67×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agricultural and Food Sciences than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Agricultural and Food Sciences?
Among universities, judged by research, Federal University of São João del-Rei, Universidade da Amazônia and Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Minas Gerais 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federal University of São João del-ReiBrazil | 72.9 | 27.8% | 17.1× | 11 | +363.5% |
| 2 | Universidade da AmazôniaBrazil | 70.3 | 20.8% | 66.7× | 20 | +420.8% |
| 3 | Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Minas GeraisBrazil | 70.2 | 23.8% | 43.4× | 13 | +378.4% |
| 4 | Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil | 70.0 | 8.3% | 39.8× | 117 | +216.4% |
| 5 | Universidade Federal Rural da AmazôniaBrazil | 68.7 | 11.0% | 181.9× | 65 | +284.4% |
| 6 | Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoBrazil | 68.2 | 11.4% | 25.5× | 58 | +250.2% |
| 7 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil | 66.7 | 11.6% | 9.5× | 52 | +518.1% |
| 8 | Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil | 66.1 | 5.7% | 66.3× | 106 | +264.7% |
| 9 | Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e MucuriBrazil | 65.8 | 13.8% | 48.7× | 32 | +197.3% |
| 10 | Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil | 65.4 | 8.6% | 16.6× | 61 | +350.6% |
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 Sciences research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Agricultural and Food Sciences.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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