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Agricultural economics and policies

Agricultural economics and policies is a research topic within Safety Research. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1951. 4.3% 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 agricultural economics, rural development, sustainable agriculture, farm management, European agricultural policy, environmental impact, agribusiness, rural sociology, food logistics, and financial structure. The papers discuss issues such as multifunctionality of agriculture, efficiency of plant nutrient recycling, credit market imperfections, information technology in food and beverage logistics management, and the impact of externalities from swine production. They also address the role of agriculture in creating energy security, the importance of knowledge in the agricultural sector, and the economic impacts of avian influenza on world poultry trade.

  • Agricultural Economics
  • Rural Development
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Farm Management
  • European Agricultural Policy
  • Environmental Impact
  • Agribusiness
  • Rural Sociology
  • Food Logistics
  • Financial Structure
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
731
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-59%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Agricultural economics and policies research?

By volume, Poland and Russia publish the most (379 and 27 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 379 works
  2. 2 Russia 27 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 21 works
  4. 4 United States 17 works
  5. 5 Czechia 15 works
  6. 6 India 12 works
  7. 7 Romania 10 works
  8. 8 France 9 works
  9. 9 China 9 works
  10. 10 Germany 8 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.

Poland: 74.7%Russia: 5.4%Ukraine: 4.1%United States: 3.4%6 others listed: 12.3%75%largest
Poland379 · 74.7%Russia27 · 5.4%Ukraine21 · 4.1%United States17 · 3.4%6 others listed63 · 12.3%

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

Which institutions lead Agricultural economics and policies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Warsaw University of Life Sciences publishes the most Agricultural economics and policies research, followed by University of Life Sciences in Poznań and Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland 33 works
  2. 2 University of Life Sciences in PoznańPoland 24 works
  3. 3 Institute of Agricultural and Food EconomicsPoland 24 works
  4. 4 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 16 works
  5. 5 University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynPoland 16 works
  6. 6 University of Life Sciences in LublinPoland 14 works
  7. 7 University of WarsawPoland 11 works
  8. 8 University of RzeszówPoland 11 works
  9. 9 Institute of Rural and Agricultural DevelopmentPoland 11 works
  10. 10 University of ŁódźPoland 11 works

Where is Agricultural economics and policies research done?

The largest centres of Agricultural economics and policies research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Poznań (Poland), Krakow (Poland) and Lublin (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Olsztyn, Poznań and Warsaw.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 109 works
  2. 2 Poznań Poland 53 works
  3. 3 Krakow Poland 29 works
  4. 4 Lublin Poland 25 works
  5. 5 Olsztyn Poland 22 works
  6. 6 Wrocław Poland 17 works
  7. 7 Rzeszów Poland 15 works
  8. 8 Łódź Poland 12 works
  9. 9 Puławy Poland 10 works
  10. 10 Szczecin Poland 10 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. OlsztynPL · 21.7 works146×
  2. PoznańPL · 53.1 works89×
  3. WarsawPL · 109.4 works59×
  4. LublinPL · 25.3 works54×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agricultural economics and policies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Agricultural economics and policies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Life Sciences in Poznań, Warsaw University of Life Sciences and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań 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 8.325%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Life Sciences in Poznań: 24, 16.3%Warsaw University of Life Sciences: 33, 6.4%Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 16, 9.6%University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn: 16, 10.0%University of Warsaw: 11, 5.1%University of Life Sciences in Lublin: 14, 6.1%University of Rzeszów: 11, 7.4%University of Łódź: 10, 5.7%University of Life S…University of Warmia…Adam Mickiewicz Univ…Warsaw University of…
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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 Life Sciences in PoznańPoland 56.016.3%384.3×24 -39.6%
2 Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland 37.06.4%328.6×33 -32.7%
3 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 29.99.6%65.3×16 -16.0%
4 University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynPoland 26.510.0%142.6×16 -31.9%
5 University of WarsawPoland 21.65.1%36.7×11 -2.4%
6 University of Life Sciences in LublinPoland 21.26.1%264.1×14 -27.0%
7 University of RzeszówPoland 10.97.4%120.5×11 -47.3%
8 University of ŁódźPoland 10.35.7%61.4×10 -17.5%

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 economics and policies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2009.

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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.