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Agricultural Economics and Policy

Agricultural Economics and Policy is a research topic within General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 24.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its reform, addressing issues such as multifunctionality, sustainability, agricultural subsidies, land values, environmental policy, farm succession, and biodiversity. The papers analyze the impact of CAP on farm structure, income inequality, regional development, and environmental outcomes.

  • Common Agricultural Policy
  • multifunctionality
  • sustainability
  • agricultural subsidies
  • land values
  • environmental policy
  • farm succession
  • EU agriculture
  • policy reform
  • biodiversity
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-13%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Agricultural Economics and Policy research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (289 and 136 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 289 works
  2. 2 China 136 works
  3. 3 Germany 95 works
  4. 4 France 92 works
  5. 5 Italy 86 works
  6. 6 Poland 73 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 65 works
  8. 8 India 60 works
  9. 9 Spain 49 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 33 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.

United States: 29.6%China: 14.0%Germany: 9.7%France: 9.4%6 others listed: 37.4%30%largest
United States289 · 29.6%China136 · 14.0%Germany95 · 9.7%France92 · 9.4%6 others listed365 · 37.4%

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

Which institutions lead Agricultural Economics and Policy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Nebraska–Lincoln publishes the most Agricultural Economics and Policy research, followed by Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement and Wageningen University & Research.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Nebraska–LincolnUnited States 22 works
  2. 2 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 15 works
  3. 3 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 15 works
  4. 4 Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development AuthorityIreland 12 works
  5. 5 AgroscopeSwitzerland 10 works
  6. 6 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 Johann Heinrich von Thünen-InstitutGermany 9 works
  8. 8 Economic Research ServiceUnited States 8 works
  9. 9 James Hutton InstituteUnited Kingdom 8 works
  10. 10 Agricultural & Applied Economics AssociationUnited States 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Agricultural Economics and Policy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Agricultural Economics and Policy include Angus Deaton.

  1. 1 Angus Deaton United States 3.4k citations

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

Where is Agricultural Economics and Policy research done?

The largest centres of Agricultural Economics and Policy research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Warsaw (Poland) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lincoln.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 38 works
  2. 2 Paris France 30 works
  3. 3 Warsaw Poland 28 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C. United States 24 works
  5. 5 Lincoln United States 22 works
  6. 6 Poznań Poland 18 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 17 works
  8. 8 Wageningen Netherlands 16 works
  9. 9 Sofia Bulgaria 14 works
  10. 10 Prague Czechia 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LincolnUS · 22.1 works44×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agricultural Economics and Policy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Agricultural Economics and Policy?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Kansas State University 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 45.638.0%26.5×15 -24.8%
2 University of Nebraska–LincolnUnited States 21.80.5%49.5×22 -74.5%
3 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 21.622.3%25.1×9 -8.9%

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 Policy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2015. The fastest-growing topics are Agricultural Economics and Policy.

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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.