Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement
Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement is a research topic within Agronomy and Crop Science. Science Explorer counts 9.8k research works in it since 1950. 5.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the adaptation of forage production to the challenges and opportunities arising from climate change. It covers topics such as forage crop breeding, genetic improvement, drought tolerance, soil fertility, and sustainable agriculture in the context of changing environmental conditions.
- Forage Production
- Climate Change
- Crop Adaptation
- Genetic Improvement
- Drought Tolerance
- Soil Fertility
- Plant Breeding
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Genetic Resources
- Agroecosystem
- Research works
- 9.8k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 585 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +277% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement research?
By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (1.7k and 250 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Russia 1.7k works
- 2 Ukraine 250 works
- 3 United States 162 works
- 4 China 125 works
- 5 Kazakhstan 114 works
- 6 Egypt 109 works
- 7 India 95 works
- 8 Uzbekistan 62 works
- 9 Iraq 38 works
- 10 Belarus 30 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Agricultural Research Center publishes the most Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement research, followed by Omsk State Agrarian University and Weatherford College.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 81 works
- 2 Omsk State Agrarian UniversityRussia 66 works
- 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 49 works
- 4 National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of UkraineUkraine 46 works
- 5 Federal Scientific Center for Feed Production and Agroecology named after V.R. WilliamsRussia 46 works
- 6 Kuban State Agrarian UniversityRussia 45 works
- 7 Kazan State Agrarian UniversityRussia 41 works
- 8 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 41 works
- 9 Vinnytsia National Agrarian UniversityUkraine 39 works
- 10 Federal Scientific Center for Agroecology, Integrated Land Reclamation and Protective AfforestationRussia 38 works
Where is Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement research done?
The largest centres of Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Krasnodar (Russia), Giza (Egypt) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lobnya, Kirov and Bryansk.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow Russia 300 works
- 2 Krasnodar Russia 93 works
- 3 Giza Egypt 87 works
- 4 Kyiv Ukraine 83 works
- 5 Saint Petersburg Russia 79 works
- 6 Novosibirsk Russia 71 works
- 7 Omsk Russia 68 works
- 8 Volgograd Russia 62 works
- 9 Kazan’ Russia 56 works
- 10 Yekaterinburg Russia 56 works
Where it is the local speciality
- LobnyaRU · 45.8 works1464×
- KirovRU · 40.0 works192×
- BryanskRU · 22.8 works163×
- OmskRU · 68.4 works128×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement?
Among universities, judged by research, Vinnytsia National Agrarian University, Omsk State Agrarian University and Weatherford College 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 | Vinnytsia National Agrarian UniversityUkraine | 75.5 | 13.3% | 209.4× | 39 | — |
| 2 | Omsk State Agrarian UniversityRussia | 64.6 | 2.5% | 669.3× | 66 | +630.2% |
| 3 | Weatherford CollegeUnited States | 62.1 | 2.0% | 12.4× | 49 | +518.0% |
| 4 | Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural AcademyRussia | 57.9 | 3.4% | 266.9× | 22 | +255.9% |
| 5 | Kuban State Agrarian UniversityRussia | 57.3 | 0.7% | 258.9× | 44 | +1286.9% |
| 6 | Kazakh National Agrarian Research UniversityKazakhstan | 57.2 | 4.6% | 155.6× | 10 | +318.0% |
| 7 | Penza State Agricultural AcademyRussia | 53.1 | 2.1% | 587.5× | 20 | +225.0% |
| 8 | Kazan State Agrarian UniversityRussia | 52.8 | 3.2% | 641.9× | 41 | — |
| 9 | Moscow State Agroengineering University named after V.P. GoryachkinRussia | 52.6 | 2.6% | 127.5× | 19 | +166.1% |
| 10 | Uman National UniversityUkraine | 51.9 | 2.4% | 205.4× | 14 | +1269.4% |
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 Productivity and Crop Improvement research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 277% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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