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Agricultural Research and Practices

Agricultural Research and Practices is a research topic within General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1953. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the sustainability of agricultural practices in developing countries, particularly in the context of climate change adaptation, food security, rural development, and smallholder farming. It also addresses the management of natural disasters, trade's impact on economic growth, and strategies for sustainable agricultural management.

  • Agricultural Sustainability
  • Developing Countries
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Food Security
  • Rural Development
  • Smallholder Farming
  • Sustainable Management
  • Community Empowerment
  • Natural Disaster Management
  • Trade and Economic Growth
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+59%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
92% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Agricultural Research and Practices

Which countries lead Agricultural Research and Practices research?

By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (5.9k and 182 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 5.9k works
  2. 2 India 182 works
  3. 3 ?? 120 works
  4. 4 United States 65 works
  5. 5 Malaysia 43 works
  6. 6 Nigeria 29 works
  7. 7 Bangladesh 27 works
  8. 8 Nepal 22 works
  9. 9 China 20 works
  10. 10 Philippines 20 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.

Indonesia: 91.9%India: 2.8%??: 1.8%United States: 1.0%6 others listed: 2.5%92%largest
Indonesia5,945 · 91.9%India182 · 2.8%??120 · 1.8%United States65 · 1.0%6 others listed161 · 2.5%

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

Which institutions lead Agricultural Research and Practices research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Mataram publishes the most Agricultural Research and Practices research, followed by IPB University and Universitas Jember.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of MataramIndonesia 163 works
  2. 2 IPB UniversityIndonesia 134 works
  3. 3 Universitas JemberIndonesia 129 works
  4. 4 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 120 works
  5. 5 Universitas Halu OleoIndonesia 112 works
  6. 6 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 109 works
  7. 7 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 108 works
  8. 8 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 106 works
  9. 9 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 99 works
  10. 10 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia 84 works

What are the most cited papers in Agricultural Research and Practices?

The most cited paper in Agricultural Research and Practices is "THE RICE BROWN PLANTHOPPER: Feeding Physiology and Host Plant Interactions" (Kazushige SOGAWA, 1982), with 414 citations. Next come "Biodiversity associated with an irrigated rice agro-ecosystem in Sri Lanka" (234) and "Fenomena Penuaan Petani dan Berkurangnya Tenaga Kerja Muda serta Implikasinya bagi Kebijakan Pembangunan Pertanian" (184).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE RICE BROWN PLANTHOPPER: Feeding Physiology and Host Plant Interactions Kazushige SOGAWA · Annual Review of Entomology 1982 414
2 Biodiversity associated with an irrigated rice agro-ecosystem in Sri Lanka C. N. B. Bambaradeniya, J. P. Edirisinghe, D.N. De Silva et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation 28 May 2004 234
3 Fenomena Penuaan Petani dan Berkurangnya Tenaga Kerja Muda serta Implikasinya bagi Kebijakan Pembangunan Pertanian Sri Hery Susilowati · Forum penelitian Agro Ekonomi Open access 13 Jun 2016 184
4 BHINNEKHA TUNGGAL IKA: KHASANAH MULTIKULTURAL INDONESIA DI TENGAH KEHIDUPAN SARA Gina Lestari · Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan Open access 27 Jun 2016 155
5 Does social capital matter in climate change adaptation? A lesson from agricultural sector in Yogyakarta, Indonesia Endah Saptutyningsih, Diswandi Diswandi, Wanggi Jaung · Land Use Policy Open access 14 Oct 2019 143
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Agricultural Research and Practices research done?

The largest centres of Agricultural Research and Practices research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia), Makassar (Indonesia) and Malang (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jember, Kefamenanu and Kendari.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 350 works
  2. 2 MedanIndonesia 291 works
  3. 3 MakassarIndonesia 289 works
  4. 4 MalangIndonesia 268 works
  5. 5 SurabayaIndonesia 248 works
  6. 6 BandungIndonesia 240 works
  7. 7 BogorIndonesia 208 works
  8. 8 YogyakartaIndonesia 190 works
  9. 9 MataramIndonesia 190 works
  10. 10 SemarangIndonesia 188 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Jember29.6 works72×
  2. KefamenanuID · 27.6 works64×
  3. KendariID · 123.5 works45×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agricultural Research and Practices than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Agricultural Research and Practices?

Among universities, judged by research, IPB University, University of Brawijaya and Universitas Jember 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 12.94%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →IPB UniversityUniversity of Brawij…Andalas UniversityUniversitas Jember
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1IPB UniversityIndonesia 77.619.1%42.3×134 -17.1%
2University of BrawijayaIndonesia 69.512.9%22.1×109 +39.2%
3Universitas JemberIndonesia 65.58.3%40.4×129 +56.0%
4Andalas UniversityIndonesia 65.211.8%27.9×79 +40.8%
5University of MataramIndonesia 64.28.4%35.7×163 +115.3%
6State University of GorontaloIndonesia 63.913.8%25.2×57 +171.5%
7University of Bangka BelitungIndonesia 62.916.9%31.4×29 +43.1%
8University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 61.48.6%27.8×106 +381.8%
9Agriculture and Forestry UniversityNepal 61.417.4%25.3×9 -55.1%
10Muhammadiyah University of YogyakartaIndonesia 61.112.2%18.7×35 +28.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Agricultural Research and Practices, country by country

Is Agricultural Research and Practices research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Agricultural Research and Practices.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Agricultural Research and Practices as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Agricultural Research and Practices0.032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Agricultural Research and Practices over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Agricultural Research and Practices9.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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