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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. 7.3% 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%
896
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+258%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Agricultural Research and Practices research?

By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (5k and 156 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 5k works
  2. 2 India 156 works
  3. 3 ?? 99 works
  4. 4 United States 56 works
  5. 5 Malaysia 37 works
  6. 6 Bangladesh 23 works
  7. 7 Nepal 20 works
  8. 8 China 17 works
  9. 9 Nigeria 16 works
  10. 10 Iraq 14 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: 92.0%India: 2.9%??: 1.8%United States: 1.0%6 others listed: 2.3%92%largest
Indonesia5,013 · 92.0%India156 · 2.9%??99 · 1.8%United States56 · 1.0%6 others listed128 · 2.3%

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

Which institutions lead Agricultural Research and Practices research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Mataram publishes the most Agricultural Research and Practices research, followed by IPB University and Universitas Jember.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of MataramIndonesia 137 works
  2. 2 IPB UniversityIndonesia 122 works
  3. 3 Universitas JemberIndonesia 111 works
  4. 4 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 107 works
  5. 5 Universitas Halu OleoIndonesia 96 works
  6. 6 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 96 works
  7. 7 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 90 works
  8. 8 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 87 works
  9. 9 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 80 works
  10. 10 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia 72 works

Where is Agricultural Research and Practices research done?

The largest centres of Agricultural Research and Practices research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Makassar (Indonesia), Malang (Indonesia) and Medan (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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 294 works
  2. 2 Makassar Indonesia 246 works
  3. 3 Malang Indonesia 230 works
  4. 4 Medan Indonesia 228 works
  5. 5 Surabaya Indonesia 198 works
  6. 6 Bandung Indonesia 194 works
  7. 7 Bogor Indonesia 187 works
  8. 8 Yogyakarta Indonesia 165 works
  9. 9 Padang Indonesia 164 works
  10. 10 Mataram Indonesia 158 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Jember26.9 works72×
  2. KefamenanuID · 23.3 works61×
  3. KendariID · 107.0 works45×
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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 Diponegoro 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.

0%5%10%mean 7.49%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →IPB University: 122, 10.5%University of Brawijaya: 96, 8.4%Diponegoro University: 52, 10.5%Universitas Gadjah Mada: 52, 8.6%State University of Gorontalo: 48, 8.8%Hasanuddin University: 50, 7.8%Sebelas Maret University: 80, 6.0%Andalas University: 71, 5.8%Lampung University: 106, 4.2%Universitas Halu Oleo: 96, 4.3%IPB UniversityDiponegoro UniversityUniversitas Gadjah M…University of Brawij…
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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 IPB UniversityIndonesia 80.010.5%40.2×122 +400.2%
2 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 74.08.4%20.3×96 +218.6%
3 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 73.510.5%12.2×52 +731.6%
4 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 70.98.6%10.6×52 +537.0%
5 State University of GorontaloIndonesia 69.18.8%22.2×48 +971.1%
6 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 68.27.8%14.0×50 +825.5%
7 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 68.16.0%16.0×80 +610.5%
8 Andalas UniversityIndonesia 67.05.8%26.3×71 +523.3%
9 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 66.44.2%36.0×106 +218.4%
10 Universitas Halu OleoIndonesia 65.84.3%53.8×96 +509.6%

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 Research and Practices research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 258% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.