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Agricultural Science and Fertilization

Agricultural Science and Fertilization is a research topic within Soil Science. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 8.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management of soil fertility and crop productivity through various agricultural practices such as integrated nutrient management, organic manure application, biofertilizers usage, and sustainable agriculture. The research covers topics related to enhancing plant growth, improving nutrient uptake, and promoting environmental sustainability in agricultural systems.

  • Soil Fertility
  • Crop Productivity
  • Organic Manure
  • Integrated Nutrient Management
  • Biofertilizers
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Plant Growth
  • Nutrient Uptake
  • Agricultural Practices
  • Environmental Sustainability
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+55%
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Which countries lead Agricultural Science and Fertilization research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (2.5k and 219 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 2.5k works
  2. 2 China 219 works
  3. 3 Egypt 200 works
  4. 4 Bangladesh 186 works
  5. 5 Pakistan 182 works
  6. 6 Iraq 136 works
  7. 7 United States 127 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 116 works
  9. 9 Ethiopia 111 works
  10. 10 Iran 105 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.

India: 64.6%China: 5.6%Egypt: 5.1%Bangladesh: 4.8%6 others listed: 19.9%65%largest
India2,517 · 64.6%China219 · 5.6%Egypt200 · 5.1%Bangladesh186 · 4.8%6 others listed776 · 19.9%

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

Which institutions lead Agricultural Science and Fertilization research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture publishes the most Agricultural Science and Fertilization research, followed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 178 works
  2. 2 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 99 works
  3. 3 Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and TechnologyIndia 73 works
  4. 4 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 68 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Research CenterEgypt 57 works
  6. 6 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed AmravatiIndia 53 works
  7. 7 Indian Agricultural Research InstituteIndia 51 works
  8. 8 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural UniversityIndia 50 works
  9. 9 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 49 works
  10. 10 Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaIndia 48 works

Who are the leading researchers in Agricultural Science and Fertilization?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Agricultural Science and Fertilization include Ejaz Ahmad Khan, Rattan Lal and Ajay Singh.

  1. 1 Ejaz Ahmad Khan United States 7.1k citations
  2. 2 Rattan Lal United States 2.8k citations
  3. 3 Ajay Singh United States 2.4k citations
  4. 4 Muhammad Ashraf Pakistan 2.1k citations

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

Where is Agricultural Science and Fertilization research done?

The largest centres of Agricultural Science and Fertilization research in 2022–2025 are Allahabad (India), Coimbatore (India), New Delhi (India) and Kanpur (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jobner, Pālanpur and Rāhuri.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Allahabad India 192 works
  2. 2 Coimbatore India 121 works
  3. 3 New Delhi India 111 works
  4. 4 Kanpur India 92 works
  5. 5 Dhaka Bangladesh 85 works
  6. 6 Giza Egypt 82 works
  7. 7 Hyderabad India 78 works
  8. 8 Ludhiana India 74 works
  9. 9 Bhubaneswar India 72 works
  10. 10 Mumbai India 61 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JobnerIN · 21.1 works319×
  2. PālanpurIN · 21.0 works251×
  3. RāhuriIN · 30.3 works226×
  4. SabaurIN · 22.7 works180×
  5. ParbhaniIN · 26.3 works171×
  6. KrishnanagarIN · 29.9 works143×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agricultural Science and Fertilization than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Agricultural Science and Fertilization?

Among universities, judged by research, Punjab Agricultural University, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar and Tamil Nadu Agricultural 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 5.59%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Punjab Agricultural University: 68, 8.7%The University of Agriculture, Peshawar: 14, 11.6%Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: 100, 2.4%Bangladesh Agricultural University: 46, 5.4%Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology: 73, 0.8%Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University: 50, 4.3%Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research: 49, 4.0%Banaras Hindu University: 31, 7.8%Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya: 48, 4.2%Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya: 30, 6.7%The University of Ag…Punjab Agricultural …Bangladesh Agricultu…Tamil Nadu Agricultu…
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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 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 58.48.7%92.0×68 +166.2%
2 The University of Agriculture, PeshawarPakistan 57.111.6%58.3×14 +315.9%
3 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 56.02.4%96.9×100 +157.3%
4 Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh 55.85.4%106.7×46 +157.6%
5 Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and TechnologyIndia 55.70.8%351.3×73 +320.5%
6 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural UniversityIndia 55.74.3%120.4×50 +265.4%
7 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 55.44.0%89.9×49 +336.0%
8 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 55.27.8%14.3×31 +294.9%
9 Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa VidyalayaIndia 54.94.2%221.7×48 +422.8%
10 Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaIndia 54.36.7%143.2×30 +221.5%

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 Science and Fertilization research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Agricultural Science and Fertilization.

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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.