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Agricultural Systems and Practices

Agricultural Systems and Practices is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 11.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the ecological mechanisms and sustainability of integrated rice-fish farming systems, focusing on agricultural heritage systems in China, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. It investigates the benefits of co-cultivating rice and fish, including improved resource utilization, enhanced food security, and conservation of wetland ecosystem services. The research also addresses challenges such as pesticide use, nitrogen loss, and adoption barriers faced by smallholders.

  • Rice-Fish Farming
  • Integrated Farming Systems
  • Sustainability
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Agricultural Heritage Systems
  • Biodiversity
  • Food Security
  • Vietnam
  • Mekong Delta
  • Aquaculture
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+29%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Agricultural Systems and Practices research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (1k and 383 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 1k works
  2. 2 China 383 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 259 works
  4. 4 Bangladesh 158 works
  5. 5 United States 149 works
  6. 6 Vietnam 92 works
  7. 7 Japan 77 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 51 works
  9. 9 Philippines 47 works
  10. 10 Australia 46 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: 44.7%China: 16.8%Indonesia: 11.3%Bangladesh: 6.9%6 others listed: 20.3%45%largest
India1,022 · 44.7%China383 · 16.8%Indonesia259 · 11.3%Bangladesh158 · 6.9%6 others listed463 · 20.3%

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

Which institutions lead Agricultural Systems and Practices research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Bangladesh Agricultural University publishes the most Agricultural Systems and Practices research, followed by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed Amravati and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh 36 works
  2. 2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed AmravatiIndia 33 works
  3. 3 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 30 works
  4. 4 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 28 works
  5. 5 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 22 works
  6. 6 National Dairy Research InstituteIndia 20 works
  7. 7 Assam Agricultural UniversityIndia 19 works
  8. 8 Indian Agricultural Research InstituteIndia 15 works
  9. 9 Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirIndia 15 works
  10. 10 Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural UniversityIndia 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Agricultural Systems and Practices?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Agricultural Systems and Practices include Ajay Singh, Ramaswamy Govindan and Vijay Kumar.

  1. 1 Ajay Singh United States 2.4k citations
  2. 2 Ramaswamy Govindan United States 2k citations
  3. 3 Vijay Kumar India 1.8k citations
  4. 4 Yoshitaka Fujii Japan 1.5k citations

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

Where is Agricultural Systems and Practices research done?

The largest centres of Agricultural Systems and Practices research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Hyderabad (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mymensingh and Karnāl.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 98 works
  2. 2 New Delhi India 68 works
  3. 3 Dhaka Bangladesh 68 works
  4. 4 Hyderabad India 44 works
  5. 5 Mumbai India 41 works
  6. 6 Mymensingh Bangladesh 40 works
  7. 7 Coimbatore India 35 works
  8. 8 Ludhiana India 29 works
  9. 9 Bhubaneswar India 28 works
  10. 10 Bengaluru India 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MymensinghBD · 39.7 works105×
  2. KarnālIN · 23.1 works86×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agricultural Systems and Practices than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed Amravati 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%20%40%60%mean 16.1%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Bangladesh Agricultural University: 36, 13.8%Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed Amravati: 33, 1.3%Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: 30, 5.6%Huazhong Agricultural University: 12, 55.0%Central Agricultural University: 13, 24.3%Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University: 11, 9.3%Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir: 15, 13.2%Khulna University: 11, 11.8%Punjab Agricultural University: 22, 22.3%Assam Agricultural University: 19, 4.4%Huazhong Agricultura…Bangladesh Agricultu…Tamil Nadu Agricultu…Krishi Vigyan Kendra…
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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 Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBangladesh 69.813.8%136.8×36 +136.0%
2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed AmravatiIndia 60.91.3%228.8×33 +232.4%
3 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 60.85.6%47.4×30 +371.3%
4 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 59.455.0%12.2×12 -59.6%
5 Central Agricultural UniversityIndia 59.024.3%73.2×13 +183.0%
6 Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural UniversityBangladesh 57.19.3%117.5×11 +208.4%
7 Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirIndia 56.613.2%64.4×15 +177.5%
8 Khulna UniversityBangladesh 55.411.8%45.2×11 +256.1%
9 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 54.122.3%47.1×22 +33.7%
10 Assam Agricultural UniversityIndia 53.64.4%93.3×19 +311.4%

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 Systems and Practices research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Agricultural Systems 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.