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Agriculture and Rural Development Research

Agriculture and Rural Development Research is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 12.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution, sustainability, and adaptation of livestock farming systems, with a focus on work organization, diversity, multifunctionality, and the challenges faced by smallholder farmers. It delves into topics such as agricultural development, agroecology, and the impact of climate change on livestock farming. The papers also discuss strategies for enhancing the sustainability and resilience of livestock farming systems.

  • Livestock Farming
  • Sustainability
  • Adaptation
  • Agricultural Development
  • Work Organization
  • Diversity
  • Multifunctionality
  • Agroecology
  • Smallholder Farmers
  • Climate Change
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
57% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Agriculture and Rural Development Research

Which countries lead Agriculture and Rural Development Research research?

By volume, France and Côte d'Ivoire publish the most (3.4k and 402 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 3.4k works
  2. 2 Côte d'Ivoire 402 works
  3. 3 United States 363 works
  4. 4 Cameroon 359 works
  5. 5 Nigeria 294 works
  6. 6 Benin 250 works
  7. 7 Burkina Faso 245 works
  8. 8 Ethiopia 222 works
  9. 9 ?? 221 works
  10. 10 Canada 210 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.

France: 57.1%Côte d'Ivoire: 6.7%United States: 6.1%Cameroon: 6.0%6 others listed: 24.1%57%largest
France3,416 · 57.1%Côte d'Ivoire402 · 6.7%United States363 · 6.1%Cameroon359 · 6.0%6 others listed1,442 · 24.1%

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

Which institutions lead Agriculture and Rural Development Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Agriculture and Rural Development Research research, followed by Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement and Université d'Abomey-Calavi.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 855 works
  2. 2 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 777 works
  3. 3 Université d'Abomey-CalaviBenin 117 works
  4. 4 Université Félix Houphouët-BoignyCôte d'Ivoire 112 works
  5. 5 Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le DéveloppementFrance 112 works
  6. 6 Université de ParakouBenin 91 works
  7. 7 Cheikh Anta Diop UniversitySenegal 78 works
  8. 8 University of LoméTogo 76 works
  9. 9 University of KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo 76 works
  10. 10 Université Joseph Ki-ZerboBurkina Faso 69 works

Who are the leading researchers in Agriculture and Rural Development Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Agriculture and Rural Development Research include Pierre Bourdıeu, Jean‐Louis Vincent and Philippe Ciais.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k citations
  3. 3 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  4. 4 François Alla France 169k citations
  5. 5 Marc Humbert France 161k citations
  6. 6 Josep Peñuelas Spain 160k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Agriculture and Rural Development Research?

The most cited paper in Agriculture and Rural Development Research is "NOTES ON SUGAR DETERMINATION" (Michael Somogyi, 1952), with 5,302 citations. Next come "The origins and practice of participatory rural appraisal" (2,523) and "Sur la convergence statistique" (2,244).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 NOTES ON SUGAR DETERMINATION Michael Somogyi · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Mar 1952 5,302
2 The origins and practice of participatory rural appraisal Robert Chambers · World Development Open access Jul 1994 2,523
3 Sur la convergence statistique H. Fast · Colloquium Mathematicum 1951 2,244
4 Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics Pedro Antonio Sánchez Miguel · Soil Science Sep 1977 1,313
5 Sustainable intensification in African agriculture Jules Pretty, Camilla Toulmin, S. B. Williams · International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability Open access Feb 2011 1,220
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Agriculture and Rural Development Research research done?

The largest centres of Agriculture and Rural Development Research research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Montpellier (France), Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saint-Genès-Champanelle, Parakou and Korhogo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 1.1k works
  2. 2 MontpellierFrance 296 works
  3. 3 AbidjanCôte d'Ivoire 212 works
  4. 4 OuagadougouBurkina Faso 168 works
  5. 5 CotonouBenin 144 works
  6. 6 ToulouseFrance 138 works
  7. 7 DakarSenegal 128 works
  8. 8 KinshasaDemocratic Republic of the Congo 123 works
  9. 9 LyonFrance 116 works
  10. 10 RennesFrance 115 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Saint-Genès-ChampanelleFR · 52.3 works371×
  2. ParakouBJ · 90.9 works348×
  3. KorhogoCI · 57.3 works296×
  4. DaloaCI · 65.8 works267×
  5. Castanet-TolosanFR · 43.0 works220×
  6. KoudougouBF · 26.4 works176×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agriculture and Rural Development Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Agriculture and Rural Development Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo and University for Development Studies score highest, combining citation 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%mean 21.38%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Kwame Nkrumah Univer…University for Devel…Hawassa UniversityUniversité Joseph Ki…
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.

Citation 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
1Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 69.333.3%9.5×16 +50.2%
2Université Joseph Ki-ZerboBurkina Faso 67.913.8%147.2×69 +58.8%
3University for Development StudiesGhana 66.830.7%23.9×18 +48.1%
4Hawassa UniversityEthiopia 66.228.4%19.4×15 +64.2%
5Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchEthiopia 65.216.2%67.4×64 +24.9%
6University of LoméTogo 63.810.0%167.4×76 +97.4%
7Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 63.827.5%6.3×18 -3.2%
8Université d'Abomey-CalaviBenin 63.211.6%154.3×117 -14.9%
9Université de MontpellierFrance 61.915.6%24.9×67 +11.1%
10Haramaya UniversityEthiopia 61.526.7%20.2×12 +14.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Agriculture and Rural Development Research, country by country

Is Agriculture and Rural Development Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Agriculture and Rural Development Research.

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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 Agriculture and Rural Development Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.052% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Agriculture and Rural Development Research0.031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Agriculture and Rural Development Research 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 counting10%20%Agriculture and Rural Development Research10.7% in 2025200020102020

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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