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Agriculture and Social Issues

Agriculture and Social Issues is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 2.7k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to plant physiology, environmental sustainability, and agricultural innovation. It includes research on climate change, nutrient uptake in plants, urban agriculture, eco-friendly practices, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable development. The cluster also addresses community health in the context of environmental sustainability.

  • Plant Physiology
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Climate Change
  • Nutrient Uptake
  • Agricultural Innovation
  • Urban Agriculture
  • Eco-friendly Practices
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Sustainable Development
  • Community Health
Research works
2.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
270
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+27%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Mexico
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Agriculture and Social Issues

Which countries lead Agriculture and Social Issues research?

By volume, Mexico and Ecuador publish the most (300 and 167 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico 300 works
  2. 2 Ecuador 167 works
  3. 3 Peru 121 works
  4. 4 Colombia 101 works
  5. 5 Spain 81 works
  6. 6 Argentina 66 works
  7. 7 Brazil 55 works
  8. 8 Chile 37 works
  9. 9 United States 32 works
  10. 10 ?? 24 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.

Mexico: 30.5%Ecuador: 17.0%Peru: 12.3%Colombia: 10.2%6 others listed: 30.0%31%largest
Mexico300 · 30.5%Ecuador167 · 17.0%Peru121 · 12.3%Colombia101 · 10.2%6 others listed295 · 30.0%

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

Which institutions lead Agriculture and Social Issues research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabi publishes the most Agriculture and Social Issues research, followed by Colegio de Postgraduados and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Estatal del Sur de ManabiEcuador 23 works
  2. 2 Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 20 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 19 works
  4. 4 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 18 works
  5. 5 Universidad César VallejoPeru 17 works
  6. 6 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 14 works
  7. 7 Tecnológico Nacional de MéxicoMexico 14 works
  8. 8 Universidad Técnica Estatal de QuevedoEcuador 14 works
  9. 9 Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 13 works
  10. 10 Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 11 works

What are the most cited papers in Agriculture and Social Issues?

The most cited paper in Agriculture and Social Issues is "Archaeological evidence of teosinte domestication from Guilá Naquitz, Oaxaca" (Bruce F. Benz, 2001), with 234 citations. Next come "Cómo modelar el desarrollo y la dinámica de la ciudad latinoamericana" (228) and "El nuevo modelo de la ciudad latinoamericana: fragmentación y privatización" (180).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Archaeological evidence of teosinte domestication from Guilá Naquitz, Oaxaca Bruce F. Benz · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 13 Feb 2001 234
2 Cómo modelar el desarrollo y la dinámica de la ciudad latinoamericana Axel Borsdorf · EURE (Santiago) Open access May 2003 228
3 El nuevo modelo de la ciudad latinoamericana: fragmentación y privatización Michael Janoschka · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) Open access Dec 2002 180
4 Nutrient Solutions for Hydroponic Systems I. Libia, C. Fernando · InTech eBooks Book chapterOpen access 23 Mar 2012 167
5 Characterization of urban solid waste in Chihuahua, Mexico Guadalupe Gómez, Montse Meneses, Lourdes Ballinas‐Casarrubias et al. · Waste Management 9 Jan 2008 125
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Where is Agriculture and Social Issues research done?

The largest centres of Agriculture and Social Issues research in 2022-now are Mexico City (Mexico), Lima (Peru), Bogotá (Colombia) and Madrid (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jipijapa.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico CityMexico 70 works
  2. 2 LimaPeru 43 works
  3. 3 BogotáColombia 41 works
  4. 4 MadridSpain 28 works
  5. 5 GuayaquilEcuador 24 works
  6. 6 TrujilloPeru 24 works
  7. 7 JipijapaEcuador 23 works
  8. 8 XalapaMexico 19 works
  9. 9 SantiagoChile 19 works
  10. 10 Buenos AiresArgentina 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JipijapaEC · 23.0 works234×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agriculture and Social Issues than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Agriculture and Social Issues?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabi and Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro 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%30%mean 14.33%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Autónoma…Universidad Técnica …Universidad Estatal …Universidad Nacional…
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
1Universidad Técnica Estatal de QuevedoEcuador 66.320.9%190.2×14 +358.0%
2Universidad Estatal del Sur de ManabiEcuador 63.014.6%288.2×23 +681.0%
3Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio NarroMexico 53.428.2%377.4×10 -13.1%
4Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 51.810.3%19.4×19 +9.3%
5Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 50.79.6%152.4×20 -23.9%
6Universidad César VallejoPeru 48.513.6%65.0×17 -
7Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 44.720.6%61.0×8 +47.8%
8Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 40.36.5%48.0×14 +42.2%
9Instituto Politécnico NacionalMexico 38.410.5%24.8×8 +72.5%
10Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 35.58.5%69.1×13 +54.8%

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 Agriculture and Social Issues, country by country

Is Agriculture and Social Issues research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Agriculture and Social Issues.

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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 Social Issues as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Agriculture and Social Issues0.0057% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Agriculture and Social Issues 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%Agriculture and Social Issues10.2% 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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