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Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact is a research topic within Ecology. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 28.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of sustainable diets, environmental impact, and global food systems. It delves into the effects of food choices on climate change, livestock production, and health, emphasizing the potential of plant-based diets to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and reduce environmental footprint. The research also addresses the challenges and opportunities in transitioning towards more sustainable dietary patterns within the context of a rapidly changing global food system.

  • Sustainable Diets
  • Environmental Impact
  • Food Systems
  • Climate Change
  • Livestock Production
  • Health Effects
  • Plant-Based Diets
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Dietary Choices
  • Global Food System
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
28.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+96%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 China 1k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 559 works
  4. 4 India 504 works
  5. 5 Italy 445 works
  6. 6 Germany 409 works
  7. 7 France 405 works
  8. 8 Brazil 391 works
  9. 9 Australia 316 works
  10. 10 Spain 313 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.

United States: 21.9%China: 18.5%United Kingdom: 10.0%India: 9.0%6 others listed: 40.6%22%largest
United States1,230 · 21.9%China1,037 · 18.5%United Kingdom559 · 10.0%India504 · 9.0%6 others listed2,279 · 40.6%

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

Which institutions lead Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Wageningen University & Research publishes the most Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact research, followed by Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement and China Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 106 works
  2. 2 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 61 works
  3. 3 China Agricultural UniversityChina 57 works
  4. 4 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 48 works
  5. 5 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 36 works
  6. 6 University of MilanItaly 35 works
  7. 7 University of CopenhagenDenmark 31 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 29 works
  9. 9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 28 works
  10. 10 Cornell UniversityUnited States 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact include Walter C. Willett, Johanna M. Geleijnse and Mathilde Touvier.

  1. 1 Walter C. Willett United States 6.8k citations
  2. 2 Johanna M. Geleijnse Netherlands 5.4k citations
  3. 3 Mathilde Touvier France 4.5k citations
  4. 4 Josep Peñuelas Spain 4.1k citations
  5. 5 David Julian McClements United States 4.1k citations
  6. 6 Nicoletta Pellegrini Italy 3.9k citations
  7. 7 Frank B. Hu United States 3.5k citations

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

Where is Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact research done?

The largest centres of Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Wageningen (Netherlands) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Carlow, Lincoln and Wageningen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 328 works
  2. 2 Paris France 138 works
  3. 3 Wageningen Netherlands 112 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 109 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 71 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C. United States 69 works
  7. 7 Milan Italy 62 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 61 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 55 works
  10. 10 Rome Italy 55 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CarlowIE · 26.1 works42×
  2. LincolnNZ · 31.3 works35×
  3. WageningenNL · 111.9 works31×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, Tufts University and University of Göttingen 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%25%50%75%mean 41.46%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wageningen University & Research: 106, 46.3%Tufts University: 17, 61.4%University of Göttingen: 25, 44.0%China Agricultural University: 57, 42.9%BOKU University: 17, 43.2%Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 36, 36.6%Scotland's Rural College: 19, 21.3%University of Milan: 34, 42.0%University of Parma: 18, 51.3%Kansas State University: 22, 25.6%Tufts UniversityWageningen Universit…University of Göttin…China Agricultural U…
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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 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 77.546.3%31.4×106 +19.4%
2 Tufts UniversityUnited States 70.161.4%7.0×17 +258.8%
3 University of GöttingenGermany 70.044.0%9.8×25 +140.8%
4 China Agricultural UniversityChina 67.842.9%11.1×57 +42.7%
5 BOKU UniversityAustria 67.443.2%18.3×17 +101.6%
6 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 64.936.6%25.1×36 +17.3%
7 Scotland's Rural CollegeUnited Kingdom 62.821.3%96.9×19 +266.5%
8 University of MilanItaly 61.142.0%5.8×34 +160.2%
9 University of ParmaItaly 61.151.3%8.6×18 —
10 Kansas State UniversityUnited States 60.225.6%10.8×22 +184.5%

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 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 96% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact.

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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.