Climate change impacts on agriculture
Climate change impacts on agriculture is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1954. 37.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the challenges and strategies for adapting agriculture to climate change, with an emphasis on ensuring food security, managing vulnerability, and sustaining crop production. The research covers topics such as climate change impacts on global food security, adaptation methods for agricultural systems, vulnerability analysis, sustainable intensification, and the effects of extreme weather events on crop yields.
- Climate Change
- Agriculture
- Adaptation
- Food Security
- Vulnerability
- Crop Production
- Sustainability
- Global Warming
- Water Management
- Extreme Weather
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1954
- In the world top 10%
- 7.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 37.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +60% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Climate change impacts on agriculture research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (939 and 872 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 939 works
- 2 India 872 works
- 3 United States 670 works
- 4 Ethiopia 195 works
- 5 Germany 192 works
- 6 Pakistan 175 works
- 7 South Africa 167 works
- 8 United Kingdom 165 works
- 9 Australia 163 works
- 10 Bangladesh 162 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.
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Which institutions lead Climate change impacts on agriculture research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Climate change impacts on agriculture research, followed by China Agricultural University and Wageningen University & Research.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 43 works
- 2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 36 works
- 3 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 34 works
- 4 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 33 works
- 5 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 30 works
- 6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 26 works
- 7 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 25 works
- 8 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 24 works
- 9 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 22 works
- 10 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchChina 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Climate change impacts on agriculture?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Climate change impacts on agriculture include Ian Foster, Josep Peñuelas and Philippe Ciais.
- 1 Ian Foster United States 4.9k citations
- 2 Josep Peñuelas Spain 4.1k citations
- 3 Philippe Ciais France 4k citations
- 4 Johan Rockström Germany 3.9k citations
- 5 W. Neil Adger United Kingdom 3.7k citations
- 6 P. D. Jones United Kingdom 3.4k citations
- 7 Andy Jarvis Colombia 3k citations
- 8 Pete Smith United Kingdom 3k citations
- 9 Rattan Lal United States 2.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Climate change impacts on agriculture research done?
The largest centres of Climate change impacts on agriculture research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Nanjing (China).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 338 works
- 2 New Delhi India 114 works
- 3 Dhaka Bangladesh 86 works
- 4 Nanjing China 83 works
- 5 Nairobi Kenya 73 works
- 6 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 64 works
- 7 Washington D.C. United States 56 works
- 8 Tehran Iran 56 works
- 9 Coimbatore India 39 works
- 10 Wuhan China 39 works
Where is the best place to study Climate change impacts on agriculture?
Among universities, judged by research, Northwest A&F University, China Agricultural University and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 80.3 | 67.0% | 10.5× | 25 | +477.8% |
| 2 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 77.7 | 66.4% | 10.7× | 36 | +98.3% |
| 3 | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana | 77.4 | 55.3% | 18.1× | 22 | +313.2% |
| 4 | Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands | 74.7 | 62.2% | 15.4× | 34 | +5.4% |
| 5 | University of Agriculture FaisalabadPakistan | 71.1 | 43.8% | 18.8× | 18 | +348.5% |
| 6 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 70.3 | 65.7% | 7.7× | 32 | +99.1% |
| 7 | Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia | 69.0 | 54.8% | 16.5× | 24 | +94.1% |
| 8 | Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina | 66.1 | 43.6% | 9.0× | 22 | +232.5% |
| 9 | Hawassa UniversityEthiopia | 65.7 | 55.6% | 26.9× | 16 | +124.7% |
| 10 | Université Mohammed VI PolytechniqueMorocco | 65.6 | 68.4% | 15.6× | 8 | — |
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 Climate change impacts on agriculture research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Climate change impacts on agriculture.
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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.