Food and Agricultural Sciences
Food and Agricultural Sciences is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 2.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of various food processing methods on the nutrient composition, safety, and functional properties of food. It covers topics such as protein profile, mineral content, fatty acid composition, amino acid analysis, antioxidant activity, and the use of fermentation in developing functional foods.
- Food Composition
- Nutrient Analysis
- Food Safety
- Protein Profile
- Mineral Content
- Fatty Acid Composition
- Amino Acid Analysis
- Antioxidant Activity
- Fermentation Process
- Functional Food
- Research works
- 44k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 2.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +211% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Food and Agricultural Sciences research?
By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (16k and 390 works in 2022–2025).
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Food and Agricultural Sciences research?
By volume in 2022–2025, IPB University publishes the most Food and Agricultural Sciences research, followed by Padjadjaran University and University of Mataram.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 IPB UniversityIndonesia 392 works
- 2 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 339 works
- 3 University of MataramIndonesia 330 works
- 4 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 310 works
- 5 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 293 works
- 6 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 287 works
- 7 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 268 works
- 8 Universitas JemberIndonesia 268 works
- 9 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 254 works
- 10 University of PattimuraIndonesia 224 works
Where is Food and Agricultural Sciences research done?
The largest centres of Food and Agricultural Sciences research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Semarang (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Bandung (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kupang, Jember and Manokwari.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Jakarta Indonesia 1.4k works
- 2 Semarang Indonesia 904 works
- 3 Surabaya Indonesia 826 works
- 4 Bandung Indonesia 756 works
- 5 Bogor Indonesia 668 works
- 6 Malang Indonesia 636 works
- 7 Makassar Indonesia 627 works
- 8 Medan Indonesia 619 works
- 9 Yogyakarta Indonesia 544 works
- 10 Padang Indonesia 494 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Kupang35.2 works133×
- Jember69.2 works57×
- ManokwariID · 55.5 works47×
- KefamenanuID · 54.3 works43×
- MajeneID · 62.2 works38×
- Sukoharjo SatuID · 36.8 works38×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Food and Agricultural Sciences than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Food and Agricultural Sciences?
Among universities, judged by research, IPB University, Padjadjaran University and University of Mataram 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 | IPB UniversityIndonesia | 64.1 | 2.4% | 39.7× | 392 | +286.2% |
| 2 | Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia | 62.1 | 1.5% | 23.5× | 339 | +549.5% |
| 3 | University of MataramIndonesia | 61.4 | 1.6% | 23.1× | 330 | +1401.7% |
| 4 | Udayana UniversityIndonesia | 60.5 | 1.0% | 24.2× | 310 | +239.3% |
| 5 | Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia | 60.5 | 3.5% | 10.3× | 169 | +388.4% |
| 6 | Universitas JemberIndonesia | 60.2 | 1.4% | 26.9× | 268 | +834.7% |
| 7 | Airlangga UniversityIndonesia | 60.2 | 1.9% | 12.2× | 184 | +277.4% |
| 8 | Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia | 60.0 | 2.0% | 11.1× | 177 | +246.8% |
| 9 | Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia | 59.9 | 0.4% | 42.6× | 293 | +858.3% |
| 10 | Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia | 59.9 | 1.9% | 19.4× | 268 | +182.8% |
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 Food and Agricultural Sciences research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 211% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Food and Agricultural Sciences.
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.