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Pasture and Agricultural Systems

Pasture and Agricultural Systems is a research topic within Forestry. Science Explorer counts 7.1k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management of perennial pasture systems in Australia, with an emphasis on topics such as grazing management, water use efficiency, drought survival strategies, soil water balance, and the impact of climate change. The research explores the characteristics and performance of temperate grasses, sustainable grazing systems, and the potential contribution of perennial legumes to agricultural sustainability in dryland cropping systems.

  • Perennial Pastures
  • Grazing Management
  • Water Use Efficiency
  • Drought Survival
  • Soil Water Balance
  • Temperate Grasses
  • Sustainable Grazing Systems
  • Summer Dormancy
  • Crop-Livestock Farming
  • Climate Change Impacts
Research works
7.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
725
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+20%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Pasture and Agricultural Systems

Which countries lead Pasture and Agricultural Systems research?

By volume, the United States and Australia publish the most (216 and 170 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 216 works
  2. 2 Australia 170 works
  3. 3 China 162 works
  4. 4 New Zealand 30 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 30 works
  6. 6 Russia 27 works
  7. 7 India 21 works
  8. 8 Germany 21 works
  9. 9 Brazil 20 works
  10. 10 Canada 19 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: 30.2%Australia: 23.7%China: 22.7%New Zealand: 4.2%6 others listed: 19.2%30%largest
United States216 · 30.2%Australia170 · 23.7%China162 · 22.7%New Zealand30 · 4.2%6 others listed138 · 19.2%

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

Which institutions lead Pasture and Agricultural Systems research?

By volume in 2022-now, Geoscience Australia publishes the most Pasture and Agricultural Systems research, followed by Carter Center and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Geoscience AustraliaAustralia 50 works
  2. 2 Carter CenterUnited States 49 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 23 works
  4. 4 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAustralia 16 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 11 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 11 works
  7. 7 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 11 works
  8. 8 Bioeconomy Science InstituteNew Zealand 10 works
  9. 9 University of FloridaUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development AuthorityIreland 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Pasture and Agricultural Systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pasture and Agricultural Systems include Rob Knight, Mark A. Bradford and Philippe Ciais.

  1. 1 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  2. 2 Mark A. Bradford United States 268k citations
  3. 3 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  4. 4 David Tilman United States 209k citations
  5. 5 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  6. 6 F. Stuart Chapin United States 185k citations
  7. 7 Josep Peñuelas Spain 160k citations
  8. 8 Robert B. Jackson United States 149k citations
  9. 9 Rattan Lal United States 126k 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 Pasture and Agricultural Systems?

The most cited paper in Pasture and Agricultural Systems is "The Effect of Riding as an Alternative Treatment for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" (Guoqin Wang, Ruiqin Ma, Guangwei Qiao et al., 2015), with 18,689 citations. Next come "An overview of APSIM, a model designed for farming systems simulation" (2,901) and "Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships" (2,606).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Effect of Riding as an Alternative Treatment for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Guoqin Wang, Ruiqin Ma, Guangwei Qiao et al. · Integrative Medicine International ReviewOpen access 2 Apr 2015 18,689
2 An overview of APSIM, a model designed for farming systems simulation B. A. Keating et al. · European Journal of Agronomy Open access 28 Dec 2002 2,901
3 Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships Ian J. Wright, Peter B. Reich, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen et al. · New Phytologist 3 Feb 2005 2,606
4 Evolutionary steps of ecophysiological adaptation and diversification of ruminants: a comparative view of their digestive system Reinold R. Hofmann · Oecologia 1989 1,812
5 World salinization with emphasis on Australia Pichu Rengasamy · Journal of Experimental Botany Open access Mar 2006 1,698
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Where is Pasture and Agricultural Systems research done?

The largest centres of Pasture and Agricultural Systems research in 2022-now are Canberra (Australia), Atlanta (United States), Beijing (China) and Melbourne (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Canberra and Atlanta.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 CanberraAustralia 70 works
  2. 2 AtlantaUnited States 50 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 50 works
  4. 4 MelbourneAustralia 16 works
  5. 5 LanzhouChina 16 works
  6. 6 LincolnNew Zealand 15 works
  7. 7 HohhotChina 12 works
  8. 8 PerthAustralia 12 works
  9. 9 BrisbaneAustralia 12 works
  10. 10 GainesvilleUnited States 10 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CanberraAU · 69.8 works52×
  2. AtlantaUS · 50.3 works24×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pasture and Agricultural Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Pasture and Agricultural Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Florida 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.

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
1University of FloridaUnited States 10.04.3%11.7×10 +72.9%

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 Pasture and Agricultural Systems, country by country

Is Pasture and Agricultural Systems research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Pasture and Agricultural Systems.

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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 Pasture and Agricultural Systems as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0028% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Pasture and Agricultural Systems 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%Pasture and Agricultural Systems10.1% 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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