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Rural Development and Agriculture

Rural Development and Agriculture is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 6.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on sustainable rural development, with an emphasis on agriculture, family farming, rural policy, food security, sustainability, and social development in Brazil. It covers topics such as the impact of public policies on family farming, nutrition programs, agroecology, and the challenges and opportunities for rural communities.

  • Agriculture
  • Family Farming
  • Rural Policy
  • Food Security
  • Sustainability
  • Social Development
  • Agrarian Reform
  • Nutrition Program
  • Agroecology
  • Rural Sociology
Research works
36k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+51%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Rural Development and Agriculture research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (6.8k and 213 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 6.8k works
  2. 2 United States 213 works
  3. 3 Portugal 145 works
  4. 4 Spain 80 works
  5. 5 France 69 works
  6. 6 ?? 63 works
  7. 7 Argentina 42 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 37 works
  9. 9 Germany 36 works
  10. 10 Mexico 35 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.

Brazil: 90.4%United States: 2.9%Portugal: 1.9%Spain: 1.1%6 others listed: 3.8%90%largest
Brazil6,755 · 90.4%United States213 · 2.9%Portugal145 · 1.9%Spain80 · 1.1%6 others listed282 · 3.8%

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

Which institutions lead Rural Development and Agriculture research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) publishes the most Rural Development and Agriculture research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Universidade Federal do Pará.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 161 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 148 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 137 works
  4. 4 Universidade Estadual do Oeste do ParanáBrazil 137 works
  5. 5 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 127 works
  6. 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 117 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil 116 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 102 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 90 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de GoiásBrazil 89 works

Who are the leading researchers in Rural Development and Agriculture?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Rural Development and Agriculture include Gerd Sparovek, Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira and Philip M. Fearnside.

  1. 1 Gerd Sparovek Brazil 2k citations
  2. 2 Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira Portugal 1.5k citations
  3. 3 Philip M. Fearnside Brazil 1.3k citations

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

Where is Rural Development and Agriculture research done?

The largest centres of Rural Development and Agriculture research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil) and Belém (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Porto Alegre, Marabá and Ijuí.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 692 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 381 works
  3. 3 Brasília Brazil 344 works
  4. 4 Belém Brazil 263 works
  5. 5 Recife Brazil 206 works
  6. 6 Curitiba Brazil 201 works
  7. 7 Salvador Brazil 198 works
  8. 8 Fortaleza Brazil 176 works
  9. 9 Porto Alegre Brazil 174 works
  10. 10 Florianópolis Brazil 153 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Porto AlegreBR · 30.9 works129×
  2. MarabáBR · 27.6 works94×
  3. IjuíBR · 28.3 works94×
  4. CascavelBR · 139.7 works89×
  5. SantarémBR · 31.6 works83×
  6. ChapecóBR · 66.5 works78×
  7. PetrolinaBR · 50.2 works75×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Rural Development and Agriculture than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Rural Development and Agriculture?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) and Universidade Federal do Pará 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%mean 5.89%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Católica Dom Bosco: 14, 17.6%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 87, 5.4%Universidade Federal do Pará: 137, 2.4%Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo: 44, 5.5%Universidade de Brasília: 128, 4.4%Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná: 75, 3.1%Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul: 66, 3.2%Instituto Federal do Sudeste de Minas Gerais: 11, 10.5%Universidade Federal do Piauí: 53, 3.7%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: 148, 3.1%Universidade Católic…Universidade Federal…Universidade Estadua…Universidade Federal…
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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 Universidade Católica Dom BoscoBrazil 73.017.6%68.3×14 +173.3%
2 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 64.75.4%15.6×87 +163.4%
3 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 64.12.4%46.3×137 +203.0%
4 Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoBrazil 62.05.5%19.3×44 +292.0%
5 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 61.74.4%30.5×128 +109.6%
6 Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáBrazil 61.43.1%39.7×75 +279.2%
7 Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil 60.43.2%38.5×66 +210.2%
8 Instituto Federal do Sudeste de Minas GeraisBrazil 60.310.5%85.2×11 +268.1%
9 Universidade Federal do PiauíBrazil 59.93.7%35.9×53 +268.0%
10 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 59.13.1%27.9×148 +82.8%

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 Rural Development and Agriculture research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Rural Development and Agriculture.

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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.