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Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis

Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis is a research topic within Environmental Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 8.2k research works in it since 1951. 18.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the evaluation of environmental impact and sustainability of agricultural systems at the farm level. It includes the development and comparison of indicator-based methods, assessment frameworks, and tools for measuring sustainability in agri-environmental systems. The papers cover a wide range of topics such as multi-criteria assessment, livestock farming, sustainable development, and integrated assessment for rural planning.

  • Agricultural Sustainability
  • Environmental Impact
  • Farm Level Assessment
  • Sustainability Indicators
  • Agri-environmental Systems
  • Multi-criteria Assessment
  • Livestock Farming
  • Sustainable Development
  • Integrated Assessment
  • Rural Planning
Research works
8.2k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (183 and 172 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 183 works
  2. 2 China 172 works
  3. 3 France 141 works
  4. 4 Brazil 120 works
  5. 5 United States 119 works
  6. 6 Spain 83 works
  7. 7 Italy 83 works
  8. 8 Mexico 77 works
  9. 9 Germany 60 works
  10. 10 Colombia 55 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.

India: 16.7%China: 15.7%France: 12.9%Brazil: 11.0%6 others listed: 43.7%17%largest
India183 · 16.7%China172 · 15.7%France141 · 12.9%Brazil120 · 11.0%6 others listed477 · 43.7%

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

Which institutions lead Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority publishes the most Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis research, followed by Wageningen University & Research and Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement.

Who are the leading researchers in Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis include Alex B. McBratney and Johan Six.

  1. 1 Alex B. McBratney Australia 2.4k citations
  2. 2 Johan Six Switzerland 2.1k citations

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

Where is Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Carlow (Ireland) and Wageningen (Netherlands). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Carlow and Wageningen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 47 works
  2. 2 Paris France 42 works
  3. 3 Carlow Ireland 25 works
  4. 4 Wageningen Netherlands 21 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 21 works
  6. 6 Bucharest Romania 19 works
  7. 7 Bogotá Colombia 17 works
  8. 8 New Delhi India 17 works
  9. 9 Montpellier France 16 works
  10. 10 Athens Greece 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CarlowIE · 25.2 works182×
  2. WageningenNL · 21.1 works26×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, Agricultural University of Athens and Bucharest University of Economic Studies 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%30%mean 14.72%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wageningen University & Research: 20, 28.1%Agricultural University of Athens: 11, 15.9%Bucharest University of Economic Studies: 9, 11.9%Polytechnic Institute of Bragança: 10, 0.0%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 8, 17.7%Wageningen Universit…Agricultural Univers…Bucharest University…Polytechnic Institut…
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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 84.228.1%26.0×20 +7.5%
2 Agricultural University of AthensGreece 51.215.9%65.5×11 -43.7%
3 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 43.911.9%24.7×9
4 Polytechnic Institute of BragançaPortugal 40.40.0%64.4×10
5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 27.917.7%4.3×8 +34.2%

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 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis.

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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.