AGRI-01 Observatory – Agricultural and food economics and rural appraisal
07/AGRI-01 — Agricultural and Food Economics and Rural Appraisal

Qualitative methods and reviews

Research topic of the field
435
publications
14,775
citations
310
researchers
41
institutions
63%
in Q1 journals
The topics most often intertwined with this one, year by year
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Indicators
Output and impact
251
publications since 2021
128
publications 2016–2020
+96%
compared with 2016–2020
23%
share signed by the most active 5%

The last share tells how far the topic passes through few hands: in the field it ranges from 12% to 39%. 23% means that the topic has some reference groups but remains widespread. Signatures are counted, not papers: an article with four authors on the topic weighs four times, because the question is how much of the work passes through few people.

Trend over time and quality of outlets

Publications per year

0
'06
0
'07
3
'08
4
'09
3
'10
1
'11
8
'12
12
'13
6
'14
15
'15
17
'16
21
'17
26
'18
30
'19
34
'20
57
'21
34
'22
44
'23
36
'24
45
'25

Journal quartiles (SJR · SCImago)

413with SJR
Q1 260 (63%)
Q2 94 (23%)
Q3 29 (7%)
Q4 30 (7%)
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People
Who works on it

Most active researchers on the topic

By papers on the topic. The last column still shows specialisation, to tell apart those who work on it a lot in absolute terms from those who work on it above all.

NameInstitutionPapers on the topich-indexSpecialisation
Alessandro Paletto CREA – Centro di ricerca Politiche e Bioeconomia 34 35
4.15
Alberto Zezza Foreign institutions 16 24
9.58
Deborah Bentivoglio Università Politecnica delle Marche 15 17
5.84
Adele Finco Università Politecnica delle Marche 15 20
4.32
Marzia Ingrassia Università degli Studi di Palermo 15 21
8.11
Stefania Chironi Università degli Studi di Palermo 13 19
7.98
Simona Bacarella Università degli Studi di Palermo 11 16
8.98
Antonella Samoggia Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna 11 22
3.29
Pietro Columba Università degli Studi di Palermo 10 19
8.16
Raffaele Zanoli Università Politecnica delle Marche 10 31
1.61
Luca Altamore Università degli Studi di Palermo 10 15
11.22
Antonino Galati Università degli Studi di Palermo 9 39
1.33
Fabio Gaetano Santeramo Università degli Studi di Foggia 9 31
1.82
Riccardo Vecchio Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II 8 36
1.33
Emilia Lamonaca Università degli Studi di Foggia 8 17
3.59

Who is most specialised in this topic

Not those who published the most on it, but those who devote the largest share of their output to it compared with the field average. Above 1 there is specialisation; the tick marks parity. Researchers with fewer than three papers on the topic are excluded.

NameInstitutionPapers on the topicSpecialisation
Luca Altamore Università degli Studi di Palermo 10
11.22
Alberto Zezza Foreign institutions 16
9.58
Simona Bacarella Università degli Studi di Palermo 11
8.98
Pietro Columba Università degli Studi di Palermo 10
8.16
Marzia Ingrassia Università degli Studi di Palermo 15
8.11
Stefania Chironi Università degli Studi di Palermo 13
7.98
Deborah Bentivoglio Università Politecnica delle Marche 15
5.84
Adele Finco Università Politecnica delle Marche 15
4.32
Alessandro Paletto CREA – Centro di ricerca Politiche e Bioeconomia 34
4.15
Emilia Lamonaca Università degli Studi di Foggia 8
3.59

Most active institutions

The number tells how much work on the topic comes from each institution; specialisation tells how much the topic weighs within the institution compared with the field average. A small, focused institution can be more specialised than a large one that does everything.

InstitutionPapers on the topicSpecialisation
Università degli Studi di Palermo 89
1.39
Università Politecnica delle Marche 76
2.44
Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna 62
1.05
CREA – Centro di ricerca Politiche e Bioeconomia 61
1.63
Università degli Studi di Foggia 50
1.23
Università degli Studi di Padova 47
0.90
Università degli Studi di Catania 43
0.65
Foreign institutions 42
1.02
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II 34
0.81
Università degli Studi di Parma 31
1.17
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Where
In Italy and worldwide

Institutions in Italy

40institutions of the field work on the topic (with at least one paper)
  1. CREA-PB (Roma)53
  2. Bologna44
  3. Padova (Legnaro)34
  4. Palermo28
  5. Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona)26
  6. Foggia25
  7. Napoli Federico II (Portici)23
  8. Pisa21
32 more institutions on the map · circles proportional to papers on the topic

International collaboration

    04
    Research
    Topics, journals and publications

    Related topics

    The topics that most often appear in the same papers. The number is the papers in common.

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    Recurring keywords

    systematic reviewfocus groupsurveycase studyquestionnaire surveysustainabilityliterature reviewconsumer behaviorcontent analysisclimate changedelphi methodhousehold surveywineconsumersurvey researchcircular economyecosystem servicewillingness to payagricultureonline surveyrural developmentanimal welfarechoice experimentconsumer preference

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