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Research in Los Baños

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Los Baños, Philippines. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of the Philippines Los Baños, International Rice Research Institute and University of the Philippines Open University.

Research institutions
4
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.7k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.6%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Los Baños?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of the Philippines Los BañosUniversity 3,668 #5,389
2International Rice Research InstituteNonprofit 3,402 #9,408
3University of the Philippines Open UniversityUniversity 365 #16,823
4FishBase Information and Research GroupNonprofit 263 #27,689

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of the Philippines Los Baños: 47.6%International Rice Research Institute: 44.2%University of the Philippines Open University: 4.7%FishBase Information and Research Group: 3.4%48%largest
University of the Philippines Los Baños3,668 · 47.6%International Rice Research Institute3,402 · 44.2%University of the Philippines Open University365 · 4.7%FishBase Information and Research Group263 · 3.4%

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What is Los Baños strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Los Baños is most concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8.4× the world share in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 65.6 works8.4×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 234.9 works8.0×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 488.1 works6.1×
  4. Soil ScienceSubfield · 30.4 works6.1×
  5. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 41.3 works5.6×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 24.7 works5.2×
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Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Los Baños?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, QTL Mapping, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, Water Management, Food Security and Drought Resistance.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change147▲ 3.2×84 topics
  2. Sustainability110▲ 2.7×71 topics
  3. Environmental Impact68▲ 2.4×50 topics
  4. Biodiversity62▲ 5.0×29 topics
  5. QTL Mapping62▲ 32×6 topics
  6. Globalization55▲ 1.68×56 topics
  7. Food Security53▲ 5.8×18 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services52▲ 8.0×11 topics
  9. Water Management51▲ 25×4 topics
  10. Drought Resistance44▲ 27×4 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation41▲ 6.7×14 topics
  12. Yield Potential41▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Remote Sensing40▲ 1.95×27 topics
  14. Rice40▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Aerobic Rice Systems39▲ 67×1 topic
  16. Root Traits39▲ 67×1 topic
  17. Genetic Diversity39▲ 5.2×21 topics
  18. Biogeography38▲ 8.8×17 topics
  19. Land Use Change34▲ 6.6×6 topics
  20. Health Benefits34▲ 6.1×11 topics
  21. Sustainable Agriculture31▲ 5.8×11 topics
  22. Invasive Species30▲ 4.3×20 topics
  23. Phylogenetic Analysis30▲ 6.0×11 topics
  24. Social Networks28▲ 6.3×11 topics
  25. Vulnerability28▲ 7.4×7 topics
  26. Rural Development28▲ 4.7×13 topics
  27. Agriculture26▲ 3.9×10 topics
  28. Drought Tolerance26▲ 11×8 topics
  29. Aquaculture24▲ 5.4×8 topics
  30. Taxonomy24▲ 11×11 topics
  31. Smallholder Farmers23▲ 6.3×6 topics
  32. Fermentation23▲ 9.9×6 topics
  33. Phylogeny23▲ 9.1×14 topics
  34. Genetic Mapping22▲ 17×6 topics
  35. Aroma Compounds22▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Plant Responses21▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Technology Adoption20▲ 7.0×6 topics
  38. Biological Control20▲ 7.8×9 topics
  39. Quantitative Trait Loci19▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Marker-Assisted Selection19▲ 14×3 topics

What research is done in Los Baños?

  1. 1 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 39 works
  2. 2 GABA and Rice Research Plant Science 17 works
  3. 3 Philippine History and Culture Anthropology 15 works
  4. 4 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 14 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Systems and Practices Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 11 works
  8. 8 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  9. 9 Plant responses to water stress Plant Science 10 works
  10. 10 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 10 works

Research output over time

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