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Research in Muscle Shoals

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Muscle Shoals, United States. The largest by output are International Fertilizer Development Center and Northwest–Shoals Community College.

Research institutions
2
Research works
494
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
33.1%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Muscle Shoals?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1International Fertilizer Development CenterNonprofit 428 #15,488 all time
2Northwest–Shoals Community CollegeUniversity 66 not ranked

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.

What is Muscle Shoals strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Muscle Shoals is most concentrated in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences (14.1× the world share in Agricultural and Biological Sciences).

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 31.9 works14×
  2. Life SciencesDomain · 33.3 works5.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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 Muscle Shoals?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change, Soil Fertility, Food Security, Crop Management, Genetic Improvement, Maize Yield and Nitrogen Uptake.

▲ 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. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 47×10 topics
  2. Climate Change7▲ 5.4×17 topics
  3. Soil Fertility6▲ 54×5 topics
  4. Food Security6▲ 21×9 topics
  5. Crop Management5▲ 165×2 topics
  6. Genetic Improvement5▲ 115×2 topics
  7. Maize Yield5▲ 243×1 topic
  8. Nitrogen Uptake5▲ 243×1 topic
  9. Water Management4▲ 74×2 topics
  10. Soil Carbon Sequestration4▲ 100×2 topics
  11. Drought Resistance3▲ 73×2 topics
  12. Microbial Communities3▲ 17×1 topic
  13. Nitrogen Cycle3▲ 114×1 topic
  14. Sustainability3▲ 2.9×14 topics
  15. Rice3▲ 119×1 topic
  16. Yield Potential3▲ 118×1 topic
  17. Nitrogen Fixation3▲ 82×2 topics
  18. Plant Nutrition3▲ 55×3 topics
  19. Biofortification2▲ 120×2 topics
  20. Environmental Sustainability2▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Micronutrient Malnutrition2▲ 206×1 topic
  22. Mineral Elements2▲ 206×1 topic
  23. Plant Growth2▲ 44×4 topics
  24. Agricultural Practices2▲ 112×2 topics
  25. Agricultural Productivity2▲ 154×1 topic
  26. Intercropping2▲ 154×1 topic
  27. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 20×4 topics
  28. Biofertilizers2▲ 99×2 topics
  29. Crop Productivity2▲ 63×2 topics
  30. Social Networks2▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Crop Production2▲ 34×3 topics
  32. Integrated Nutrient Management2▲ 185×1 topic
  33. Organic Manure2▲ 185×1 topic
  34. Adaptation2▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Vulnerability2▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Agricultural Innovation2▲ 74×1 topic
  37. Agriculture2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  38. Livelihood Diversification2▲ 109×1 topic
  39. Global Warming1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  40. Recovery1▲ 26×2 topics

What research is done in Muscle Shoals?

Crop Yield and Soil Fert…5Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 5 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 3 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 3 fractional worksPlant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects: 2 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Science and…2Agricultural Science and Fertilization: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 2 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 1 fractional worksBauxite Residue and Utilization: 1 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 1 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSoil SciencePlant ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 3 works
  3. 3 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 2 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  8. 8 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 Bauxite Residue and Utilization Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 1 works

Research output over time

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