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Arid Forest Research Institute

In research, Arid Forest Research Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,416 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#12,671 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 20.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,187
of 28,054 · #28,592 all time
Rank in India
#1,042
of 1,840
Research works
308
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Arid Forest Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,416 of 6,031 9.7%162
Life SciencesDomain #12,671 of 14,347 9.0%196

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arid Forest Research Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Arid Forest Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 20.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 27.6 works20×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 46.6 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 12.45× its world share, 47 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.33× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.09× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 3.31× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Arid Forest Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, P. K. Gupta, Tanmaya Kumar Bhoi and Ipsita Samal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arid Forest Research Institute.

  1. 1 P. K. Gupta India · #1,459,138 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Tanmaya Kumar Bhoi India · #1,549,402 worldwide 6 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Ipsita Samal India · #1,576,271 worldwide 8 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 G. Singh India · #1,605,461 worldwide 31 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Arid Forest Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Arid Forest Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Gene Expression, Soil Fertility, Antioxidant, Sustainable Agriculture, Genetic Diversity, Anti-inflammatory and Nutrient 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 institution'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 Change12▲ 5.8×21 topics
  2. Gene Expression5▲ 9.5×4 topics
  3. Soil Fertility4▲ 25×6 topics
  4. Antioxidant4▲ 8.1×10 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 17×6 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity4▲ 12×10 topics
  7. Anti-inflammatory4▲ 19×6 topics
  8. Nutrient Uptake4▲ 71×2 topics
  9. Cancer4▲ 3.5×5 topics
  10. Invasive Species4▲ 11×9 topics
  11. Food Security3▲ 7.3×7 topics
  12. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation3▲ 95×1 topic
  13. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  14. Biotechnology3▲ 42×2 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services3▲ 10×7 topics
  16. Genetic Regulation3▲ 24×3 topics
  17. Plant Secondary Metabolites3▲ 52×1 topic
  18. Reactive Oxygen Species3▲ 9.8×2 topics
  19. Biodiversity3▲ 5.2×9 topics
  20. Germination3▲ 201×1 topic
  21. Plant Physiology3▲ 84×2 topics
  22. Seed Dormancy3▲ 201×1 topic
  23. Traditional Medicine3▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Dormancy3▲ 92×1 topic
  25. Fruit Trees3▲ 92×1 topic
  26. Rootstock3▲ 65×2 topics
  27. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  28. Pharmacology3▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Apoptosis2▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Plant Growth2▲ 28×4 topics
  31. Development2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  32. Medicinal Plants2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  33. Drought Tolerance2▲ 21×5 topics
  34. Biological Control2▲ 19×7 topics
  35. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Agroforestry2▲ 40×3 topics
  37. Biopesticides2▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Boswellic Acids2▲ 292×1 topic
  39. Pest Management2▲ 32×4 topics
  40. Plant Nutrition2▲ 27×3 topics

Which research topics does Arid Forest Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Seed Germination and Physiology, Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies and Pharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants.

Plant tissue culture and…3Plant tissue culture and regeneration: 3 fractional worksSeed Germination and Phy…3Seed Germination and Physiology: 3 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cul…3Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 3 fractional worksPharmacological Effects …2Pharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants: 2 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 2 fractional worksGrowth and nutrition in plants: 2 fractional worksPlant Reproductive Biology2Plant Reproductive Biology: 2 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…2Insect Pest Control Strategies: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…1Agricultural Economics and Practices: 1 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopa…1Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPlant SciencePharmacologyEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Seed Germination and Physiology Plant Science 3 works
  3. 3 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Pharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants Pharmacology 2 works
  5. 5 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Plant Reproductive Biology Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  10. 10 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available38.8%not open61.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arid Forest Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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