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Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

In research, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#628 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,073 of 7,800 worldwide) and Plant Science (#950 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science — Plant Science is 12.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,994
of 28,054 · #3,316 all time
Rank in United States
#930
of 4,192
Research works
5.6k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
202k
35.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Beltsville Agricultural Research Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #628 of 3,409 26.1%137 #264
Life SciencesDomain #3,073 of 7,800 24.2%224 #1571
Plant ScienceSubfield #950 of 1,395 32.1%66 #384
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,999 of 3,579 22.3%64 #1850

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Beltsville Agricultural Research Center 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#264 #628
  2. Life Sciences#1,571 #3,073
  3. Plant Science#384 #950
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,850 #2,999
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Beltsville Agricultural Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 66.0 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: 9.46× its world share, 137 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.94× its world share, 64 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.87× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.20× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.95× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 1.73× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 15.64× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 15.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Beltsville Agricultural Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, J. P. Dubey, J. P. Dubey and R. D. Lumsden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.

  1. 1 J. P. Dubey United States · #10,341 worldwide 618 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 J. P. Dubey United States · #24,249 worldwide 852 citations · 140 works
  3. 3 R. D. Lumsden United States · #93,066 worldwide 253 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Alley E. Watada United States · #118,580 worldwide 229 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 H.F. Tyrrell United States · #159,008 worldwide 226 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 L.A. Moore United States · #161,483 worldwide 204 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 R.H. Miller United States · #196,603 worldwide 101 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 James A. Bunce United States · #198,374 worldwide 164 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Bryan A. Bailey United States · #199,569 worldwide 203 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 K. Darwin Murrell United States · #200,326 worldwide 152 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Beltsville Agricultural Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Biological Control, Epidemiology, Immune Response, Gut Microbiota, Phylogenetic Analysis, Climate Change and Genome Sequencing.

▲ 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. Epidemiology31▲ 2.5×44 topics
  2. Genetic Diversity24▲ 18×14 topics
  3. Climate Change22▲ 2.7×41 topics
  4. Biological Control18▲ 39×9 topics
  5. Immune Response15▲ 8.8×12 topics
  6. Gut Microbiota15▲ 14×7 topics
  7. Phylogenetic Analysis14▲ 15×8 topics
  8. Genome Sequencing13▲ 28×8 topics
  9. Genomic Characterization13▲ 32×2 topics
  10. Zoonotic Transmission12▲ 53×4 topics
  11. Invasive Species11▲ 8.8×14 topics
  12. Host Specificity11▲ 31×5 topics
  13. Marker-Assisted Selection11▲ 45×3 topics
  14. Quantitative Trait Loci11▲ 63×3 topics
  15. Vaccine Development10▲ 13×9 topics
  16. Genomics10▲ 11×12 topics
  17. QTL Mapping10▲ 27×6 topics
  18. Biodiversity9▲ 4.1×18 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services9▲ 7.9×10 topics
  20. Genetic Mapping9▲ 39×6 topics
  21. Fungal Pathogens9▲ 22×4 topics
  22. Genomic Analysis9▲ 12×10 topics
  23. Plant Immunity9▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Pathogenicity8▲ 41×5 topics
  25. Metabolism8▲ 5.1×15 topics
  26. Host-Pathogen Interactions8▲ 31×5 topics
  27. Plant Breeding8▲ 26×4 topics
  28. Population Genetics7▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Global Change7▲ 9.1×5 topics
  30. Probiotics7▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Soil Fertility7▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Quality Assessment7▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Drought Tolerance7▲ 16×9 topics
  34. Disease Resistance7▲ 43×3 topics
  35. Heat Stress7▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Anticoccidial Drugs6▲ 291×1 topic
  37. Poultry Coccidiosis6▲ 291×1 topic
  38. Endophytic Fungi6▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Genome Analysis6▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Plant Pathogenesis6▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Beltsville Agricultural Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coccidia and coccidiosis research, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

Coccidia and coccidiosis…6Coccidia and coccidiosis research: 6 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…6Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 6 fractional worksParasitic Infections and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…6Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 6 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…6Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 6 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 6 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 5 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Res…5Insect and Pesticide Research: 5 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 5 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 4 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologyCell BiologyParasitologyGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Coccidia and coccidiosis research Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 6 works
  3. 3 Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics Parasitology 6 works
  4. 4 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 6 works
  5. 5 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 6 works
  6. 6 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  7. 7 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 5 works
  8. 8 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 5 works
  9. 9 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 5 works
  10. 10 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 4 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Beltsville Agricultural Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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