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Benaki Phytopathological Institute

In research, Benaki Phytopathological Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,442 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,759 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Insect Science is 67.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,651
of 28,054 · #20,203 all time
Rank in Greece
#85
of 124
Research works
716
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Benaki Phytopathological Institute 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 #2,442 of 3,409 27.3%61 #2203
Life SciencesDomain #6,759 of 7,800 24.6%74 #9284

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Benaki Phytopathological 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 Benaki Phytopathological Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 67.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 20.2 works67×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 27.0 works15×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 61.0 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: 12.13× its world share, 61 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.04× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.57× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Benaki Phytopathological Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, J.W. Seinhorst, Dimitrios Papachristos and Kyriaki Machera lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Benaki Phytopathological Institute.

  1. 1 J.W. Seinhorst Greece · #250,713 worldwide 131 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Dimitrios Papachristos Greece · #283,533 worldwide 102 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Kyriaki Machera Greece · #417,361 worldwide 115 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Panagiotis Milonas Greece · #571,910 worldwide 58 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 D. C. Kontodimas Greece · #1,117,120 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Konstantinos M. Kasiotis Greece · #1,592,633 worldwide 19 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Benaki Phytopathological Institute

Which keywords describe research at Benaki Phytopathological Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biological Control, Invasive Species, Pest Management, Food Safety, Host Specificity, Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles, Jasmonate Signaling and Biopesticides.

▲ 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. Biological Control17▲ 107×9 topics
  2. Invasive Species12▲ 27×11 topics
  3. Climate Change8▲ 2.9×11 topics
  4. Environmental Impact8▲ 4.2×13 topics
  5. Pest Management7▲ 83×4 topics
  6. Food Safety7▲ 23×7 topics
  7. Host Specificity7▲ 56×5 topics
  8. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles6▲ 137×1 topic
  9. Jasmonate Signaling6▲ 137×1 topic
  10. Biopesticides6▲ 85×2 topics
  11. Health Effects5▲ 8.1×10 topics
  12. Essential Oils5▲ 40×2 topics
  13. Plant Immunity5▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Biodiversity5▲ 6.0×9 topics
  15. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Botanical Insecticides4▲ 108×1 topic
  17. Insect Control4▲ 108×1 topic
  18. Vector Control4▲ 36×3 topics
  19. Gut Microbiota4▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Vaccine Development4▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Honey Bees4▲ 71×1 topic
  22. Neonicotinoids4▲ 71×1 topic
  23. Risk Assessment4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  24. Global Change4▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Mass Spectrometry4▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Microbiota4▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Toxicity4▲ 8.7×7 topics
  28. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 28×4 topics
  29. Liquid Chromatography4▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Method Validation4▲ 61×2 topics
  31. Population Dynamics4▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Multiresidue Method4▲ 184×1 topic
  33. Pesticide Residues4▲ 184×1 topic
  34. Ecosystem Services3▲ 8.3×2 topics
  35. Pesticides3▲ 47×3 topics
  36. Plant-Animal Interactions3▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Pollinator Decline3▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Endophytic Fungi3▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Gene Silencing3▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Viral RNA Silencing3▲ 78×1 topic

Which research topics does Benaki Phytopathological Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect Pest Control Strategies, Insect and Pesticide Research and Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety.

Insect-Plant Interaction…6Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 6 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…4Insect Pest Control Strategies: 4 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Res…4Insect and Pesticide Research: 4 fractional worksPesticide Residue Analys…4Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety: 4 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 3 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 3 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…3Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …3Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 fractional worksInsect behavior and cont…2Insect behavior and control techniques: 2 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Interac…2Plant and Fungal Interactions Research: 2 fractional works
Insect SciencePlant ScienceFood ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 6 works
  2. 2 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 4 works
  3. 3 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 4 works
  4. 4 Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety Food Science 4 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  6. 6 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Insect behavior and control techniques Insect Science 2 works
  10. 10 Plant and Fungal Interactions Research Endocrinology 2 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Benaki Phytopathological Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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