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CAB International

In research, CAB International stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,629 of 6,403 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,311 of 3,157 worldwide) and Plant Science (#1,093 of 1,317 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science (Insect Science is 33.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,176
of 22,385 · #30,392 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#516
of 862
Research works
6.2k
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
5%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
CAB International

What is CAB International known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #3,629 of 6,403 2.7%200 #7570
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,311 of 3,157 3.0%140 #3486
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,093 of 1,317 2.4%79 #2227

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where CAB International 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Life Sciences#7,570 #3,629
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,486 #2,311
  3. Plant Science#2,227 #1,093
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does CAB International work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at CAB International is in Life Sciences, 13% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (48%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Medicine (12%). It does 5.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 221 fractional works · 70.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 151 fractional works · 48.3% of its workPlant Science: 82 fractional works · 26.4% of its workInsect Science: 30 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 23 fractional works · 7.3% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHorticulture: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 60 fractional works · 19.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 7.8% of its workCell Biology: 20 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEndocrinology: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 42 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMedicine: 37 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 32 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 5.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCAB International312fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences71%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15148.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6019.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics51.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology41.2%
    5. Neuroscience20.5%
    1. Medicine3711.7%
    2. Health Professions31.0%
    3. Veterinary20.6%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    1. Environmental Science227.0%
    2. Chemistry30.8%
    3. Engineering30.8%
    4. Materials Science20.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    6. Computer Science10.5%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities72.3%
    2. Social Sciences41.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    5. Psychology10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does CAB International specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 33.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 29.9 works34×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 22.7 works16×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 82.3 works15×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 150.6 works10×
← 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: 10.17× its world share, 151 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.62× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.35× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.19× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.17×151 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.35×5 works
  3. Veterinary4.19×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.62×60 works
  5. Environmental Science1.40×22 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.22×4 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.80×7 works
  8. Medicine0.61×37 works
  9. Chemistry0.52×3 works
  10. Nursing0.38×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.36×3 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.32×2 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×2 works
  15. Materials Science0.19×2 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×2 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  18. Psychology0.12×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.10×4 works
  20. Energy0.08×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.06×2 works
  22. Engineering0.05×2 works

Who are the top researchers at CAB International?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthew J. Ryan, Jeffrey K. Waage and Gregory J. Masters lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CAB International.

  1. 1 Matthew J. Ryan United Kingdom · #905,818 worldwide 4.2k citations · 105 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey K. Waage United Kingdom · #1,020,663 worldwide 3.6k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Gregory J. Masters United Kingdom · #1,780,023 worldwide 4.2k citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jayne Crozier United Kingdom · #1,803,357 worldwide 1.7k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Julien Lamontagne‐Godwin United Kingdom · #1,950,612 worldwide 1k citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Elizabeth A. Finch United Kingdom · #2,013,932 worldwide 445 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Giovanni Cafà United Kingdom · #2,232,960 worldwide 1.3k citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Vinod Pandit United Kingdom · #2,268,809 worldwide 215 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Anna Maria Szyniszewska United Kingdom · #2,327,870 worldwide 488 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Alan G. Buddie United Kingdom · #2,367,333 worldwide 1.7k citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at CAB International

What are the most cited papers from CAB International?

The most cited paper from CAB International is "BIOTIC INVASIONS: CAUSES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES, AND CONTROL" (Richard N. Mack, Daniel Simberloff, W. Mark Lonsdale et al., 2000), with 6,179 citations. Next come "Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi" (5,240) and "Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores" (2,786).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 BIOTIC INVASIONS: CAUSES, EPIDEMIOLOGY, GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES, AND CONTROL Richard N. Mack, Daniel Simberloff, W. Mark Lonsdale et al. · Ecological Applications Jun 2000 6,179
2 Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi Conrad L. Schoch et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access156 authors 27 Mar 2012 5,240
3 Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores Jeffery S. Bale, Gregory J. Masters, I. D. Hodkinson et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 2002 2,786
4 A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi David S. Hibbett et al. · Mycological Research Open access 18 Apr 2007 2,413
5 Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges Gabriele Berg et al. · Microbiome Open access 30 Jun 2020 2,279
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CAB International?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Phylogenetic Analysis, Biological Control, Invasive Species, Host Specificity, Fungal Pathogens, Endophytic Fungi, Genomic Characterization and Biodiversity.

▲ 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-now 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. Phylogenetic Analysis36▲ 37×10 topics
  2. Biological Control35▲ 74×9 topics
  3. Invasive Species34▲ 26×19 topics
  4. Host Specificity32▲ 91×4 topics
  5. Fungal Pathogens28▲ 68×5 topics
  6. Climate Change24▲ 2.8×35 topics
  7. Endophytic Fungi23▲ 81×2 topics
  8. Genomic Characterization20▲ 51×2 topics
  9. Biodiversity20▲ 8.2×20 topics
  10. Epidemiology20▲ 1.58×30 topics
  11. Taxonomic Revision19▲ 89×2 topics
  12. Plant Pathogenesis19▲ 100×1 topic
  13. Species Recognition19▲ 100×1 topic
  14. Taxonomy19▲ 42×13 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity17▲ 8.9×14 topics
  16. DNA Barcoding17▲ 31×8 topics
  17. Genome Sequencing17▲ 34×7 topics
  18. Biogeography16▲ 18×16 topics
  19. Plant Immunity15▲ 51×2 topics
  20. Conservation14▲ 11×10 topics
  21. Phylogeny14▲ 27×14 topics
  22. Gene Silencing14▲ 47×1 topic
  23. Viral RNA Silencing14▲ 122×1 topic
  24. Ecosystem Functioning12▲ 20×6 topics
  25. Mycorrhizal Fungi12▲ 55×2 topics
  26. Antioxidant12▲ 5.5×19 topics
  27. Ecology11▲ 21×5 topics
  28. Fungal Diversity11▲ 73×1 topic
  29. Plant Interactions11▲ 84×1 topic
  30. Nutritional Value10▲ 30×3 topics
  31. Biological Activities10▲ 21×4 topics
  32. Cancer Therapy10▲ 5.8×5 topics
  33. Genomics10▲ 11×8 topics
  34. Genetic Diversity10▲ 7.3×11 topics
  35. Toxicity10▲ 7.3×7 topics
  36. Medicinal Mushrooms10▲ 88×1 topic
  37. Polysaccharides10▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Pest Management8▲ 32×5 topics
  39. Genomic Sequencing8▲ 23×5 topics
  40. Plant Defense8▲ 49×2 topics

Which research topics does CAB International publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant Virus Research Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions and Fungal Biology and Applications.

Plant Pathogens and Fung…19Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 19 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 14 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Pl…11Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 11 fractional worksFungal Biology and Appli…10Fungal Biology and Applications: 10 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 8 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Interactions Research: 7 fractional worksYeasts and Rust Fungi St…6Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies: 6 fractional worksPlant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies: 6 fractional worksPhytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens: 6 fractional worksBiological Control of Invasive Species: 5 fractional works
Cell BiologyPlant SciencePharmacologyInsect Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 19 works
  2. 2 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 14 works
  3. 3 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 11 works
  4. 4 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 10 works
  5. 5 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 8 works
  6. 6 Plant and Fungal Interactions Research Endocrinology 7 works
  7. 7 Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies Molecular Biology 6 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens Plant Science 6 works
  10. 10 Biological Control of Invasive Species Insect Science 5 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 available5.2%not open94.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has CAB International's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is CAB International as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%CAB International0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of CAB International over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025CAB International3.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.0% in 2002.

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