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Center for Agricultural Resources Research

In research, Center for Agricultural Resources Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#11,641 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#25,830
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,529
of 8,685
Research works
263
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.8k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Center for Agricultural Resources Research 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
Life SciencesDomain #11,641 of 14,347 17.6%151

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Agricultural Resources Research 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 Center for Agricultural Resources Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 21.8 works11×
← 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: 10.77× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.34× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.61× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 2.00× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 11.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× 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, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Center for Agricultural Resources Research?

Ranked on the composite score, R. Daren Harmel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Agricultural Resources Research.

  1. 1 R. Daren Harmel United States · #977,283 worldwide 92 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Agricultural Resources Research

Which keywords describe research at Center for Agricultural Resources Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Soil Fertility, Drought Tolerance, Invasive Species, Genetic Improvement, Genetic Diversity, Biodiversity and Food Security.

▲ 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 Change8▲ 6.6×28 topics
  2. Soil Fertility2▲ 24×6 topics
  3. Drought Tolerance2▲ 37×6 topics
  4. Genetic Improvement2▲ 56×3 topics
  5. Invasive Species2▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Biodiversity2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity2▲ 11×8 topics
  8. Food Security2▲ 7.6×7 topics
  9. Genetics2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  10. Agriculture2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Biotechnology2▲ 40×2 topics
  13. Conservation2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  14. Ecosystem2▲ 35×3 topics
  15. Maize Yield2▲ 91×1 topic
  16. Nitrogen Uptake2▲ 91×1 topic
  17. Antioxidant1▲ 4.7×9 topics
  18. Microbial Communities1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  19. Probiotics1▲ 14×3 topics
  20. QTL Mapping1▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Gene Expression1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  22. Genome Sequencing1▲ 20×5 topics
  23. Global Change1▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Breeding1▲ 38×3 topics
  26. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Gut Microbiota1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  28. Rhizosphere Interactions1▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Agricultural Sustainability1▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation1▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Ecosystem Functioning1▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Fungal Pathogens1▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Nutritional Quality1▲ 34×3 topics
  35. Plant Secondary Metabolites1▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Soil Carbon Sequestration1▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Transcriptome Analysis1▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Aroma Compounds1▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Heat Stress1▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Host Specificity1▲ 22×3 topics

Which research topics does Center for Agricultural Resources Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics.

Crop Yield and Soil Fert…2Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 2 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and…1Plant tissue culture and regeneration: 1 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 1 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 1 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 1 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…1Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 1 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceMolecular BiologySoil ScienceEnvironmental Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  2. 2 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 1 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 1 works
  4. 4 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  6. 6 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available55.7%not open44.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.6%domestic only63.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Agricultural Resources Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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