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Corteva (United States)

In research, Corteva (United States) stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,787 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#790 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,477 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 15.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,123
of 28,054 · #13,124 all time
Rank in United States
#827
of 4,192
Research works
640
▲ 5048% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.9k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Corteva (United States) 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 #1,787 of 3,409 28.5%122 #3029
Plant ScienceSubfield #790 of 1,395 28.6%73 #1392
Life SciencesDomain #4,477 of 7,800 27.8%186 #8444

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Corteva (United States) 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#3,029 #1,787
  2. Plant Science#1,392 #790
  3. Life Sciences#8,444 #4,477
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 Corteva (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 15.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 72.8 works16×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 122.0 works9.7×
← 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: 9.74× its world share, 122 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.19× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.81× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.07× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.02× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.21× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Corteva (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Carlos D. Messina and Jennifer Jaqueth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Corteva (United States).

  1. 1 Carlos D. Messina United States · #314,232 worldwide 144 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Jennifer Jaqueth United States · #1,611,298 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Corteva (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Corteva (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Food Safety, Genetic Improvement, Biological Control, RNA Interference, Insecticide Resistance, Bacillus thuringiensis and P450 enzymes.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact23▲ 5.0×12 topics
  2. Food Safety17▲ 22×7 topics
  3. Genetic Improvement15▲ 60×4 topics
  4. Climate Change14▲ 2.0×37 topics
  5. Biological Control12▲ 29×9 topics
  6. Gene Expression12▲ 7.2×12 topics
  7. Insecticide Resistance11▲ 56×3 topics
  8. RNA Interference11▲ 50×2 topics
  9. Risk Assessment11▲ 6.3×6 topics
  10. Bacillus thuringiensis11▲ 163×1 topic
  11. P450 enzymes11▲ 163×1 topic
  12. Biotechnology11▲ 43×3 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity10▲ 8.8×9 topics
  14. Drought Tolerance10▲ 27×9 topics
  15. QTL Mapping10▲ 32×6 topics
  16. Environmental Risk Assessment10▲ 42×3 topics
  17. Pesticides9▲ 51×3 topics
  18. Plant Breeding8▲ 33×4 topics
  19. Toxicity8▲ 7.1×6 topics
  20. Biopesticides7▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Public Perception7▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Weed Control7▲ 101×2 topics
  23. Crop Management7▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Genetic Mapping7▲ 34×5 topics
  25. Genome Sequencing7▲ 17×6 topics
  26. Consumer Attitudes7▲ 60×1 topic
  27. Genetically Modified Crops7▲ 347×1 topic
  28. Genome Engineering7▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Herbicides7▲ 73×2 topics
  30. Maize Yield7▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Mass Spectrometry7▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Nitrogen Uptake7▲ 63×1 topic
  33. RNA-Guided7▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Small RNAs7▲ 43×2 topics
  35. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 8.0×9 topics
  36. Quantitative Trait Loci6▲ 44×3 topics
  37. Marker-Assisted Selection6▲ 31×3 topics
  38. Plant Physiology6▲ 54×2 topics
  39. Crop Improvement6▲ 49×2 topics
  40. Integrated Pest Management6▲ 115×2 topics

Which research topics does Corteva (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Insect Resistance and Genetics, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility and Genetically Modified Organisms Research.

Insect Resistance and Ge…11Insect Resistance and Genetics: 11 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…7CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 7 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…7Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 7 fractional worksGenetically Modified Org…7Genetically Modified Organisms Research: 7 fractional worksWeed Control and Herbicide Applications: 6 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 6 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Res…6Insect and Pesticide Research: 6 fractional worksPesticide and Herbicide …5Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies: 5 fractional worksPesticide Residue Analys…4Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety: 4 fractional worksEntomopathogenic Microor…4Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control: 4 fractional works
Molecular BiologyAgronomy and Crop SciencePlant ScienceInsect Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 11 works
  2. 2 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 7 works
  3. 3 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 7 works
  4. 4 Genetically Modified Organisms Research Plant Science 7 works
  5. 5 Weed Control and Herbicide Applications Plant Science 6 works
  6. 6 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 6 works
  7. 7 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 6 works
  8. 8 Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies Pollution 5 works
  9. 9 Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety Food Science 4 works
  10. 10 Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control Insect Science 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 available59.8%not open40.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Corteva (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5048% 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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