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Desert Research Center

In research, Desert Research Center stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#842 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,935 of 12,888 worldwide) and Plant Science (#587 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Soil Science — Agronomy and Crop Science is 20.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,491
of 28,054 · #12,104 all time
Rank in Egypt
#53
of 123
Research works
2.6k
▲ 95% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Desert 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 #842 of 3,409 10.2%372 #1640
Physical SciencesDomain #4,935 of 12,888 15.6%225 #10193
Plant ScienceSubfield #587 of 1,395 12.8%158 #1336
Life SciencesDomain #3,675 of 7,800 10.1%450 #7456
Environmental ScienceField #2,592 of 3,551 12.4%95 #3806
Health SciencesDomain #10,938 of 11,982 9.7%70 #19140

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Desert 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#1,640 #842
  2. Physical Sciences#10,193 #4,935
  3. Plant Science#1,336 #587
  4. Life Sciences#7,456 #3,675
  5. Environmental Science#3,806 #2,592
  6. Health Sciences#19,140 #10,938
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 Desert Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 20.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 38.0 works20×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 24.5 works14×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 31.4 works13×
  4. Plant ScienceSubfield · 158.0 works11×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 372.2 works9.9×
  6. Food ScienceSubfield · 55.1 works9.2×
← 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: 9.87× its world share, 372 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.26× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.92× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.46× its world share, 31 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.41× its world share, 95 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 3.68× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.48× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Desert Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohamed E.A. Ali and Abdel Hameed M. El‐Aassar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Desert Research Center.

  1. 1 Mohamed E.A. Ali Egypt · #1,516,134 worldwide 51 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Abdel Hameed M. El‐Aassar Egypt · #1,534,601 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Desert Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Desert Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Antioxidant, Health Benefits, Antioxidant Activity, Sustainable Agriculture, Plant Growth, Food Security and Nutrient Uptake.

▲ 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 Change85▲ 4.0×50 topics
  2. Antioxidant61▲ 11×41 topics
  3. Health Benefits41▲ 16×14 topics
  4. Antioxidant Activity38▲ 7.5×25 topics
  5. Remote Sensing37▲ 3.8×17 topics
  6. Sustainable Agriculture35▲ 14×14 topics
  7. Environmental Impact32▲ 2.4×26 topics
  8. Food Security32▲ 7.2×17 topics
  9. Plant Growth31▲ 36×6 topics
  10. Nutrient Uptake29▲ 52×3 topics
  11. Bioactive Compounds29▲ 14×12 topics
  12. Soil Fertility28▲ 16×8 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity27▲ 7.7×17 topics
  14. Medicinal Plants25▲ 7.9×16 topics
  15. Crop Productivity24▲ 44×3 topics
  16. Phytochemicals24▲ 27×8 topics
  17. Nutrition23▲ 6.6×7 topics
  18. Diabetes23▲ 5.8×6 topics
  19. Antioxidants22▲ 6.3×11 topics
  20. Crop Management21▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Toxicity20▲ 5.7×17 topics
  22. Anti-inflammatory19▲ 8.8×23 topics
  23. GIS19▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Therapeutic18▲ 25×3 topics
  25. Water Quality18▲ 5.8×12 topics
  26. Heavy Metals18▲ 9.5×8 topics
  27. Horticultural Crops18▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Proteins18▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Lactoferrin17▲ 53×2 topics
  30. Camel Milk17▲ 151×1 topic
  31. Nutritional17▲ 151×1 topic
  32. Rootstock17▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Nutritional Quality17▲ 28×4 topics
  34. Flavonoids16▲ 7.7×8 topics
  35. Antioxidant Properties16▲ 14×6 topics
  36. Dormancy16▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Fruit Trees16▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Biofertilizers15▲ 46×2 topics
  39. Phytochemistry15▲ 16×7 topics
  40. Nitrate15▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Desert Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Diversity and Health Studies, Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies, Agricultural Science and Fertilization and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry.

Animal Diversity and Hea…17Animal Diversity and Health Studies: 17 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cul…16Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 16 fractional worksAgricultural Science and…13Agricultural Science and Fertilization: 13 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope …13Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 13 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 11 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 11 fractional worksPlant Growth Enhancement…10Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques: 10 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 9 fractional worksBotanical Research and Applications: 9 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelect…8Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 8 fractional works
Food SciencePlant ScienceSoil ScienceGeochemistry and Petrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Diversity and Health Studies Food Science 17 works
  2. 2 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 16 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 13 works
  4. 4 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 13 works
  5. 5 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 11 works
  6. 6 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques Plant Science 10 works
  8. 8 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 9 works
  9. 9 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 9 works
  10. 10 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 8 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 available79.5%not open20.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Desert Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 95% 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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