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Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft

In research, Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,877 of 6,031 worldwide), Life Sciences (#9,594 of 14,347 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#6,401 of 7,814 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,488
of 42,892
Rank in Germany
#1,062
of 2,077
Research works
695
▲ 69% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
5%
world 28%

What is Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,877 of 6,031 7.5%376
Life SciencesDomain #9,594 of 14,347 7.7%525
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #6,401 of 7,814 7.5%138
Plant ScienceSubfield #2,612 of 2,837 5.5%246

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft 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).

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: 6.73× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.67× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 2.45× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft?

Ranked on the composite score, Uwe Meyer, Johannes Richter and Johannes Richter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft.

  1. 1 Uwe Meyer Germany · #639,059 worldwide 50 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Johannes Richter Germany · #794,286 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Johannes Richter Germany · #841,982 worldwide 11 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Klaus Naumann Germany · #887,641 worldwide 69 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 H. B. Schmidt Germany · #1,177,839 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Rolf Fritzsche Germany · #1,188,673 worldwide 6 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 K. Schmelzer Germany · #1,193,343 worldwide 39 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 H. Freytag Germany · #1,241,297 worldwide 18 citations · 242 works
  9. 9 Helmut Kleinhempel Germany · #1,357,009 worldwide 10 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Eckhard Proll Germany · #1,398,392 worldwide 24 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft

Which keywords describe research at Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plant Immunity, Small RNAs, Gene Silencing, Viral RNA Silencing, Climate Change, Phylogenetic Analysis, Biological Control and Fungal Pathogens.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change88▲ 4.8×42 topics
  2. Plant Immunity83▲ 133×2 topics
  3. Small RNAs74▲ 130×2 topics
  4. Gene Silencing73▲ 87×1 topic
  5. Viral RNA Silencing73▲ 232×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology62▲ 2.2×26 topics
  7. Phylogenetic Analysis50▲ 19×5 topics
  8. Biological Control40▲ 32×7 topics
  9. Fungal Pathogens35▲ 29×5 topics
  10. Host Specificity34▲ 38×3 topics
  11. Invasive Species32▲ 8.0×15 topics
  12. Ecology32▲ 22×4 topics
  13. Biodiversity28▲ 5.4×19 topics
  14. Plant Molecular Farming27▲ 161×1 topic
  15. Recombinant Proteins27▲ 74×1 topic
  16. Plant Pathogens26▲ 88×3 topics
  17. Genome Sequencing25▲ 21×4 topics
  18. Conservation24▲ 7.3×12 topics
  19. Fungal Symbiosis24▲ 238×1 topic
  20. Mycoviruses24▲ 238×1 topic
  21. Pathogenesis23▲ 5.9×7 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity23▲ 6.6×11 topics
  23. Biogeography22▲ 9.4×9 topics
  24. Potato22▲ 64×2 topics
  25. Genomics21▲ 8.7×7 topics
  26. Biotechnology20▲ 30×3 topics
  27. Sustainable Agriculture20▲ 11×8 topics
  28. Vaccine20▲ 7.0×4 topics
  29. Health Benefits20▲ 9.4×8 topics
  30. Genomic Characterization19▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Molecular Identification19▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Vegetation18▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Endophytic Fungi18▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Plant Pathogenesis18▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Rootstock18▲ 44×2 topics
  36. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation18▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Plant Secondary Metabolites18▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Flora17▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Vascular Plants17▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Grapevine17▲ 57×2 topics

Which research topics does Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies.

Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 1 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 0 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 0 fractional worksLiterature and Cultural Memory: 0 fractional worksClassical Studies and Ph…0Classical Studies and Philology: 0 fractional worksBody Contouring and Surgery: 0 fractional worksCivil and Structural Engineering Research: 0 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…0Climate change impacts on agriculture: 0 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeneticsLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  3. 3 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 0 works
  4. 4 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  5. 5 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 0 works
  6. 6 Literature and Cultural Memory Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  7. 7 Classical Studies and Philology Language and Linguistics 0 works
  8. 8 Body Contouring and Surgery Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 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 available5.4%not open94.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.3%domestic only95.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% higher 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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