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Directorate of Weed Research

In research, Directorate of Weed Research stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#4,110 of 6,031 worldwide), Life Sciences (#12,039 of 14,347 worldwide) and Plant Science (#2,420 of 2,837 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 18.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,638
of 28,054 · #27,945 all time
Rank in India
#1,638
of 1,840
Research works
632
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.5k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Directorate of Weed 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,110 of 6,031 13.0%310
Life SciencesDomain #12,039 of 14,347 12.4%361
Plant ScienceSubfield #2,420 of 2,837 13.5%190

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Directorate of Weed 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 Directorate of Weed Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 18.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 26.0 works18×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 48.5 works12×
← 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: 12.47× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.73× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.08× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Directorate of Weed Research?

Ranked on the composite score, N. T. Yaduraju, Shobha Sondhia and Akira Koarai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Directorate of Weed Research.

  1. 1 N. T. Yaduraju India · #940,706 worldwide 21 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Shobha Sondhia India · #992,586 worldwide 39 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Akira Koarai India · #1,015,994 worldwide 8 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 K. Holly India · #1,261,361 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Yogita Gharde India · #1,322,046 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 B Halawa India · #1,346,473 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 B Halawa India · #1,356,946 worldwide 3 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Rachana Dubey India · #1,359,204 worldwide 41 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 E. C. S. Little India · #1,552,446 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Tadashi Sumiyoshi India · #1,618,182 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Directorate of Weed Research

Which keywords describe research at Directorate of Weed Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Drought Tolerance, Weed Control, QTL Mapping, Rhizosphere Interactions, Breeding, Nitrogen Fixation and Plant Physiology.

▲ 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. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 28×8 topics
  2. Drought Tolerance6▲ 48×8 topics
  3. Weed Control6▲ 244×2 topics
  4. Climate Change5▲ 2.4×16 topics
  5. Breeding5▲ 77×5 topics
  6. QTL Mapping5▲ 50×4 topics
  7. Rhizosphere Interactions5▲ 70×2 topics
  8. Environmental Impact5▲ 3.4×10 topics
  9. Nitrogen Fixation5▲ 81×2 topics
  10. Plant Physiology4▲ 123×2 topics
  11. Crop Losses4▲ 384×1 topic
  12. Herbicide Resistance4▲ 384×1 topic
  13. Nutritional Quality4▲ 66×3 topics
  14. Agricultural Productivity4▲ 168×1 topic
  15. Food Security4▲ 8.7×10 topics
  16. Herbicides4▲ 133×2 topics
  17. Intercropping4▲ 168×1 topic
  18. Water Management4▲ 38×3 topics
  19. Drought Resistance4▲ 44×3 topics
  20. Soil Fertility4▲ 19×6 topics
  21. Yield Potential4▲ 75×2 topics
  22. Marker Development3▲ 86×3 topics
  23. Toxicity3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  25. Genetics3▲ 5.4×6 topics
  26. Pesticides3▲ 55×2 topics
  27. Rice3▲ 68×2 topics
  28. Risk Assessment3▲ 5.7×2 topics
  29. Aerobic Rice Systems3▲ 105×1 topic
  30. Root Traits3▲ 105×1 topic
  31. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 5.1×8 topics
  32. Crop Productivity3▲ 46×3 topics
  33. Degradation2▲ 142×1 topic
  34. Host Specificity2▲ 27×3 topics
  35. Plant Growth2▲ 28×5 topics
  36. Pollution2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Soil Sorption2▲ 142×1 topic
  38. Root Exudates2▲ 40×2 topics
  39. Food Safety2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  40. Genome Sequencing2▲ 18×6 topics

Which research topics does Directorate of Weed Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Weed Control and Herbicide Applications, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies.

Weed Control and Herbicide Applications: 4 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 4 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yie…3Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 3 fractional worksPesticide and Herbicide …2Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Science and…2Agricultural Science and Fertilization: 2 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…2Agricultural pest management studies: 2 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…2Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 2 fractional worksAllelopathy and phytotoxic interactions: 1 fractional worksPesticide Residue Analysis and Safety: 1 fractional worksGenetic and Environmental Crop Studies: 1 fractional works
Plant ScienceAgronomy and Crop SciencePollutionSoil Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Weed Control and Herbicide Applications Plant Science 4 works
  2. 2 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  3. 3 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies Pollution 2 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 2 works
  6. 6 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  8. 8 Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety Food Science 1 works
  10. 10 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies Plant Science 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 available32.8%not open67.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Directorate of Weed Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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