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Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

In research, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#868 of 6,403 worldwide), Plant Science (#354 of 1,317 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#942 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysics is 121.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,302
of 22,385 · #1,852 all time
Rank in United States
#721
of 3,332
Research works
1.8k
▲ 175% vs 2018-21
Citations
59k
32.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

What is Donald Danforth Plant Science Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #868 of 6,403 16.7%140 #394
Plant ScienceSubfield #354 of 1,317 18.1%67 #153
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #942 of 3,157 18.2%81 #372
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #834 of 1,088 9.7%441 #951
Physics and AstronomyField #1,374 of 1,417 9.7%244 #1879
Physical SciencesDomain #10,403 of 10,670 9.7%725 #7594
GeophysicsSubfield #220 of 225 9.7%384 #705
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #392 of 400 9.7%188 #911

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Donald Danforth Plant Science 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#394 #868
  2. Plant Science#153 #354
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#372 #942
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#951 #834
  5. Physics and Astronomy#1,879 #1,374
  6. Physical Sciences#7,594 #10,403
  7. Geophysics#705 #220
  8. Astronomy and Astrophysics#911 #392
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Donald Danforth Plant Science Center work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (49%), Physics and Astronomy (27%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 729 fractional works · 80.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 441 fractional works · 48.8% of its workGeophysics: 384 fractional works · 42.4% of its workOceanography: 57 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 244 fractional works · 27.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 188 fractional works · 20.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 56 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 160 fractional works · 17.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 93 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPlant Science: 77 fractional works · 8.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 65 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDonald DanforthPlant Science…904fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences44148.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy24427.0%
    3. Environmental Science272.9%
    4. Engineering50.6%
    5. Computer Science40.5%
    6. Materials Science20.3%
    7. Chemistry20.2%
    8. Energy20.2%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9310.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology657.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    4. Neuroscience10.1%
    1. Social Sciences50.6%
    2. Psychology20.2%
    3. Decision Sciences10.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Medicine60.7%
    2. Nursing10.1%
    3. Health Professions00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Donald Danforth Plant Science Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 121.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 383.7 works121×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 187.9 works40×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 441.3 works31×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 57.0 works22×
  5. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 55.8 works20×
  6. Physics and AstronomyField · 244.0 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: 2.17× its world share, 93 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 65 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 31.12× its world share, 441 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 12.14× its world share, 244 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 31.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.12×441 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy12.14×244 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.17×93 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.34×65 works
  5. Environmental Science0.59×27 works
  6. Energy0.27×2 works
  7. Nursing0.21×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×1 works
  9. Chemistry0.16×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.10×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.07×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.06×4 works
  13. Psychology0.06×2 works
  14. Neuroscience0.04×1 works
  15. Engineering0.04×5 works
  16. Social Sciences0.04×5 works
  17. Medicine0.03×6 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.03×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.02×0 works
  20. Health Professions0.01×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Todd C. Mockler, Daniel P. Schachtman and R. Keith Slotkin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.

  1. 1 Todd C. Mockler United States · #10,579 worldwide 26k citations · 204 works
  2. 2 Daniel P. Schachtman United States · #11,464 worldwide 21k citations · 184 works
  3. 3 R. Keith Slotkin United States · #20,100 worldwide 9.8k citations · 99 works
  4. 4 Noah Fahlgren United States · #31,900 worldwide 15k citations · 162 works
  5. 5 Elizabeth Anne Kellogg United States · #57,368 worldwide 24k citations · 427 works
  6. 6 Ivan R. Baxter United States · #66,934 worldwide 11k citations · 182 works
  7. 7 Dmitri A. Nusinow United States · #78,048 worldwide 7k citations · 89 works
  8. 8 Xuemin Wang United States · #83,502 worldwide 36k citations · 582 works
  9. 9 Toni M. Kutchan United States · #83,837 worldwide 14k citations · 166 works
  10. 10 Christopher N. Topp United States · #86,715 worldwide 3.9k citations · 93 works
All ranked researchers at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

What are the most cited papers from Donald Danforth Plant Science Center?

The most cited paper from Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is "Classification of papillomaviruses" (Ethel-Michele de Villiers, Claude Fauquet, Thomas R. Broker et al., 2004), with 3,233 citations. Next come "Expanding the utilization of sustainable plant products in aquafeeds: a review" (2,267) and "Comparing Photosynthetic and Photovoltaic Efficiencies and Recognizing the Potential for Improvement" (1,647).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Classification of papillomaviruses Ethel-Michele de Villiers, Claude Fauquet, Thomas R. Broker et al. · Virology Open access 8 May 2004 3,233
2 Expanding the utilization of sustainable plant products in aquafeeds: a review Delbert Monroe Gatlin, Frederic T. Barrows, Paul B. Brown et al. · Aquaculture Research Apr 2007 2,267
3 Comparing Photosynthetic and Photovoltaic Efficiencies and Recognizing the Potential for Improvement Robert E. Blankenship, David M. Tiede, James P. Barber et al. · Science Open access 12 May 2011 1,647
4 Possible Emergence of New Geminiviruses by Frequent Recombination Malla Padidam, Stanley A. Sawyer, Claude Fauquet · Virology Open access Dec 1999 1,621
5 Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants Norman J. Wickett et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 29 Oct 2014 1,359
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Seismic Noise, Tomography, Ionospheric Anomalies, Seismic Electromagnetics, Solar Wind, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere and Hydrological Modeling.

▲ 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-now 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. Seismic Noise193▲ 449×1 topic
  2. Tomography193▲ 121×1 topic
  3. Ionospheric Anomalies191▲ 555×1 topic
  4. Seismic Electromagnetics191▲ 555×1 topic
  5. Solar Wind188▲ 228×2 topics
  6. Ionosphere186▲ 375×1 topic
  7. Magnetosphere186▲ 375×1 topic
  8. Climate Change64▲ 2.6×23 topics
  9. Hydrological Modeling57▲ 26×2 topics
  10. GRACE56▲ 130×1 topic
  11. Sea Level Rise56▲ 50×1 topic
  12. High-Energy Astrophysics56▲ 236×1 topic
  13. Particle Acceleration56▲ 236×1 topic
  14. Gene Expression22▲ 3.9×14 topics
  15. Epigenetic Regulation18▲ 9.5×5 topics
  16. Microbial Communities18▲ 4.5×4 topics
  17. Transcription Factors17▲ 14×4 topics
  18. Anaerobic16▲ 28×1 topic
  19. Methane Oxidation16▲ 23×1 topic
  20. Development14▲ 4.2×2 topics
  21. MicroRNA14▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Auxin13▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Plant13▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Plant Development11▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Small RNAs10▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Genetic Regulation9▲ 6.3×2 topics
  27. Plant Immunity9▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Phosphorus9▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Nitrogen8▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Root Architecture8▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Genome Analysis8▲ 8.5×3 topics
  32. Lipid Droplets8▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Triacylglycerol Synthesis8▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Light Harvesting7▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Photosystem II7▲ 21×1 topic
  36. QTL Mapping7▲ 6.9×5 topics
  37. Pollen Tube Growth7▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Self-Incompatibility7▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Gene Silencing6▲ 7.2×2 topics
  40. Viral RNA Silencing6▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Donald Danforth Plant Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Seismic Waves and Analysis, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

Seismic Waves and Analysis193Seismic Waves and Analysis: 193 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and…191Earthquake Detection and Analysis: 191 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…186Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 186 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 56 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 56 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 16 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 13 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 8 fractional worksLipid metabolism and biosynthesis: 8 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 7 fractional works
GeophysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsOceanographyNuclear and High Energy Physics4 others

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

  1. 1 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 193 works
  2. 2 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 191 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 186 works
  4. 4 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 56 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 56 works
  6. 6 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 16 works
  7. 7 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 13 works
  8. 8 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 8 works
  9. 9 Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis Biochemistry 8 works
  10. 10 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 7 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 available80.0%not open20.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 175% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Donald Danforth Plant Science Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Donald Danforth Plant Science Center0.00080% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Donald Danforth Plant Science Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%60%Donald Danforth Plant Science Center12.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 43.0% in 2004.

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