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Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

In research, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center stands highest in Plant Science (#410 of 1,395 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,586 of 7,800 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,452 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geophysics is 124.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,349
of 28,054 · #4,180 all time
Rank in United States
#850
of 4,192
Research works
1.8k
▲ 321% vs 2013–17
Citations
59k
32.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Donald Danforth Plant Science 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
Plant ScienceSubfield #410 of 1,395 50.5%67 #174
Life SciencesDomain #2,586 of 7,800 42.1%140 #1472
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,452 of 3,409 48.0%81 #598
Physical SciencesDomain #10,902 of 12,888 0.8%725 #13313
GeophysicsSubfield #212 of 237 0.0%384 #800
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #434 of 443 0.0%188 #1144
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,191 of 1,209 0.0%441 #2644
Physics and AstronomyField #1,645 of 1,646 0.0%244 #3653

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 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. Plant Science#174 #410
  2. Life Sciences#1,472 #2,586
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#598 #1,452
  4. Physical Sciences#13,313 #10,902
  5. Geophysics#800 #212
  6. Astronomy and Astrophysics#1,144 #434
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences#2,644 #1,191
  8. Physics and Astronomy#3,653 #1,645
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 Donald Danforth Plant Science Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 124.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 383.5 works125×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 187.9 works41×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 440.9 works32×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 56.9 works23×
  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: 1.93× its world share, 81 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 57 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 31.95× its world share, 441 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 12.47× its world share, 244 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 31.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Blake C. Meyers, Claude Fauquet and Xuemin Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.

  1. 1 Blake C. Meyers United States · #71,967 worldwide 286 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Claude Fauquet United States · #144,748 worldwide 155 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Xuemin Wang United States · #197,348 worldwide 305 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Oliver Yu United States · #210,823 worldwide 139 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Todd C. Mockler United States · #241,212 worldwide 161 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Daniel P. Schachtman United States · #270,475 worldwide 227 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Toni M. Kutchan United States · #419,809 worldwide 85 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 James Umen United States · #905,760 worldwide 125 citations · 411 works
  9. 9 Armando Bravo United States · #962,551 worldwide 91 citations · 194 works
  10. 10 Kaushik Panda United States · #1,595,106 worldwide 12 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Which keywords describe research at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Seismic Noise193▲ 455×1 topic
  2. Tomography193▲ 121×1 topic
  3. Ionospheric Anomalies191▲ 560×1 topic
  4. Seismic Electromagnetics191▲ 560×1 topic
  5. Solar Wind188▲ 230×2 topics
  6. Ionosphere186▲ 378×1 topic
  7. Magnetosphere186▲ 378×1 topic
  8. Climate Change63▲ 2.7×21 topics
  9. Hydrological Modeling57▲ 27×2 topics
  10. GRACE56▲ 125×1 topic
  11. Sea Level Rise56▲ 50×1 topic
  12. High-Energy Astrophysics56▲ 235×1 topic
  13. Particle Acceleration56▲ 235×1 topic
  14. Gene Expression20▲ 3.7×13 topics
  15. Microbial Communities17▲ 4.6×4 topics
  16. Epigenetic Regulation16▲ 8.7×5 topics
  17. Anaerobic16▲ 26×1 topic
  18. Methane Oxidation16▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Transcription Factors15▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Development13▲ 4.1×2 topics
  21. MicroRNA12▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Auxin12▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Plant12▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Plant Development10▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Genetic Regulation8▲ 6.0×2 topics
  26. Small RNAs8▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Phosphorus8▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Nitrogen8▲ 30×1 topic
  29. Root Architecture8▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Plant Immunity8▲ 9.1×2 topics
  31. Genome Analysis7▲ 7.9×3 topics
  32. Lipid Droplets7▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Triacylglycerol Synthesis7▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Light Harvesting7▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Photosystem II7▲ 20×1 topic
  36. QTL Mapping6▲ 6.2×5 topics
  37. Pollen Tube Growth6▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Self-Incompatibility6▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Host Recognition5▲ 8.8×2 topics
  40. Nitrogen Fixation5▲ 8.5×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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: 12 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 8 fractional worksLipid metabolism and biosynthesis: 7 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 12 works
  8. 8 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 8 works
  9. 9 Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis Biochemistry 7 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 321% 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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