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Experimental Station

In research, Experimental Station stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,080 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,504 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Agronomy and Crop Science is 39.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,110
of 22,385 · #8,662 all time
Rank in United States
#1,389
of 3,332
Research works
9k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
358k
39.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Experimental Station

What is Experimental Station 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 #2,080 of 6,403 5.4%148 #4339
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,504 of 3,157 5.1%137 #1456

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Experimental Station 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 fields of science does Experimental Station work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Experimental Station is in Life Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (60%), Environmental Science (10%), Engineering (5%). It does 4.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 162 fractional works · 64.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 150 fractional works · 59.9% of its workPlant Science: 56 fractional works · 22.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 23 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 7.4% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 51 fractional works · 20.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKExperimentalStation250fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences65%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences9%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15059.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology103.8%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Environmental Science259.9%
    2. Engineering124.8%
    3. Materials Science41.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.2%
    5. Chemistry31.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    7. Energy10.5%
    8. Computer Science10.4%
    9. Mathematics10.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences114.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.4%
    4. Psychology20.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    1. Medicine104.1%
    2. Nursing31.1%
    3. Health Professions10.4%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Experimental Station specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 39.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 23.1 works39×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 56.4 works13×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 149.7 works13×
← 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: 12.62× its world share, 150 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.00× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 2.25× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.62×150 works
  2. Nursing2.25×3 works
  3. Environmental Science2.00×25 works
  4. Veterinary1.06×0 works
  5. Dentistry0.83×1 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×3 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×10 works
  8. Chemistry0.70×3 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.68×4 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×0 works
  11. Energy0.53×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×4 works
  13. Materials Science0.42×4 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.39×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.34×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.33×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.33×10 works
  19. Engineering0.32×12 works
  20. Psychology0.27×2 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.24×1 works
  22. Medicine0.21×10 works
  23. Health Professions0.16×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  26. Computer Science0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Experimental Station?

Ranked on the quality score, Carl G. Johnson, David Stewart Jenkinson and L. R. Taylor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Experimental Station.

  1. 1 Carl G. Johnson United States · #556,623 worldwide 5.5k citations · 118 works
  2. 2 David Stewart Jenkinson United States · #804,815 worldwide 48k citations · 194 works
  3. 3 L. R. Taylor United States · #993,835 worldwide 11k citations · 95 works
  4. 4 Barbara Mosse United States · #1,376,257 worldwide 12k citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Peter B. Tinker United States · #1,601,123 worldwide 10k citations · 190 works
  6. 6 Benjamin J. Miflin United States · #1,758,777 worldwide 4.7k citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Nicola Walker United States · #1,982,037 worldwide 2.5k citations · 82 works
  8. 8 David S. Hayman United States · #2,007,173 worldwide 12k citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Margaret Elizabeth Brown United States · #2,206,718 worldwide 2.7k citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Frank Yates United States · #2,526,268 worldwide 13k citations · 203 works
All ranked researchers at Experimental Station

What are the most cited papers from Experimental Station?

The most cited paper from Experimental Station is "DNA polymorphisms amplified by arbitrary primers are useful as genetic markers" (John Garnett Williams, Anne R. Kubelik, Kenneth J. Livak et al., 1990), with 13,158 citations. Next come "An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass C" (13,020) and "Generalized Linear Models" (7,300).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 DNA polymorphisms amplified by arbitrary primers are useful as genetic markers John Garnett Williams, Anne R. Kubelik, Kenneth J. Livak et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 1990 13,158
2 An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass C Eric D. Vance, Philip Charles Brookes, David Stewart Jenkinson · Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1987 13,020
3 Generalized Linear Models John Ashworth Nelder, R. W. M. Wedderburn · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) 1972 7,300
4 AN EVALUATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING VESICULAR ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL INFECTION IN ROOTS Manuela Giovannetti, Barbara Mosse · New Phytologist Mar 1980 5,919
5 Chloroform fumigation and the release of soil nitrogen: A rapid direct extraction method to measure microbial biomass nitrogen in soil P. C. Brookes, A. Landman, Gordon Pruden et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1985 5,901
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Experimental Station?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Soil Fertility, Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, Drought Tolerance, Genetic Improvement, Genetics and Agriculture.

▲ 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. Climate Change61▲ 9.0×61 topics
  2. Soil Fertility34▲ 60×6 topics
  3. Food Security29▲ 21×13 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture22▲ 29×9 topics
  5. Drought Tolerance22▲ 62×9 topics
  6. Genetic Improvement18▲ 82×4 topics
  7. Genetics17▲ 9.5×7 topics
  8. Agriculture16▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Crop Productivity16▲ 97×3 topics
  10. Plant Breeding16▲ 69×4 topics
  11. Climate Change Adaptation15▲ 34×3 topics
  12. Sustainable Development15▲ 3.9×18 topics
  13. Biotechnology15▲ 67×2 topics
  14. Livestock Breeding14▲ 278×1 topic
  15. Plant Genetics14▲ 278×1 topic
  16. Forage Production14▲ 225×2 topics
  17. Crop Adaptation13▲ 389×1 topic
  18. Genetic Resources13▲ 287×1 topic
  19. Transcriptome Analysis12▲ 77×3 topics
  20. Anthocyanins11▲ 61×3 topics
  21. Grapevine10▲ 109×1 topic
  22. Wine Quality10▲ 126×1 topic
  23. Nutrition10▲ 8.8×6 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity9▲ 8.6×14 topics
  25. Biodiversity8▲ 4.4×17 topics
  26. Invasive Species8▲ 8.1×16 topics
  27. Nutrient Uptake8▲ 48×4 topics
  28. Agricultural Development8▲ 21×3 topics
  29. Breeding8▲ 41×5 topics
  30. Microbial Communities8▲ 7.1×6 topics
  31. Biological Control6▲ 17×9 topics
  32. Microbiota6▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Genome Sequencing6▲ 16×7 topics
  34. Rootstock6▲ 43×2 topics
  35. QTL Mapping5▲ 19×6 topics
  36. Aroma Compounds5▲ 24×3 topics
  37. Dietary Fiber5▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Dormancy5▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Fruit Trees5▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Genetic Mapping5▲ 27×6 topics

Which research topics does Experimental Station publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agriculture and Biological Studies, Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement, Horticultural and Viticultural Research and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies.

Agriculture and Biologic…14Agriculture and Biological Studies: 14 fractional worksAgricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement: 13 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 10 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 5 fractional worksRabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health: 4 fractional worksFermentation and Sensory Analysis: 4 fractional worksSoil and Environmental Studies: 4 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquatic Biology: 4 fractional worksAgricultural Development and Policies: 4 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 3 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesAgronomy and Crop SciencePlant ScienceAnimal Science and Zoology2 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture and Biological Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 13 works
  3. 3 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 10 works
  4. 4 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 5 works
  5. 5 Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  6. 6 Fermentation and Sensory Analysis Food Science 4 works
  7. 7 Soil and Environmental Studies Soil Science 4 works
  8. 8 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 4 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Development and Policies Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  10. 10 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 3 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 available20.4%not open79.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.8%domestic only75.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Experimental Station's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower 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 Experimental Station as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00095% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Experimental Station0.00098% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Experimental Station 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 counting10%20%30%Experimental Station10.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.1% in 2006.

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