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Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

In research, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,155 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,239 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science — Insect Science is 75.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,219
of 28,054 · #19,160 all time
Rank in United States
#3,474
of 4,192
Research works
770
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,155 of 3,409 13.9%65 #1693
Life SciencesDomain #7,239 of 7,800 14.0%84 #8479

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 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 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 75.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 21.8 works75×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 65.0 works13×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 23.3 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: 13.39× its world share, 65 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.10× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services?

Ranked on the composite score, Elijah J. Talamas, H. A. Denmark and KRISTEN McNUTT lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

  1. 1 Elijah J. Talamas United States · #307,169 worldwide 100 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 H. A. Denmark United States · #526,871 worldwide 83 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 KRISTEN McNUTT United States · #746,991 worldwide 5 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Mark Needleman United States · #758,160 worldwide 8 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Weston Opitz United States · #886,422 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Matthew R. Moore United States · #993,855 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 R. N. Inserra United States · #1,096,062 worldwide 47 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Robert E. Woodruff United States · #1,281,418 worldwide 11 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 William Fraser United States · #1,302,116 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 J. A. Brito United States · #1,501,347 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Which keywords describe research at Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biological Control, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Phylogeny, Phylogenetic Analysis, Taxonomy and Biogeography.

▲ 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. Biological Control22▲ 146×10 topics
  2. Invasive Species20▲ 46×15 topics
  3. Climate Change14▲ 5.3×18 topics
  4. Biodiversity12▲ 16×14 topics
  5. Phylogeny12▲ 75×11 topics
  6. Phylogenetic Analysis11▲ 37×9 topics
  7. Taxonomy11▲ 84×12 topics
  8. Biogeography9▲ 35×15 topics
  9. Host Specificity9▲ 80×5 topics
  10. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles6▲ 155×1 topic
  11. Jasmonate Signaling6▲ 155×1 topic
  12. Microbiota6▲ 28×3 topics
  13. Population Dynamics6▲ 24×7 topics
  14. Fungal Pathogens6▲ 44×4 topics
  15. Morphology6▲ 34×5 topics
  16. DNA Barcoding6▲ 33×7 topics
  17. Evolution5▲ 21×9 topics
  18. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 22×4 topics
  19. Taxonomic Revision5▲ 66×2 topics
  20. Conservation5▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Molecular Identification5▲ 66×2 topics
  22. Ecosystem Services4▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Global Change4▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Symbiosis4▲ 48×2 topics
  25. Endophytic Fungi4▲ 46×1 topic
  26. Genomic Characterization4▲ 33×1 topic
  27. Genomics4▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Gut Microbiota4▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Biological Invasions4▲ 47×3 topics
  30. Bark Beetles4▲ 206×1 topic
  31. Ecology4▲ 26×5 topics
  32. Forest Pests4▲ 206×1 topic
  33. Pest Management4▲ 48×5 topics
  34. Nematodes4▲ 83×3 topics
  35. Honey Bees4▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Neonicotinoids4▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Phylogenetic Relationships4▲ 56×3 topics
  38. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 24×8 topics
  39. Plant-Animal Interactions4▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Pollinator Decline4▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Forest Insect Ecology and Management and Insect and Pesticide Research.

Insect-Plant Interaction…6Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 6 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…4Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 4 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology an…4Forest Insect Ecology and Management: 4 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Res…4Insect and Pesticide Research: 4 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 4 fractional worksNematode management and characterization studies: 3 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…3Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 3 fractional worksInsect behavior and control techniques: 2 fractional worksHemiptera Insect Studies: 2 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 2 fractional works
Insect ScienceCell BiologyEcologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2 others

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

  1. 1 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 6 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 4 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  6. 6 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Insect behavior and control techniques Insect Science 2 works
  9. 9 Hemiptera Insect Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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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