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FMC (United States)

In research, FMC (United States) stands highest in Life Sciences (#8,187 of 11,023 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#4,376 of 5,126 worldwide) and Engineering (#8,287 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,228
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,037
of 7,310
Research works
818
▲ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.68×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
FMC (United States)

What is FMC (United States) 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
Life SciencesDomain #8,187 of 11,023 6.3%211
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,376 of 5,126 5.4%130
EngineeringField #8,287 of 9,532 5.6%218
Physical SciencesDomain #16,168 of 17,446 5.9%515

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where FMC (United States) 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 FMC (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at FMC (United States) is in Life Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (45%), Medicine (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 20 fractional works · 59.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 45.5% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 25.2% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 9.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 8.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 20.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 12.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKFMC (UnitedStates)33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences59%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences6%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1545.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology410.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics12.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    5. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Environmental Science39.1%
    2. Chemistry25.6%
    3. Materials Science12.8%
    4. Computer Science01.0%
    5. Mathematics00.9%
    6. Engineering00.8%
    7. Energy00.4%
    1. Medicine412.5%
    2. Veterinary01.1%
    3. Health Professions00.5%
    1. Psychology24.6%
    2. Social Sciences00.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 9.58× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.00× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.55× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 3.58× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 8.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.58×15 works
  2. Veterinary8.44×0 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.55×1 works
  4. Chemistry3.58×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.00×4 works
  6. Environmental Science1.84×3 works
  7. Psychology1.52×2 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.90×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.79×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.76×0 works
  11. Medicine0.65×4 works
  12. Energy0.41×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.19×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.13×0 works
  17. Engineering0.06×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at FMC (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Edward J. Kikta, O. A. Battista and D. Kuan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FMC (United States).

  1. 1 Edward J. Kikta United States · #2,699,798 worldwide 1.1k citations · 24 works
  2. 2 O. A. Battista United States · #2,904,805 worldwide 966 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 D. Kuan United States · #2,965,442 worldwide 2.5k citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Myra L. Weiner United States · #3,084,921 worldwide 2.7k citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Jonathan S. Baum United States · #3,193,870 worldwide 741 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Gösta Åkerlöf United States · #3,239,649 worldwide 2.3k citations · 38 works
  7. 7 David M. Roush United States · #3,259,651 worldwide 402 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Anthony J. Durbetaki United States · #3,287,205 worldwide 464 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Brian T. Fitch United States · #3,309,353 worldwide 259 citations · 86 works
  10. 10 Blaik P. Halling United States · #3,489,468 worldwide 376 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at FMC (United States)

What are the most cited papers from FMC (United States)?

The most cited paper from FMC (United States) is "Adaptive Noise Smoothing Filter for Images with Signal-Dependent Noise" (D. Kuan, Alexander A. Sawchuk, Timothy C. Strand et al., 1985), with 1,510 citations. Next come "The Soil Microbiome Influences Grapevine-Associated Microbiota" (1,030) and "Mechanisms of pyrethroid neurotoxicity: implications for cumulative risk assessment" (1,020).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Adaptive Noise Smoothing Filter for Images with Signal-Dependent Noise D. Kuan, Alexander A. Sawchuk, Timothy C. Strand et al. · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Mar 1985 1,510
2 The Soil Microbiome Influences Grapevine-Associated Microbiota Iratxe Zarraonaindia, Sarah M. Owens, Pamela B. Weisenhorn et al. · mBio Open access 24 Mar 2015 1,030
3 Mechanisms of pyrethroid neurotoxicity: implications for cumulative risk assessment David M. Soderlund, John Marshall Clark, Larry P. Sheets et al. · Toxicology Feb 2002 1,020
4 Adaptive restoration of images with speckle D. Kuan, Alexander A. Sawchuk, T. Strand et al. · IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing Mar 1987 716
5 Microcrystalline cellulose, a direct compression binder in a quality by design environment—A review Grégory Thoorens, Fabrice Krier, Bruno Leclercq et al. · International Journal of Pharmaceutics Open access Jul 2014 547
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Which keywords describe research at FMC (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Safety, Weed Control, Biological Control, Risk Assessment, Environmental Impact, Integrated Pest Management, Pesticides and Crop Losses.

▲ 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact2▲ 4.2×8 topics
  2. Biological Control2▲ 42×6 topics
  3. Food Safety2▲ 23×5 topics
  4. Weed Control2▲ 233×2 topics
  5. Risk Assessment2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  6. Integrated Pest Management2▲ 254×2 topics
  7. Pesticides2▲ 73×3 topics
  8. Crop Losses2▲ 367×1 topic
  9. Herbicide Resistance2▲ 367×1 topic
  10. Climate Change2▲ 1.70×10 topics
  11. Epidemiology1◆ 1.07×10 topics
  12. Drought Tolerance1▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Genetics1▲ 5.5×3 topics
  14. Breeding1▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Bioremediation1▲ 27×2 topics
  16. Environmental Risk Assessment1▲ 40×3 topics
  17. Genetic Diversity1▲ 7.3×2 topics
  18. Herbicides1▲ 95×2 topics
  19. Biomarkers1▲ 4.3×4 topics
  20. Biopesticides1▲ 47×2 topics
  21. Cowpea1▲ 128×1 topic
  22. Nutritional Quality1▲ 42×1 topic

Which research topics does FMC (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Weed Control and Herbicide Applications, Agricultural pest management studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Biochemical and Molecular Research.

Weed Control and Herbicide Applications: 2 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 1 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…1Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 1 fractional worksBiochemical and Molecula…1Biochemical and Molecular Research: 1 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 1 fractional worksPesticide Residue Analysis and Safety: 1 fractional worksPesticide Exposure and T…1Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity: 1 fractional worksPesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies: 1 fractional worksPlant Growth Enhancement Techniques: 1 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…1Insect Pest Control Strategies: 1 fractional works
Plant ScienceInsect ScienceMolecular BiologyFood Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Weed Control and Herbicide Applications Plant Science 2 works
  2. 2 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 1 works
  3. 3 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 1 works
  4. 4 Biochemical and Molecular Research Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 1 works
  6. 6 Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety Food Science 1 works
  7. 7 Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies Pollution 1 works
  9. 9 Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Insect Pest Control Strategies 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 available13.1%not open86.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has FMC (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% 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 FMC (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%FMC (United States)0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of FMC (United States) 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.

5%10%15%FMC (United States)11.5% in 1996all institutions10.0% in 1996

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 1996.

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