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Fruit Growing Institute

In research, Fruit Growing Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#5,516 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#14,133 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences — Plant Science is 31.7× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#40,245
of 42,892
Rank in Bulgaria
#112
of 122
Research works
212
▲ 115% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Fruit Growing Institute 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,516 of 6,031 3.6%152
Life SciencesDomain #14,133 of 14,347 3.2%181

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fruit Growing Institute 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 Fruit Growing Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 31.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 22.8 works32×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 27.0 works14×
  3. Life SciencesDomain · 31.8 works5.9×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 13.74× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.17× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fruit Growing Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, M Corneanu, A. Zhivondov and Hristina Kutinkova lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fruit Growing Institute.

  1. 1 M Corneanu Bulgaria · #1,164,763 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 A. Zhivondov Bulgaria · #1,277,155 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Hristina Kutinkova Bulgaria · #1,546,034 worldwide 7 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Fruit Growing Institute

Which keywords describe research at Fruit Growing Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Nutrient Uptake, Rootstock, Dormancy, Fruit Trees, Genetics, Grapevine and Transcriptome Analysis.

▲ 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. Climate Change12▲ 11×7 topics
  2. Nutrient Uptake8▲ 260×2 topics
  3. Rootstock7▲ 299×2 topics
  4. Dormancy6▲ 413×1 topic
  5. Fruit Trees6▲ 413×1 topic
  6. Genetics6▲ 20×2 topics
  7. Grapevine5▲ 309×2 topics
  8. Transcriptome Analysis5▲ 195×2 topics
  9. Anthocyanins5▲ 176×1 topic
  10. Wine Quality5▲ 344×1 topic
  11. Horticultural Crops3▲ 92×3 topics
  12. Biotechnology2▲ 56×3 topics
  13. Aroma Compounds2▲ 58×2 topics
  14. Plant Hormones2▲ 83×2 topics
  15. Ethylene Biosynthesis2▲ 164×1 topic
  16. Fruit Ripening2▲ 164×1 topic
  17. Gene Expression2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  18. Genetic Regulation2▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Biodiversity2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  20. Host Specificity2▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Pollen Tube Growth2▲ 173×1 topic
  22. Self-Incompatibility2▲ 173×1 topic
  23. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation2▲ 88×1 topic
  24. Fruit Quality2▲ 157×2 topics
  25. Plant Secondary Metabolites2▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Genetic Mapping1▲ 43×3 topics
  27. Crop Productivity1▲ 45×2 topics
  28. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Blueberry1▲ 417×1 topic
  30. Soil Fertility1▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Strawberry1▲ 417×1 topic
  32. Drought Tolerance1▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Endophytic Fungi1▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Food Quality1▲ 66×2 topics
  35. Fungal Pathogens1▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Genome Sequencing1▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Phenolic Compounds1▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Plant Immunity1▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Biological Control1▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Flavonoids1▲ 9.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Fruit Growing Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies, Horticultural and Viticultural Research, Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management and Plant Reproductive Biology.

  1. 1 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 6 works
  2. 2 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 5 works
  3. 3 Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Plant Reproductive Biology Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Berry genetics and cultivation research Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens 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 available75.0%not open25.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.0%domestic only69.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fruit Growing Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 115% 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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