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Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences

In research, Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,492 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#933 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Plant Science is 21.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,054
of 22,385 · #7,079 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#142
of 197
Research works
9.6k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
446k
46.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences

What is Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences 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 #1,492 of 6,403 20.0%93 #3108
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #933 of 3,157 19.1%74 #973

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences 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 Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences is in Life Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (58%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 5.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 116 fractional works · 73.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 91 fractional works · 57.8% of its workPlant Science: 59 fractional works · 37.4% of its workInsect Science: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 17.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 11.6% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGraduate SchoolExperimental…157fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences74%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences4%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9157.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2415.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Environmental Science1811.6%
    2. Engineering32.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    4. Computer Science10.6%
    5. Chemistry10.5%
    6. Energy10.5%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Materials Science10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Medicine74.4%
    2. Veterinary10.5%
    3. Health Professions00.3%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Social Sciences31.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Psychology10.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 21.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 58.5 works21×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 90.5 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: 12.17× its world share, 90 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.84× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.33× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.90× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.17×90 works
  2. Veterinary3.90×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.84×24 works
  4. Environmental Science2.33×18 works
  5. Nursing0.63×0 works
  6. Energy0.52×1 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×1 works
  9. Mathematics0.36×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.30×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.26×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×1 works
  14. Medicine0.23×7 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.20×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.19×0 works
  18. Psychology0.15×1 works
  19. Engineering0.14×3 works
  20. Social Sciences0.13×3 works
  21. Health Professions0.12×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.11×1 works
  23. Computer Science0.08×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Ton Bisseling, René Geurts and Olga Kulikova lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences.

  1. 1 Ton Bisseling Netherlands · #28,522 worldwide 27k citations · 470 works
  2. 2 René Geurts Netherlands · #131,999 worldwide 11k citations · 142 works
  3. 3 Olga Kulikova Netherlands · #269,028 worldwide 2.8k citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Dick Vreugdenhil Netherlands · #573,740 worldwide 11k citations · 177 works
  5. 5 Corrie J. Hanhart Netherlands · #582,842 worldwide 6k citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Henk Franssen Netherlands · #719,361 worldwide 4.3k citations · 103 works
  7. 7 Leendert Cornelis van Loon Netherlands · #833,717 worldwide 33k citations · 195 works
  8. 8 Evert Jacobsen Netherlands · #1,013,341 worldwide 18k citations · 404 works
  9. 9 J. Lyklema Netherlands · #1,104,640 worldwide 23k citations · 365 works
  10. 10 P. Lindhout Netherlands · #1,329,678 worldwide 7.3k citations · 163 works
All ranked researchers at Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences?

The most cited paper from Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences is "Dietary antioxidant flavonoids and risk of coronary heart disease: the Zutphen Elderly Study" (M.G.L Hertog, Edith J. M. Feskens, Daan Kromhout et al., 1993), with 4,357 citations. Next come "The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) for assessment of restrained, emotional, and external eating behavior" (3,558) and "The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution" (3,442).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dietary antioxidant flavonoids and risk of coronary heart disease: the Zutphen Elderly Study M.G.L Hertog, Edith J. M. Feskens, Daan Kromhout et al. · The Lancet Open access Oct 1993 4,357
2 The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) for assessment of restrained, emotional, and external eating behavior Tatjana van Strien, Jan E. R. Frijters, Gerard P. A. Bergers et al. · International Journal of Eating Disorders Feb 1986 3,558
3 The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution Hideki Hirakawa et al. · Nature Open access271 authors May 2012 3,442
4 Primer3Plus, an enhanced web interface to Primer3 Andreas Untergasser, Harm Nijveen, Xiancai Rao et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 7 May 2007 2,894
5 Mechanisms of membrane toxicity of hydrocarbons J. Marko Sikkema, J A de Bont, B. G. Poolman · Microbiological Reviews Open access Jun 1995 2,462
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Gene Expression, Sustainable Agriculture, Genetic Diversity, Nitrogen Fixation, Plant Development, Signal Transduction and Rhizosphere Interactions.

▲ 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 Change16▲ 3.8×41 topics
  2. Gene Expression10▲ 9.9×11 topics
  3. Sustainability8▲ 2.2×24 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture8▲ 16×10 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity8▲ 11×14 topics
  6. Nitrogen Fixation7▲ 65×3 topics
  7. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.5×18 topics
  8. Plant Development7▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Biodiversity7▲ 5.5×16 topics
  10. Biological Control6▲ 27×7 topics
  11. Rhizosphere Interactions6▲ 47×2 topics
  12. Signal Transduction6▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Metabolism6▲ 7.5×5 topics
  14. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 12×9 topics
  15. Transcription Factors6▲ 30×3 topics
  16. Host Recognition6▲ 56×2 topics
  17. Genetic Regulation5▲ 21×4 topics
  18. Food Security5▲ 6.2×9 topics
  19. Epigenetic Regulation5▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Symbiosis5▲ 37×3 topics
  21. Ecosystem Services5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  22. Antioxidants5▲ 7.0×4 topics
  23. Plant Immunity5▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Genome Analysis5▲ 30×3 topics
  25. Phosphorus5▲ 32×3 topics
  26. Genomics4▲ 9.8×11 topics
  27. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Invasive Species4▲ 6.2×11 topics
  29. Global Change4▲ 10.0×5 topics
  30. Drought Resistance4▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Genetic Mapping4▲ 32×5 topics
  32. MicroRNA4▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Mycorrhizal Fungi4▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Development4▲ 7.0×1 topic
  35. Plant4▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Potato4▲ 66×2 topics
  37. Legumes4▲ 73×1 topic
  38. Quantitative Trait Loci4▲ 42×3 topics
  39. Rhizobium4▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Nitrogen4▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity.

Plant Molecular Biology …4Plant Molecular Biology Research: 4 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing S…4Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 4 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 4 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 3 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 3 fractional worksLight effects on plants: 3 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…3Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 3 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 2 fractional worksNematode management and characterization studies: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceAgronomy and Crop ScienceMolecular BiologyInsect Science

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 4 works
  2. 2 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 4 works
  3. 3 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 4 works
  4. 4 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 3 works
  5. 5 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  6. 6 Light effects on plants Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 3 works
  9. 9 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 2 works
  10. 10 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 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 available33.7%not open66.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences0.00080% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences 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 counting20%40%Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences20.8% 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 31.2% in 2019.

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