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Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

In research, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,566 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology — Biomedical Engineering is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,766
of 28,054 · #7,547 all time
Rank in United States
#1,597
of 4,192
Research works
580
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
65.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,566 of 7,800 34.4%80 #3803

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center 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 Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biomedical Engineering takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biomedical EngineeringSubfield · 22.8 works7.9×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 31.8 works7.7×
← 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: 5.03× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.32× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.80× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.42× its world share, 29 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.99× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Chris Todd Hittinger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.

  1. 1 Chris Todd Hittinger United States · #310,744 worldwide 151 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lignocellulosic Biomass, Enzymatic Hydrolysis, Bioethanol Production, Pretreatment, Metabolic Engineering, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Synthetic Biology and Constraint-Based Models.

▲ 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. Lignocellulosic Biomass12▲ 87×2 topics
  2. Enzymatic Hydrolysis12▲ 86×2 topics
  3. Bioethanol Production12▲ 150×1 topic
  4. Pretreatment12▲ 150×1 topic
  5. Metabolic Engineering11▲ 86×4 topics
  6. Soil Carbon Sequestration9▲ 83×2 topics
  7. Climate Change8▲ 2.3×27 topics
  8. Synthetic Biology7▲ 83×2 topics
  9. Constraint-Based Models7▲ 118×1 topic
  10. Genetic Improvement7▲ 53×3 topics
  11. Genome-Scale Models7▲ 118×1 topic
  12. Polymeric Materials7▲ 69×2 topics
  13. Catalytic Transformation6▲ 145×1 topic
  14. Lignin Valorization6▲ 145×1 topic
  15. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 14×3 topics
  16. Environmental Impacts6▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Bioenergy Crops6▲ 347×1 topic
  18. Switchgrass6▲ 347×1 topic
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Biomass6▲ 36×4 topics
  21. Signal Transduction5▲ 27×4 topics
  22. Transcription Factors5▲ 32×3 topics
  23. Gene Expression5▲ 6.2×8 topics
  24. Green Chemistry5▲ 19×4 topics
  25. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 24×4 topics
  26. Microbial Communities4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  27. Anthocyanins4▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Fermentation4▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 7.1×3 topics
  31. Flavonoid Biosynthesis4▲ 101×1 topic
  32. MYB4▲ 101×1 topic
  33. Ionic Liquids4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  34. Genomics4▲ 8.7×6 topics
  35. Aroma Compounds3▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Biogenic Amines3▲ 55×2 topics
  37. Heterogeneous Catalysts3▲ 26×3 topics
  38. Polyphenols3▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Metabolic Regulation3▲ 14×3 topics
  40. RNA-Seq3▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Biofuel production and bioconversion, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Lignin and Wood Chemistry and Bioenergy crop production and management.

Biofuel production and b…12Biofuel production and bioconversion: 12 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 7 fractional worksLignin and Wood Chemistry: 6 fractional worksBioenergy crop production and management: 6 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 4 fractional worksFermentation and Sensory…3Fermentation and Sensory Analysis: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 3 fractional worksBiochemical and biochemical processes: 3 fractional worksCatalysis for Biomass Conversion: 3 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 2 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringMolecular BiologyAgronomy and Crop ScienceFood Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 12 works
  2. 2 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 7 works
  3. 3 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Bioenergy crop production and management Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  5. 5 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Fermentation and Sensory Analysis Food Science 3 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Biochemical and biochemical processes Biotechnology 3 works
  9. 9 Catalysis for Biomass Conversion Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil 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 available77.8%not open22.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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