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Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory

In research, Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,956 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,207 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences — Plant Science is 26.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,363
of 28,054 · #17,924 all time
Rank in United States
#3,501
of 4,192
Research works
892
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
36.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory 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 #2,956 of 3,409 13.8%72 #2270
Life SciencesDomain #7,207 of 7,800 13.3%90 #7821

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory 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 Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 26.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 48.5 works26×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 71.6 works14×
  3. Life SciencesDomain · 90.3 works6.5×
← 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: 14.23× its world share, 72 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.97× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.43× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.56× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.05× 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, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, P. V. Vail, Chad E. Finn and R. G. Linderman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory.

  1. 1 P. V. Vail United States · #104,108 worldwide 237 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Chad E. Finn United States · #162,944 worldwide 170 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 R. G. Linderman United States · #208,313 worldwide 206 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 David W. Ramming United States · #329,066 worldwide 56 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Julie M. Tarara United States · #368,511 worldwide 147 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Jana C. Lee United States · #485,662 worldwide 74 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Niklaus J. Grünwald United States · #566,653 worldwide 58 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Robert R. Martín United States · #612,159 worldwide 79 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Jungmin Lee United States · #626,390 worldwide 109 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 C. E. Curtis United States · #788,979 worldwide 37 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biological Control, Phylogenetic Analysis, Climate Change, Fungal Pathogens, Host Specificity, Genetic Diversity, Transcriptome Analysis and Plant Pathogens.

▲ 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 Control15▲ 93×9 topics
  2. Climate Change14▲ 5.0×21 topics
  3. Phylogenetic Analysis14▲ 43×6 topics
  4. Fungal Pathogens8▲ 61×2 topics
  5. Host Specificity8▲ 71×3 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity8▲ 17×12 topics
  7. Plant Pathogens7▲ 223×3 topics
  8. Transcriptome Analysis7▲ 109×3 topics
  9. Invasive Species7▲ 15×9 topics
  10. Nutrient Uptake7▲ 92×3 topics
  11. Endophytic Fungi7▲ 67×2 topics
  12. Genetic Mapping6▲ 79×4 topics
  13. Genomic Characterization6▲ 46×1 topic
  14. Plant Pathogenesis6▲ 93×1 topic
  15. Genetics6▲ 8.4×6 topics
  16. Phylogenetic Relationships6▲ 74×3 topics
  17. Genome Sequencing5▲ 33×5 topics
  18. Grapevine5▲ 127×2 topics
  19. Rootstock5▲ 92×2 topics
  20. Fruit Quality5▲ 202×2 topics
  21. Nematodes5▲ 98×3 topics
  22. Plant Immunity5▲ 50×2 topics
  23. Potato5▲ 125×2 topics
  24. Molecular Pathology5▲ 42×1 topic
  25. Plant-Parasitic5▲ 188×1 topic
  26. Phytophthora5▲ 275×1 topic
  27. late blight resistance5▲ 275×1 topic
  28. Anthocyanins4▲ 60×2 topics
  29. Water Deficit4▲ 110×1 topic
  30. Wine Quality4▲ 110×1 topic
  31. Genomics4▲ 12×6 topics
  32. Pest Management4▲ 43×4 topics
  33. Microbiota4▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Quantitative Trait Loci4▲ 59×3 topics
  35. Small RNAs3▲ 54×2 topics
  36. Dormancy3▲ 84×1 topic
  37. Fruit Trees3▲ 84×1 topic
  38. Polyploidy3▲ 67×2 topics
  39. Diversity3▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Gene Silencing3▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Nematode management and characterization studies, Plant Pathogens and Resistance and Horticultural and Viticultural Research.

Plant Pathogens and Fung…6Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 6 fractional worksNematode management and …5Nematode management and characterization studies: 5 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resi…5Plant Pathogens and Resistance: 5 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticu…4Horticultural and Viticultural Research: 4 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 3 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 3 fractional worksBerry genetics and culti…3Berry genetics and cultivation research: 3 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…3Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 3 fractional worksPlant Disease Resistance…3Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics: 3 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Interac…2Plant and Fungal Interactions Research: 2 fractional works
Cell BiologyPlant ScienceInsect ScienceEndocrinology

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

  1. 1 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 6 works
  2. 2 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 5 works
  3. 3 Plant Pathogens and Resistance Plant Science 5 works
  4. 4 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 4 works
  5. 5 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Berry genetics and cultivation research Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 3 works
  9. 9 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 3 works
  10. 10 Plant and Fungal Interactions Research Endocrinology 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 available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower 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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