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Horticultural Research Institute

In research, Horticultural Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,661 of 6,403 worldwide), Plant Science (#713 of 1,317 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,726 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 27.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,599
of 22,385 · #13,945 all time
Rank in United States
#2,403
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▲ 53% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Horticultural Research Institute

What is Horticultural Research Institute 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 #2,661 of 6,403 3.3%220 #2897
Plant ScienceSubfield #713 of 1,317 2.1%127 #593
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,726 of 3,157 3.5%186 #1090

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Horticultural Research 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#2,897 #2,661
  2. Plant Science#593 #713
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,090 #1,726
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Horticultural Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Horticultural Research Institute is in Life Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (69%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Medicine (4%). It does 5.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 255 fractional works · 83.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 212 fractional works · 69.2% of its workPlant Science: 145 fractional works · 47.5% of its workFood Science: 15 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInsect Science: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHorticulture: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 12.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHorticulturalResearch…306fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences83%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences3%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21269.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3712.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics41.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    1. Environmental Science103.2%
    2. Engineering61.9%
    3. Chemistry31.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Computer Science10.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine144.5%
    2. Nursing51.6%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Health Professions00.0%
    1. Social Sciences41.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities30.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Horticultural Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 27.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 145.5 works27×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 212.2 works15×
← 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: 14.58× its world share, 212 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.29× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.81× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 3.34× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.58×212 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.81×4 works
  3. Nursing3.34×5 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.29×38 works
  5. Chemistry0.72×4 works
  6. Environmental Science0.65×10 works
  7. Veterinary0.65×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×2 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.32×3 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
  11. Medicine0.23×14 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.18×1 works
  14. Energy0.16×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×2 works
  16. Engineering0.13×6 works
  17. Materials Science0.12×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.10×4 works
  19. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.02×0 works
  22. Health Professions0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Horticultural Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, B. D. Harrison, PE Kriedemann and I. M. Roberts lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Horticultural Research Institute.

  1. 1 B. D. Harrison United States · #254,135 worldwide 11k citations · 222 works
  2. 2 PE Kriedemann United States · #457,403 worldwide 1.9k citations · 28 works
  3. 3 I. M. Roberts United States · #1,381,227 worldwide 2.9k citations · 76 works
  4. 4 C. H. Cadman United States · #1,385,389 worldwide 1k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 A. F. Murant United States · #2,373,588 worldwide 3.5k citations · 120 works
  6. 6 P. A. Brocklehurst United States · #2,507,733 worldwide 1.1k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 H. Barker United States · #2,543,349 worldwide 2.4k citations · 84 works
  8. 8 H. M. Taylor United States · #3,063,326 worldwide 928 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 D. J. Robinson United States · #3,335,133 worldwide 1.3k citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Bryon Martin Lelong United States · #3,553,538 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Horticultural Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Horticultural Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Horticultural Research Institute is "Substrate flow in the rhizosphere" (James M. Lynch, John M. Whipps, 1990), with 1,148 citations. Next come "Light-Induced Expression of a MYB Gene Regulates Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Red Apples" (1,096) and "Agroecology: The Ecology of Food Systems" (956).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Substrate flow in the rhizosphere James M. Lynch, John M. Whipps · Plant and Soil Dec 1990 1,148
2 Light-Induced Expression of a MYB Gene Regulates Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Red Apples Adam M. Takos, Felix W. Jaffé, Steele R. Jacob et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Open access 29 Sep 2006 1,096
3 Agroecology: The Ecology of Food Systems Charles Andrew Francis, Geir Lieblein, Stephen R. Gliessman et al. · Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 17 Jul 2003 956
4 Decline in Percentage N of C3 and C4 Crops with Increasing Plant Mass D. J. Greenwood, Gilles Lemaire, Ghislain Gosse et al. · Annals of Botany Oct 1990 661
5 The use of the „studentized range” in connection with an analysis of variance M. Keuls · Euphytica Jul 1952 637
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Horticultural Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Nutrient Uptake, Rootstock, Dormancy, Fruit Trees, Genetic Diversity, Genetics and Drought Tolerance.

▲ 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 Change37▲ 4.4×32 topics
  2. Nutrient Uptake25▲ 119×3 topics
  3. Rootstock24▲ 148×2 topics
  4. Dormancy20▲ 179×1 topic
  5. Fruit Trees20▲ 179×1 topic
  6. Genetic Diversity19▲ 14×14 topics
  7. Genetics18▲ 8.5×5 topics
  8. Drought Tolerance18▲ 41×9 topics
  9. Nutritional Quality16▲ 73×4 topics
  10. Sustainable Agriculture16▲ 17×13 topics
  11. Antioxidant16▲ 7.4×32 topics
  12. Horticultural Crops15▲ 61×3 topics
  13. Plant Growth14▲ 44×6 topics
  14. Soil Fertility14▲ 20×8 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity13▲ 7.0×21 topics
  16. Gene Expression13▲ 6.8×6 topics
  17. Biological Control13▲ 28×10 topics
  18. Breeding13▲ 56×5 topics
  19. Bioactive Compounds13▲ 17×10 topics
  20. Domestication12▲ 82×3 topics
  21. Antioxidant Properties12▲ 28×5 topics
  22. Antioxidants10▲ 7.8×9 topics
  23. Health Benefits10▲ 10×13 topics
  24. Anthocyanins9▲ 43×3 topics
  25. Anti-inflammatory9▲ 11×18 topics
  26. Phylogenetic Analysis9▲ 9.6×7 topics
  27. Polyphenols9▲ 17×6 topics
  28. Aroma Compounds9▲ 33×3 topics
  29. Phenolic Compounds9▲ 16×8 topics
  30. AFLP Markers9▲ 98×2 topics
  31. Abiotic Stress9▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Cancer Prevention9▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Host Specificity9▲ 25×4 topics
  34. Banana8▲ 121×1 topic
  35. Disease Resistance8▲ 51×3 topics
  36. Mycosphaerella fijiensis8▲ 121×1 topic
  37. Rhizosphere Interactions8▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Crop Management8▲ 41×2 topics
  39. Phytochemicals8▲ 25×7 topics
  40. Grapevine8▲ 66×2 topics

Which research topics does Horticultural Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies, Banana Cultivation and Research, Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation and Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics.

Plant Physiology and Cul…20Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 20 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 8 fractional worksFlowering Plant Growth and Cultivation: 7 fractional worksAgricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 7 fractional worksPlant Growth Enhancement Techniques: 6 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 6 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…6Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 6 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticu…6Horticultural and Viticultural Research: 6 fractional worksPostharvest Quality and …6Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management: 6 fractional worksPlant Disease Management…5Plant Disease Management Techniques: 5 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyCell Biology

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

  1. 1 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 20 works
  2. 2 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 8 works
  3. 3 Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation Plant Science 7 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 7 works
  5. 5 Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques Plant Science 6 works
  6. 6 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 6 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 6 works
  8. 8 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management Plant Science 6 works
  10. 10 Plant Disease Management Techniques Plant Science 5 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 available43.6%not open56.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.8%domestic only64.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Horticultural Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% 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 Horticultural Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Horticultural Research Institute0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Horticultural Research Institute 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Horticultural Research Institute3.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.9% in 1990.

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