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Ilia State University

In research, Ilia State University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#266 of 3,157 worldwide), Plant Science (#157 of 1,317 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,476 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Forestry and Plant Science (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 20.7× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#3,350
of 22,385 · #3,788 all time
Rank in Georgia
#1
of 22
Research works
3.8k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
60%
world 18%

What is Ilia State University 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #266 of 3,157 1.3%720 #636
Plant ScienceSubfield #157 of 1,317 0.8%421 #384
Life SciencesDomain #1,476 of 6,403 1.4%915 #2180
Food ScienceSubfield #223 of 517 0.8%63 #540
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #123 of 269 2.1%162 #496
Social SciencesDomain #4,536 of 9,585 8.1%286 #5708
Environmental ScienceField #1,600 of 3,334 9.6%89 #1969
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,567 of 2,964 1.9%145 #2456
Physical SciencesDomain #5,771 of 10,670 6.8%253 #5720
Health SciencesDomain #5,691 of 9,902 3.4%156 #5384

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ilia State University 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#636 #266
  2. Plant Science#384 #157
  3. Life Sciences#2,180 #1,476
  4. Food Science#540 #223
  5. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#496 #123
  6. Social Sciences#5,708 #4,536
  7. Environmental Science#1,969 #1,600
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,456 #1,567
  9. Physical Sciences#5,720 #5,771
  10. Health Sciences#5,384 #5,691
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 Ilia State University work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Ilia State University is in Life Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (43%), Social Sciences (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 4.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 931 fractional works · 54.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 728 fractional works · 42.7% of its workPlant Science: 423 fractional works · 24.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 165 fractional works · 9.7% of its workFood Science: 64 fractional works · 3.7% of its workForestry: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSoil Science: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 151 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 103 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGenetics: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 317 fractional works · 18.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 166 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 55 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 80 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 39 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 289 fractional works · 17.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 96 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 36 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 63 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOceanography: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPaleontology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 166 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMedicine: 138 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIlia StateUniversity1,702fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences55%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences19%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences72842.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1518.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics301.8%
    4. Neuroscience160.9%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology50.3%
    1. Social Sciences1669.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities804.7%
    3. Psychology392.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance201.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting90.5%
    6. Decision Sciences20.1%
    1. Environmental Science965.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences633.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy332.0%
    4. Computer Science301.8%
    5. Engineering281.6%
    6. Chemistry140.8%
    7. Materials Science130.7%
    8. Mathematics100.6%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine1388.1%
    2. Health Professions150.9%
    3. Nursing110.6%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ilia State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 20.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 165.1 works21×
  2. ForestrySubfield · 31.0 works18×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 423.3 works14×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 727.6 works9.0×
  5. PharmacologySubfield · 27.9 works8.8×
  6. OceanographySubfield · 31.0 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: 9.00× its world share, 728 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.67× its world share, 151 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.01× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.37× its world share, 63 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 96 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 33 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 138 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.64× its world share, 80 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 166 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.00×728 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.01×30 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.37×63 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.67×151 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.64×80 works
  6. Nursing1.29×11 works
  7. Environmental Science1.14×96 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.88×33 works
  9. Social Sciences0.77×166 works
  10. Psychology0.76×40 works
  11. Veterinary0.72×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.58×16 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×20 works
  14. Chemistry0.52×14 works
  15. Mathematics0.50×10 works
  16. Medicine0.42×138 works
  17. Health Professions0.34×15 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.31×5 works
  19. Computer Science0.23×30 works
  20. Materials Science0.21×13 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×9 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.13×2 works
  23. Engineering0.11×28 works
  24. Energy0.08×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ilia State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Rainer Willi Bussmann, Özgür Kişi and Zaal Kikvidze lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ilia State University.

  1. 1 Rainer Willi Bussmann Georgia · #107,637 worldwide 41k citations · 5,056 works
  2. 2 Özgür Kişi Georgia · #126,918 worldwide 38k citations · 708 works
  3. 3 Zaal Kikvidze Georgia · #173,308 worldwide 17k citations · 1,549 works
  4. 4 Shiekh Marifatul Haq Georgia · #231,543 worldwide 2.8k citations · 128 works
  5. 5 Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana Georgia · #260,470 worldwide 12k citations · 3,591 works
  6. 6 Shalva Sikharulidze Georgia · #312,133 worldwide 8.6k citations · 764 works
  7. 7 David Tchelidze Georgia · #374,426 worldwide 6.4k citations · 485 works
  8. 8 Nino Makhashvili Georgia · #409,375 worldwide 1.9k citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Ketevan Batsatsashvili Georgia · #571,771 worldwide 8.4k citations · 1,107 works
  10. 10 Rana Muhammad Adnan Georgia · #575,459 worldwide 3.7k citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at Ilia State University

What are the most cited papers from Ilia State University?

The most cited paper from Ilia State University is "THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III" (Shadab Alam et al., 2015), with 2,476 citations. Next come "THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III" (2,091) and "The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the Data Releases 10 and 11 Galaxy samples" (1,880).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III Shadab Alam et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access304 authors 27 Jul 2015 2,476
2 THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III Kyle S. Dawson et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access165 authors 6 Dec 2012 2,091
3 The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the Data Releases 10 and 11 Galaxy samples Lauren Anderson et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 21 Apr 2014 1,880
4 The clustering of the SDSS DR7 main Galaxy sample – I. A 4 per cent distance measure at z = 0.15 Ashley J. Ross, Lado Samushia, Cullan Howlett et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 19 Mar 2015 1,829
5 A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus Rainer Willi Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, Shalva Sikharulidze et al. · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Open access 21 Sep 2016 1,650
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ilia State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicinal Plants, Herbal Medicine, Antioxidant, Biogeography, Drug Discovery, Phytochemical Constituents, Ethnobotanical Survey and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

▲ 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. Medicinal Plants436▲ 66×17 topics
  2. Herbal Medicine214▲ 45×12 topics
  3. Antioxidant204▲ 17×39 topics
  4. Biogeography187▲ 39×20 topics
  5. Drug Discovery186▲ 49×4 topics
  6. Phytochemical Constituents186▲ 355×2 topics
  7. Ethnobotanical Survey186▲ 337×1 topic
  8. Traditional Ecological Knowledge186▲ 249×1 topic
  9. Phylogeny173▲ 60×15 topics
  10. Antioxidant Activity152▲ 14×25 topics
  11. Anti-inflammatory145▲ 30×26 topics
  12. Taxonomy124▲ 50×14 topics
  13. Biological Activities107▲ 39×9 topics
  14. Evolution99▲ 22×15 topics
  15. Climate Change96▲ 2.1×69 topics
  16. Flavonoids93▲ 21×10 topics
  17. Phytochemistry82▲ 40×9 topics
  18. Natural Products72▲ 29×6 topics
  19. Biodiversity71▲ 5.5×26 topics
  20. Invasive Species69▲ 9.6×20 topics
  21. Ethnopharmacology67▲ 74×4 topics
  22. Traditional Chinese Medicine62▲ 31×3 topics
  23. Pharmacology61▲ 15×20 topics
  24. Herbal Medicines59▲ 166×2 topics
  25. Iridoids58▲ 108×1 topic
  26. Phenylethanoids58▲ 108×1 topic
  27. Essential Oils57▲ 31×3 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Activity56▲ 20×7 topics
  29. Mode of Action54▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Antibacterial Agents53▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Food Preservation53▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Ethnobotany53▲ 49×5 topics
  33. Apoptosis49▲ 9.3×12 topics
  34. Antioxidants49▲ 6.5×10 topics
  35. Biodiversity Conservation48▲ 7.6×11 topics
  36. DNA Barcoding47▲ 16×9 topics
  37. molecular systematics46▲ 118×2 topics
  38. species diversity45▲ 213×2 topics
  39. Mediterranean44▲ 29×5 topics
  40. Pharmacological Studies44▲ 100×2 topics

Which research topics does Ilia State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity and Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies.

  1. 1 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 186 works
  2. 2 Phytochemistry and Biological Activities Plant Science 58 works
  3. 3 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 53 works
  4. 4 Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 42 works
  5. 5 Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications Plant Science 42 works
  6. 6 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 39 works
  7. 7 Natural product bioactivities and synthesis Molecular Biology 32 works
  8. 8 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 30 works
  9. 9 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 29 works
  10. 10 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 27 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 available36.6%not open63.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.3%domestic only39.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ilia State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ilia State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0089% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Ilia State University0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ilia State University 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ilia State University2.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 2018.

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