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Ilia State University

In research, Ilia State University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,299 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,368 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,731 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Forestry and Plant Science — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 21.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,832
of 28,054 · #9,599 all time
Rank in Georgia
#2
of 22
Research works
3.8k
▲ 197% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Ilia State University 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 #1,299 of 3,409 4.1%720 #1092
Physical SciencesDomain #5,368 of 12,888 11.5%253 #8119
Social SciencesDomain #4,731 of 10,521 15.3%286 #7161
Social SciencesField #3,261 of 6,365 16.9%148 #5162
Plant ScienceSubfield #882 of 1,395 3.9%421 #1384
Environmental ScienceField #2,265 of 3,551 15.8%89 #3110
Life SciencesDomain #4,979 of 7,800 4.6%915 #6048
MedicineField #7,918 of 10,443 7.4%129 #13278
Health SciencesDomain #9,311 of 11,982 7.8%156 #14880
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #213 of 255 4.2%162 #794

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,092 #1,299
  2. Physical Sciences#8,119 #5,368
  3. Social Sciences#7,161 #4,731
  4. Social Sciences#5,162 #3,261
  5. Plant Science#1,384 #882
  6. Environmental Science#3,110 #2,265
  7. Life Sciences#6,048 #4,979
  8. Medicine#13,278 #7,918
  9. Health Sciences#14,880 #9,311
  10. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#794 #213
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Ilia State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 21.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 161.9 works21×
  2. ForestrySubfield · 30.8 works18×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 420.7 works15×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 720.0 works9.4×
  5. PharmacologySubfield · 27.7 works9.3×
  6. OceanographySubfield · 30.1 works6.7×
← 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: 9.41× its world share, 720 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.69× its world share, 145 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.26× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 56 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 89 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.84× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.59× its world share, 74 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 148 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ilia State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Maia Akhalkatsi, Özgür Kişi and Eter Maghradze lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ilia State University.

  1. 1 Maia Akhalkatsi Georgia · #102,805 worldwide 170 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Özgür Kişi Georgia · #108,225 worldwide 999 citations · 111 works
  3. 3 Eter Maghradze Georgia · #131,141 worldwide 2 citations · 149 works
  4. 4 Bella Japoshvili Georgia · #416,989 worldwide 75 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Shalva Sikharulidze Georgia · #479,600 worldwide 450 citations · 173 works
  6. 6 Levan Mumladze Georgia · #498,768 worldwide 72 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Wahid Hussain Georgia · #616,639 worldwide 80 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 David Tchelidze Georgia · #636,509 worldwide 242 citations · 139 works
  9. 9 Shalva Barjadze Georgia · #670,544 worldwide 20 citations · 168 works
  10. 10 Zaal Kikvidze Georgia · #711,940 worldwide 522 citations · 292 works
All ranked researchers at Ilia State University

Which keywords describe research at Ilia State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicinal Plants, Herbal Medicine, Antioxidant, Drug Discovery, Phytochemical Constituents, Ethnobotanical Survey, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Biogeography.

▲ 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. Medicinal Plants435▲ 67×17 topics
  2. Herbal Medicine214▲ 46×12 topics
  3. Antioxidant204▲ 18×39 topics
  4. Drug Discovery186▲ 52×3 topics
  5. Phytochemical Constituents185▲ 393×2 topics
  6. Ethnobotanical Survey185▲ 374×1 topic
  7. Traditional Ecological Knowledge185▲ 273×1 topic
  8. Biogeography183▲ 44×20 topics
  9. Phylogeny171▲ 70×15 topics
  10. Antioxidant Activity150▲ 15×24 topics
  11. Anti-inflammatory145▲ 32×26 topics
  12. Taxonomy122▲ 58×14 topics
  13. Biological Activities106▲ 41×8 topics
  14. Evolution94▲ 24×15 topics
  15. Flavonoids93▲ 22×10 topics
  16. Climate Change89▲ 2.1×66 topics
  17. Phytochemistry82▲ 42×9 topics
  18. Natural Products71▲ 30×5 topics
  19. Invasive Species67▲ 9.8×20 topics
  20. Ethnopharmacology67▲ 79×4 topics
  21. Biodiversity67▲ 5.6×24 topics
  22. Traditional Chinese Medicine62▲ 32×3 topics
  23. Pharmacology61▲ 15×20 topics
  24. Herbal Medicines59▲ 177×2 topics
  25. Iridoids58▲ 110×1 topic
  26. Phenylethanoids58▲ 110×1 topic
  27. Essential Oils56▲ 31×3 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Activity56▲ 20×7 topics
  29. Mode of Action54▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Antibacterial Agents53▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Food Preservation53▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Ethnobotany53▲ 56×5 topics
  33. Antioxidants49▲ 6.8×10 topics
  34. Biodiversity Conservation48▲ 8.1×11 topics
  35. Apoptosis48▲ 9.8×11 topics
  36. molecular systematics46▲ 119×2 topics
  37. species diversity45▲ 238×2 topics
  38. DNA Barcoding44▲ 17×9 topics
  39. Pharmacological Studies44▲ 105×2 topics
  40. Mediterranean44▲ 30×5 topics

Which research topics does Ilia State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity and Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies.

Ethnobotanical and Medic…185Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 185 fractional worksPhytochemistry and Biolo…58Phytochemistry and Biological Activities: 58 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antim…53Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 53 fractional worksPlant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies: 42 fractional worksPhytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications: 41 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Tax…39Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 39 fractional worksNatural product bioactivities and synthesis: 32 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 30 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 29 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 26 fractional works
Plant ScienceFood ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 185 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 41 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 26 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ilia State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 197% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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