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Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica

In research, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,951 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Molecular Biology — Plant Science is 22.9× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#12,445
of 28,054 · #7,582 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#117
of 221
Research works
596
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
48.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica 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 #4,951 of 7,800 32.6%92 #2929

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica 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 Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 22.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 42.9 works23×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 47.8 works9.3×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 30.4 works9.3×
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 42.0 works7.3×
← 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: 9.35× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.32× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica?

Ranked on the composite score, Wolfgang Schmidt, Yuki Nakamura and Guang‐Yuh Jauh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica.

  1. 1 Wolfgang Schmidt Taiwan · #127,352 worldwide 293 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Yuki Nakamura Taiwan · #1,102,055 worldwide 74 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Guang‐Yuh Jauh Taiwan · #1,200,973 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Shu‐Hsing Wu Taiwan · #1,333,462 worldwide 52 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Pao‐Yang Chen Taiwan · #1,537,854 worldwide 37 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Transcription Factors, Epigenetic Regulation, Development, Plant, Plant Immunity, Signal Transduction and Genomics.

▲ 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. Gene Expression17▲ 25×11 topics
  2. Transcription Factors10▲ 78×4 topics
  3. Epigenetic Regulation10▲ 42×6 topics
  4. Development8▲ 21×1 topic
  5. Plant8▲ 160×1 topic
  6. Plant Immunity7▲ 73×2 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress7▲ 4.0×12 topics
  8. Signal Transduction6▲ 41×4 topics
  9. Genomics6▲ 18×5 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Reactive Oxygen Species5▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Microbiome5▲ 34×2 topics
  13. Plant Responses5▲ 54×2 topics
  14. Root Exudates4▲ 60×2 topics
  15. Abiotic Stress4▲ 58×2 topics
  16. Drought Resistance4▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Pattern Recognition Receptors4▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Antioxidants4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  19. Host Specificity4▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Microbial Pathogens4▲ 72×1 topic
  21. Plant Development4▲ 65×3 topics
  22. Rhizosphere Interactions4▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Metabolism4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  24. Salt Tolerance4▲ 81×1 topic
  25. Stress Signaling4▲ 81×1 topic
  26. Functional Genomics4▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Genetic Regulation4▲ 23×4 topics
  28. Host Recognition4▲ 54×2 topics
  29. RNA-Seq4▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Small RNAs4▲ 60×2 topics
  31. genome annotation4▲ 54×1 topic
  32. sequence alignment4▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Nitrogen4▲ 115×1 topic
  34. Phosphorus4▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Light Harvesting4▲ 86×1 topic
  36. Photosystem II4▲ 86×1 topic
  37. Type III Secretion System3▲ 58×2 topics
  38. Bacterial Blight3▲ 150×1 topic
  39. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria3▲ 150×1 topic
  40. Symbiosis3▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 8 works
  2. 2 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 4 works
  3. 3 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 4 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 4 works
  6. 6 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 3 works
  9. 9 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 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 available67.4%not open32.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.9%domestic only67.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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