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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

In research, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,225 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,861 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 15.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#17,312
of 42,892
Rank in Ethiopia
#36
of 65
Research works
173
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.2k
41.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,225 of 6,031 49.1%121
Life SciencesDomain #7,861 of 14,347 47.2%132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center 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 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 15.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 33.7 works15×
  2. Life SciencesDomain · 35.9 works5.9×
← 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: 15.13× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.37× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 3.52× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 15.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Moti Jaleta and Kindie Tesfaye lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.

  1. 1 Moti Jaleta Ethiopia · #161,082 worldwide 230 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Kindie Tesfaye Ethiopia · #336,791 worldwide 98 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Which keywords describe research at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Genetic Improvement, QTL Mapping, Food Security, Climate Change, Social Networks, Smallholder Farmers and Yield Potential.

▲ 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. Climate Change7▲ 5.5×20 topics
  2. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 46×7 topics
  3. Genetic Improvement7▲ 158×3 topics
  4. Food Security6▲ 24×10 topics
  5. QTL Mapping6▲ 114×4 topics
  6. Social Networks6▲ 45×2 topics
  7. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 50×4 topics
  8. Yield Potential5▲ 197×2 topics
  9. Agriculture5▲ 27×4 topics
  10. Sustainability5▲ 4.3×16 topics
  11. Water Management4▲ 79×2 topics
  12. Plant Breeding4▲ 95×4 topics
  13. Rural Development4▲ 27×5 topics
  14. Vulnerability4▲ 41×3 topics
  15. Drought Tolerance4▲ 62×5 topics
  16. Crop Improvement4▲ 183×2 topics
  17. Technology Adoption4▲ 48×2 topics
  18. Agricultural Innovation4▲ 182×1 topic
  19. Livelihood Diversification4▲ 269×1 topic
  20. Genetics4▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Breeding3▲ 94×2 topics
  22. Cultivar Evaluation3▲ 309×1 topic
  23. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction3▲ 309×1 topic
  24. Disease Resistance3▲ 134×2 topics
  25. Genome Sequencing3▲ 44×3 topics
  26. Global Warming3▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Maize Yield3▲ 161×1 topic
  28. Nitrogen Uptake3▲ 161×1 topic
  29. Genomic Diversity3▲ 182×1 topic
  30. Wheat3▲ 306×1 topic
  31. Adaptation3▲ 22×3 topics
  32. Crop Production2▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Extreme Weather2▲ 169×1 topic
  34. Aerobic Rice Systems2▲ 132×1 topic
  35. Drought Resistance2▲ 49×2 topics
  36. Rice2▲ 83×1 topic
  37. Soil Fertility2▲ 19×5 topics
  38. Insurance2▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Risk Management2▲ 8.2×1 topic
  40. Biological Control2▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology.

Agricultural Innovations…4Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 4 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breed…3Genetics and Plant Breeding: 3 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…3Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 3 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetic…3Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 3 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 2 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 2 fractional worksAgricultural risk and re…2Agricultural risk and resilience: 2 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 1 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 1 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceAgronomy and Crop ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  2. 2 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 3 works
  3. 3 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  4. 4 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 3 works
  5. 5 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  6. 6 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 2 works
  8. 8 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  9. 9 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 1 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 available63.6%not open36.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors67.4%domestic only32.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher 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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