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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

In research, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,798 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 17.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,864
of 28,054 · #13,253 all time
Rank in Kenya
#33
of 75
Research works
357
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
50.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
49.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center 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 #5,798 of 7,800 50.7%65 #5686

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: Plant Science takes 17.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 24.4 works17×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 55.1 works14×
← 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: 14.38× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.20× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 2.85× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Bekele Shiferaw, B. M. Prasanna and D. K. Friesen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.

  1. 1 Bekele Shiferaw Kenya · #12,812 worldwide 887 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 B. M. Prasanna Kenya · #169,941 worldwide 245 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 D. K. Friesen Kenya · #194,475 worldwide 190 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Paswel Marenya Kenya · #206,997 worldwide 153 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Hugo De Groote Kenya · #207,350 worldwide 185 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Franklin Simtowe Kenya · #238,625 worldwide 192 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Dan Makumbi Kenya · #246,018 worldwide 124 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 W. Mwangi Kenya · #268,342 worldwide 111 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Stephen Mugo Kenya · #317,404 worldwide 71 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Sridhar Bhavani Kenya · #343,472 worldwide 137 citations · 19 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: Genetic Improvement, Sustainable Agriculture, Social Networks, Smallholder Farmers, Drought Tolerance, QTL Mapping, Rural Development and Plant Breeding.

▲ 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. Genetic Improvement12▲ 166×3 topics
  2. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 47×8 topics
  3. Social Networks12▲ 53×3 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers10▲ 57×4 topics
  5. Drought Tolerance10▲ 86×6 topics
  6. QTL Mapping9▲ 93×6 topics
  7. Rural Development9▲ 31×8 topics
  8. Plant Breeding9▲ 110×3 topics
  9. Technology Adoption8▲ 57×2 topics
  10. Agricultural Innovation8▲ 218×1 topic
  11. Food Security8▲ 17×13 topics
  12. Livelihood Diversification8▲ 321×1 topic
  13. Crop Improvement7▲ 182×2 topics
  14. Cultivar Evaluation7▲ 383×1 topic
  15. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction7▲ 383×1 topic
  16. Agriculture6▲ 20×5 topics
  17. Climate Change6▲ 2.9×22 topics
  18. Vulnerability6▲ 34×3 topics
  19. Marker-Assisted Selection6▲ 96×3 topics
  20. Sustainability6▲ 3.0×19 topics
  21. Genetic Mapping5▲ 86×4 topics
  22. Breeding5▲ 87×5 topics
  23. Quantitative Trait Loci5▲ 114×2 topics
  24. Maize Yield5▲ 146×1 topic
  25. Nitrogen Uptake5▲ 146×1 topic
  26. Genetic Variation5▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Heterosis5▲ 148×2 topics
  28. Genome-wide Association Studies4▲ 202×1 topic
  29. Maize Domestication4▲ 202×1 topic
  30. Genetics4▲ 7.7×4 topics
  31. Genetic Diversity4▲ 11×8 topics
  32. Yield Potential4▲ 86×2 topics
  33. Water Management4▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Insurance4▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Risk Management4▲ 9.2×1 topic
  36. Adaptation3▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Genome Sequencing3▲ 25×3 topics
  38. Disease Resistance3▲ 67×3 topics
  39. Global Warming3▲ 8.4×3 topics
  40. Genomic Diversity3▲ 93×1 topic

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 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 8 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 7 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 5 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 4 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 4 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetic…3Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 3 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 2 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 2 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 2 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 2 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceAgronomy and Crop ScienceGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  2. 2 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 7 works
  3. 3 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  4. 4 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 4 works
  5. 5 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 4 works
  6. 6 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  8. 8 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  9. 9 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 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 available59.5%not open40.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors77.1%domestic only22.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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