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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

In research, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,313 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 14.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,694
of 28,054 · #15,298 all time
Rank in India
#1,007
of 1,840
Research works
249
▲ 126% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
44.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
44.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
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 #6,313 of 7,800 43.3%62 #6720

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 14.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 21.1 works15×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 56.2 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: 14.28× its world share, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.47× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.05× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.20× 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, 14.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Olaf Erenstein, Sudha Nair and P.H. Zaidi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.

  1. 1 Olaf Erenstein India · #58,968 worldwide 355 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Sudha Nair India · #275,334 worldwide 126 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 P.H. Zaidi India · #371,583 worldwide 82 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 M.L. Jat India · #470,658 worldwide 327 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 K. Seetharam India · #484,778 worldwide 60 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Arun Khatri‐Chhetri India · #1,357,614 worldwide 37 citations · 16 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: Climate Change, Food Security, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Social Networks, Genetic Improvement, Sustainability and QTL Mapping.

▲ 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 Change16▲ 7.0×24 topics
  2. Food Security13▲ 29×7 topics
  3. Sustainability12▲ 5.9×14 topics
  4. Agriculture12▲ 35×3 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture11▲ 43×6 topics
  6. Social Networks11▲ 50×3 topics
  7. Genetic Improvement11▲ 144×3 topics
  8. QTL Mapping10▲ 106×6 topics
  9. Smallholder Farmers9▲ 47×3 topics
  10. Vulnerability7▲ 40×4 topics
  11. Rural Development7▲ 25×4 topics
  12. Water Management7▲ 69×2 topics
  13. Drought Tolerance7▲ 57×6 topics
  14. Yield Potential7▲ 143×2 topics
  15. Plant Breeding6▲ 81×3 topics
  16. Agricultural Innovation6▲ 174×1 topic
  17. Livelihood Diversification6▲ 258×1 topic
  18. Crop Improvement6▲ 152×2 topics
  19. Cultivar Evaluation6▲ 311×1 topic
  20. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction6▲ 311×1 topic
  21. Policy6▲ 30×4 topics
  22. Genetic Mapping5▲ 75×3 topics
  23. India5▲ 81×3 topics
  24. Maize Yield5▲ 135×1 topic
  25. Nitrogen Uptake5▲ 135×1 topic
  26. Quantitative Trait Loci5▲ 100×3 topics
  27. Development5▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Drought Resistance4▲ 54×3 topics
  29. Insurance4▲ 67×1 topic
  30. Production4▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Risk Management4▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Technology4▲ 10×1 topic
  33. Marker-Assisted Selection4▲ 64×3 topics
  34. Aerobic Rice Systems4▲ 142×1 topic
  35. Rice4▲ 90×1 topic
  36. Genetic Variation4▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Adaptation4▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Genome-wide Association Studies4▲ 158×1 topic
  39. Heterosis4▲ 112×2 topics
  40. Maize Domestication4▲ 158×1 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 Agricultural Economics and Practices.

Agricultural Innovations…6Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 6 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breed…6Genetics and Plant Breeding: 6 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…5Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 5 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…4Agricultural Economics and Practices: 4 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 4 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 4 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Dive…4Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 4 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 3 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 2 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 2 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceAgronomy and Crop ScienceSoil Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  2. 2 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 6 works
  3. 3 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  5. 5 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 4 works
  6. 6 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 4 works
  7. 7 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 4 works
  8. 8 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  9. 9 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil 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 available56.4%not open43.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.0%domestic only50.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 126% 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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