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International Potato Center

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World rank, all time
#23,897
of 42,892
Rank in Kenya
#42
of 98
Research works
144
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

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: 13.06× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 16.64× its world share, 2 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.42× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 16.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at International Potato Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Jan W. Low and Monica Parker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Potato Center.

  1. 1 Jan W. Low Kenya · #155,021 worldwide 78 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Monica Parker Kenya · #521,502 worldwide 40 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at International Potato Center

Which keywords describe research at International Potato Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Social Networks, Potato, Smallholder Farmers, Rural Development, Agricultural Innovation, Livelihood Diversification and Antioxidants.

▲ 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. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 38×5 topics
  2. Social Networks3▲ 39×2 topics
  3. Potato3▲ 273×2 topics
  4. Sustainability3▲ 4.2×10 topics
  5. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 44×3 topics
  6. Rural Development3▲ 26×2 topics
  7. Agricultural Innovation3▲ 200×1 topic
  8. Livelihood Diversification3▲ 295×1 topic
  9. Antioxidants2▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity2▲ 18×5 topics
  11. Child Development2▲ 18×2 topics
  12. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 85×1 topic
  13. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 85×1 topic
  14. Acrylamide2▲ 306×1 topic
  15. Ecosystem Services2▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Maillard Reaction2▲ 306×1 topic
  17. Metabolism2▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Food Security2▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Host Specificity2▲ 54×2 topics
  20. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Drought Tolerance2▲ 41×3 topics
  22. Genomics2▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Banana2▲ 214×1 topic
  24. Domestication2▲ 101×2 topics
  25. Genetics2▲ 7.2×1 topic
  26. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria2▲ 253×1 topic
  27. Type III Secretion System2▲ 94×1 topic
  28. Emerging Markets1▲ 67×1 topic
  29. Frugal Innovation1▲ 86×1 topic
  30. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Social Impact1▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Social Capital1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  33. Climate Change Resilience1▲ 73×2 topics
  34. Plant Immunity1▲ 42×2 topics
  35. Plant Pathogens1▲ 126×2 topics
  36. Soil Fertility1▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Agroforestry1▲ 54×1 topic
  38. Cacao1▲ 266×1 topic
  39. Genome Sequencing1▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Phytophthora1▲ 228×1 topic

Which research topics does International Potato Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Potato Plant Research and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies.

Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksPotato Plant Research2Potato Plant Research: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogenic Bacteri…2Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies: 2 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resi…1Plant Pathogens and Resistance: 1 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 1 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 1 fractional worksUrban Agriculture and Sustainability: 1 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesNutrition and DieteticsFood SciencePlant 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 3 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  3. 3 Potato Plant Research Food Science 2 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 2 works
  6. 6 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 1 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Resistance Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 1 works
  9. 9 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Plant Science 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 available66.3%not open33.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.2%domestic only27.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has International Potato Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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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