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International Potato Center

In research, International Potato Center stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#613 of 6,031 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,065 of 14,347 worldwide) and Plant Science (#1,070 of 2,837 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences — Plant Science is 12.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,365
of 28,054 · #9,993 all time
Rank in Peru
#26
of 100
Research works
932
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
29.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is International Potato 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 #613 of 6,031 30.1%623
Life SciencesDomain #4,065 of 14,347 29.6%718
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,070 of 2,837 30.9%354
Food ScienceSubfield #677 of 1,169 25.0%144

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 12.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 24.3 works13×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 43.7 works8.4×
  3. Life SciencesDomain · 55.5 works3.9×
← 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: 8.37× its world share, 44 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.83× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.38× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at International Potato Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Jan Kreuze, G. A. Forbes and Jorge Andrade-Piedra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Potato Center.

  1. 1 Jan Kreuze Peru · #160,850 worldwide 166 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 G. A. Forbes Peru · #200,379 worldwide 137 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Jorge Andrade-Piedra Peru · #212,169 worldwide 90 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Wolfgang J. Grüneberg Peru · #229,470 worldwide 121 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Robert O. M. Mwanga Peru · #293,055 worldwide 102 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Graham Thiele Peru · #312,608 worldwide 67 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Marc Ghislain Peru · #485,292 worldwide 124 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Oscar Ortiz Peru · #525,315 worldwide 52 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 David Ellis Peru · #752,738 worldwide 36 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 David Lira Peru · #758,699 worldwide 32 citations · 16 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: Potato, Genetic Diversity, Toxicity, Metabolism, Antioxidants, Neurotoxicity, Acrylamide and Maillard Reaction.

▲ 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. Potato11▲ 276×2 topics
  2. Genetic Diversity11▲ 23×13 topics
  3. Toxicity7▲ 14×4 topics
  4. Metabolism7▲ 12×3 topics
  5. Antioxidants6▲ 13×4 topics
  6. Neurotoxicity6▲ 48×3 topics
  7. Acrylamide6▲ 258×1 topic
  8. Maillard Reaction6▲ 258×1 topic
  9. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 18×5 topics
  10. Genome Sequencing6▲ 33×3 topics
  11. Plant Pathogens5▲ 156×2 topics
  12. Phytophthora5▲ 302×1 topic
  13. late blight resistance5▲ 302×1 topic
  14. Drought Tolerance5▲ 31×7 topics
  15. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Gene Expression4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services4▲ 9.1×9 topics
  19. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Soil Fertility4▲ 15×5 topics
  21. Genetics4▲ 4.6×8 topics
  22. Biotechnology3▲ 32×3 topics
  23. Social Networks3▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Climate Change Resilience3▲ 55×2 topics
  25. Rural Development3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  26. Food Security3▲ 5.0×12 topics
  27. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation3▲ 65×1 topic
  28. Domestication3▲ 53×3 topics
  29. Plant Secondary Metabolites3▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Genetic Mapping3▲ 32×4 topics
  31. Agricultural Innovation3▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Livelihood Diversification3▲ 80×1 topic
  33. Agroforestry2▲ 35×3 topics
  34. Disease Resistance2▲ 45×2 topics
  35. Quantitative Trait Loci2▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Cacao2▲ 164×1 topic
  37. Cocoa Production2▲ 164×1 topic
  38. Host-Pathogen Interaction2▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Transcriptome Analysis2▲ 35×3 topics
  40. Plasmodiophora brassicae2▲ 98×1 topic

Which research topics does International Potato Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Potato Plant Research, Plant Pathogens and Resistance, Plant tissue culture and regeneration and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Potato Plant Research6Potato Plant Research: 6 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resistance: 5 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 3 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 2 fractional worksPlant Disease Resistance…2Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics: 2 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 2 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 2 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 1 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 1 fractional works
Food SciencePlant ScienceMolecular BiologyGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences2 others

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

  1. 1 Potato Plant Research Food Science 6 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogens and Resistance Plant Science 5 works
  3. 3 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  5. 5 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 2 works
  6. 6 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 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 available43.8%not open56.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.4%domestic only53.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has International Potato Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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