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John Innes Centre

In research, John Innes Centre stands highest in Plant Science (#39 of 1,317 worldwide), Life Sciences (#197 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#169 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Molecular Biology (Plant Science is 22.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,194
of 22,385 · #896 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#126
of 862
Research works
5.9k
▼ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
404k
68.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.33×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
John Innes Centre

What is John Innes Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Plant ScienceSubfield #39 of 1,317 20.1%101 #23
Life SciencesDomain #197 of 6,403 19.8%213 #155
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #169 of 3,157 20.1%118 #85
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #266 of 2,964 18.7%90 #197
Molecular BiologySubfield #237 of 1,880 18.4%62 #164

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where John Innes Centre 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Plant Science#23 #39
  2. Life Sciences#155 #197
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#85 #169
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#197 #266
  5. Molecular Biology#164 #237
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does John Innes Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at John Innes Centre is in Life Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (46%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (34%), Medicine (6%). It does 5.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 257 fractional works · 81.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 144 fractional works · 45.7% of its workPlant Science: 122 fractional works · 38.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInsect Science: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 107 fractional works · 33.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 73 fractional works · 23.1% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJohn Innes Centre315fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences82%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14445.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10733.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.0%
    4. Neuroscience30.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Environmental Science134.2%
    2. Engineering41.4%
    3. Chemistry31.0%
    4. Energy20.5%
    5. Materials Science10.5%
    6. Computer Science10.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Medicine185.7%
    2. Nursing51.7%
    3. Health Professions00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences20.7%
    2. Psychology20.6%
    3. Decision Sciences20.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does John Innes Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 22.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 122.4 works22×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 144.2 works9.6×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 72.9 works7.7×
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 106.7 works6.3×
← 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: 9.63× its world share, 144 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.34× its world share, 107 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 3.50× its world share, 5 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.63×144 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.34×107 works
  3. Nursing3.50×5 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology0.95×3 works
  5. Chemical Engineering0.84×1 works
  6. Environmental Science0.84×13 works
  7. Chemistry0.64×3 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×1 works
  9. Energy0.60×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.57×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.53×3 works
  12. Medicine0.29×18 works
  13. Psychology0.19×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.17×2 works
  15. Materials Science0.13×2 works
  16. Engineering0.09×4 works
  17. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  18. Dentistry0.07×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.05×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  21. Health Professions0.05×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.05×2 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at John Innes Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Giles E. D. Oldroyd, Cristóbal Uauy and Caroline Dean lead among researchers whose main affiliation is John Innes Centre.

  1. 1 Giles E. D. Oldroyd United Kingdom · #820 worldwide 30k citations · 212 works
  2. 2 Cristóbal Uauy United Kingdom · #4,041 worldwide 28k citations · 321 works
  3. 3 Caroline Dean United Kingdom · #4,891 worldwide 42k citations · 304 works
  4. 4 Burkhard Steuernagel United Kingdom · #9,314 worldwide 19k citations · 154 works
  5. 5 Brande B. H. Wulff United Kingdom · #9,912 worldwide 19k citations · 153 works
  6. 6 Anne Osbourn United Kingdom · #13,592 worldwide 23k citations · 274 works
  7. 7 Cathie R. Martin United Kingdom · #15,733 worldwide 29k citations · 297 works
  8. 8 Nicholas P. Harberd United Kingdom · #20,856 worldwide 25k citations · 147 works
  9. 9 Enrico Coen United Kingdom · #22,677 worldwide 23k citations · 235 works
  10. 10 Alison M. Smith United Kingdom · #28,826 worldwide 23k citations · 240 works
All ranked researchers at John Innes Centre

What are the most cited papers from John Innes Centre?

The most cited paper from John Innes Centre is "The plant immune system" (Jonathan D. G. Jones, Jeffery L. Dangl, 2006), with 13,434 citations. Next come "MYB transcription factors in Arabidopsis" (5,164) and "Plant pathogens and integrated defence responses to infection" (3,991).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The plant immune system Jonathan D. G. Jones, Jeffery L. Dangl · Nature Open access Nov 2006 13,434
2 MYB transcription factors in Arabidopsis Christian Dubos, Ralf Stracke, Erich Grotewold et al. · Trends in Plant Science Review 31 Jul 2010 5,164
3 Plant pathogens and integrated defence responses to infection Jeffery L. Dangl, Jonathan D. G. Jones · Nature 14 Jun 2001 3,991
4 Complete genome sequence of the model actinomycete Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Stephen D. Bentley et al. · Nature May 2002 3,297
5 The war of the whorls: genetic interactions controlling flower development Enrico Coen, Elliot M. Meyerowitz · Nature Sep 1991 3,113
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at John Innes Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Transcription Factors, Epigenetic Regulation, Genome Sequencing, QTL Mapping, Development, MicroRNA and Plant.

▲ 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-now 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. Gene Expression33▲ 17×12 topics
  2. Transcription Factors24▲ 60×4 topics
  3. Epigenetic Regulation24▲ 36×4 topics
  4. Genome Sequencing22▲ 44×5 topics
  5. QTL Mapping20▲ 53×5 topics
  6. Development19▲ 17×2 topics
  7. MicroRNA19▲ 50×1 topic
  8. Plant19▲ 125×1 topic
  9. Crop Improvement18▲ 118×2 topics
  10. Breeding16▲ 68×4 topics
  11. Genetics15▲ 6.9×7 topics
  12. Signal Transduction15▲ 30×4 topics
  13. Plant Immunity15▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Microbiome14▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Yield Potential13▲ 76×2 topics
  16. Genomic Diversity13▲ 110×2 topics
  17. Disease Resistance13▲ 77×2 topics
  18. Polyploid Wheat12▲ 186×1 topic
  19. Wheat12▲ 186×1 topic
  20. Genomics12▲ 13×8 topics
  21. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 9.1×6 topics
  22. Phylogenetic Analysis11▲ 12×8 topics
  23. Host Recognition11▲ 56×2 topics
  24. Rhizosphere Interactions11▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Metabolism11▲ 6.4×15 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity10▲ 7.5×12 topics
  27. Quantitative Trait Loci10▲ 56×3 topics
  28. Genetic Mapping10▲ 40×4 topics
  29. Pattern Recognition Receptors10▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Plant Development10▲ 48×3 topics
  31. Small RNAs10▲ 54×2 topics
  32. Root Exudates10▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Microbial Pathogens10▲ 52×1 topic
  34. Systemic Acquired Resistance10▲ 52×1 topic
  35. Nitrogen Fixation9▲ 42×3 topics
  36. Gene Regulation9▲ 29×5 topics
  37. Endophytic Fungi9▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Genetic Regulation9▲ 17×4 topics
  39. Fungal Pathogens8▲ 20×5 topics
  40. Genome Analysis8▲ 27×4 topics

Which research topics does John Innes Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Plant Reproductive Biology.

Plant Molecular Biology …19Plant Molecular Biology Research: 19 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 12 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 10 fractional worksPlant Reproductive Biology: 8 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 7 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 7 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and B…7Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 7 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 6 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 6 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyGeneticsPharmacology

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 19 works
  2. 2 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 12 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 10 works
  4. 4 Plant Reproductive Biology Molecular Biology 8 works
  5. 5 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 7 works
  6. 6 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 7 works
  7. 7 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 7 works
  8. 8 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 6 works
  9. 9 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 6 works
  10. 10 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 6 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 available36.5%not open63.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.1%domestic only72.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has John Innes Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is John Innes Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%John Innes Centre0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of John Innes Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%John Innes Centre17.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.3% in 2017.

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