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John Innes Centre

In research, John Innes Centre stands highest in Plant Science (#164 of 1,395 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#583 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,807 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Molecular Biology — Plant Science is 22.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,808
of 28,054 · #911 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#188
of 1,094
Research works
5.9k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
404k
68.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
47.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is John Innes Centre 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
Plant ScienceSubfield #164 of 1,395 58.5%101 #4
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #583 of 3,409 56.3%118 #39
Life SciencesDomain #1,807 of 7,800 51.0%213 #327
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,388 of 3,579 44.6%90 #211
Molecular BiologySubfield #900 of 2,175 44.4%62 #149

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Plant Science#4 #164
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#39 #583
  3. Life Sciences#327 #1,807
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#211 #1,388
  5. Molecular Biology#149 #900
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does John Innes Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 22.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 100.9 works22×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 118.0 works9.5×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 62.2 works7.9×
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 89.7 works6.4×
  5. Life SciencesDomain · 212.6 works6.2×
← 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: 9.51× its world share, 118 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.44× its world share, 90 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 3.56× its world share, 5 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at John Innes Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, N. W. Simmonds, C. D. Darlington and Alison M. Smith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is John Innes Centre.

  1. 1 N. W. Simmonds United Kingdom · #15,567 worldwide 349 citations · 82 works
  2. 2 C. D. Darlington United Kingdom · #32,152 worldwide 350 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Alison M. Smith United Kingdom · #37,462 worldwide 522 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Caroline Dean United Kingdom · #37,514 worldwide 504 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Tony Miller United Kingdom · #38,982 worldwide 401 citations · 84 works
  6. 6 R.W. Horne United Kingdom · #44,641 worldwide 588 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Liam Dolan United Kingdom · #45,738 worldwide 540 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 David A. Hopwood United Kingdom · #47,009 worldwide 665 citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Andrew Johnston United Kingdom · #55,569 worldwide 401 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Enrico Coen United Kingdom · #56,920 worldwide 209 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at John Innes Centre

Which keywords describe research at John Innes Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Transcription Factors, Epigenetic Regulation, Development, MicroRNA, Plant, Genome Sequencing 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. Gene Expression27▲ 17×12 topics
  2. Transcription Factors21▲ 67×4 topics
  3. Epigenetic Regulation20▲ 36×4 topics
  4. Development16▲ 18×2 topics
  5. MicroRNA16▲ 50×1 topic
  6. Plant16▲ 133×1 topic
  7. Genome Sequencing16▲ 39×5 topics
  8. QTL Mapping14▲ 47×5 topics
  9. Crop Improvement13▲ 104×2 topics
  10. Plant Immunity12▲ 51×2 topics
  11. Breeding12▲ 61×4 topics
  12. Signal Transduction12▲ 31×4 topics
  13. Microbiome12▲ 33×2 topics
  14. Genetics11▲ 6.2×7 topics
  15. Phylogenetic Analysis10▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Genomics10▲ 13×8 topics
  17. Host Recognition10▲ 57×2 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity9▲ 8.0×12 topics
  19. Yield Potential9▲ 63×2 topics
  20. Disease Resistance9▲ 68×2 topics
  21. Genomic Diversity9▲ 97×2 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 8.9×5 topics
  23. Small RNAs9▲ 57×2 topics
  24. Rhizosphere Interactions9▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Polyploid Wheat9▲ 158×1 topic
  26. Wheat9▲ 158×1 topic
  27. Nitrogen Fixation8▲ 45×3 topics
  28. Genetic Mapping8▲ 39×4 topics
  29. Metabolism8▲ 6.0×13 topics
  30. Quantitative Trait Loci8▲ 55×3 topics
  31. Pattern Recognition Receptors8▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Root Exudates8▲ 43×2 topics
  33. Microbial Pathogens8▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Systemic Acquired Resistance8▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Plant Development8▲ 46×2 topics
  36. Gene Regulation7▲ 31×5 topics
  37. Pollen Tube Growth7▲ 116×1 topic
  38. Self-Incompatibility7▲ 116×1 topic
  39. Drought Tolerance7▲ 19×7 topics
  40. Genome Analysis7▲ 27×4 topics

Which research topics does John Innes Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Plant Reproductive Biology.

Plant Molecular Biology …16Plant Molecular Biology Research: 16 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 9 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…8Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 8 fractional worksPlant Reproductive Biology: 7 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 6 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake an…5Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 5 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 5 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 5 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 4 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyGenetics

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 16 works
  2. 2 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 9 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 8 works
  4. 4 Plant Reproductive Biology Molecular Biology 7 works
  5. 5 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 6 works
  6. 6 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 6 works
  7. 7 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 5 works
  8. 8 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 5 works
  9. 9 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 5 works
  10. 10 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 4 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has John Innes Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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