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Kerala Forest Research Institute

In research, Kerala Forest Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,543 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science — Plant Science is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,363
of 28,054 · #27,759 all time
Rank in India
#1,178
of 1,840
Research works
580
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Kerala Forest Research Institute 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 #6,543 of 7,800 9.7%70 #12874

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kerala Forest Research Institute 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 Kerala Forest Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 23.3 works11×
← 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: 8.68× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.58× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.15× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.20× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kerala Forest Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, George Mathew, K. M. Bhat and Jatin Sharma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kerala Forest Research Institute.

  1. 1 George Mathew India · #426,157 worldwide 103 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 K. M. Bhat India · #790,634 worldwide 66 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Jatin Sharma India · #888,440 worldwide 44 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 K. S. S. Nair India · #1,014,846 worldwide 28 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 R. V. Varma India · #1,031,326 worldwide 21 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Fernando Ramírez India · #1,242,253 worldwide 32 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 K. V. Sankaran India · #1,303,327 worldwide 30 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Kerala Forest Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Kerala Forest Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Biogeography, Phylogenetic Analysis, Conservation, Biodiversity Conservation and Habitat Fragmentation.

▲ 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 Change20▲ 6.0×35 topics
  2. Biodiversity15▲ 16×16 topics
  3. Invasive Species10▲ 19×15 topics
  4. Biogeography10▲ 30×12 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis9▲ 25×8 topics
  6. Conservation9▲ 17×10 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 20×9 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 28×5 topics
  9. Global Change7▲ 22×5 topics
  10. Ecosystem Services7▲ 14×6 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity7▲ 12×12 topics
  12. Medicinal Plants6▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 26×6 topics
  14. Taxonomy6▲ 38×7 topics
  15. Host Specificity6▲ 41×5 topics
  16. Remote Sensing5▲ 3.6×9 topics
  17. Biomass Estimation5▲ 26×3 topics
  18. Fungal Pathogens5▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Molecular Phylogeny5▲ 25×8 topics
  20. Antioxidant5▲ 5.5×12 topics
  21. Aboveground Biomass4▲ 41×2 topics
  22. Agroforestry4▲ 55×4 topics
  23. Taxonomic Revision4▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Biological Invasions4▲ 38×3 topics
  25. Population Dynamics4▲ 13×9 topics
  26. Allometric Models4▲ 65×2 topics
  27. Community Ecology4▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Conservation Biology4▲ 32×4 topics
  29. Ecosystem4▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Endophytic Fungi4▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Phylogeny4▲ 22×10 topics
  32. Soil Fertility4▲ 14×5 topics
  33. Genomic Characterization4▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Plant Pathogenesis4▲ 49×1 topic
  35. Tropical Forests4▲ 89×2 topics
  36. Carbon Stocks4▲ 109×1 topic
  37. Functional Diversity4▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Species Richness4▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Tree Allometry4▲ 109×1 topic
  40. DNA Barcoding4▲ 18×6 topics

Which research topics does Kerala Forest Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest ecology and management and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies.

Plant Pathogens and Fung…4Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 4 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…4Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 4 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…4Forest ecology and management: 4 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medic…3Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 3 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 3 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 3 fractional worksPlant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Pl…2Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 2 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…2African Botany and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodi…2Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 2 fractional works
Cell BiologyNature and Landscape ConservationPlant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 4 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  3. 3 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  4. 4 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 3 works
  5. 5 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 3 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  8. 8 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
  10. 10 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect 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 available39.8%not open60.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kerala Forest Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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