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KWS Saat (Germany)

In research, KWS Saat (Germany) stands highest in Life Sciences (#12,046 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Life Sciences — Life Sciences is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#31,936
of 42,892
Rank in Germany
#1,490
of 2,077
Research works
146
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
38.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is KWS Saat (Germany) 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
Life SciencesDomain #12,046 of 14,347 45.7%128

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where KWS Saat (Germany) 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 KWS Saat (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Life Sciences takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Life SciencesDomain · 27.3 works6.9×
← 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: 13.63× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.87× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 2.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at KWS Saat (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quantitative Trait Loci, Genetic Mapping, Plant Breeding, QTL Mapping, Genetic Improvement, Crop Improvement, Drought Tolerance and Marker-Assisted Selection.

▲ 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Quantitative Trait Loci5▲ 299×3 topics
  2. Genetic Mapping5▲ 200×5 topics
  3. Plant Breeding4▲ 145×3 topics
  4. QTL Mapping4▲ 120×5 topics
  5. Genetic Improvement4▲ 143×4 topics
  6. Crop Improvement4▲ 267×2 topics
  7. Drought Tolerance4▲ 86×7 topics
  8. Marker-Assisted Selection4▲ 154×3 topics
  9. Cultivar Evaluation3▲ 433×1 topic
  10. Genetic Diversity3▲ 23×7 topics
  11. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction3▲ 433×1 topic
  12. Genome Sequencing3▲ 61×4 topics
  13. Genetic Variation2▲ 39×3 topics
  14. Genome-wide Association Studies2▲ 283×1 topic
  15. Maize Domestication2▲ 283×1 topic
  16. Transcriptome Analysis2▲ 119×2 topics
  17. Disease Resistance2▲ 134×2 topics
  18. Plasmodiophora brassicae2▲ 339×1 topic
  19. Rhizoctonia solani2▲ 339×1 topic
  20. Breeding2▲ 82×4 topics
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 21×5 topics
  22. Plant Immunity2▲ 68×2 topics
  23. Genetics2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  24. Genomic Diversity2▲ 147×1 topic
  25. Small RNAs2▲ 92×2 topics
  26. Wheat2▲ 247×1 topic
  27. Yield Potential2▲ 96×2 topics
  28. Population Genetics2▲ 36×3 topics
  29. Genome-Wide Association1▲ 59×2 topics
  30. Animal Breeding1▲ 92×1 topic
  31. Gene Silencing1▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Genomic Selection1▲ 92×1 topic
  33. Viral RNA Silencing1▲ 101×1 topic
  34. Drought Resistance1▲ 38×4 topics
  35. Fungal Pathogens1▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Gene Expression1▲ 6.2×5 topics
  37. Climate Change1▲ 1.25×7 topics

Which research topics does KWS Saat (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetics and Plant Breeding, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology.

Genetics and Plant Breed…3Genetics and Plant Breeding: 3 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 2 fractional worksPlant Disease Resistance and Genetics: 2 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 2 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 1 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Stu…1Plant Virus Research Studies: 1 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resistance: 1 fractional worksPlant pathogens and resistance mechanisms: 1 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 1 fractional works
Plant ScienceGeneticsAgronomy and Crop Science

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

  1. 1 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 3 works
  2. 2 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogens and Resistance Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop 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 available60.0%not open40.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.1%domestic only58.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has KWS Saat (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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