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LI-COR Biosciences (United States)

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World rank, all time
#26,800
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,600
of 7,310
Research works
172
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.9k
40.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
LI-COR Biosciences (United States)

Which fields of science does LI-COR Biosciences (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at LI-COR Biosciences (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Environmental Science (25%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 70.0% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 31.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 24.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 16.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 15.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLI-CORBiosciences…22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences4%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering731.7%
    2. Environmental Science524.9%
    3. Computer Science15.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.4%
    5. Chemistry01.8%
    6. Materials Science01.7%
    7. Energy00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology16.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences16.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.8%
    1. Medicine210.7%
    2. Nursing00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities01.5%
    2. Social Sciences01.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.77× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.11× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.01× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science5.01×5 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.77×1 works
  3. Engineering2.11×7 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.67×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.32×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×1 works
  7. Chemistry1.14×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.65×1 works
  9. Medicine0.56×2 works
  10. Energy0.55×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.53×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.50×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.47×0 works
  14. Nursing0.39×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.18×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at LI-COR Biosciences (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Liukang Xu, George G. Burba and Jon M. Welles lead among researchers whose main affiliation is LI-COR Biosciences (United States).

  1. 1 Liukang Xu United States · #261,419 worldwide 6.7k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 George G. Burba United States · #272,116 worldwide 9k citations · 158 works
  3. 3 Jon M. Welles United States · #362,414 worldwide 3.4k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 D. K. McDermitt United States · #626,477 worldwide 2.4k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Amy R. Schutz-Geschwender United States · #1,170,845 worldwide 1.3k citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Gerardo Fratini United States · #1,459,063 worldwide 1.9k citations · 92 works
  7. 7 Joy L. Kovar United States · #1,522,845 worldwide 1.8k citations · 50 works
  8. 8 James C. Kathilankal United States · #1,658,399 worldwide 621 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Lyle R. Middendorf United States · #1,911,113 worldwide 750 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Jon P. Anderson United States · #1,936,532 worldwide 2.7k citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at LI-COR Biosciences (United States)

What are the most cited papers from LI-COR Biosciences (United States)?

The most cited paper from LI-COR Biosciences (United States) is "Instrument for Indirect Measurement of Canopy Architecture" (Jon M. Welles, John M. Norman, 1991), with 922 citations. Next come "Evaluation of remote sensing based terrestrial productivity from MODIS using regional tower eddy flux network observations" (713) and "DIATOM EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES: FUNCTION, FINE STRUCTURE, CHEMISTRY, AND PHYSIOLOGY" (682).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Instrument for Indirect Measurement of Canopy Architecture Jon M. Welles, John M. Norman · Agronomy Journal Sep 1991 922
2 Evaluation of remote sensing based terrestrial productivity from MODIS using regional tower eddy flux network observations Faith Ann Heinsch et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 28 Jun 2006 713
3 DIATOM EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES: FUNCTION, FINE STRUCTURE, CHEMISTRY, AND PHYSIOLOGY Kyle D. Hoagland, James R. Rosowski, Michael R. Gretz et al. · Journal of Phycology Oct 1993 682
4 How soil moisture, rain pulses, and growth alter the response of ecosystem respiration to temperature Liukang Xu, Dennis Baldocchi, Jianwu Tang · Global Biogeochemical Cycles 4 Oct 2004 600
5 A multi-site analysis of random error in tower-based measurements of carbon and energy fluxes Andrew David Richardson, David Y. Hollinger, George G. Burba et al. · Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Open access 2006 503
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Which keywords describe research at LI-COR Biosciences (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ecosystem Resilience, Drought, Evapotranspiration, Carbon Balance, Tree Mortality, Emissions and Methane.

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

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 6.2×16 topics
  2. Drought2▲ 82×2 topics
  3. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 55×3 topics
  4. Evapotranspiration2▲ 99×2 topics
  5. Carbon Balance2▲ 160×1 topic
  6. Tree Mortality2▲ 160×1 topic
  7. Emissions2▲ 35×1 topic
  8. Methane2▲ 148×1 topic
  9. Internet of Things1▲ 6.4×2 topics
  10. COVID-191▲ 3.8×2 topics
  11. Decisional DNA1▲ 9819×1 topic
  12. Large-Eddy Simulation1▲ 26×4 topics
  13. Set of Experience Knowledge Structure1▲ 9819×1 topic
  14. Energy Efficiency1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  15. Microfluidics1▲ 62×2 topics

Which research topics does LI-COR Biosciences (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Experience-Based Knowledge Management and Infection Control and Ventilation.

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksExperience-Based Knowledge Management: 1 fractional worksInfection Control and Ventilation: 1 fractional worksInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation: 1 fractional worksElectrostatic Discharge …1Electrostatic Discharge in Electronics: 1 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization: 0 fractional worksWind and Air Flow Studies: 0 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeArtificial IntelligencePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  2. 2 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  3. 3 Experience-Based Knowledge Management Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Infection Control and Ventilation Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Electrostatic Discharge in Electronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Wind and Air Flow Studies Environmental Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 0 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: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has LI-COR Biosciences (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is LI-COR Biosciences (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000068% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%LI-COR Biosciences (United States)0.000092% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of LI-COR Biosciences (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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