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LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom)

In research, LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom) stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,336 of 11,023 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,291 of 5,126 worldwide) and Plant Science (#666 of 2,489 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,861
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#999
of 1,844
Research works
371
▲ 1270% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
43.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.30×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom)

What is LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom) 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 #2,336 of 11,023 19.6%321
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,291 of 5,126 19.5%250
Plant ScienceSubfield #666 of 2,489 21.6%199

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom) 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 fields of science does LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 87% of research at LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom) is in Life Sciences, 6% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (68%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Environmental Science (2%). It does 5.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 321 fractional works · 86.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 250 fractional works · 67.6% of its workPlant Science: 199 fractional works · 53.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 24 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 70 fractional works · 18.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 40 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKLS Plant Breeding(United Kingdom)371fractional works, all years
Life Sciences87%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25067.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7018.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Environmental Science92.4%
    2. Computer Science82.2%
    3. Engineering30.7%
    4. Chemistry10.2%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance82.1%
    2. Social Sciences41.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    1. Nursing51.4%
    2. Medicine51.3%
    3. Health Professions20.4%
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: 2.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 4.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.64× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.53× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 3.06× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.53×1 works
  2. Health Professions4.33×1 works
  3. Social Sciences3.06×3 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.64×1 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.36×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×0 works
  7. Materials Science0.55×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.49×0 works
  9. Medicine0.31×0 works
  10. Engineering0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Ralph Riley, Victor Chapman and Colin N. Law lead among researchers whose main affiliation is LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Ralph Riley United Kingdom · #124,093 worldwide 5.3k citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Victor Chapman United Kingdom · #151,672 worldwide 3.3k citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Colin N. Law United Kingdom · #200,164 worldwide 7.5k citations · 111 works
  4. 4 R. B. Austin United Kingdom · #700,735 worldwide 4.3k citations · 96 works
  5. 5 John A. D. Ewart United Kingdom · #3,578,284 worldwide 1.2k citations · 60 works
  6. 6 R. C. F. Macer United Kingdom · #3,758,747 worldwide 476 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 James Paine United Kingdom · #3,771,210 worldwide 196 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 D. A. Bond United Kingdom · #3,921,758 worldwide 964 citations · 66 works
  9. 9 G. J. Jellis United Kingdom · #4,682,153 worldwide 1.3k citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom) is "Binary Agrobacterium vectors for plant transformation" (Michael Webster Bevan, 1984), with 2,176 citations. Next come "The relationship between HMW glutenin subunit composition and the bread‐making quality of British‐grown wheat varieties" (1,067) and "Genetic Control of the Cytologically Diploid Behaviour of Hexaploid Wheat" (959).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Binary Agrobacterium vectors for plant transformation Michael Webster Bevan · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 1984 2,176
2 The relationship between HMW glutenin subunit composition and the bread‐making quality of British‐grown wheat varieties Peter I. Payne, Mark A. Nightingale, Anatole F. Krattiger et al. · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 1987 1,067
3 Genetic Control of the Cytologically Diploid Behaviour of Hexaploid Wheat Ralph Riley, Victor Chapman · Nature Sep 1958 959
4 Nuclear DNA content and minimum generation time in herbaceous plants Michael David Bennett · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 6 Jun 1972 770
5 Cryptic simplicity in DNA is a major source of genetic variation Diethard Tautz, Martin Trick, Gabriel A. Dover · Nature Aug 1986 690
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: QTL Mapping, Breeding, Genome Sequencing, Genetics, Crop Improvement, Disease Resistance, Yield Potential and Genomic Diversity.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. QTL Mapping55▲ 124×4 topics
  2. Breeding54▲ 205×3 topics
  3. Genome Sequencing53▲ 81×5 topics
  4. Genetics52▲ 18×6 topics
  5. Crop Improvement51▲ 243×2 topics
  6. Disease Resistance42▲ 226×3 topics
  7. Yield Potential42▲ 219×2 topics
  8. Genomic Diversity40▲ 223×2 topics
  9. Polyploid Wheat40▲ 440×1 topic
  10. Wheat40▲ 440×1 topic
  11. Drought Tolerance39▲ 75×8 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity38▲ 20×8 topics
  13. Genetic Improvement35▲ 116×4 topics
  14. Quantitative Trait Loci33▲ 119×3 topics
  15. Genetic Mapping32▲ 87×5 topics
  16. Plant Breeding25▲ 60×4 topics
  17. Phylogenetic Analysis21▲ 15×8 topics
  18. Gene Expression20▲ 9.0×11 topics
  19. Small RNAs19▲ 63×2 topics
  20. Cultivar Evaluation19▲ 232×1 topic
  21. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction19▲ 232×1 topic
  22. Transcriptome Analysis19▲ 67×2 topics
  23. Genetic Variation18▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Marker Development17▲ 95×3 topics
  25. Plasmodiophora brassicae17▲ 147×1 topic
  26. Rhizoctonia solani17▲ 147×1 topic
  27. Polyploidy17▲ 65×3 topics
  28. Epigenetic Regulation17▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Potato16▲ 85×2 topics
  30. Genome Evolution15▲ 73×1 topic
  31. Transposable Elements15▲ 110×1 topic
  32. Nutritional Quality14▲ 70×2 topics
  33. Sustainable Agriculture14▲ 14×7 topics
  34. Drought Resistance13▲ 39×4 topics
  35. Plant Pathogens12▲ 79×2 topics
  36. Maize Yield12▲ 91×1 topic
  37. Nitrogen Uptake12▲ 91×1 topic
  38. Marker-Assisted Selection12▲ 32×2 topics
  39. Biotechnology12▲ 32×3 topics
  40. Genomics11▲ 8.6×7 topics

Which research topics does LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Communication Studies and Media, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Diverse Scientific Research Studies and Public Relations and Crisis Communication.

Communication Studies an…1Communication Studies and Media: 1 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 1 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 1 fractional worksPublic Relations and Crisis Communication: 0 fractional worksEducational Methods and Impacts: 0 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 0 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Communication: 0 fractional worksLinguistics and Language Analysis: 0 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 0 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 0 fractional works
CommunicationManagement of Technology and InnovationGeneral Health ProfessionsEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Communication Studies and Media Communication 1 works
  2. 2 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  3. 3 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 0 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and Impacts Education 0 works
  6. 6 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and Language Analysis Language and Linguistics 0 works
  9. 9 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 0 works
  10. 10 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 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 available27.5%not open72.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1270% higher 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 LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000052% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom)0.000059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of LS Plant Breeding (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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