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Mississippi Delta Community College

In research, Mississippi Delta Community College stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,307 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences — Plant Science is 19.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,037
of 28,054 · #29,194 all time
Rank in United States
#3,612
of 4,192
Research works
596
▲ 130% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Mississippi Delta Community College 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 #7,307 of 7,800 10.4%65 #11994

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mississippi Delta Community College 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 Mississippi Delta Community College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 19.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 27.5 works19×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 51.7 works13×
  3. Life SciencesDomain · 65.4 works6.1×
← 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: 13.18× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.44× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.51× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.90× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mississippi Delta Community College?

Ranked on the composite score, M. L. Laster and C. G. McWhorter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mississippi Delta Community College.

  1. 1 M. L. Laster United States · #853,397 worldwide 39 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 C. G. McWhorter United States · #1,147,578 worldwide 38 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Mississippi Delta Community College

Which keywords describe research at Mississippi Delta Community College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Drought Tolerance, Genetic Diversity, Biological Control, QTL Mapping, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Breeding and Insecticide Resistance.

▲ 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. Drought Tolerance12▲ 107×6 topics
  2. Genetic Diversity12▲ 32×6 topics
  3. Biological Control11▲ 89×7 topics
  4. Climate Change9▲ 4.2×21 topics
  5. QTL Mapping8▲ 78×5 topics
  6. Environmental Impact8▲ 5.3×8 topics
  7. Invasive Species8▲ 21×10 topics
  8. Breeding7▲ 109×4 topics
  9. Insecticide Resistance7▲ 106×2 topics
  10. Genetics6▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Genome Sequencing6▲ 47×5 topics
  12. Agricultural Sustainability6▲ 61×2 topics
  13. Nutritional Quality6▲ 92×3 topics
  14. Cowpea6▲ 274×1 topic
  15. Domestication6▲ 132×2 topics
  16. Marker Development6▲ 140×1 topic
  17. Integrated Pest Management6▲ 339×2 topics
  18. Bacillus thuringiensis5▲ 253×1 topic
  19. Gut Microbiota5▲ 19×4 topics
  20. RNA Interference5▲ 76×1 topic
  21. Agronomic Traits5▲ 398×1 topic
  22. Soybean5▲ 328×1 topic
  23. Phylogeny5▲ 40×6 topics
  24. Aquaculture5▲ 23×5 topics
  25. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles4▲ 128×1 topic
  26. Jasmonate Signaling4▲ 128×1 topic
  27. Halyomorpha halys4▲ 682×1 topic
  28. Stink Bug4▲ 682×1 topic
  29. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Genetic Mapping4▲ 57×3 topics
  31. Biodiversity3▲ 5.1×9 topics
  32. Gene Expression3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  33. Crop Management3▲ 52×2 topics
  34. Genetic Improvement3▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Honey Bees3▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Neonicotinoids3▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Cotton Genomics2▲ 327×1 topic
  38. Fiber Development2▲ 327×1 topic
  39. Pest Management2▲ 36×4 topics
  40. Maize Yield2▲ 70×1 topic

Which research topics does Mississippi Delta Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural pest management studies, Insect Resistance and Genetics, Soybean genetics and cultivation and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

Agricultural pest manage…6Agricultural pest management studies: 6 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Ge…5Insect Resistance and Genetics: 5 fractional worksSoybean genetics and cul…5Soybean genetics and cultivation: 5 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…4Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 4 fractional worksHemiptera Insect Studies: 4 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 3 fractional worksResearch in Cotton Culti…2Research in Cotton Cultivation: 2 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 2 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 2 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyInsect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 6 works
  2. 2 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 5 works
  3. 3 Soybean genetics and cultivation Plant Science 5 works
  4. 4 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 4 works
  5. 5 Hemiptera Insect Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  6. 6 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 3 works
  7. 7 Research in Cotton Cultivation Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  9. 9 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 2 works
  10. 10 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic 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 available31.7%not open68.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mississippi Delta Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 130% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.