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North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory

In research, North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,016 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#9,026 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#19,993
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,323
of 8,685
Research works
258
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
47.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,016 of 6,031 33.8%148
Life SciencesDomain #9,026 of 14,347 33.2%162

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory 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).

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: 12.66× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.70× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Russ W. Gesch, Frank Forcella and D. C. Reicosky lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory.

  1. 1 Russ W. Gesch United States · #183,653 worldwide 185 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Frank Forcella United States · #362,475 worldwide 108 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 D. C. Reicosky United States · #426,473 worldwide 110 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Soil Fertility, Microbial Communities, Ecosystem Functioning, Biochar Application, Nitrogen Cycle and Genetic Improvement.

▲ 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. Climate Change53▲ 7.8×37 topics
  2. Soil Carbon Sequestration30▲ 165×2 topics
  3. Soil Fertility26▲ 58×3 topics
  4. Microbial Communities26▲ 29×4 topics
  5. Ecosystem Functioning25▲ 46×3 topics
  6. Biochar Application24▲ 115×1 topic
  7. Nitrogen Cycle24▲ 171×1 topic
  8. Genetic Improvement23▲ 109×3 topics
  9. Water Quality18▲ 17×7 topics
  10. Sustainable Agriculture16▲ 24×5 topics
  11. Weed Control16▲ 189×2 topics
  12. Plant Physiology16▲ 117×2 topics
  13. Maize Yield16▲ 176×1 topic
  14. Nitrogen Uptake16▲ 176×1 topic
  15. Nitrogen Fixation14▲ 64×2 topics
  16. Agricultural Intensification14▲ 104×2 topics
  17. Crop Losses14▲ 296×1 topic
  18. Herbicide Resistance14▲ 296×1 topic
  19. Soil Degradation12▲ 82×2 topics
  20. Eutrophication11▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Hydraulic Conductivity10▲ 81×2 topics
  22. Hyporheic Zone10▲ 130×1 topic
  23. Nutrient Cycling10▲ 52×1 topic
  24. Rhizosphere Interactions9▲ 50×2 topics
  25. Genetic Regulation9▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Invasive Species9▲ 6.2×8 topics
  27. Agricultural Productivity9▲ 127×1 topic
  28. Intercropping9▲ 127×1 topic
  29. Soil Hydraulic Properties9▲ 93×1 topic
  30. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics9▲ 93×1 topic
  31. QTL Mapping9▲ 29×4 topics
  32. Toxicity8▲ 7.5×7 topics
  33. Herbicides8▲ 72×2 topics
  34. Land Use Change8▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Phosphorus8▲ 32×3 topics
  36. Ecosystem Resilience7▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Pollution7▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Drought Resistance7▲ 30×4 topics
  39. Agricultural Sustainability7▲ 28×3 topics
  40. Nitrate7▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics.

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 2 works
  2. 2 Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis Biochemistry 1 works
  3. 3 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  4. 4 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  6. 6 Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Weed Control and Herbicide Applications Plant Science 0 works
  8. 8 Research in Cotton Cultivation Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 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 available15.7%not open84.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower 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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