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Peanut Institute

In research, Peanut Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,210 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 8.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#25,685
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,379
of 7,310
Research works
229
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Peanut Institute

What is Peanut Institute 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 #7,210 of 11,023 7.8%126

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Peanut Institute 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 Peanut Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Peanut Institute is in Life Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (42%), Social Sciences (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 26 fractional works · 52.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 41.7% of its workPlant Science: 16 fractional works · 32.2% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 10.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 24.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.7% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 16.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workALL ITS WORKPeanut Institute49fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences53%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences24%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2141.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology510.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Social Sciences713.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities36.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.9%
    4. Psychology11.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Environmental Science35.7%
    2. Computer Science24.4%
    3. Engineering23.6%
    4. Chemistry11.3%
    5. Materials Science00.7%
    6. Mathematics00.7%
    7. Energy00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine23.2%
    2. Health Professions11.7%
    3. Nursing11.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Peanut Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 20.6 works8.8×
← 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: 8.78× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.93× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.98× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.21× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.78×21 works
  2. Nursing2.98×1 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.21×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.93×5 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.44×0 works
  6. Environmental Science1.15×3 works
  7. Social Sciences1.08×7 works
  8. Chemistry0.84×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.65×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.60×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.57×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.57×0 works
  13. Psychology0.57×1 works
  14. Energy0.37×0 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.32×0 works
  16. Engineering0.24×2 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.21×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.19×0 works
  19. Medicine0.17×2 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Peanut Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Xiaobo Zhao, Xiaoyuan Chi and Cuiling Yuan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Peanut Institute.

  1. 1 Xiaobo Zhao United States · #491,528 worldwide 3k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Xiaoyuan Chi United States · #1,064,839 worldwide 2.4k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Cuiling Yuan United States · #1,182,816 worldwide 840 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Yifei Mou United States · #1,553,159 worldwide 409 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Shihua Shan United States · #1,789,634 worldwide 2.2k citations · 95 works
  6. 6 Xiaojing Jiang United States · #2,167,082 worldwide 643 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Yueyi Tang United States · #2,552,111 worldwide 244 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Mingjing Qu United States · #2,637,518 worldwide 922 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Quanxi Sun United States · #2,641,954 worldwide 765 citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Qian Ju United States · #2,695,479 worldwide 464 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Peanut Institute

What are the most cited papers from Peanut Institute?

The most cited paper from Peanut Institute is "Human aflatoxicosis in developing countries: a review of toxicology, exposure, potential health consequences, and interventions" (Jonathan H. Williams, Timothy D. Phillips, Pauline E. Jolly et al., 2004), with 1,782 citations. Next come "Workgroup Report: Public Health Strategies for Reducing Aflatoxin Exposure in Developing Countries" (544) and "Aflatoxin B1 albumin adduct levels and cellular immune status in Ghanaians" (255).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Human aflatoxicosis in developing countries: a review of toxicology, exposure, potential health consequences, and interventions Jonathan H. Williams, Timothy D. Phillips, Pauline E. Jolly et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Open access Nov 2004 1,782
2 Workgroup Report: Public Health Strategies for Reducing Aflatoxin Exposure in Developing Countries Heather M. Strosnider et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives Open access 24 Aug 2006 544
3 Aflatoxin B1 albumin adduct levels and cellular immune status in Ghanaians Yi Jiang, Pauline E. Jolly, William O. Ellis et al. · International Immunology Jun 2005 255
4 Reducing human exposure to aflatoxin through the use of clay: A review Tracie D. Phillips, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, June H. Williams et al. · Food Additives & Contaminants Part A Open access Feb 2008 217
5 Work and family conflict in academic science: Patterns and predictors among women and men in research universities Mary Frank Fox, Carolyn Fonseca, Jinghui Bao · Social Studies of Science 15 Aug 2011 207
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Peanut Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Drought Tolerance, Breeding, QTL Mapping, Genomics, Marker-Assisted Selection, Transcriptome Analysis, High Oleic Trait and Peanut.

▲ 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 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 Tolerance6▲ 80×4 topics
  2. Breeding5▲ 137×3 topics
  3. QTL Mapping5▲ 82×5 topics
  4. Genomics4▲ 30×4 topics
  5. Marker-Assisted Selection4▲ 109×2 topics
  6. High Oleic Trait4▲ 1141×1 topic
  7. Peanut4▲ 1141×1 topic
  8. Transcriptome Analysis4▲ 138×2 topics
  9. Climate Change4▲ 3.0×8 topics
  10. Gene Expression3▲ 11×8 topics
  11. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.9×9 topics
  12. Nitrogen Fixation2▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 19×2 topics
  14. Antioxidants2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  15. E-Learning2▲ 4.1×4 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  17. Microbial Communities2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  18. Online Learning2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  19. Rhizosphere Interactions2▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Soil Fertility2▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Host Recognition2▲ 56×2 topics
  22. Nitrogen Cycle2▲ 51×1 topic
  23. Soil Carbon Sequestration2▲ 43×1 topic
  24. Transcription Factors2▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Genome Analysis2▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Legumes2▲ 99×1 topic
  27. Symbiosis2▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Educational Policy2▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Epigenetic Regulation2▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Identity Politics1▲ 61×2 topics
  31. Reactive Oxygen Species1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  32. Drought Resistance1▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Plant Immunity1▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Signal Transduction1▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Abiotic Stress1▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Genetic Variation1▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Microbial Pathogens1▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Poverty1▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Root Exudates1▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Salt Tolerance1▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Peanut Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Peanut Plant Research Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity.

Peanut Plant Research St…4Peanut Plant Research Studies: 4 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 2 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 2 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 1 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 1 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 1 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…1Agricultural pest management studies: 1 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal: 1 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 1 fractional worksProteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research: 1 fractional works
Plant ScienceSoil ScienceDemographyPhilosophy1 others

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

  1. 1 Peanut Plant Research Studies Plant Science 4 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 2 works
  3. 3 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 1 works
  5. 5 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 1 works
  6. 6 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal Demography 1 works
  9. 9 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 1 works
  10. 10 Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research Cell Biology 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 available52.8%not open47.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.0%domestic only61.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Peanut Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.

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grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Peanut Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Peanut Institute0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Peanut Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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