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Performance Plants (Canada)

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Research works
25
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
40.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Performance Plants (Canada)

Not ranked overall: Performance Plants (Canada) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Performance Plants (Canada) work in?

In all years, 46% of research at Performance Plants (Canada) is in Life Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (26%), Social Sciences (21%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 11 fractional works · 45.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 26.3% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 24.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 13.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 25.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 20.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 16.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKPerformancePlants (Canada)25fractional works, all years
Life Sciences46%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences25%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences726.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology417.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    1. Social Sciences520.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities02.0%
    3. Psychology01.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    1. Engineering15.8%
    2. Environmental Science14.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.3%
    4. Materials Science12.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    1. Medicine29.0%
    2. Health Professions13.1%
    3. Nursing00.4%
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: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.93× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.17×0 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.93×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.02×0 works
  4. Engineering1.31×1 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.26×0 works
  6. Medicine1.14×1 works
  7. Social Sciences1.14×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.97×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.96×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Performance Plants (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Yafan Huang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Performance Plants (Canada).

  1. 1 Yafan Huang Canada · #1,156,868 worldwide 1.7k citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Performance Plants (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Performance Plants (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Performance Plants (Canada) is "Narrowing Down the Targets: Towards Successful Genetic Engineering of Drought-Tolerant Crops" (Shujun Yang, Barbara Vanderbeld, Jiangxin Wan et al., 2010), with 432 citations. Next come "Biochemical and functional analysis of CTR1, a protein kinase that negatively regulates ethylene signaling inArabidopsis" (419) and "Molecular tailoring of farnesylation for plant drought tolerance and yield protection" (248).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Narrowing Down the Targets: Towards Successful Genetic Engineering of Drought-Tolerant Crops Shujun Yang, Barbara Vanderbeld, Jiangxin Wan et al. · Molecular Plant Open access May 2010 432
2 Biochemical and functional analysis of CTR1, a protein kinase that negatively regulates ethylene signaling inArabidopsis Yafan Huang, Hui Li, Claire E. Hutchison et al. · The Plant Journal 2003 419
3 Molecular tailoring of farnesylation for plant drought tolerance and yield protection Yang Wang, Jifeng Ying, Monika M. Kuzma et al. · The Plant Journal Open access 30 Jun 2005 248
4 Shoot-Specific Down-Regulation of Protein Farnesyltransferase (α-Subunit) for Yield Protection against Drought in Canola Yang Wang, Michelle Beaith, Maryse Chalifoux et al. · Molecular Plant Open access 2009 140
5 Development of Drought‐Tolerant Canola (Brassica napus L.) through Genetic Modulation of ABA‐mediated Stomatal Responses Jiangxin Wan, Rebecca E. Griffiths, Jifeng Ying et al. · Crop Science 12 Aug 2009 82
All 23 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Performance Plants (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Transcription Factors, Gender, Epigenetic Regulation, Antioxidants, Drought Resistance, Reactive Oxygen Species and Abiotic Stress.

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

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Gene Expression3▲ 21×3 topics
  2. Transcription Factors2▲ 45×2 topics
  3. Gender2▲ 11×4 topics
  4. Antioxidants1▲ 13×2 topics
  5. Drought Resistance1▲ 61×2 topics
  6. Epigenetic Regulation1▲ 26×2 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress1▲ 3.2×2 topics
  8. Reactive Oxygen Species1▲ 11×2 topics
  9. Abiotic Stress1▲ 91×1 topic
  10. Signal Transduction1▲ 21×1 topic
  11. Development1▲ 15×1 topic
  12. Plant1▲ 113×1 topic
  13. Social Inequality1▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Child Mortality1▲ 72×1 topic
  15. Feminism1▲ 15×1 topic
  16. Maternal Mortality1▲ 22×1 topic
  17. Sexuality1▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Performance Plants (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete, Diaspora, migration, transnational identity, Concrete Corrosion and Durability and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy.

Structural Behavior of R…0Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 0 fractional worksDiaspora, migration, tra…0Diaspora, migration, transnational identity: 0 fractional worksConcrete Corrosion and Durability: 0 fractional worksMigration, Ethnicity, an…0Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy: 0 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and…0Plant tissue culture and regeneration: 0 fractional worksTransgenic Plants and Ap…0Transgenic Plants and Applications: 0 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dyna…0Migration and Labor Dynamics: 0 fractional worksToxin Mechanisms and Imm…0Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins: 0 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional works
Building and ConstructionDemographyCivil and Structural EngineeringSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 0 works
  2. 2 Diaspora, migration, transnational identity Demography 0 works
  3. 3 Concrete Corrosion and Durability Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Transgenic Plants and Applications Biotechnology 0 works
  7. 7 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available58.8%not open41.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.7%domestic only58.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Performance Plants (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Performance Plants (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000100% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Performance Plants (Canada)0.000027% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Performance Plants (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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