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Plant (United States)

In research, Plant (United States) stands highest in Life Sciences (#981 of 6,403 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#573 of 3,157 worldwide) and Plant Science (#294 of 1,317 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Plant Science is 24.2× its share of world research).

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#8,941
of 22,385 · #3,015 all time
Rank in United States
#1,209
of 3,332
Research works
2.4k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
124k
50.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Plant (United States)

What is Plant (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #981 of 6,403 12.2%190 #737
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #573 of 3,157 12.5%139 #408
Plant ScienceSubfield #294 of 1,317 12.3%102 #206

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Plant (United States) 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#737 #981
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#408 #573
  3. Plant Science#206 #294
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Plant (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Plant (United States) is in Life Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (58%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 5.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 210 fractional works · 79.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 153 fractional works · 57.5% of its workPlant Science: 112 fractional works · 42.2% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHorticulture: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 55 fractional works · 20.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 10.3% of its workCell Biology: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPlant (UnitedStates)266fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences79%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences3%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15357.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5520.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science238.7%
    2. Engineering31.2%
    3. Materials Science20.7%
    4. Chemistry20.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    6. Energy10.3%
    7. Computer Science10.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    1. Medicine103.7%
    2. Nursing20.9%
    3. Health Professions10.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences62.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    4. Psychology00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Plant (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 24.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 112.2 works24×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 153.1 works12×
← 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: 12.11× its world share, 153 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.85× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.75× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.11×153 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.85×55 works
  3. Environmental Science1.75×23 works
  4. Nursing1.74×2 works
  5. Chemistry0.45×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×1 works
  7. Energy0.35×1 works
  8. Veterinary0.31×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.29×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.21×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.21×2 works
  14. Medicine0.19×10 works
  15. Social Sciences0.17×6 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  18. Engineering0.08×3 works
  19. Health Professions0.08×1 works
  20. Dentistry0.05×0 works
  21. Psychology0.05×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Plant (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Anthony Robert Davis, Ebrahim Firoozabady and W. F. Gericke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Plant (United States).

  1. 1 Anthony Robert Davis United States · #1,137,618 worldwide 1.5k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Ebrahim Firoozabady United States · #1,638,567 worldwide 3.2k citations · 25 works
  3. 3 W. F. Gericke United States · #2,437,559 worldwide 287 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Nellie W. Nance United States · #2,520,857 worldwide 21 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Otto Hegg United States · #2,789,984 worldwide 524 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 B. Peturson United States · #3,265,235 worldwide 244 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Christopher E. Flick United States · #3,750,847 worldwide 615 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 C. Populer United States · #4,343,482 worldwide 145 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Edith K. Cash United States · #4,758,858 worldwide 433 citations · 76 works
  10. 10 I-Jin Choi United States · #4,769,957 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Plant (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Plant (United States)?

The most cited paper from Plant (United States) is "WorldClim 2: new 1‐km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas" (Stephen E. Fick, Robert J. Hijmans, 2017), with 17,637 citations. Next come "ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes ‐ application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts" (10,561) and "The global burden of pathogens and pests on major food crops" (4,298).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 WorldClim 2: new 1‐km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas Stephen E. Fick, Robert J. Hijmans · International Journal of Climatology 15 May 2017 17,637
2 ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes ‐ application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts Monique Gardes, Thomas D. Bruns · Molecular Ecology Apr 1993 10,561
3 The global burden of pathogens and pests on major food crops Serge Savary, Laetitia Willocquet, Sarah Jane Pethybridge et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution Open access 4 Feb 2019 4,298
4 The B73 Maize Genome: Complexity, Diversity, and Dynamics Patrick S. Schnable et al. · Science 157 authors 20 Nov 2009 4,265
5 Spores of mycorrhizal Endogone species extracted from soil by wet sieving and decanting J. W. Gerdemann, T.H. Nicolson · Transactions of the British Mycological Society Jun 1963 3,894
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Plant (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Host Specificity, Phylogenetic Analysis, Climate Change, Plant Immunity, Genomics, Fungal Pathogens, Gene Expression and Biological Control.

▲ 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. Climate Change26▲ 3.6×42 topics
  2. Host Specificity20▲ 66×3 topics
  3. Phylogenetic Analysis18▲ 22×10 topics
  4. Plant Immunity17▲ 66×2 topics
  5. Genomics15▲ 19×11 topics
  6. Fungal Pathogens15▲ 42×5 topics
  7. Gene Expression15▲ 8.7×10 topics
  8. Biological Control14▲ 34×9 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity12▲ 11×15 topics
  10. Genome Sequencing12▲ 28×7 topics
  11. Endophytic Fungi11▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Genomic Characterization11▲ 32×3 topics
  13. Molecular Identification11▲ 62×2 topics
  14. Taxonomic Revision11▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Plant Pathogenesis11▲ 65×1 topic
  16. Species Recognition11▲ 65×1 topic
  17. Rhizosphere Interactions10▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Drought Resistance10▲ 38×4 topics
  19. Microbiome10▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Root Exudates9▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Small RNAs9▲ 60×2 topics
  22. Genetics9▲ 4.9×8 topics
  23. Sustainable Agriculture9▲ 11×11 topics
  24. Type III Secretion System9▲ 61×3 topics
  25. Bacterial Blight9▲ 159×1 topic
  26. Invasive Species9▲ 7.6×15 topics
  27. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria9▲ 159×1 topic
  28. Quantitative Trait Loci9▲ 58×3 topics
  29. Gene Silencing8▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Microbial Pathogens8▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Pattern Recognition Receptors8▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Viral RNA Silencing8▲ 87×1 topic
  33. Virus-Host Interactions8▲ 87×1 topic
  34. QTL Mapping8▲ 27×6 topics
  35. Plant Pathogens8▲ 95×3 topics
  36. Drought Tolerance8▲ 21×9 topics
  37. Genetic Mapping8▲ 36×6 topics
  38. Host Recognition8▲ 45×2 topics
  39. Signal Transduction7▲ 18×4 topics
  40. Transcriptome Analysis7▲ 45×3 topics

Which research topics does Plant (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Plant Virus Research Studies.

Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 11 fractional worksPlant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies: 9 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…8Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 8 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Stu…8Plant Virus Research Studies: 8 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 5 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 4 fractional worksPlant Disease Resistance…4Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics: 4 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 4 fractional worksPhytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens: 4 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 4 fractional works
Cell BiologyPlant ScienceInsect Science

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

  1. 1 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 11 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Science 9 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 8 works
  4. 4 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 8 works
  5. 5 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 5 works
  6. 6 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 4 works
  7. 7 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 4 works
  9. 9 Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens Plant Science 4 works
  10. 10 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 4 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 available42.5%not open57.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.8%domestic only72.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Plant (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Plant (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Plant (United States)0.00097% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Plant (United States)10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.2% in 1992.

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