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Rice Research Institute

In research, Rice Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#610 of 6,403 worldwide), Plant Science (#139 of 1,317 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#408 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Genetics (Plant Science is 28.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,114
of 22,385 · #4,003 all time
Rank in China
#766
of 2,481
Research works
2k
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.22×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Rice Research Institute

What is Rice Research Institute 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 #610 of 6,403 14.0%382 #933
Plant ScienceSubfield #139 of 1,317 13.3%236 #388
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #408 of 3,157 13.4%280 #765
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #805 of 2,964 15.9%100 #1164

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rice Research 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 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#933 #610
  2. Plant Science#388 #139
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#765 #408
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,164 #805
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 Rice Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Rice Research Institute is in Life Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (60%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Environmental Science (5%). It does 6.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 426 fractional works · 81.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 313 fractional works · 60.0% of its workPlant Science: 260 fractional works · 49.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 111 fractional works · 21.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 64 fractional works · 12.3% of its workGenetics: 36 fractional works · 7.0% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRice ResearchInstitute521fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences82%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences2%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31360.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11121.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science254.9%
    2. Engineering112.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.0%
    4. Chemistry40.7%
    5. Computer Science40.7%
    6. Materials Science40.7%
    7. Energy10.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine142.7%
    2. Nursing122.2%
    3. Health Professions10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences61.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities20.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    4. Psychology10.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Rice Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 28.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 260.3 works29×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 312.9 works13×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 36.3 works8.4×
  4. Life SciencesDomain · 426.4 works6.3×
← 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: 12.64× its world share, 313 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.98× its world share, 111 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 4.55× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 12.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.64×313 works
  2. Nursing4.55×12 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.98×111 works
  4. Environmental Science0.98×25 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×5 works
  6. Chemistry0.47×4 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.32×1 works
  8. Energy0.28×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×1 works
  10. Materials Science0.20×4 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
  12. Engineering0.15×11 works
  13. Medicine0.14×14 works
  14. Neuroscience0.13×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.10×4 works
  17. Health Professions0.10×1 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.10×2 works
  19. Social Sciences0.10×6 works
  20. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  22. Psychology0.08×1 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.02×0 works
  26. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rice Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Haifei Hu, Rongfang Xu and Juan Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rice Research Institute.

  1. 1 Haifei Hu China · #92,934 worldwide 2.1k citations · 82 works
  2. 2 Rongfang Xu China · #145,611 worldwide 2.8k citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Juan Li China · #230,386 worldwide 3.3k citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Xiaoshuang Liu China · #244,817 worldwide 1.2k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Junfeng Pan China · #375,172 worldwide 1.7k citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Bin Liu China · #394,267 worldwide 3.2k citations · 106 works
  7. 7 Hao Li China · #406,699 worldwide 3.3k citations · 93 works
  8. 8 Xiangyu Hu China · #484,004 worldwide 1.2k citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Xuhua Zhong China · #701,599 worldwide 3.8k citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Youzun Xu China · #957,247 worldwide 523 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Rice Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Rice Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Rice Research Institute is "A New Alternating Minimization Algorithm for Total Variation Image Reconstruction" (Yilun Wang, Junfeng Yang, Wotao Yin et al., 2008), with 2,022 citations. Next come "Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers" (1,336) and "A Natural Allele of a Transcription Factor in Rice Confers Broad-Spectrum Blast Resistance" (810).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A New Alternating Minimization Algorithm for Total Variation Image Reconstruction Yilun Wang, Junfeng Yang, Wotao Yin et al. · SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences 2008 2,022
2 Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers Zhenling Cui et al. · Nature Mar 2018 1,336
3 A Natural Allele of a Transcription Factor in Rice Confers Broad-Spectrum Blast Resistance Weitao Li et al. · Cell Open access Jun 2017 810
4 The OsSPL16-GW7 regulatory module determines grain shape and simultaneously improves rice yield and grain quality Shaokui Wang, Shan Li, Qian Liu et al. · Nature Genetics 6 Jul 2015 791
5 Cytosine, but not adenine, base editors induce genome-wide off-target mutations in rice Shuai Jin, Yuan Zong, Qiang Gao et al. · Science 28 Feb 2019 704
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rice Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: QTL Mapping, Drought Resistance, Water Management, Yield Potential, Rice, Aerobic Rice Systems, Root Traits and Metabolism.

▲ 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. QTL Mapping95▲ 156×6 topics
  2. Drought Resistance76▲ 150×3 topics
  3. Water Management60▲ 91×2 topics
  4. Yield Potential59▲ 209×2 topics
  5. Rice58▲ 208×2 topics
  6. Aerobic Rice Systems57▲ 332×1 topic
  7. Root Traits57▲ 332×1 topic
  8. Metabolism52▲ 19×16 topics
  9. Plant Responses52▲ 125×2 topics
  10. Gene Expression49▲ 15×12 topics
  11. Genetic Mapping42▲ 102×6 topics
  12. Quantitative Trait Loci40▲ 139×3 topics
  13. Genetic Variation37▲ 32×4 topics
  14. Fermentation35▲ 49×4 topics
  15. Aroma Compounds34▲ 73×2 topics
  16. Crop Improvement34▲ 134×2 topics
  17. Stress34▲ 18×5 topics
  18. Heterosis34▲ 167×2 topics
  19. Neurotransmitters34▲ 149×2 topics
  20. Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid34▲ 222×1 topic
  21. Glutamate Decarboxylase34▲ 222×1 topic
  22. Transcription Factors34▲ 50×4 topics
  23. Marker-Assisted Selection33▲ 83×3 topics
  24. Genome-wide Association Studies32▲ 224×1 topic
  25. Maize Domestication32▲ 224×1 topic
  26. Oxidative Stress28▲ 3.2×25 topics
  27. Epigenetic Regulation26▲ 24×4 topics
  28. Development24▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Reactive Oxygen Species22▲ 10×7 topics
  30. MicroRNA22▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Plant22▲ 88×1 topic
  32. Signal Transduction22▲ 26×3 topics
  33. Antioxidants21▲ 9.1×8 topics
  34. Food Security20▲ 6.9×16 topics
  35. Abiotic Stress18▲ 46×2 topics
  36. Salt Tolerance18▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Stress Signaling18▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Plant Immunity18▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Genetic Regulation18▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Plant Development16▲ 46×3 topics

Which research topics does Rice Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, GABA and Rice Research, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals and Plant Molecular Biology Research.

Rice Cultivation and Yie…57Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 57 fractional worksGABA and Rice Research: 34 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 32 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 22 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 18 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake an…14Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 14 fractional worksPlant responses to water stress: 12 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 12 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 12 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 11 fractional works
Plant ScienceGeneticsMolecular Biology

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

  1. 1 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 57 works
  2. 2 GABA and Rice Research Plant Science 34 works
  3. 3 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 32 works
  4. 4 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 22 works
  5. 5 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 18 works
  6. 6 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 14 works
  7. 7 Plant responses to water stress Plant Science 12 works
  8. 8 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 12 works
  9. 9 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 12 works
  10. 10 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 11 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 available46.0%not open54.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rice Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher 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 Rice Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0020% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Rice Research Institute0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rice Research Institute 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%Rice Research Institute13.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.6% in 2024.

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