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Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health

In research, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health stands highest in Plant Science (#488 of 2,837 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,122 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,584 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences — Plant Science is 24.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#11,729
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,579
of 8,685
Research works
339
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
76.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health 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
Plant ScienceSubfield #488 of 2,837 62.3%147
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,122 of 6,031 56.8%195
Life SciencesDomain #4,584 of 14,347 57.2%282

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health 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).

What does Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 24.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 25.1 works25×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 32.6 works12×
  3. Life SciencesDomain · 48.3 works6.4×
← 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: 11.87× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.02× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 7.23× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Oxidative Stress, Phylogenetic Analysis, Biological Control, Gene Expression, Genomics, Host Specificity and Plant Breeding.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Oxidative Stress5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  2. Genetic Diversity4▲ 16×8 topics
  3. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 20×3 topics
  4. Biological Control3▲ 40×7 topics
  5. Gene Expression3▲ 9.0×10 topics
  6. Genomics3▲ 17×7 topics
  7. Host Specificity3▲ 44×3 topics
  8. Antioxidants3▲ 10×5 topics
  9. Plant Breeding3▲ 48×4 topics
  10. QTL Mapping3▲ 39×4 topics
  11. Biofortification2▲ 104×2 topics
  12. Plant Immunity2▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Transcription Factors2▲ 37×3 topics
  14. Drought Tolerance2▲ 29×7 topics
  15. Genetic Mapping2▲ 53×3 topics
  16. Invasive Species2▲ 9.8×7 topics
  17. Quantitative Trait Loci2▲ 75×3 topics
  18. Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  19. Metabolic Engineering2▲ 40×3 topics
  20. Epigenetic Regulation2▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Food Security2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  22. Metabolism2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  23. Mineral Elements2▲ 152×1 topic
  24. Plant Nutrition2▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Cancer Prevention2▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Genetic Regulation2▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Genome Sequencing2▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Marker-Assisted Selection2▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Metabolic Pathways2▲ 68×3 topics
  31. Crop Improvement2▲ 69×2 topics
  32. Isoprenoid Pathway2▲ 106×1 topic
  33. RNA-Seq2▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Terpenoid Biosynthesis2▲ 106×1 topic
  35. Functional Genomics2▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Root Exudates2▲ 45×2 topics
  37. Microbial Pathogens2▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Rhizosphere Interactions2▲ 34×1 topic
  39. genome annotation2▲ 47×1 topic
  40. sequence alignment2▲ 47×1 topic

Which research topics does Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Plant Micronutrient Inte…2Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects: 2 fractional worksPlant biochemistry and b…2Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis: 2 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…2Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogenic Bacteri…2Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies: 2 fractional worksAntioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress: 1 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 1 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …1Plant Molecular Biology Research: 1 fractional worksEntomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control: 1 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 1 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyBiochemistryInsect Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects Plant Science 2 works
  2. 2 Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Science 2 works
  6. 6 Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress Biochemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control Insect Science 1 works
  10. 10 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 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 available62.5%not open37.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.1%domestic only53.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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