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Rodale Institute

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Research works
94
▲ 158% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
46.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Rodale Institute

Not ranked overall: Rodale Institute 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 Rodale Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Rodale Institute is in Life Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (61%), Environmental Science (22%), Medicine (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 18 fractional works · 64.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 61.3% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 21.1% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 18.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 27.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 21.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKRodale Institute28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences65%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences1%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1761.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.8%
    1. Environmental Science621.7%
    2. Engineering13.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.5%
    4. Materials Science00.8%
    1. Medicine14.0%
    2. Veterinary12.4%
    3. Health Professions00.8%
    1. Social Sciences00.8%
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: 12.89× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.37× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 17.54× its world share, 1 worksVeterinarySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 17.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary17.54×1 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.89×17 works
  3. Environmental Science4.37×6 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.25×0 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.18×0 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.95×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.30×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×0 works
  9. Engineering0.23×1 works
  10. Materials Science0.23×0 works
  11. Medicine0.21×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rodale Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew Smith, Bharat Sharma Acharya and Peggy Wagoner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rodale Institute.

  1. 1 Andrew Smith United States · #294,900 worldwide 1.3k citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Bharat Sharma Acharya United States · #320,674 worldwide 2.6k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Peggy Wagoner United States · #913,499 worldwide 2.1k citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Saurav Das United States · #1,226,940 worldwide 348 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Rita Seidel United States · #1,507,587 worldwide 1.8k citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Arash Ghalehgolabbehbahani United States · #2,663,297 worldwide 185 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Gladis M. Zinati United States · #2,873,898 worldwide 677 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Arianna Bozzolo United States · #2,884,131 worldwide 190 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Robert Rodale United States · #3,190,461 worldwide 160 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Hubert J. Karreman United States · #3,834,692 worldwide 241 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Rodale Institute

What are the most cited papers from Rodale Institute?

The most cited paper from Rodale Institute is "Environmental, Energetic, and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems" (David Mayke da Silva Pimentel, Paul Reed Hepperly, James Hanson et al., 2005), with 1,265 citations. Next come "Legume-based cropping systems have reduced carbon and nitrogen losses" (1,184) and "Soil Health and Sustainability" (826).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Environmental, Energetic, and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems David Mayke da Silva Pimentel, Paul Reed Hepperly, James Hanson et al. · BioScience Open access 2005 1,265
2 Legume-based cropping systems have reduced carbon and nitrogen losses Laurie E. Drinkwater, Peggy Wagoner, Marianne Sarrantonio · Nature Nov 1998 1,184
3 Soil Health and Sustainability J. W. Doran, Marianne Sarrantonio, Mark A. Liebig · Advances in agronomy Book chapter 1996 826
4 Contrasting pathways of carbon sequestration in paddy and upland soils Xiangbi Chen, Yajun Hu, Yinhang Xia et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 13 Mar 2021 433
5 Organic and Conventional Management Effects on Biologically Active Soil Organic Matter Pools Michelle M. Wander, Samuel J. Traina, Benjamin R. Stinner et al. · Soil Science Society of America Journal Jul 1994 391
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rodale Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Soil Fertility, Ecosystem Functioning, Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Microbial Communities, Biochar Application and Nitrogen Cycle.

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

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change6▲ 8.2×19 topics
  2. Soil Fertility4▲ 68×4 topics
  3. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 73×3 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 44×5 topics
  5. Soil Carbon Sequestration4▲ 160×2 topics
  6. Microbial Communities4▲ 29×3 topics
  7. Biochar Application3▲ 114×1 topic
  8. Nitrogen Cycle3▲ 177×1 topic
  9. Remote Sensing2▲ 6.3×9 topics
  10. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.8×6 topics
  11. Nitrogen Fixation2▲ 93×2 topics
  12. Rhizosphere Interactions2▲ 76×2 topics
  13. Agricultural Productivity2▲ 222×1 topic
  14. Intercropping2▲ 222×1 topic
  15. Machine Learning2▲ 1.81×3 topics
  16. Biodiversity2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  17. Soil Properties1▲ 26×2 topics
  18. Antioxidant1▲ 5.5×6 topics
  19. Digital Soil Mapping1▲ 168×1 topic
  20. Ecosystem Services1▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Geostatistics1▲ 168×1 topic
  22. Nutrient Cycling1▲ 50×2 topics

Which research topics does Rodale Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…3Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 3 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and …2Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 2 fractional worksSoil Geostatistics and M…1Soil Geostatistics and Mapping: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 1 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 1 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow: 1 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 1 fractional worksHelminth infection and control: 1 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 1 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 1 fractional works
Soil ScienceAgronomy and Crop ScienceEnvironmental EngineeringGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences6 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 3 works
  2. 2 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  3. 3 Soil Geostatistics and Mapping Environmental Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  5. 5 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 1 works
  6. 6 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 1 works
  8. 8 Helminth infection and control Small Animals 1 works
  9. 9 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 1 works
  10. 10 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rodale Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 158% higher 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 Rodale Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Rodale Institute0.00013% in 20251990200020102020

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

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