Question 1

What is Sainsbury Laboratory known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Sainsbury Laboratory stands highest in Life Sciences (#163 of 6,403 worldwide), Plant Science (#78 of 1,317 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#300 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science (Plant Science is 17.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Sainsbury Laboratory rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Sainsbury Laboratory ranks #1,582 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#759 all time), and #100 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Sainsbury Laboratory?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Cyril Zipfel, Sophien Kamoun and Jonathan D. G. Jones lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sainsbury Laboratory.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Sainsbury Laboratory?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Sainsbury Laboratory is "The plant immune system" (Jonathan D. G. Jones, Jeffery L. Dangl, 2006), with 13,434 citations. Next come "Plant pathogens and integrated defence responses to infection" (3,991) and "Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome" (3,439).

Question 5

Which research topics does Sainsbury Laboratory publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Academic Writing and Publishing and Plant Parasitism and Resistance.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Sainsbury Laboratory?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Plant Immunity, Rhizosphere Interactions, Pattern Recognition Receptors, Microbiome, Microbial Pathogens, Systemic Acquired Resistance and Genomics.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Sainsbury Laboratory work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Sainsbury Laboratory is in Life Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (34%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (23%), Neuroscience (8%). It does 4.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Sainsbury Laboratory's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.