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San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center

In research, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,388 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences — Plant Science is 21.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,260
of 28,054 · #18,982 all time
Rank in United States
#2,312
of 4,192
Research works
447
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
26.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #6,388 of 7,800 19.3%62 #8011

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center 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 San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 21.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 28.1 works22×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 50.3 works14×
  3. Life SciencesDomain · 62.4 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: 14.21× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.83× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 3.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Joseph L. Smilanick, Elaine A. Backus and R. K. Yokomi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center.

  1. 1 Joseph L. Smilanick United States · #129,038 worldwide 260 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Elaine A. Backus United States · #282,265 worldwide 121 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 R. K. Yokomi United States · #298,864 worldwide 106 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Mark S. Sisterson United States · #512,799 worldwide 73 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Dong Wang United States · #751,022 worldwide 65 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Joel P. Siegel United States · #817,045 worldwide 51 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Jianchi Chen United States · #1,507,378 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center

Which keywords describe research at San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biological Control, Pathogen Transmission, Genome Sequencing, Huanglongbing, Phytoplasmas, Climate Change, Host Specificity and Plant Immunity.

▲ 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. Biological Control11▲ 95×9 topics
  2. Climate Change9▲ 4.4×20 topics
  3. Pathogen Transmission8▲ 152×2 topics
  4. Genome Sequencing7▲ 63×3 topics
  5. Huanglongbing7▲ 954×1 topic
  6. Phytoplasmas7▲ 954×1 topic
  7. Host Specificity5▲ 63×4 topics
  8. Plant Immunity5▲ 69×2 topics
  9. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles4▲ 148×1 topic
  10. Invasive Species4▲ 14×10 topics
  11. Jasmonate Signaling4▲ 148×1 topic
  12. Microbiota4▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Host-Pathogen Interactions4▲ 63×3 topics
  14. Vector Control4▲ 43×3 topics
  15. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 16×4 topics
  16. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 36×5 topics
  17. Genomics4▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Soil Fertility4▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Gene Silencing3▲ 46×1 topic
  20. Small RNAs3▲ 78×2 topics
  21. Viral RNA Silencing3▲ 118×1 topic
  22. Ecosystem Services3▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Genetics3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  24. Grapevine3▲ 108×2 topics
  25. Diversity3▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Genome Evolution3▲ 100×2 topics
  27. Molecular Identification3▲ 59×2 topics
  28. Symbiont3▲ 202×1 topic
  29. Transcriptome Analysis3▲ 65×2 topics
  30. Wolbachia3▲ 202×1 topic
  31. Anthocyanins3▲ 56×2 topics
  32. Disease Resistance3▲ 76×2 topics
  33. Pest Management3▲ 47×5 topics
  34. Genetic Diversity3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  35. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. Water Deficit3▲ 103×1 topic
  37. Wine Quality3▲ 103×1 topic
  38. Agroforestry3▲ 54×2 topics
  39. Endophytic Fungi3▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Insecticide Resistance3▲ 45×2 topics

Which research topics does San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant Virus Research Studies and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Phytoplasmas and Hemipte…7Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens: 7 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 4 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 3 fractional worksInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences: 3 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 3 fractional worksPlant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies: 3 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…2Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Genetics: 2 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 2 fractional worksResearch on scale insects: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceInsect ScienceCell BiologyMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens Plant Science 7 works
  2. 2 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 4 works
  3. 3 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Insect Science 3 works
  5. 5 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 2 works
  10. 10 Research on scale insects Insect Science 2 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 available48.0%not open52.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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