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South Australian Research and Development Institute

In research, South Australian Research and Development Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,457 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science — Plant Science is 11.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,620
of 28,054 · #8,973 all time
Rank in Australia
#234
of 391
Research works
1.3k
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
30.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is South Australian Research and Development Institute 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 #5,457 of 7,800 27.9%69 #4103

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where South Australian Research and Development 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does South Australian Research and Development Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 23.5 works12×
← 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: 10.06× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.82× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.29× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 29.07× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 29.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South Australian Research and Development Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Víctor O. Sadras, Jason E. Tanner and Xiaoxu Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South Australian Research and Development Institute.

  1. 1 Víctor O. Sadras Australia · #133,038 worldwide 560 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Jason E. Tanner Australia · #403,520 worldwide 194 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Xiaoxu Li Australia · #490,374 worldwide 151 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Peter Hayman Australia · #579,716 worldwide 87 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 David O. Kleemann Australia · #683,510 worldwide 34 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 P. C. Glatz Australia · #690,661 worldwide 47 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 R. J. van Barneveld Australia · #741,595 worldwide 76 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Mark Sosnowski Australia · #833,410 worldwide 68 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 S.A. Shepherd Australia · #981,536 worldwide 86 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Paul R. Petrie Australia · #988,329 worldwide 62 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at South Australian Research and Development Institute

Which keywords describe research at South Australian Research and Development Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Drought Tolerance, Genetic Diversity, Animal Welfare, Fisheries Sustainability, Dairy Cattle and Nitrogen Fixation.

▲ 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. Climate Change23▲ 7.3×40 topics
  2. Aquaculture7▲ 22×4 topics
  3. Drought Tolerance6▲ 39×7 topics
  4. Animal Welfare6▲ 60×4 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity6▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Dairy Cattle6▲ 97×2 topics
  7. Fisheries Sustainability6▲ 57×2 topics
  8. Nitrogen Fixation6▲ 72×2 topics
  9. Breeding6▲ 65×3 topics
  10. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.9×9 topics
  11. Gut Microbiota6▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Heat Stress5▲ 58×2 topics
  13. Food Security5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  14. Invasive Species5▲ 11×13 topics
  15. Genetics5▲ 6.3×5 topics
  16. Marker Development5▲ 86×3 topics
  17. Host Recognition5▲ 58×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  19. Probiotics4▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Nutritional Quality4▲ 50×3 topics
  21. Conservation4▲ 8.3×9 topics
  22. Energy Balance4▲ 62×2 topics
  23. Genome Analysis4▲ 35×3 topics
  24. Symbiosis4▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Legumes4▲ 99×1 topic
  26. Rhizobium4▲ 99×1 topic
  27. Reproductive Loss4▲ 122×1 topic
  28. Uterine Disease4▲ 122×1 topic
  29. Genetic Improvement4▲ 35×4 topics
  30. Trophic Cascades4▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Amino Acids4▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Ecosystem Management4▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Emotional State4▲ 100×1 topic
  35. Genome Sequencing4▲ 19×5 topics
  36. Marine Environment4▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Marine Fisheries4▲ 74×1 topic
  38. Stress Indicators4▲ 100×1 topic
  39. Feed Additives3▲ 51×2 topics
  40. Plant Breeding3▲ 30×4 topics

Which research topics does South Australian Research and Development Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Marine and fisheries research.

Legume Nitrogen Fixing S…4Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 4 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …4Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 4 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 4 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…4Marine and fisheries research: 4 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…3Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 3 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 3 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…2Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 2 fractional worksGenetic and Environmental Crop Studies: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceAgronomy and Crop ScienceSmall AnimalsGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 4 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 4 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  5. 5 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 3 works
  6. 6 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  7. 7 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  9. 9 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 2 works
  10. 10 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies Plant 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.2%domestic only71.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South Australian Research and Development Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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