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Spices Board India

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Research works
102
▲ 124% vs 2018-21
Citations
845
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Spices Board India

Not ranked overall: Spices Board India 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 Spices Board India work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Spices Board India is in Life Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (50%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 22 fractional works · 69.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 49.6% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 34.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 9.1% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 21.6% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSpices BoardIndia32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences69%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences8%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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1649.6%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics39.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology39.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Materials Science26.3%
    2. Engineering25.1%
    3. Chemistry14.4%
    4. Computer Science12.7%
    5. Environmental Science12.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    1. Medicine27.5%
    2. Nursing00.3%
    1. Social Sciences01.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
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: 10.44× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27.33× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 2.79× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 27.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics27.33×3 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.44×16 works
  3. Chemistry2.79×1 works
  4. Materials Science1.81×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.74×3 works
  6. Nursing0.72×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.51×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.50×0 works
  9. Medicine0.39×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.35×1 works
  11. Engineering0.34×2 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.16×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.12×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Spices Board India?

Ranked on the quality score, K. M. Kuruvilla, K. Mary Mathew and Ashutosh Gautam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Spices Board India.

  1. 1 K. M. Kuruvilla India · #3,105,512 worldwide 135 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 K. Mary Mathew India · #3,444,480 worldwide 108 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Ashutosh Gautam India · #3,709,865 worldwide 498 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 K. A. Saju India · #4,618,310 worldwide 108 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 B. A. Gudade India · #4,743,816 worldwide 199 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 K. N. Harsha India · #4,783,532 worldwide 61 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Azhimala Bhaskaranpillai Remashree India · #4,926,916 worldwide 245 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 A. K. Vijayan India · #4,952,111 worldwide 60 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 T. N. Deka India · #5,051,731 worldwide 68 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 K. J. Madhusoodanan India · #5,184,817 worldwide 133 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Spices Board India

What are the most cited papers from Spices Board India?

The most cited paper from Spices Board India is "Red pepper (Capsicum annuum) carotenoids as a source of natural food colors: analysis and stability—a review" (Ranjith Arimboor, Ramesh Babu Natarajan, K.R.K. Menon et al., 2014), with 288 citations. Next come "Nutritional and Antinutritional Characteristics of Seven South Indian Wild Legumes" (102) and "Soil carbon dynamics in diverse organic land use systems in North Eastern Himalayan ecosystem of India" (89).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Red pepper (Capsicum annuum) carotenoids as a source of natural food colors: analysis and stability—a review Ranjith Arimboor, Ramesh Babu Natarajan, K.R.K. Menon et al. · Journal of Food Science and Technology Open access 29 Jan 2014 288
2 Nutritional and Antinutritional Characteristics of Seven South Indian Wild Legumes V. Vadivel, Karnam Janardhanan · Plant Foods for Human Nutrition Jun 2005 102
3 Soil carbon dynamics in diverse organic land use systems in North Eastern Himalayan ecosystem of India Subhash Babu, K.P. Mohapatra, Gulab Singh Yadav et al. · CATENA 15 Jul 2020 89
4 Nanostructured Ag/NiO composites for supercapacitor and antibacterial applications, and in-silico theoretical investigation Karuppaiah Chinnaiah, Karthik Thamarai Kannan, Raman Krishnamoorthi et al. · Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 21 Oct 2023 87
5 Optimization of multi-residue method for targeted screening and quantitation of 243 pesticide residues in cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) by gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) analysis T. P. Ahammed Shabeer, Rushali Girame, Sagar C. Utture et al. · Chemosphere Nov 2017 76
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Spices Board India?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant, Soil Fertility, Agricultural Practices, Cancer, Anti-inflammatory, Sustainable Development, Indigenous Knowledge and Local Soil Classification.

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

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Antioxidant5▲ 22×14 topics
  2. Soil Fertility4▲ 60×4 topics
  3. Agricultural Practices4▲ 312×2 topics
  4. Anti-inflammatory4▲ 40×8 topics
  5. Cancer4▲ 8.5×7 topics
  6. Sustainable Development4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  7. Indigenous Knowledge4▲ 106×1 topic
  8. Local Soil Classification4▲ 1517×1 topic
  9. Bioactive Compounds3▲ 38×3 topics
  10. Climate Change3▲ 3.1×7 topics
  11. Genetics3▲ 12×2 topics
  12. Diabetes2▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Banana2▲ 327×1 topic
  14. Domestication2▲ 147×1 topic
  15. Pharmacological2▲ 244×2 topics
  16. Ginger2▲ 430×1 topic
  17. Risk Assessment2▲ 10×3 topics
  18. Zingiber officinale2▲ 430×1 topic
  19. Food Safety2▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Antioxidant Activity2▲ 9.4×8 topics
  21. Biological Activities1▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Health Effects1▲ 6.4×3 topics
  23. Pharmacology1▲ 15×5 topics
  24. Environmental Monitoring1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  25. India1▲ 46×2 topics
  26. Inflammation1▲ 1.58×6 topics
  27. Medicinal Chemistry1▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Medicinal Plants1▲ 8.6×3 topics
  29. Method Validation1▲ 60×2 topics
  30. Sustainability1▲ 1.45×4 topics
  31. Antioxidants1▲ 7.4×5 topics
  32. Comet Assay1▲ 187×1 topic
  33. Genotoxicity Testing1▲ 187×1 topic
  34. Herbal Medicine1▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Mycotoxins1▲ 155×1 topic
  36. Toxicology1▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Spices Board India publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture, Banana Cultivation and Research, Ginger and Zingiberaceae research and Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food.

Indigenous Knowledge Sys…4Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture: 4 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 2 fractional worksGinger and Zingiberaceae research: 2 fractional worksMycotoxins in Agriculture and Food: 1 fractional worksCarcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…1Agricultural Economics and Practices: 1 fractional worksPesticide Residue Analysis and Safety: 1 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional worksMedicinal Plant Research: 0 fractional worksAgricultural Science and Fertilization: 0 fractional works
Plant SciencePharmacologyCancer ResearchGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences3 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture Plant Science 4 works
  2. 2 Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Science 2 works
  3. 3 Ginger and Zingiberaceae research Pharmacology 2 works
  4. 4 Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food Plant Science 1 works
  5. 5 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 1 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  7. 7 Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety Food Science 1 works
  8. 8 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  9. 9 Medicinal Plant Research Plant Science 0 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Science and Fertilization Soil Science 0 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 available41.4%not open58.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Spices Board India's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 124% 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 Spices Board India as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Spices Board India0.00011% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Spices Board India over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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