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Sweet Potato Research Institute

In research, Sweet Potato Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,041 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 25.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,680
of 28,054 · #26,160 all time
Rank in China
#2,505
of 3,058
Research works
297
▲ 96% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Sweet Potato Research 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 #6,041 of 7,800 37.0%74 #10663

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sweet Potato Research 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 Sweet Potato Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 25.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 43.3 works26×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 55.1 works12×
  3. Life SciencesDomain · 74.2 works5.8×
← 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: 11.90× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.53× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 5.46× its world share, 3 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sweet Potato Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Daifu Ma and Dongjing Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sweet Potato Research Institute.

  1. 1 Daifu Ma China · #210,422 worldwide 59 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Dongjing Yang China · #1,355,854 worldwide 18 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Sweet Potato Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Sweet Potato Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Metabolism, Antioxidants, Transcription Factors, Genetic Regulation, Plant Development, Plant Immunity and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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. Gene Expression10▲ 17×8 topics
  2. Metabolism7▲ 15×8 topics
  3. Antioxidants7▲ 17×6 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress7▲ 4.5×9 topics
  5. Transcription Factors7▲ 60×2 topics
  6. Genetic Regulation7▲ 43×3 topics
  7. Plant Development6▲ 103×3 topics
  8. Plant Immunity6▲ 64×2 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity6▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Phosphorus6▲ 66×2 topics
  11. Signal Transduction5▲ 38×4 topics
  12. Drought Resistance5▲ 56×3 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  14. Reactive Oxygen Species5▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Nitrogen5▲ 164×1 topic
  16. Regulation5▲ 8.9×5 topics
  17. Root Architecture5▲ 164×1 topic
  18. Abiotic Stress4▲ 66×2 topics
  19. Plant Responses4▲ 58×2 topics
  20. Anthocyanins4▲ 64×2 topics
  21. Salt Tolerance4▲ 89×1 topic
  22. Stress Signaling4▲ 89×1 topic
  23. Epigenetic Regulation4▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Soil Fertility4▲ 18×3 topics
  25. MicroRNA4▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Development4▲ 11×1 topic
  27. Plant4▲ 82×1 topic
  28. Rhizosphere Interactions4▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 5.6×10 topics
  30. Metabolic Pathways3▲ 68×2 topics
  31. Small RNAs3▲ 59×2 topics
  32. Flavonoid Biosynthesis3▲ 128×1 topic
  33. Health Benefits3▲ 10×6 topics
  34. MYB3▲ 128×1 topic
  35. QTL Mapping3▲ 29×5 topics
  36. Gene Silencing3▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Pattern Recognition Receptors3▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Viral RNA Silencing3▲ 80×1 topic
  39. Microbial Pathogens3▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Systemic Acquired Resistance3▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does Sweet Potato Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Molecular Biology Research and Plant Gene Expression Analysis.

Plant nutrient uptake an…5Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 5 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…4Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 4 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …4Plant Molecular Biology Research: 4 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression An…3Plant Gene Expression Analysis: 3 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 3 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 3 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing S…2Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 2 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 2 fractional worksPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management: 2 fractional worksPlant responses to water stress: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyHorticulture

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

  1. 1 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 5 works
  2. 2 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 4 works
  3. 3 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 4 works
  4. 4 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 2 works
  9. 9 Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Plant responses to water stress 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 available42.4%not open57.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sweet Potato Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 96% higher 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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