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Syngenta (United Kingdom)

In research, Syngenta (United Kingdom) stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,195 of 6,403 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,385 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry and Chemistry (Organic Chemistry is 17.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,490
of 22,385 · #2,348 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#214
of 862
Research works
1.2k
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
50k
41.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Syngenta (United Kingdom)

What is Syngenta (United Kingdom) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,195 of 6,403 16.4%87 #1172
Physical SciencesDomain #3,385 of 10,670 11.2%71 #1997

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Syngenta (United Kingdom) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Syngenta (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Syngenta (United Kingdom) is in Life Sciences, 40% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (27%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Chemistry (16%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 96 fractional works · 49.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 53 fractional works · 27.2% of its workPlant Science: 23 fractional works · 12.0% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 6.0% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 12.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 78 fractional works · 39.8% of its workChemistry: 32 fractional works · 16.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 13.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 11.3% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSyngenta (UnitedKingdom)195fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences49%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences9%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5327.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3517.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics42.3%
    4. Neuroscience21.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    1. Chemistry3216.4%
    2. Environmental Science2211.3%
    3. Engineering94.7%
    4. Materials Science73.3%
    5. Computer Science42.2%
    6. Chemical Engineering21.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine167.9%
    2. Veterinary21.0%
    3. Health Professions10.3%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences10.6%
    2. Social Sciences10.4%
    3. Psychology00.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Syngenta (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 17.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 26.1 works18×
  2. ChemistryField · 32.0 works10×
← 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: 5.73× its world share, 53 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.36× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.54× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.11× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 10.44× its world share, 32 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.28× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.08× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry10.44×32 works
  2. Veterinary7.08×2 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.54×4 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.73×53 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.36×35 works
  6. Chemical Engineering3.11×2 works
  7. Environmental Science2.28×22 works
  8. Materials Science0.96×6 works
  9. Neuroscience0.76×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.63×1 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×1 works
  12. Medicine0.41×16 works
  13. Nursing0.38×0 works
  14. Engineering0.32×9 works
  15. Computer Science0.28×4 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.12×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.12×1 works
  20. Energy0.09×0 works
  21. Psychology0.06×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  24. Social Sciences0.03×1 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Syngenta (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Charles Baxter, Andrew J. Crossthwaite and Michael Csukai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Syngenta (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Charles Baxter United Kingdom · #295,592 worldwide 3.6k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Andrew J. Crossthwaite United Kingdom · #397,620 worldwide 2.4k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Michael Csukai United Kingdom · #398,231 worldwide 3.3k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Philip A. Botham United Kingdom · #532,409 worldwide 3.7k citations · 96 works
  5. 5 James A. Morris United Kingdom · #701,196 worldwide 1.5k citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Peter Sutton United Kingdom · #717,024 worldwide 1.4k citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Philip G. Madgwick United Kingdom · #762,905 worldwide 384 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Rachel Drake United Kingdom · #793,080 worldwide 3.9k citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Alan F. Raybould United Kingdom · #807,014 worldwide 6.2k citations · 135 works
  10. 10 Yu‐Cheng Gu United Kingdom · #911,028 worldwide 14k citations · 680 works
All ranked researchers at Syngenta (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Syngenta (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Syngenta (United Kingdom) is "A simple and rapid method for the preparation of plant genomic DNA for PCR analysis" (Keith J. Edwards, CN Johnstone, Craig B. Thompson, 1991), with 2,673 citations. Next come "The strobilurin fungicides" (1,719) and "Improving the nutritional value of Golden Rice through increased pro-vitamin A content" (1,460).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A simple and rapid method for the preparation of plant genomic DNA for PCR analysis Keith J. Edwards, CN Johnstone, Craig B. Thompson · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 1991 2,673
2 The strobilurin fungicides Dave Bartlett, John M. Clough, Jeremy Godwin et al. · Pest Management Science 23 May 2002 1,719
3 Improving the nutritional value of Golden Rice through increased pro-vitamin A content Jacqueline A Paine, Catherine A Shipton, Sunandha Chaggar et al. · Nature Biotechnology 27 Mar 2005 1,460
4 A MADS-Box Gene Necessary for Fruit Ripening at the Tomato Ripening-Inhibitor ( Rin ) Locus Julia Vrebalov, Diane M. Ruezinsky, Veeraragavan Padmanabhan et al. · Science 12 Apr 2002 1,152
5 ESOL: Estimating Aqueous Solubility Directly from Molecular Structure John S. Delaney · Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences 13 Mar 2004 1,140
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Syngenta (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Pesticides, Risk Assessment, Food Safety, Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicity, Herbicides and Bioremediation.

▲ 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 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. Environmental Impact18▲ 5.3×12 topics
  2. Pesticides14▲ 104×3 topics
  3. Risk Assessment14▲ 11×8 topics
  4. Food Safety13▲ 24×6 topics
  5. Medicinal Chemistry11▲ 21×8 topics
  6. Toxicity9▲ 10×8 topics
  7. Herbicides8▲ 116×2 topics
  8. Bioremediation8▲ 32×3 topics
  9. Organic Synthesis8▲ 33×8 topics
  10. Degradation7▲ 168×1 topic
  11. Mass Spectrometry7▲ 24×5 topics
  12. Pollution7▲ 19×1 topic
  13. Health Effects7▲ 6.0×10 topics
  14. Gut Microbiota7▲ 10×2 topics
  15. Immune System7▲ 15×5 topics
  16. Liquid Chromatography7▲ 58×2 topics
  17. Environmental Risk Assessment7▲ 40×4 topics
  18. Honey Bees6▲ 61×1 topic
  19. Neonicotinoids6▲ 61×1 topic
  20. Viral Pathogens6▲ 47×2 topics
  21. Synthesis6▲ 8.6×16 topics
  22. Pharmacology6▲ 13×13 topics
  23. Drug Discovery6▲ 14×8 topics
  24. Method Validation6▲ 54×2 topics
  25. Biomarkers6▲ 4.2×6 topics
  26. Biological Control6▲ 19×7 topics
  27. Multiresidue Method6▲ 158×1 topic
  28. Pesticide Residues6▲ 158×1 topic
  29. Natural Products6▲ 19×7 topics
  30. Transition Metal Catalysis6▲ 33×3 topics
  31. Marine Natural Products5▲ 62×2 topics
  32. Invasive Species5▲ 6.0×8 topics
  33. Neurotoxicity5▲ 21×5 topics
  34. Antibiotics4▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Genome Sequencing4▲ 14×5 topics
  36. Exposure4▲ 44×3 topics
  37. Chronic Diseases4▲ 8.2×2 topics
  38. Transition Metal Complexes4▲ 23×4 topics
  39. Weed Control4▲ 76×2 topics
  40. Enantioselective Synthesis4▲ 34×4 topics

Which research topics does Syngenta (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity.

Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies: 7 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 6 fractional worksPesticide Residue Analys…6Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety: 6 fractional worksPesticide Exposure and T…4Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity: 4 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 3 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 3 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Ge…3Insect Resistance and Genetics: 3 fractional worksWeed Control and Herbici…3Weed Control and Herbicide Applications: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Toxicology…3Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: 3 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…3Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 3 fractional works
PollutionInsect ScienceFood SciencePlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies Pollution 7 works
  2. 2 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 6 works
  3. 3 Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety Food Science 6 works
  4. 4 Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity Plant Science 4 works
  5. 5 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 3 works
  6. 6 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 3 works
  7. 7 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Weed Control and Herbicide Applications Plant Science 3 works
  9. 9 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  10. 10 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 3 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.7%domestic only59.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Syngenta (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Syngenta (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00085% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Syngenta (United Kingdom)0.00073% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Syngenta (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Syngenta (United Kingdom)14.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.2% in 2013.

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