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The Land Institute

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World rank, all time
#33,681
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,176
of 8,685
Research works
152
▲ 126% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What does The Land Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 13.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 24.2 works13×
← 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: 13.33× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEnergy: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.37× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksNursingPsychology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Land Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Timothy E. Crews lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Land Institute.

  1. 1 Timothy E. Crews United States · #302,434 worldwide 120 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at The Land Institute

Which keywords describe research at The Land Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Carbon Sequestration, Genetic Improvement, Biomass Production, Bioenergy Crops, Switchgrass, Climate Change and Biodiversity.

▲ 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. Sustainable Agriculture8▲ 63×6 topics
  2. Soil Carbon Sequestration6▲ 218×2 topics
  3. Genetic Improvement6▲ 165×3 topics
  4. Biomass Production5▲ 866×2 topics
  5. Climate Change5▲ 4.8×15 topics
  6. Bioenergy Crops5▲ 971×1 topic
  7. Switchgrass5▲ 971×1 topic
  8. Biodiversity3▲ 12×9 topics
  9. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 32×3 topics
  10. QTL Mapping2▲ 52×4 topics
  11. Invasive Species2▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Crop Improvement2▲ 107×2 topics
  13. Nitrogen Fixation2▲ 76×2 topics
  14. Conservation2▲ 11×4 topics
  15. Genome Sequencing2▲ 33×3 topics
  16. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 13×4 topics
  17. Rhizosphere Interactions2▲ 57×2 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity2▲ 9.8×8 topics
  19. Soil Fertility2▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Agricultural Productivity2▲ 147×1 topic
  21. Breeding2▲ 56×3 topics
  22. Genetics2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  23. Intercropping2▲ 147×1 topic
  24. Microbial Communities2▲ 9.7×1 topic
  25. Nitrogen Cycle2▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Drought Resistance2▲ 41×3 topics
  27. Global Change2▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Ecosystem1▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Disease Resistance1▲ 69×2 topics
  30. Genomic Diversity1▲ 93×1 topic
  31. Quantitative Trait Loci1▲ 61×3 topics
  32. Wheat1▲ 156×1 topic
  33. Yield Potential1▲ 61×2 topics
  34. Drought Tolerance1▲ 23×4 topics
  35. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Mycorrhizal Fungi1▲ 41×2 topics
  37. Smallholder Farmers1▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Water Quality1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  39. Biological Control1▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Health Benefits1▲ 8.3×3 topics

Which research topics does The Land Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bioenergy crop production and management, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology.

Bioenergy crop productio…5Bioenergy crop production and management: 5 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and …2Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 2 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…2Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 2 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 1 fractional worksTurfgrass Adaptation and Management: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…1Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 1 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 1 fractional worksSeed and Plant Biochemistry: 1 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 1 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSoil SciencePlant ScienceEnvironmental Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Bioenergy crop production and management Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  2. 2 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 2 works
  4. 4 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 1 works
  5. 5 Turfgrass Adaptation and Management Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 1 works
  8. 8 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Seed and Plant Biochemistry Food Science 1 works
  10. 10 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 1 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 available49.4%not open50.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Land Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 126% 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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