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Tropical Forest Research Institute

In research, Tropical Forest Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,577 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 14.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,295
of 28,054 · #33,113 all time
Rank in India
#1,679
of 1,840
Research works
417
▲ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Tropical Forest 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 #7,577 of 7,800 4.5%72 #13342

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 28.9 works15×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 53.5 works10.0×
← 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: 9.96× its world share, 54 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.63× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.46× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.80× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 2.41× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× 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, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tropical Forest Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, G. R. Rao, Hari Om Saxena and Rajesh K. Mishra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tropical Forest Research Institute.

  1. 1 G. R. Rao India · #1,314,031 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Hari Om Saxena India · #1,316,308 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Rajesh K. Mishra India · #1,335,761 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 N. Roychoudhury India · #1,357,459 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Naseer Mohammad India · #1,532,069 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 M. Rajkumar India · #1,619,618 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Rekha Agarwal India · #1,626,302 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Fatima Shirin India · #1,630,768 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Tropical Forest Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Tropical Forest Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicinal Plants, Antioxidant, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Anti-inflammatory, Sustainability, Herbal Medicine and Sustainable Agriculture.

▲ 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 Change13▲ 4.2×25 topics
  2. Medicinal Plants13▲ 28×9 topics
  3. Antioxidant11▲ 15×19 topics
  4. Sustainability11▲ 4.1×20 topics
  5. Anti-inflammatory9▲ 30×14 topics
  6. Biodiversity9▲ 11×17 topics
  7. Cancer7▲ 4.8×9 topics
  8. Herbal Medicine7▲ 21×4 topics
  9. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 18×7 topics
  10. Traditional Medicine6▲ 39×5 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity6▲ 8.3×12 topics
  12. Invasive Species6▲ 12×11 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 14×8 topics
  14. Drug Discovery6▲ 23×2 topics
  15. Ethnobotanical Survey6▲ 162×1 topic
  16. Pharmacology6▲ 20×7 topics
  17. Traditional Ecological Knowledge6▲ 119×1 topic
  18. Conservation5▲ 11×11 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services5▲ 11×7 topics
  20. Apoptosis5▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Agroforestry4▲ 61×3 topics
  22. Gene Expression4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity4▲ 8.6×9 topics
  24. Phylogeny4▲ 25×11 topics
  25. Antioxidants4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  26. Biogeography4▲ 14×9 topics
  27. Food Security4▲ 6.5×6 topics
  28. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Flavonoids4▲ 14×7 topics
  30. Biotechnology4▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation4▲ 77×1 topic
  32. Natural Products4▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Plant Secondary Metabolites4▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Allometric Models3▲ 60×2 topics
  35. Anticancer3▲ 18×7 topics
  36. Neuroprotective3▲ 19×7 topics
  37. Biomass Estimation3▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Bioactive Compounds3▲ 10.0×6 topics
  39. Climate Resilience3▲ 39×3 topics
  40. Nutritional Value3▲ 22×3 topics

Which research topics does Tropical Forest Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Forest ecology and management and Seed Germination and Physiology.

Ethnobotanical and Medic…6Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 6 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 4 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 2 fractional worksSeed Germination and Physiology: 2 fractional worksAgroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 2 fractional worksBamboo properties and applications: 2 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…2African Botany and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksPharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksBioactive natural compounds: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyNature and Landscape ConservationForestry2 others

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

  1. 1 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 6 works
  2. 2 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  4. 4 Seed Germination and Physiology Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 2 works
  6. 6 Bamboo properties and applications Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
  8. 8 Pharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants Pharmacology 2 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Systems and Practices Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Bioactive natural compounds Molecular Biology 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 available45.7%not open54.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tropical Forest Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% 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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