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Umeå Plant Science Centre

In research, Umeå Plant Science Centre stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,757 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Molecular Biology — Plant Science is 20.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,701
of 28,054 · #7,246 all time
Rank in Sweden
#54
of 125
Research works
764
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
67.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
41.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Umeå Plant Science Centre 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 #4,757 of 7,800 45.0%88 #2857

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Umeå Plant Science Centre 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 Umeå Plant Science Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 20.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 40.1 works20×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 48.7 works8.9×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 27.8 works8.0×
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 38.1 works6.2×
← 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: 8.94× its world share, 49 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.22× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.98× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Umeå Plant Science Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Stefan Jansson, Nathaniel R. Street and Harry X. Wu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Umeå Plant Science Centre.

  1. 1 Stefan Jansson Sweden · #240,465 worldwide 216 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Nathaniel R. Street Sweden · #389,922 worldwide 145 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Harry X. Wu Sweden · #889,447 worldwide 67 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Vaughan Hurry Sweden · #946,626 worldwide 85 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Umeå Plant Science Centre

Which keywords describe research at Umeå Plant Science Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Transcription Factors, Gene Expression, Epigenetic Regulation, Development, Plant, Climate Change, Plant Development and Anthocyanins.

▲ 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. Transcription Factors17▲ 121×4 topics
  2. Gene Expression17▲ 24×9 topics
  3. Epigenetic Regulation13▲ 52×4 topics
  4. Development12▲ 29×1 topic
  5. Plant12▲ 220×1 topic
  6. Climate Change11▲ 3.6×25 topics
  7. Plant Development6▲ 84×3 topics
  8. Anthocyanins6▲ 71×2 topics
  9. Metabolism5▲ 9.0×7 topics
  10. Signal Transduction5▲ 31×5 topics
  11. Genetic Regulation5▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Light Harvesting5▲ 113×1 topic
  13. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.7×14 topics
  14. Photosystem II5▲ 113×1 topic
  15. Pollen Tube Growth5▲ 184×1 topic
  16. Self-Incompatibility5▲ 184×1 topic
  17. Regulation5▲ 7.6×4 topics
  18. Metabolic Pathways4▲ 76×2 topics
  19. Flavonoid Biosynthesis4▲ 146×1 topic
  20. MYB4▲ 146×1 topic
  21. Reactive Oxygen Species4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  22. Phosphorus4▲ 42×3 topics
  23. Antioxidants4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  24. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 18×4 topics
  25. Biomedical Applications4▲ 2.9×5 topics
  26. Nitrogen4▲ 116×1 topic
  27. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 11×7 topics
  28. Root Architecture4▲ 116×1 topic
  29. Drought Resistance3▲ 29×3 topics
  30. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 20×5 topics
  31. Polysaccharides3▲ 36×2 topics
  32. Abiotic Stress3▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Enzymes3▲ 69×2 topics
  34. Hemicelluloses3▲ 81×1 topic
  35. Pectin3▲ 81×1 topic
  36. Plant Responses3▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Salt Tolerance3▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Host Recognition3▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Soil Carbon Sequestration2▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Mycorrhizal Fungi2▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Umeå Plant Science Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms and Plant Gene Expression Analysis.

Plant Molecular Biology …12Plant Molecular Biology Research: 12 fractional worksPlant Reproductive Biology5Plant Reproductive Biology: 5 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…5Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression Analysis: 4 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 4 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…3Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 3 fractional worksPolysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls: 3 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 2 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 2 fractional worksLight effects on plants: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape Conservation

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 12 works
  2. 2 Plant Reproductive Biology Molecular Biology 5 works
  3. 3 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 5 works
  4. 4 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 4 works
  6. 6 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  10. 10 Light effects on plants 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 available61.1%not open38.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.8%domestic only47.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Umeå Plant Science Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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