Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
- World rank, all time
- #40,338 of 42,892
- Rank in ??
- #855 of 1,041
- Research works
- 127 ▲ 6% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 2.7k 20.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 18.8% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 32% world 28%
What does Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 52.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Insect ScienceSubfield · 20.7 works52×
- Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 72.5 works13×
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.
Who are the top researchers at Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station?
Ranked on the composite score, Walter Hough lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station.
- 1 Walter Hough ?? · #1,128,942 worldwide 25 citations · 47 works
Which keywords describe research at Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station?
By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biological Control, Gut Microbiota, Invasive Species, Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles, Jasmonate Signaling, Climate Change, Pest Management and Genetic Diversity.
- Transcriptome Analysis
- Vaccine Development
- Essential Oils
- Forest Pests
- Bark Beetles
- Methane Production
- Insecticide Resistance
- Genomic Selection
- Microbial Community
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Neonicotinoids
- Microbiota
- Marker-Assisted Selection
- Genomic Sequencing
- Antibiotic Alternatives
- Amino Acids
- Pest Management
- Jasmonate Signaling
- Invasive Species
- Gut Microbiota
- Biological Control
- Climate Change
- Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles
- Genetic Diversity
- Heat Stress
- Probiotics
- Poultry Production
- Biopesticides
- Environmental Impact
- Honey Bees
- Plant Breeding
- Milk Composition
- Animal Breeding
- Genomics
- Antioxidants
- Ruminant Nutrition
- Food Security
- Botanical Insecticides
- Meat Quality
- Animal Welfare
Size is fractional works in all years 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
- Biological Control15▲ 67×5 topics
- Gut Microbiota13▲ 30×5 topics
- Climate Change12▲ 3.6×18 topics
- Invasive Species10▲ 13×9 topics
- Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles10▲ 129×1 topic
- Jasmonate Signaling10▲ 129×1 topic
- Genetic Diversity8▲ 13×7 topics
- Pest Management8▲ 73×5 topics
- Heat Stress8▲ 70×2 topics
- Amino Acids8▲ 48×2 topics
- Probiotics7▲ 23×4 topics
- Antibiotic Alternatives7▲ 80×1 topic
- Poultry Production7▲ 80×1 topic
- Genomic Sequencing6▲ 34×4 topics
- Biopesticides6▲ 69×2 topics
- Marker-Assisted Selection6▲ 47×3 topics
- Environmental Impact6▲ 3.2×9 topics
- Microbiota5▲ 19×4 topics
- Honey Bees5▲ 56×1 topic
- Neonicotinoids5▲ 56×1 topic
- Plant Breeding5▲ 37×3 topics
- Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 16×7 topics
- Milk Composition5▲ 68×2 topics
- Microbial Community5▲ 39×2 topics
- Animal Breeding5▲ 62×1 topic
- Genomic Selection5▲ 62×1 topic
- Genomics5▲ 10×4 topics
- Insecticide Resistance4▲ 36×2 topics
- Antioxidants4▲ 8.0×4 topics
- Methane Production4▲ 84×1 topic
- Ruminant Nutrition4▲ 84×1 topic
- Bark Beetles4▲ 120×1 topic
- Food Security4▲ 8.2×7 topics
- Forest Pests4▲ 120×1 topic
- Botanical Insecticides4▲ 69×1 topic
- Essential Oils4▲ 29×1 topic
- Meat Quality3▲ 29×3 topics
- Vaccine Development3▲ 8.8×3 topics
- Animal Welfare3▲ 23×3 topics
- Transcriptome Analysis3▲ 31×3 topics
Which research topics does Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station publish most on?
By volume: Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Insect and Pesticide Research and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 10 works
- 2 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 7 works
- 3 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 5 works
- 4 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 5 works
- 5 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
- 6 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 4 works
- 7 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 4 works
- 8 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 3 works
- 9 Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control Insect Science 2 works
- 10 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.
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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