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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.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 20.7 works52×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 72.5 works13×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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. 1 Walter Hough ?? · #1,128,942 worldwide 25 citations · 47 works
    All ranked researchers at Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station

    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.

    ▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

    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
    1. Biological Control15▲ 67×5 topics
    2. Gut Microbiota13▲ 30×5 topics
    3. Climate Change12▲ 3.6×18 topics
    4. Invasive Species10▲ 13×9 topics
    5. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles10▲ 129×1 topic
    6. Jasmonate Signaling10▲ 129×1 topic
    7. Genetic Diversity8▲ 13×7 topics
    8. Pest Management8▲ 73×5 topics
    9. Heat Stress8▲ 70×2 topics
    10. Amino Acids8▲ 48×2 topics
    11. Probiotics7▲ 23×4 topics
    12. Antibiotic Alternatives7▲ 80×1 topic
    13. Poultry Production7▲ 80×1 topic
    14. Genomic Sequencing6▲ 34×4 topics
    15. Biopesticides6▲ 69×2 topics
    16. Marker-Assisted Selection6▲ 47×3 topics
    17. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.2×9 topics
    18. Microbiota5▲ 19×4 topics
    19. Honey Bees5▲ 56×1 topic
    20. Neonicotinoids5▲ 56×1 topic
    21. Plant Breeding5▲ 37×3 topics
    22. Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 16×7 topics
    23. Milk Composition5▲ 68×2 topics
    24. Microbial Community5▲ 39×2 topics
    25. Animal Breeding5▲ 62×1 topic
    26. Genomic Selection5▲ 62×1 topic
    27. Genomics5▲ 10×4 topics
    28. Insecticide Resistance4▲ 36×2 topics
    29. Antioxidants4▲ 8.0×4 topics
    30. Methane Production4▲ 84×1 topic
    31. Ruminant Nutrition4▲ 84×1 topic
    32. Bark Beetles4▲ 120×1 topic
    33. Food Security4▲ 8.2×7 topics
    34. Forest Pests4▲ 120×1 topic
    35. Botanical Insecticides4▲ 69×1 topic
    36. Essential Oils4▲ 29×1 topic
    37. Meat Quality3▲ 29×3 topics
    38. Vaccine Development3▲ 8.8×3 topics
    39. Animal Welfare3▲ 23×3 topics
    40. 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.

    1. 1 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 10 works
    2. 2 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 7 works
    3. 3 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 5 works
    4. 4 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 5 works
    5. 5 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
    6. 6 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 4 works
    7. 7 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 4 works
    8. 8 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 3 works
    9. 9 Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control Insect Science 2 works
    10. 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.

    openly available32.3%not open67.7%

    World: 28% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors1.2%domestic only98.8%

    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.

    199020002010
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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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