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World Vegetable Center

In research, World Vegetable Center stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,669 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,409 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 27.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,410
of 28,054 · #20,727 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#155
of 221
Research works
474
▲ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
22.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is World Vegetable Center 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,669 of 3,409 29.2%71 #1835
Life SciencesDomain #6,409 of 7,800 26.9%82 #8754

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Vegetable Center 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 World Vegetable Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 27.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 47.4 works27×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 70.9 works15×
← 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: 14.94× its world share, 71 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.11× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 3.18× its world share, 2 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at World Vegetable Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Hanson, Roland Schafleitner and L. Kenyon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Vegetable Center.

  1. 1 Peter Hanson Taiwan · #321,966 worldwide 89 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Roland Schafleitner Taiwan · #362,869 worldwide 97 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 L. Kenyon Taiwan · #530,443 worldwide 69 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Luigi Guarino Taiwan · #601,137 worldwide 53 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 N.S. Talekar Taiwan · #707,558 worldwide 68 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 K. Weinberger Taiwan · #855,448 worldwide 20 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 R. Srinivasan Taiwan · #951,190 worldwide 48 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 G. Luther Taiwan · #1,064,393 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 M. L. Chadha Taiwan · #1,200,281 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at World Vegetable Center

Which keywords describe research at World Vegetable Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Drought Tolerance, Genetic Diversity, Breeding, Nutritional Quality, Genomics, Plant Immunity, Marker Development and Genetics.

▲ 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. Drought Tolerance10▲ 72×5 topics
  2. Genetic Diversity10▲ 22×13 topics
  3. Breeding10▲ 127×4 topics
  4. Nutritional Quality10▲ 126×4 topics
  5. Climate Change8▲ 3.1×29 topics
  6. Genomics8▲ 28×5 topics
  7. Plant Immunity8▲ 82×2 topics
  8. Marker Development7▲ 148×3 topics
  9. Sustainability7▲ 2.8×21 topics
  10. Genetics6▲ 9.2×5 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 18×8 topics
  12. Domestication5▲ 99×3 topics
  13. Host Specificity5▲ 46×4 topics
  14. Rhizosphere Interactions5▲ 59×2 topics
  15. Food Security5▲ 8.6×14 topics
  16. Antioxidant Activity5▲ 7.3×11 topics
  17. Small RNAs5▲ 78×2 topics
  18. Gene Silencing4▲ 45×1 topic
  19. Viral RNA Silencing4▲ 117×1 topic
  20. Biological Control4▲ 29×6 topics
  21. QTL Mapping4▲ 37×5 topics
  22. Agricultural Sustainability4▲ 37×4 topics
  23. Climate Resilience4▲ 70×2 topics
  24. Cowpea4▲ 158×1 topic
  25. Legume Crop4▲ 158×1 topic
  26. Nitrogen Fixation4▲ 53×2 topics
  27. Antioxidant Properties4▲ 25×4 topics
  28. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 9.6×10 topics
  29. Genome Sequencing4▲ 22×5 topics
  30. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 16×5 topics
  31. Heterosis3▲ 89×2 topics
  32. Nutritional Value3▲ 31×3 topics
  33. Type III Secretion System3▲ 62×2 topics
  34. Microbiome3▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Bacterial Blight3▲ 156×1 topic
  36. Functional Foods3▲ 35×3 topics
  37. Microbial Pathogens3▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Pattern Recognition Receptors3▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Phytochemicals3▲ 29×3 topics
  40. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria3▲ 156×1 topic

Which research topics does World Vegetable Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Virus Research Studies, Agricultural pest management studies, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies.

Plant Virus Research Stu…4Plant Virus Research Studies: 4 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…4Agricultural pest management studies: 4 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 3 fractional worksPlant Pathogenic Bacteri…3Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Practices a…3Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 3 fractional worksSeed and Plant Biochemistry: 3 fractional worksGenetic and Environmental Crop Studies: 3 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…2Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 2 fractional worksAdvances in Cucurbitaceae Research: 2 fractional worksBanana Cultivation and Research: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceFood ScienceInsect ScienceGenetics

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

  1. 1 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 4 works
  2. 2 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 4 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Science 3 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Seed and Plant Biochemistry Food Science 3 works
  7. 7 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 2 works
  9. 9 Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Banana Cultivation and Research 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 available52.2%not open47.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.4%domestic only48.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has World Vegetable Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% 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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