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World Vegetable Center

In research, World Vegetable Center stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#950 of 3,157 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,807 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Plant Science is 22.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,084
of 22,385 · #20,262 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#172
of 185
Research works
474
▲ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
22.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
World Vegetable Center

What is World Vegetable Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #950 of 3,157 19.9%71 #1294
Life SciencesDomain #2,807 of 6,403 18.1%82 #3402

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does World Vegetable Center work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at World Vegetable Center is in Life Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (59%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 4.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 99 fractional works · 69.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 85 fractional works · 59.4% of its workPlant Science: 55 fractional works · 38.9% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 16.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 7.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKWorld VegetableCenter142fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences70%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences17%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8559.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology139.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting117.7%
    2. Social Sciences64.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.9%
    4. Decision Sciences21.2%
    5. Psychology10.7%
    1. Environmental Science96.6%
    2. Engineering21.4%
    3. Computer Science10.6%
    4. Chemistry00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine31.9%
    2. Nursing21.6%
    3. Health Professions10.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does World Vegetable Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 22.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 55.4 works22×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 84.5 works12×
← 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: 12.50× its world share, 84 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 3.27× its world share, 2 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.39× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.50×84 works
  2. Nursing3.27×2 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.39×11 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.74×13 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.35×4 works
  6. Environmental Science1.33×9 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.22×2 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.11×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.35×6 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.25×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.23×0 works
  13. Psychology0.23×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  15. Medicine0.10×3 works
  16. Engineering0.09×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.08×1 works
  18. Energy0.08×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at World Vegetable Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Roland Schafleitner and Maarten van Zonneveld lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Vegetable Center.

  1. 1 Pepijn Schreinemachers Taiwan · #112,228 worldwide 5.8k citations · 228 works
  2. 2 Roland Schafleitner Taiwan · #265,811 worldwide 5k citations · 207 works
  3. 3 Maarten van Zonneveld Taiwan · #334,739 worldwide 2.6k citations · 164 works
  4. 4 Lukas Pawera Taiwan · #718,761 worldwide 823 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Ray-Yu Yang Taiwan · #852,280 worldwide 3.2k citations · 78 works
  6. 6 Andreas W. Ebert Taiwan · #1,131,420 worldwide 3.5k citations · 137 works
  7. 7 Ya‐Ping Lin Taiwan · #1,142,525 worldwide 2.3k citations · 144 works
  8. 8 J. D. H. Keatinge Taiwan · #1,321,109 worldwide 1.2k citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Ramasamy Srinivasan Taiwan · #1,359,039 worldwide 605 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Huei-Mei Chen Taiwan · #1,726,688 worldwide 1.3k citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at World Vegetable Center

What are the most cited papers from World Vegetable Center?

The most cited paper from World Vegetable Center is "Genome sequence of mungbean and insights into evolution within Vigna species" (Yang Jae Kang et al., 2014), with 604 citations. Next come "Global food insecurity and famine from reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate disruption from nuclear war soot injection" (400) and "Potential of Underutilized Traditional Vegetables and Legume Crops to Contribute to Food and Nutritional Security, Income and More Sustainable Production Systems" (383).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genome sequence of mungbean and insights into evolution within Vigna species Yang Jae Kang et al. · Nature Communications Open access 11 Nov 2014 604
2 Global food insecurity and famine from reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate disruption from nuclear war soot injection Lili Xia, Alan D. Robock, Kim Scherrer et al. · Nature Food Open access 15 Aug 2022 400
3 Potential of Underutilized Traditional Vegetables and Legume Crops to Contribute to Food and Nutritional Security, Income and More Sustainable Production Systems Andreas W. Ebert · Sustainability Open access 7 Jan 2014 383
4 Diversification into Horticulture and Poverty Reduction: A Research Agenda K. Weinberger, Thomas A. Lumpkin · World Development 14 Jun 2007 361
5 Tapping the economic and nutritional power of vegetables Pepijn Schreinemachers, Emmy B. Simmons, Marco C. S. Wopereis · Global Food Security Open access 12 Oct 2017 349
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at World Vegetable Center?

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

▲ 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-now 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 Tolerance12▲ 62×6 topics
  2. Breeding12▲ 108×5 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity12▲ 19×13 topics
  4. Nutritional Quality11▲ 109×4 topics
  5. Sustainability11▲ 3.2×23 topics
  6. Climate Change10▲ 2.7×30 topics
  7. Genomics10▲ 24×7 topics
  8. Plant Immunity9▲ 66×2 topics
  9. Marker Development9▲ 131×3 topics
  10. Genetics8▲ 7.5×5 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 15×9 topics
  12. Food Security7▲ 8.7×14 topics
  13. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.6×18 topics
  14. Antioxidant Activity6▲ 6.9×13 topics
  15. Host Specificity6▲ 37×4 topics
  16. Domestication6▲ 83×3 topics
  17. Biological Control6▲ 26×8 topics
  18. Rhizosphere Interactions6▲ 45×2 topics
  19. Small RNAs5▲ 66×2 topics
  20. Climate Resilience5▲ 62×2 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 9.7×10 topics
  22. Gene Silencing5▲ 39×1 topic
  23. Viral RNA Silencing5▲ 102×1 topic
  24. Agricultural Sustainability5▲ 32×4 topics
  25. QTL Mapping5▲ 31×6 topics
  26. Leadership5▲ 7.2×4 topics
  27. Cowpea5▲ 143×1 topic
  28. Legume Crop5▲ 143×1 topic
  29. Risk Management5▲ 6.8×6 topics
  30. Ecosystem Services4▲ 8.0×6 topics
  31. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 15×5 topics
  32. Nutritional Value4▲ 26×3 topics
  33. Antioxidant Properties4▲ 20×4 topics
  34. Strategic Planning4▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Type III Secretion System4▲ 49×2 topics
  36. Microbiome4▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Nitrogen Fixation4▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Functional Foods4▲ 29×3 topics
  39. Genome Sequencing4▲ 17×5 topics
  40. Heterosis4▲ 68×2 topics

Which research topics does World Vegetable Center publish most on?

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

Plant Virus Research Stu…5Plant Virus Research Studies: 5 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…5Agricultural pest management studies: 5 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 4 fractional worksPlant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies: 4 fractional worksSeed and Plant Biochemistry: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 3 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 3 fractional worksGenetic and Environmenta…3Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies: 3 fractional worksOrganizational Change and Leadership: 3 fractional worksAdvances in Cucurbitaceae Research: 2 fractional works
Plant ScienceFood ScienceInsect ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 5 works
  2. 2 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 5 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 4 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Science 4 works
  5. 5 Seed and Plant Biochemistry Food Science 3 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 3 works
  8. 8 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies Plant Science 3 works
  9. 9 Organizational Change and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  10. 10 Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research Genetics 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has World Vegetable Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is World Vegetable Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%World Vegetable Center0.00054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of World Vegetable Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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