Question 1

What is World Vegetable Center known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does World Vegetable Center rank in research?

Accepted Answer

World Vegetable Center ranks #21,084 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#20,262 all time), and #172 of 185 in Taiwan.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at World Vegetable Center?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from World Vegetable Center?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does World Vegetable Center publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at World Vegetable Center?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does World Vegetable Center work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is World Vegetable Center's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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

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