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Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops

In research, Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,488 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Molecular Biology — Plant Science is 17.2× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#17,309
of 28,054 · #32,109 all time
Rank in China
#2,649
of 3,058
Research works
629
▼ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops 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
Life SciencesDomain #6,488 of 7,800 24.7%68 #12821

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops 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 Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 17.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 28.3 works17×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 40.5 works9.1×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 20.1 works7.1×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9.06× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.14× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.28× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 5.59× its world share, 3 worksNursingPsychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
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Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops?

Ranked on the composite score, Guohua Li and Ziyan Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops.

  1. 1 Guohua Li China · #1,234,007 worldwide 47 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Ziyan Liu China · #1,630,835 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops

Which keywords describe research at Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant Activity, Anthocyanins, Climate Change, Transcription Factors, Metabolic Engineering, Gene Expression, Phylogenetic Analysis and Antioxidant.

▲ 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. Climate Change9▲ 3.4×13 topics
  2. Antioxidant Activity7▲ 12×13 topics
  3. Anthocyanins6▲ 91×3 topics
  4. Transcription Factors6▲ 52×3 topics
  5. Metabolic Engineering6▲ 62×3 topics
  6. Gene Expression5▲ 9.3×7 topics
  7. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 18×5 topics
  8. Antioxidant5▲ 8.0×18 topics
  9. Antioxidants5▲ 11×7 topics
  10. Isoprenoid Pathway5▲ 163×1 topic
  11. Terpenoid Biosynthesis5▲ 163×1 topic
  12. Metabolic Pathways5▲ 95×2 topics
  13. Metabolism5▲ 9.5×11 topics
  14. Regulation4▲ 8.0×2 topics
  15. Flavonoid Biosynthesis4▲ 159×1 topic
  16. MYB4▲ 159×1 topic
  17. Rootstock4▲ 76×2 topics
  18. Dormancy4▲ 107×1 topic
  19. Fruit Trees4▲ 107×1 topic
  20. Cancer Prevention3▲ 13×8 topics
  21. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Genetics3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  23. Fungal Pathogens3▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Plant Immunity3▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Host Specificity3▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Mycorrhizal Fungi3▲ 45×2 topics
  27. Endophytic Fungi3▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Health Benefits3▲ 9.4×8 topics
  29. Phenolic Compounds3▲ 17×5 topics
  30. Plant Hormones3▲ 49×2 topics
  31. Biogeography3▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Polyphenols3▲ 16×5 topics
  33. Genomics2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  34. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Antimicrobial2▲ 8.9×6 topics
  36. Cardiovascular Health2▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Epigenetic Regulation2▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Genomic Characterization2▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Plant Pathogenesis2▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Caffeine2▲ 153×1 topic

Which research topics does Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

  1. 1 Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis Molecular Biology 5 works
  2. 2 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 4 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 2 works
  6. 6 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions 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 available25.1%not open74.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% lower 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.