Data Sheet 1_Impact of leading plant research centers of excellence on the scientific and

A dataset analyzing three European Centers of Excellence in plant science. The data, authored by Petar Kazakov and last updated in April 2026, compares organizational structures, funding, scientific focus, and regional socio-economic impact. It is a 544.9 KB ZIP file licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Compare organizational structures of major plant science institutes based on the survey described.
• Analyze funding sources and their correlation with scientific impact as mentioned in the study.
• Assess regional socio-economic development indicators like job creation and infrastructure improvement referenced in the conclusion.
• Model linkages between academia and industry facilitated by the centers, as discussed in the background.

Strengths

• Explicitly compares three named, leading European research centers: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Center for Plant Systems Biology at VIB, and Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology.
• Focuses on multiple impact dimensions: scientific advancement, innovation potential, and socio-economic development.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small at 544.9 KB, suggesting limited scope or aggregated summary data.
• Geographic coverage is limited to three specific institutions in Germany, Belgium, and Bulgaria.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely contains survey or comparative analysis data, as described in the methods.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 05:14:23; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Europe, specifically institutions in Potsdam-Golm (Germany), Gent (Belgium), and Plovdiv (Bulgaria).