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American Museum of Natural History

In research, American Museum of Natural History stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,425 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,280 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,028 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation — Paleontology is 85.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,368
of 28,054 · #1,694 all time
Rank in United States
#614
of 4,192
Research works
8.4k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
297k
35.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is American Museum of Natural History 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
Social SciencesDomain #2,425 of 10,521 26.3%96 #783
Physical SciencesDomain #3,280 of 12,888 27.2%392 #1736
Environmental ScienceField #1,028 of 3,551 23.0%158 #334
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #106 of 255 18.9%123 #48
PaleontologySubfield #13 of 31 38.7%82 #6
EcologySubfield #349 of 578 24.8%63 #149
Life SciencesDomain #5,155 of 7,800 17.9%295 #1894
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,293 of 3,409 17.7%187 #686
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #839 of 1,209 31.6%129 #535
GeneticsSubfield #407 of 489 18.6%67 #208

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Museum of Natural History 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#783 #2,425
  2. Physical Sciences#1,736 #3,280
  3. Environmental Science#334 #1,028
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#48 #106
  5. Paleontology#6 #13
  6. Ecology#149 #349
  7. Life Sciences#1,894 #5,155
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#686 #2,293
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences#535 #839
  10. Genetics#208 #407
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does American Museum of Natural History specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 85.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 82.4 works85×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 122.6 works33×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 36.1 works19×
  4. Insect ScienceSubfield · 27.3 works12×
  5. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 45.1 works11×
← 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: 4.89× its world share, 187 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.35× its world share, 101 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.22× its world share, 129 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.95× its world share, 158 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.25× its world share, 58 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.29× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American Museum of Natural History?

Ranked on the composite score, Norman I. Platnick, Margaret Mead and Vladimir Nabokov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Museum of Natural History.

  1. 1 Norman I. Platnick United States · #4,849 worldwide 893 citations · 105 works
  2. 2 Margaret Mead United States · #25,080 worldwide 519 citations · 178 works
  3. 3 Vladimir Nabokov United States · #26,078 worldwide 195 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Gareth Nelson United States · #27,417 worldwide 520 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Joël Cracraft United States · #29,079 worldwide 679 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Charles M. Breder United States · #44,916 worldwide 414 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Libbie H. Hyman United States · #45,563 worldwide 334 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 John J. Flynn United States · #58,200 worldwide 575 citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Niles Eldredge United States · #59,604 worldwide 279 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 David Hurst Thomas United States · #84,207 worldwide 110 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at American Museum of Natural History

Which keywords describe research at American Museum of Natural History?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Molecular Phylogeny, Phylogenetic Analysis, Invasive Species, Evolution and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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 Change144▲ 6.7×56 topics
  2. Biodiversity111▲ 19×25 topics
  3. Biogeography111▲ 53×20 topics
  4. Molecular Phylogeny84▲ 68×11 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis82▲ 34×16 topics
  6. Invasive Species79▲ 23×20 topics
  7. Evolution75▲ 38×15 topics
  8. Population Dynamics71▲ 35×11 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation68▲ 38×5 topics
  10. Phylogeny66▲ 54×17 topics
  11. Conservation61▲ 18×20 topics
  12. DNA Barcoding46▲ 35×9 topics
  13. Conservation Biology45▲ 55×4 topics
  14. Taxonomy44▲ 43×13 topics
  15. Morphology44▲ 32×7 topics
  16. Global Change43▲ 20×6 topics
  17. Ecosystem Services39▲ 12×8 topics
  18. Adaptive Radiation38▲ 160×2 topics
  19. Cretaceous36▲ 210×2 topics
  20. Plant-Animal Interactions33▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Pollinator Decline33▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Mammal Evolution32▲ 202×1 topic
  23. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis32▲ 202×1 topic
  24. Ecology31▲ 25×9 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity29▲ 8.1×11 topics
  26. Biodiversity Loss25▲ 62×3 topics
  27. Species Delimitation24▲ 69×3 topics
  28. Biological Control23▲ 19×7 topics
  29. Phylogenetics23▲ 63×3 topics
  30. Genomics22▲ 9.1×4 topics
  31. Microbiota22▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Amphibian Declines21▲ 114×1 topic
  33. Chytridiomycosis21▲ 114×1 topic
  34. Ecosystem Functioning21▲ 14×6 topics
  35. Population Genetics20▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Symbiosis19▲ 26×3 topics
  37. Dinosaur19▲ 192×1 topic
  38. Genetic Structure19▲ 33×4 topics
  39. Paleontology19▲ 192×1 topic
  40. Habitat Selection18▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does American Museum of Natural History publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Amphibian and Reptile Biology and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology.

Plant and animal studies: 33 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 32 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…21Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 21 fractional worksPaleontology and Evoluti…19Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 19 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 18 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 17 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber17Fossil Insects in Amber: 17 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 12 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 12 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 12 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPaleontologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcological Modeling2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 33 works
  2. 2 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 32 works
  3. 3 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 21 works
  4. 4 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 19 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 18 works
  6. 6 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 17 works
  7. 7 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 17 works
  8. 8 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 12 works
  9. 9 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  10. 10 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 12 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 available41.6%not open58.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.7%domestic only72.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Museum of Natural History's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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