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Australian National Botanic Gardens

In research, Australian National Botanic Gardens stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,032 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#8,580 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,432
of 42,892
Rank in Australia
#364
of 656
Research works
420
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
52.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Australian National Botanic Gardens known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,032 of 6,031 28.9%208
Life SciencesDomain #8,580 of 14,347 28.2%281

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian National Botanic Gardens 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).

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: 12.06× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.66× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.06× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Australian National Botanic Gardens?

Ranked on the composite score, Heinar Streimann, E. Charles Nelson and David Lloyd Jones lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian National Botanic Gardens.

  1. 1 Heinar Streimann Australia · #1,205,233 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 E. Charles Nelson Australia · #1,305,150 worldwide 10 citations · 87 works
  3. 3 David Lloyd Jones Australia · #1,559,130 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Australian National Botanic Gardens

Which keywords describe research at Australian National Botanic Gardens?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Climate Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Global Change, Conservation and Phylogeny.

▲ 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 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species6▲ 65×13 topics
  2. Biodiversity6▲ 36×9 topics
  3. Biogeography5▲ 88×8 topics
  4. Climate Change5▲ 8.4×15 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 77×4 topics
  6. Global Change3▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Conservation3▲ 37×8 topics
  8. Phylogeny2▲ 79×7 topics
  9. Ecosystem2▲ 101×2 topics
  10. Ecosystem Services2▲ 27×3 topics
  11. Taxonomy2▲ 75×6 topics
  12. Biological Invasions2▲ 102×3 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity2▲ 21×7 topics
  14. Plant-Animal Interactions2▲ 109×1 topic
  15. Pollinator Decline2▲ 109×1 topic
  16. Antioxidant2▲ 13×5 topics
  17. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Community Ecology2▲ 86×1 topic
  19. Functional Diversity2▲ 132×1 topic
  20. Angiosperm Phylogeny1▲ 266×1 topic
  21. Flowering Plants1▲ 266×1 topic
  22. Medicinal Plants1▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 23×8 topics
  24. Cyperus1▲ 510×1 topic
  25. essential oil1▲ 510×1 topic
  26. Drought Tolerance1▲ 42×4 topics
  27. Domestication1▲ 101×2 topics
  28. Genome Sequencing1▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Germination1▲ 263×1 topic
  30. Plant Physiology1▲ 114×2 topics
  31. QTL Mapping1▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Seed Dormancy1▲ 263×1 topic
  33. Soybean1▲ 246×1 topic

Which research topics does Australian National Botanic Gardens publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…1Plant Diversity and Evolution: 1 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Tax…1Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 1 fractional worksSeed Germination and Physiology: 1 fractional worksSoybean genetics and cultivation: 1 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species…1Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 1 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationPlant ScienceMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  3. 3 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  4. 4 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 1 works
  5. 5 Seed Germination and Physiology Plant Science 1 works
  6. 6 Soybean genetics and cultivation Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  10. 10 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 0 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 available44.6%not open55.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Australian National Botanic Gardens's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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.

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