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Bernice P. Bishop Museum

In research, Bernice P. Bishop Museum stands highest in Environmental Science (#3,635 of 6,208 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#13,403 of 21,541 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#4,212 of 6,031 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#20,503
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,445
of 8,685
Research works
1.1k
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Bernice P. Bishop Museum 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
Environmental ScienceField #3,635 of 6,208 11.9%265
Physical SciencesDomain #13,403 of 21,541 10.1%531
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,212 of 6,031 9.6%373
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #832 of 1,008 8.6%243
Life SciencesDomain #12,915 of 14,347 9.5%469
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #2,436 of 2,661 10.8%185
PaleontologySubfield #284 of 290 6.9%134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bernice P. Bishop Museum 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 Bernice P. Bishop Museum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 20.6 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: 10.79× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.04× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.38× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 5.00× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× 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, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bernice P. Bishop Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard L. Pyle, Karl Magnacca and Adrienne L. Kaeppler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bernice P. Bishop Museum.

  1. 1 Richard L. Pyle United States · #48,703 worldwide 382 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Karl Magnacca United States · #164,028 worldwide 0 citations · 193 works
  3. 3 Adrienne L. Kaeppler United States · #236,762 worldwide 56 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Francis G. Howarth United States · #279,725 worldwide 241 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 M. Lee Goff United States · #549,317 worldwide 129 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 John E. Randall United States · #703,060 worldwide 211 citations · 118 works
  7. 7 J. Linsley Gressitt United States · #716,338 worldwide 43 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Fred Kraus United States · #930,025 worldwide 86 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Neal L. Evenhuis United States · #1,026,905 worldwide 47 citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Allen Allison United States · #1,147,783 worldwide 52 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Bernice P. Bishop Museum

Which keywords describe research at Bernice P. Bishop Museum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Phylogeny, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Biogeography, Biodiversity, Evolution, Taxonomy and Biological Control.

▲ 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. Phylogeny12▲ 200×13 topics
  2. Invasive Species11▲ 64×16 topics
  3. Climate Change10▲ 9.7×20 topics
  4. Biogeography8▲ 81×13 topics
  5. Biodiversity8▲ 28×14 topics
  6. Evolution7▲ 73×9 topics
  7. Taxonomy7▲ 134×9 topics
  8. Biological Control7▲ 114×7 topics
  9. Population Dynamics6▲ 61×11 topics
  10. Morphology6▲ 86×6 topics
  11. DNA Barcoding5▲ 73×7 topics
  12. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 48×5 topics
  13. Conservation Biology3▲ 79×3 topics
  14. Systematics3▲ 479×2 topics
  15. Conservation3▲ 18×12 topics
  16. Ecology3▲ 47×4 topics
  17. Diptera3▲ 1478×1 topic
  18. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 23×8 topics
  19. molecular data3▲ 1478×1 topic
  20. Global Change3▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Microbiota3▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 42×7 topics
  23. Pest Management2▲ 73×3 topics
  24. Host Specificity2▲ 49×4 topics
  25. Drosophila Suzukii2▲ 359×1 topic
  26. Ecosystem Services2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Fruit Fly2▲ 359×1 topic
  28. Marine Ecosystems2▲ 95×2 topics
  29. Halyomorpha halys2▲ 700×1 topic
  30. Phylogenetics2▲ 108×2 topics
  31. Plant-Animal Interactions2▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Pollinator Decline2▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Stink Bug2▲ 700×1 topic
  34. Cryptic Species2▲ 193×2 topics
  35. Cretaceous2▲ 202×2 topics
  36. Ecological Niche2▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Ocean Acidification2▲ 58×2 topics
  38. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 73×1 topic
  39. Gall-Inducing Insects2▲ 502×1 topic
  40. Parasitoid Wasps2▲ 502×1 topic

Which research topics does Bernice P. Bishop Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diptera species taxonomy and behavior, Insect behavior and control techniques, Plant and animal studies and Hemiptera Insect Studies.

Diptera species taxonomy…3Diptera species taxonomy and behavior: 3 fractional worksInsect behavior and cont…2Insect behavior and control techniques: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksHemiptera Insect Studies2Hemiptera Insect Studies: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny: 2 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber1Fossil Insects in Amber: 1 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…1Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 1 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…1Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversit…1Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInsect ScienceEcological ModelingGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Diptera species taxonomy and behavior Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  2. 2 Insect behavior and control techniques Insect Science 2 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Hemiptera Insect Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  6. 6 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  7. 7 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  8. 8 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 1 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bernice P. Bishop Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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