Question 1

What is Bernice P. Bishop Museum known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Bernice P. Bishop Museum stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,431 of 11,023 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#1,034 of 2,224 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,638 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Biomaterials (Paleontology is 234.3× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Bernice P. Bishop Museum rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Bernice P. Bishop Museum ranks #11,796 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #2,456 of 7,310 in the United States.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Richard L. Pyle, Francis G. Howarth and D. E. Yen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bernice P. Bishop Museum.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Bernice P. Bishop Museum?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Bernice P. Bishop Museum is "The conservation status of the world’s reptiles" (Monika Böhm et al., 2012), with 933 citations. Next come "Environmental Impacts of Classical Biological Control" (789) and "The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation" (682).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Diatoms and Algae Research, Ichthyology and Marine Biology and Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Bernice P. Bishop Museum?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ecology, Biodiversity, Evolution, Biogeography, Adaptation, Groundwater, Cavefish and Subterranean.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Bernice P. Bishop Museum work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Bernice P. Bishop Museum is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (34%), Environmental Science (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (23%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Bernice P. Bishop Museum's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.