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Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin

In research, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,253 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,599 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 77.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,378
of 28,054 · #25,505 all time
Rank in Germany
#1,084
of 1,178
Research works
718
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,253 of 3,409 7.5%82 #4205
Life SciencesDomain #7,599 of 7,800 8.5%98 #12824

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin 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 Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 77.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 47.0 works77×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 32.8 works14×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 82.0 works13×
← 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: 13.30× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.27× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin?

Ranked on the composite score, Harrie J. M. Sipman, Walter G. Berendsohn and Werner Greuter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.

  1. 1 Harrie J. M. Sipman Germany · #133,612 worldwide 164 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Walter G. Berendsohn Germany · #385,195 worldwide 112 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Werner Greuter Germany · #443,062 worldwide 176 citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Elisabeth Schiemann Germany · #582,280 worldwide 31 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Anton Güntsch Germany · #613,937 worldwide 52 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Norbert Kilian Germany · #696,814 worldwide 34 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Regine Jahn Germany · #709,300 worldwide 80 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Gustav Lindau Germany · #745,105 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Fr. Markgraf Germany · #790,750 worldwide 18 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Robert Vogt Germany · #894,521 worldwide 31 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin

Which keywords describe research at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Antioxidant, Medicinal Plants, Polyploidy, Molecular Phylogeny and Angiosperm 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 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. Biogeography65▲ 193×12 topics
  2. Phylogeny42▲ 213×6 topics
  3. Taxonomy24▲ 141×5 topics
  4. Antioxidant20▲ 23×9 topics
  5. Medicinal Plants20▲ 38×7 topics
  6. Polyploidy17▲ 288×4 topics
  7. Molecular Phylogeny17▲ 85×4 topics
  8. Angiosperm Phylogeny16▲ 480×1 topic
  9. Flowering Plants16▲ 480×1 topic
  10. Invasive Species15▲ 27×12 topics
  11. Phylogenetic Analysis14▲ 37×10 topics
  12. Biodiversity14▲ 14×14 topics
  13. Chromosome Evolution14▲ 736×2 topics
  14. Conservation13▲ 24×8 topics
  15. Cyperus13▲ 826×1 topic
  16. essential oil13▲ 826×1 topic
  17. Climate Change13▲ 3.7×19 topics
  18. Epiphytes12▲ 980×1 topic
  19. Ferns12▲ 980×1 topic
  20. Endemism10▲ 435×2 topics
  21. Mosses9▲ 276×2 topics
  22. Pharmacology7▲ 23×5 topics
  23. Ecology7▲ 36×5 topics
  24. Evolution7▲ 22×4 topics
  25. Antioxidant Activity7▲ 8.1×5 topics
  26. Habitat Fragmentation7▲ 23×4 topics
  27. Mediterranean6▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Vascular Flora6▲ 505×1 topic
  29. DNA Barcoding6▲ 27×5 topics
  30. Secondary Metabolites6▲ 57×2 topics
  31. Chemistry5▲ 63×2 topics
  32. Genetics5▲ 6.0×4 topics
  33. Biomonitoring5▲ 52×2 topics
  34. Lichen5▲ 241×1 topic
  35. Symbiosis5▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Anti-inflammatory5▲ 14×6 topics
  37. Flora5▲ 135×2 topics
  38. Vascular Plants5▲ 135×2 topics
  39. Apomixis5▲ 401×1 topic
  40. Grasses5▲ 401×1 topic

Which research topics does Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, Fern and Epiphyte Biology and Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna.

Plant Diversity and Evol…16Plant Diversity and Evolution: 16 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 13 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 12 fractional worksMediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna: 6 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology: 5 fractional worksPlant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics: 5 fractional worksSesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies: 4 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 4 fractional worksBryophyte Studies and Records: 4 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant ScienceCancer Research

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

  1. 1 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 16 works
  2. 2 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 13 works
  3. 3 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 works
  4. 4 Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna Plant Science 6 works
  5. 5 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  6. 6 Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  7. 7 Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies Cancer Research 4 works
  8. 8 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 4 works
  9. 9 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 4 works
  10. 10 Bryophyte Studies and Records Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 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 available56.5%not open43.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.3%domestic only60.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher 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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