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Botanical Survey of India

In research, Botanical Survey of India stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,675 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,311 of 7,800 worldwide) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (#186 of 255 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 58.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,254
of 28,054 · #20,833 all time
Rank in India
#858
of 1,840
Research works
4.5k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
2.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Botanical Survey of India 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 #1,675 of 3,409 1.1%1,286 #2719
Life SciencesDomain #5,311 of 7,800 1.1%1,638 #9573
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #186 of 255 0.7%540 #664
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,027 of 1,395 1.3%590 #1812
Physical SciencesDomain #11,204 of 12,888 2.7%162 #17797
Environmental ScienceField #3,403 of 3,551 3.6%87 #5974
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,443 of 3,579 1.0%301 #7165
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,129 of 2,175 1.0%223 #4655
MedicineField #10,269 of 10,443 1.8%111 #17495
Health SciencesDomain #11,856 of 11,982 1.6%124 #20039

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Botanical Survey of India 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,719 #1,675
  2. Life Sciences#9,573 #5,311
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#664 #186
  4. Plant Science#1,812 #1,027
  5. Physical Sciences#17,797 #11,204
  6. Environmental Science#5,974 #3,403
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#7,165 #3,443
  8. Molecular Biology#4,655 #2,129
  9. Medicine#17,495 #10,269
  10. Health Sciences#20,039 #11,856
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 Botanical Survey of India specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 58.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 539.6 works58×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 590.1 works17×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 1,286.2 works14×
  4. PharmacologySubfield · 42.9 works12×
  5. ForestrySubfield · 20.9 works10×
  6. Life SciencesDomain · 1,638.4 works6.3×
  7. Cell BiologySubfield · 38.6 works6.3×
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 43.9 works6.3×
← 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: 13.68× its world share, 1,286 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.85× its world share, 301 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.29× its world share, 44 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.66× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 87 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 110 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 8 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Botanical Survey of India?

Ranked on the composite score, S. K. Jain, Kanad Das and N. P. Singh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Botanical Survey of India.

  1. 1 S. K. Jain · #123,984 worldwide 126 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Kanad Das · #194,133 worldwide 212 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 N. P. Singh · #477,682 worldwide 66 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Arti Garg · #810,059 worldwide 78 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 M. Sanjappa · #885,845 worldwide 25 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Devendra Singh · #927,590 worldwide 85 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 D. B. Deb · #971,079 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Tapan Seal · #991,922 worldwide 57 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 L. Rasingam · #1,072,432 worldwide 14 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Gopal Krishna · #1,098,675 worldwide 45 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Botanical Survey of India

Which keywords describe research at Botanical Survey of India?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Medicinal Plants, Phylogeny, Antioxidant, Molecular Phylogeny, Herbal Medicine, Taxonomy and Invasive Species.

▲ 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. Biogeography538▲ 104×19 topics
  2. Medicinal Plants376▲ 47×18 topics
  3. Phylogeny288▲ 97×13 topics
  4. Antioxidant278▲ 21×38 topics
  5. Molecular Phylogeny248▲ 81×9 topics
  6. Climate Change225▲ 4.2×49 topics
  7. Herbal Medicine199▲ 35×11 topics
  8. Taxonomy195▲ 76×13 topics
  9. Invasive Species192▲ 23×15 topics
  10. Drug Discovery178▲ 40×2 topics
  11. Ethnobotanical Survey178▲ 292×1 topic
  12. Traditional Ecological Knowledge178▲ 214×1 topic
  13. Antioxidant Activity171▲ 14×26 topics
  14. molecular systematics162▲ 342×2 topics
  15. Biodiversity160▲ 11×19 topics
  16. Diversification153▲ 200×2 topics
  17. Phylogenetics153▲ 174×2 topics
  18. Angiosperm Phylogeny153▲ 298×1 topic
  19. Flowering Plants153▲ 298×1 topic
  20. Anti-inflammatory141▲ 26×27 topics
  21. Gesneriaceae141▲ 423×1 topic
  22. phylogenetic reconstruction141▲ 423×1 topic
  23. Polyploidy132▲ 143×4 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation125▲ 29×5 topics
  25. Conservation123▲ 14×17 topics
  26. Health Benefits114▲ 18×11 topics
  27. Secondary Metabolites112▲ 75×3 topics
  28. Evolution110▲ 22×10 topics
  29. Genetics100▲ 7.2×8 topics
  30. Marker Development100▲ 104×3 topics
  31. Phylogenetic Analysis98▲ 16×12 topics
  32. Global Change98▲ 19×6 topics
  33. Phytochemical Analysis94▲ 62×3 topics
  34. Cyperus92▲ 372×1 topic
  35. essential oil92▲ 372×1 topic
  36. Ecosystem Services90▲ 12×10 topics
  37. Genome Sequence88▲ 54×2 topics
  38. Lupin Seeds88▲ 381×1 topic
  39. Nutritional Evaluation88▲ 381×1 topic
  40. Classification83▲ 9.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Botanical Survey of India publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 178 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 153 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 141 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 92 fractional worksBotanical Research and Chemistry: 88 fractional worksPlant Taxonomy and Phylo…82Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics: 82 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 79 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 44 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 40 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 38 fractional works
Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular BiologyCell Biology

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

  1. 1 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesPlant Science 178 works
  2. 2 Plant Diversity and EvolutionEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 153 works
  3. 3 Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsMolecular Biology 141 works
  4. 4 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesPlant Science 92 works
  5. 5 Botanical Research and ChemistryEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 88 works
  6. 6 Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 82 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studiesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 79 works
  8. 8 Fern and Epiphyte BiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 44 works
  9. 9 Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesPlant Science 40 works
  10. 10 Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesCell Biology 38 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 available57.8%not open42.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.4%domestic only96.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Botanical Survey of India's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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