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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

In research, Brooklyn Botanic Garden stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,766 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#10,575 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,284
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,214
of 8,685
Research works
366
▼ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Brooklyn Botanic Garden 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 #2,766 of 6,031 23.0%198
Life SciencesDomain #10,575 of 14,347 22.1%249

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brooklyn Botanic Garden 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: 11.12× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.19× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.73× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Brooklyn Botanic Garden?

Ranked on the composite score, Patrick S. Herendeen, C. Stuart Gager and R. C. Benedict lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

  1. 1 Patrick S. Herendeen United States · #140,631 worldwide 273 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 C. Stuart Gager United States · #1,061,155 worldwide 3 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 R. C. Benedict United States · #1,219,591 worldwide 30 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Louise M. Egerton‐Warburton United States · #1,229,953 worldwide 64 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Henry K. Svenson United States · #1,275,239 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Which keywords describe research at Brooklyn Botanic Garden?

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

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Biogeography73▲ 59×18 topics
  2. Climate Change72▲ 7.4×49 topics
  3. Invasive Species61▲ 29×13 topics
  4. Biodiversity60▲ 22×17 topics
  5. Phylogeny38▲ 57×11 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation36▲ 34×5 topics
  7. Conservation35▲ 20×17 topics
  8. Global Change35▲ 31×4 topics
  9. Antioxidant34▲ 14×15 topics
  10. Ecosystem Services34▲ 27×8 topics
  11. Molecular Phylogeny32▲ 43×9 topics
  12. Taxonomy30▲ 55×11 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis28▲ 20×15 topics
  14. Plant-Animal Interactions25▲ 62×1 topic
  15. Pollinator Decline25▲ 62×1 topic
  16. Medicinal Plants25▲ 18×12 topics
  17. Phylogenetics25▲ 131×2 topics
  18. Angiosperm Phylogeny24▲ 207×1 topic
  19. Flowering Plants24▲ 207×1 topic
  20. Mycorrhizal Fungi20▲ 78×2 topics
  21. Chromosome Evolution20▲ 239×2 topics
  22. Cyperus20▲ 270×1 topic
  23. essential oil20▲ 270×1 topic
  24. Ecosystem15▲ 29×3 topics
  25. Ecosystem Functioning15▲ 20×6 topics
  26. Host Specificity15▲ 30×4 topics
  27. Polyploidy14▲ 53×4 topics
  28. Fungal Pathogens13▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Biodiversity Conservation12▲ 13×12 topics
  30. Antioxidant Activity12▲ 6.2×12 topics
  31. Evolution12▲ 11×9 topics
  32. molecular systematics12▲ 128×2 topics
  33. Biological Invasions12▲ 29×2 topics
  34. DNA Barcoding12▲ 20×6 topics
  35. Endophytic Fungi12▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Taxonomic Revision12▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Genomic Characterization11▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Plant Pathogenesis11▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Fungal Diversity11▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Plant Interactions11▲ 77×1 topic

Which research topics does Brooklyn Botanic Garden publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Urban Agriculture and Sustainability and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

Plant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 1 fractional worksUrban Agriculture and Sustainability: 1 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 0 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 0 fractional worksPlant Parasitism and Res…0Plant Parasitism and Resistance: 0 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 0 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science…0Animal and Plant Science Education: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant ScienceNature and Landscape ConservationSocial Psychology

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 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  3. 3 Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Plant Science 1 works
  4. 4 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 1 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  6. 6 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  7. 7 Plant Parasitism and Resistance Plant Science 0 works
  8. 8 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 0 works
  10. 10 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 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 available31.8%not open68.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Brooklyn Botanic Garden's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% 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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