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Desert Botanical Garden

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Research works
107
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Desert Botanical Garden

Not ranked overall: Desert Botanical Garden is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Desert Botanical Garden work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Desert Botanical Garden is in Physical Sciences, 40% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (41%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (30%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 49.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 40.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 12.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 39.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 30.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 10.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKDesert BotanicalGarden28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1140.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences26.9%
    3. Engineering01.6%
    4. Computer Science00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences830.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology28.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.2%
    1. Psychology13.2%
    2. Social Sciences01.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities01.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Veterinary12.5%
    2. Medicine00.8%
    3. Health Professions00.7%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 6.32× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 4.40× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.22× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 18.17× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 18.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary18.17×1 works
  2. Environmental Science8.22×12 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.32×8 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.40×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.59×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.18×0 works
  7. Psychology1.05×1 works
  8. Dentistry0.81×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.41×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.28×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.11×0 works
  14. Engineering0.10×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  16. Medicine0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Desert Botanical Garden?

Ranked on the quality score, Kevin R. Hultine, Tania Hernández‐Hernández and Raúl Puente lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Desert Botanical Garden.

  1. 1 Kevin R. Hultine United States · #196,961 worldwide 7.8k citations · 188 works
  2. 2 Tania Hernández‐Hernández United States · #533,051 worldwide 2.3k citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Raúl Puente United States · #1,165,460 worldwide 777 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Joseph R. McAuliffe United States · #1,415,536 worldwide 3.1k citations · 85 works
  5. 5 Raúl Puente‐Martínez United States · #2,002,453 worldwide 518 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Charles Anthony Butterworth United States · #2,486,070 worldwide 1.3k citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Andrew M. Salywon United States · #4,775,521 worldwide 400 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Wendy C. Hodgson United States · #4,920,712 worldwide 368 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Shannon D. Fehlberg United States · #5,056,148 worldwide 291 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Desert Botanical Garden

What are the most cited papers from Desert Botanical Garden?

The most cited paper from Desert Botanical Garden is "A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality" (Maxime Cailleret et al., 2016), with 569 citations. Next come "High proportion of cactus species threatened with extinction" (375) and "Using phenocams to monitor our changing Earth: toward a global phenocam network" (283).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality Maxime Cailleret et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 19 Oct 2016 569
2 High proportion of cactus species threatened with extinction Bárbara Goettsch et al. · Nature Plants Open access 5 Oct 2015 375
3 Using phenocams to monitor our changing Earth: toward a global phenocam network Tim B. Brown, Kevin R. Hultine, Heidi Steltzer et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Mar 2016 283
4 Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of growth form in Cactaceae (Caryophyllales, Eudicotyledoneae) Tania Hernández‐Hernández, Héctor M. Hernández, José Arturo De‐Nova et al. · American Journal of Botany 23 Dec 2010 231
5 Phylogeny of Opuntia s.s. (Cactaceae): Clade delineation, geographic origins, and reticulate evolution Lucas C. Majure, Raúl Puente, M. Patrick Griffith et al. · American Journal of Botany 27 Apr 2012 200
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Desert Botanical Garden?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Conservation, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Ecosystem and Antioxidant.

▲ 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-now 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change10▲ 13×20 topics
  2. Biodiversity8▲ 39×9 topics
  3. Invasive Species6▲ 50×7 topics
  4. Conservation5▲ 43×8 topics
  5. Global Change4▲ 57×4 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 66×4 topics
  7. Ecosystem3▲ 99×2 topics
  8. Antioxidant2▲ 13×2 topics
  9. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 56×3 topics
  10. Community Ecology2▲ 95×1 topic
  11. Functional Diversity2▲ 147×1 topic
  12. Biogeography2▲ 26×6 topics
  13. Drought2▲ 71×1 topic
  14. Tree Mortality2▲ 142×1 topic
  15. Ecosystem Services2▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Betalains2▲ 235×1 topic
  17. Conservation Biology2▲ 57×4 topics
  18. Opuntia2▲ 235×1 topic
  19. Ecological Niche2▲ 96×1 topic
  20. Plant-Animal Interactions2▲ 73×1 topic
  21. Pollinator Decline2▲ 73×1 topic
  22. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 96×1 topic
  23. Vegetation2▲ 55×2 topics
  24. Phylogeny1▲ 30×5 topics
  25. Taxonomy1▲ 35×4 topics
  26. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Ecology1▲ 26×3 topics
  28. Flora1▲ 165×1 topic
  29. Paleoclimatology1▲ 53×2 topics
  30. Vascular Plants1▲ 165×1 topic
  31. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Population Dynamics1▲ 15×6 topics

Which research topics does Desert Botanical Garden publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Botanical Research and Applications and Plant and animal studies.

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 2 fractional worksBotanical Research and A…2Botanical Research and Applications: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…1Plant Diversity and Evolution: 1 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 1 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeFood ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  2. 2 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  3. 3 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 2 works
  4. 4 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  6. 6 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  8. 8 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Desert Botanical Garden's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Desert Botanical Garden as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000088% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Desert Botanical Garden0.000052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Desert Botanical Garden over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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