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Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

In research, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,730 of 11,023 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,920 of 5,126 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,156
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,471
of 7,310
Research works
328
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
34.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

What is Fairchild Tropical 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,730 of 11,023 13.2%232
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,920 of 5,126 14.3%185

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fairchild Tropical 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is in Life Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (57%), Environmental Science (24%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 16 fractional works · 67.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 57.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 31.1% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 17.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 28.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 23.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFairchildTropical Botanic…23fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences67%Physical Sciences29%Social Sciences4%

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 3 domains and 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1357.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology210.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Environmental Science623.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.3%
    3. Chemistry00.7%
    1. Social Sciences02.1%
    2. Psychology01.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.0%
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: 12.02× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.75× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 4.74× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× 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, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.02×13 works
  2. Environmental Science4.74×6 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.75×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.90×2 works
  5. Psychology0.61×0 works
  6. Chemistry0.45×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.17×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden?

Ranked on the quality score, Knut Norstog, Joyce Maschinski and Mike Maunder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.

  1. 1 Knut Norstog United States · #1,257,852 worldwide 2.1k citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Joyce Maschinski United States · #2,037,747 worldwide 3.6k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Mike Maunder United States · #2,185,225 worldwide 1.7k citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Jack B. Fisher United States · #2,305,157 worldwide 3.9k citations · 152 works
  5. 5 Carl E. Lewis United States · #2,434,244 worldwide 1.7k citations · 30 works
  6. 6 George Plimpton United States · #2,817,801 worldwide 287 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Jennifer Possley United States · #2,865,634 worldwide 398 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Terrence W. Walters United States · #3,149,432 worldwide 676 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Jason Downing United States · #3,167,018 worldwide 306 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Keron C. St. E. Campbell United States · #4,198,955 worldwide 235 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

What are the most cited papers from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden?

The most cited paper from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is "Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora" (Hans ter Steege et al., 2013), with 1,457 citations. Next come "A global overview of the conservation status of tropical dry forests" (1,421) and "Microbially Mediated Plant Functional Traits" (611).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora Hans ter Steege et al. · Science Open access120 authors 17 Oct 2013 1,457
2 A global overview of the conservation status of tropical dry forests Lera Miles, Adrian C. Newton, Ruth DeFries et al. · Journal of Biogeography 6 Feb 2006 1,421
3 Microbially Mediated Plant Functional Traits Maren Friesen, Stephanie S. Porter, Scott Christopher Stark et al. · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics Review 2 Mar 2011 611
4 Ecological Opportunity and Adaptive Radiation James T. Stroud, Jonathan B. Losos · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics ReviewOpen access Nov 2016 603
5 Why Leaves Turn Red in Autumn. The Role of Anthocyanins in Senescing Leaves of Red-Osier Dogwood Taylor S. Feild, David W. Lee, N. Michèle Holbrook · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Open access Oct 2001 559
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Which keywords describe research at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden?

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

▲ 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. Biodiversity7▲ 41×9 topics
  2. Climate Change7▲ 11×19 topics
  3. Invasive Species5▲ 50×8 topics
  4. Biogeography4▲ 60×9 topics
  5. Conservation4▲ 38×7 topics
  6. Global Change4▲ 62×3 topics
  7. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 74×2 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services3▲ 30×3 topics
  9. Phylogeny3▲ 68×6 topics
  10. Plant-Animal Interactions2▲ 133×1 topic
  11. Pollinator Decline2▲ 133×1 topic
  12. Evolution2▲ 33×3 topics
  13. Population Dynamics2▲ 35×4 topics
  14. Phylogenetic Relationships2▲ 119×2 topics
  15. Taxonomy2▲ 49×6 topics
  16. Ecosystem2▲ 66×3 topics
  17. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 40×5 topics
  18. Antioxidant2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  19. Cycads2▲ 1377×1 topic
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 21×7 topics
  21. Plant-derived Neurotoxins2▲ 1377×1 topic
  22. Community Ecology1▲ 70×2 topics
  23. Medicinal Plants1▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Polyploidy1▲ 122×4 topics
  25. Functional Diversity1▲ 103×1 topic
  26. Species Richness1▲ 88×1 topic
  27. Cyperus1▲ 415×1 topic
  28. Food Security1▲ 9.5×3 topics
  29. essential oil1▲ 415×1 topic
  30. Biological Control1▲ 31×5 topics
  31. Drought1▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Tree Mortality1▲ 89×1 topic

Which research topics does Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant and animal studies, Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

Plant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksBotany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…1Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Tax…1Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 1 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology1Fern and Epiphyte Biology: 1 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 1 fractional worksPlant responses to elevated CO2: 1 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationPlant ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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 Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 1 works
  5. 5 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  7. 7 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  8. 8 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 Plant responses to elevated CO2 Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 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 available31.5%not open68.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.1%domestic only76.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden0.000063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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