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Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

In research, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,661 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#11,853 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#25,387
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,440
of 8,685
Research works
328
▼ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
34.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,661 of 6,031 28.0%185
Life SciencesDomain #11,853 of 14,347 27.0%232

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 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: 11.53× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.08× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 4.92× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden?

Ranked on the composite score, Jack B. Fisher and Joyce Maschinski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.

  1. 1 Jack B. Fisher United States · #212,904 worldwide 120 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Joyce Maschinski United States · #1,135,383 worldwide 42 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Which keywords describe research at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation, Biogeography 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 2022–2025 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Biodiversity7▲ 42×9 topics
  2. Climate Change7▲ 12×19 topics
  3. Invasive Species5▲ 52×8 topics
  4. Global Change4▲ 66×3 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 76×2 topics
  6. Conservation3▲ 37×7 topics
  7. Biogeography3▲ 56×9 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services3▲ 32×3 topics
  9. Plant-Animal Interactions2▲ 130×1 topic
  10. Pollinator Decline2▲ 130×1 topic
  11. Phylogeny2▲ 66×6 topics
  12. Evolution2▲ 33×3 topics
  13. Population Dynamics2▲ 31×4 topics
  14. Ecosystem2▲ 68×3 topics
  15. Phylogenetic Relationships2▲ 108×2 topics
  16. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 24×7 topics
  17. Community Ecology1▲ 72×2 topics
  18. Cycads1▲ 1434×1 topic
  19. Food Security1▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Functional Diversity1▲ 105×1 topic
  21. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 35×5 topics
  22. Plant-derived Neurotoxins1▲ 1434×1 topic
  23. Polyploidy1▲ 123×3 topics
  24. Species Richness1▲ 90×1 topic
  25. Antioxidant1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  26. Medicinal Plants1▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Taxonomy1▲ 42×6 topics
  28. Biological Control1▲ 31×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

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

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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