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Institute of Botany

In research, Institute of Botany stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#181 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#111 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,134 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation — Plant Science is 16.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,990
of 28,054 · #3,307 all time
Rank in China
#536
of 3,058
Research works
4k
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
134k
33.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Institute of Botany 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 #181 of 3,409 38.0%372 #252
Plant ScienceSubfield #111 of 1,395 38.5%247 #190
Life SciencesDomain #1,134 of 7,800 34.4%597 #1715
Physical SciencesDomain #2,127 of 12,888 33.8%203 #3830
Environmental ScienceField #602 of 3,551 36.2%130 #862
Molecular BiologySubfield #548 of 2,175 28.0%164 #850
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #921 of 3,579 28.2%213 #1441
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #69 of 255 34.7%63 #244

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Botany 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#252 #181
  2. Plant Science#190 #111
  3. Life Sciences#1,715 #1,134
  4. Physical Sciences#3,830 #2,127
  5. Environmental Science#862 #602
  6. Molecular Biology#850 #548
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,441 #921
  8. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#244 #69
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 Institute of Botany specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 16.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 246.7 works16×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 63.0 works16×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 28.2 works14×
  4. Soil ScienceSubfield · 26.5 works10×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 371.8 works9.1×
  6. Molecular BiologySubfield · 164.1 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: 9.12× its world share, 372 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.64× its world share, 213 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.07× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.60× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.06× its world share, 130 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 2.07× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Botany?

Ranked on the composite score, Yuanhe Yang, Zongqiang Xie and Cheng‐Sen Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Botany.

  1. 1 Yuanhe Yang China · #115,717 worldwide 338 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Zongqiang Xie China · #214,210 worldwide 179 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Cheng‐Sen Li China · #383,077 worldwide 122 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Linghao Li China · #557,451 worldwide 128 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Caihong Li China · #655,330 worldwide 71 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Hailin Guo China · #734,356 worldwide 39 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Jian Chen China · #741,947 worldwide 16 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Ting Zhou China · #829,068 worldwide 53 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Wenhao Zhang China · #877,611 worldwide 153 citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Songquan Song China · #895,003 worldwide 24 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Botany

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Botany?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Gene Expression, Biodiversity, Transcription Factors, Invasive Species, Global Change, Biogeography and Antioxidants.

▲ 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. Climate Change138▲ 6.0×60 topics
  2. Gene Expression71▲ 14×13 topics
  3. Biodiversity60▲ 9.3×23 topics
  4. Transcription Factors57▲ 56×5 topics
  5. Invasive Species52▲ 14×16 topics
  6. Global Change50▲ 22×7 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress48▲ 3.5×31 topics
  8. Biogeography48▲ 22×17 topics
  9. Antioxidants45▲ 12×14 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis44▲ 17×13 topics
  11. Habitat Fragmentation44▲ 23×4 topics
  12. Ecosystem Functioning38▲ 23×5 topics
  13. Epigenetic Regulation35▲ 19×4 topics
  14. Anthocyanins35▲ 59×3 topics
  15. Reactive Oxygen Species31▲ 9.0×8 topics
  16. Signal Transduction31▲ 25×5 topics
  17. Antioxidant31▲ 5.2×42 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services31▲ 9.2×10 topics
  19. Drought Resistance30▲ 37×4 topics
  20. Development30▲ 10×1 topic
  21. Plant30▲ 76×1 topic
  22. Conservation30▲ 8.1×14 topics
  23. Metabolic Pathways29▲ 65×3 topics
  24. Regulation28▲ 6.2×6 topics
  25. Microbial Communities28▲ 7.7×7 topics
  26. Metabolism27▲ 6.2×22 topics
  27. Plant Responses27▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Flavonoid Biosynthesis26▲ 117×1 topic
  29. MYB26▲ 117×1 topic
  30. Flavonoids25▲ 11×12 topics
  31. Soil Fertility25▲ 13×7 topics
  32. Soil Carbon Sequestration25▲ 38×2 topics
  33. Ecosystem25▲ 27×4 topics
  34. Abiotic Stress24▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Nutrient Limitation24▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Genetic Regulation24▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Metabolic Engineering24▲ 28×4 topics
  38. Salt Tolerance23▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Stress Signaling23▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Anti-inflammatory23▲ 9.7×26 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Botany publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Plant Molecular Biology …30Plant Molecular Biology Research: 30 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression An…26Plant Gene Expression Analysis: 26 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 23 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 23 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 21 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 20 fractional worksPlant biochemistry and biosynthesis: 20 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…19Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 19 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 17 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 15 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologySoil ScienceNature and Landscape Conservation1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 30 works
  2. 2 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 26 works
  3. 3 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 23 works
  4. 4 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 23 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 21 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 20 works
  7. 7 Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis Molecular Biology 20 works
  8. 8 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 19 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 17 works
  10. 10 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 15 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.0%domestic only71.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Botany's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% 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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