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Instituto de Botânica

In research, Instituto de Botânica stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,686 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,909 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 56.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,301
of 22,385 · #10,648 all time
Rank in Brazil
#554
of 684
Research works
2.7k
▼ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
45k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Instituto de Botânica

What is Instituto de Botânica known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #2,686 of 6,403 4.3%116 #2816
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,909 of 3,157 4.8%92 #1358

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Botânica 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 Instituto de Botânica work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Instituto de Botânica is in Life Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (53%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 4.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 128 fractional works · 66.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 102 fractional works · 52.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 51 fractional works · 26.3% of its workPlant Science: 36 fractional works · 18.3% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 8.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 23.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto deBotânica194fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences66%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences5%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10252.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2311.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Neuroscience10.4%
    1. Environmental Science199.6%
    2. Engineering84.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences84.0%
    4. Materials Science52.6%
    5. Chemistry31.4%
    6. Energy10.5%
    7. Computer Science10.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences73.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities21.0%
    3. Psychology10.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine73.9%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Instituto de Botânica specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 56.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 51.1 works56×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 102.1 works11×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 35.5 works10×
← 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: 11.09× its world share, 102 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.19× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.62× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.56× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.93× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 7 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.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.09×102 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.62×2 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.56×8 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.19×23 works
  5. Environmental Science1.93×19 works
  6. Chemistry0.89×3 works
  7. Dentistry0.89×1 works
  8. Materials Science0.74×5 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.66×0 works
  10. Nursing0.64×1 works
  11. Energy0.57×1 works
  12. Veterinary0.46×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.36×2 works
  15. Engineering0.27×8 works
  16. Social Sciences0.27×7 works
  17. Health Professions0.24×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.23×1 works
  19. Medicine0.20×8 works
  20. Psychology0.20×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.19×1 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.06×1 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  26. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Botânica?

Ranked on the quality score, Marcos Pereira Marinho Aidar, Marco Aurélio Silva Tiné and Gustavo Henrique Jerônimo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Botânica.

  1. 1 Marcos Pereira Marinho Aidar Brazil · #1,785,008 worldwide 3.8k citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Marco Aurélio Silva Tiné Brazil · #2,829,610 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Gustavo Henrique Jerônimo Brazil · #2,968,679 worldwide 789 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Leonardo R. S. Guimarães Brazil · #3,044,784 worldwide 1.9k citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Eduardo Luı́s Martins Catharino Brazil · #3,475,755 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Marcos Enoque Leite Lima Brazil · #3,547,117 worldwide 663 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Marı́lia Gaspar Brazil · #3,622,729 worldwide 1.3k citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Edenise Segala Alves Brazil · #3,854,192 worldwide 1.3k citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Cátia Takeuchi Brazil · #3,961,941 worldwide 1.9k citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Matheus Casarini Siqueira Brazil · #4,177,506 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Botânica

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de Botânica?

The most cited paper from Instituto de Botânica is "Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specificities" (A. C. R. da Silva et al., 2002), with 1,230 citations. Next come "FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles" (1,192) and "Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life" (1,105).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specificities A. C. R. da Silva et al. · Nature 23 May 2002 1,230
2 FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles Sergei Põlme et al. · Fungal Diversity Open access128 authors Nov 2020 1,192
3 Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life Harris A. Lewin et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 23 Apr 2018 1,105
4 Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability Joseph M. Craine, Andrew J. Elmore, Marcos Pereira Marinho Aidar et al. · New Phytologist Open access 26 Jun 2009 936
5 Allele-defined genome of the autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum L. Jisen Zhang et al. · Nature Genetics Open access108 authors 8 Oct 2018 808
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Botânica?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Molecular Phylogeny, Phylogeny, Climate Change, Invasive Species and Angiosperm Phylogeny.

▲ 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 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. Biogeography49▲ 91×14 topics
  2. Climate Change25▲ 4.7×38 topics
  3. Biodiversity22▲ 15×18 topics
  4. Taxonomy22▲ 77×6 topics
  5. Molecular Phylogeny20▲ 64×6 topics
  6. Phylogeny20▲ 62×9 topics
  7. Invasive Species20▲ 24×13 topics
  8. Angiosperm Phylogeny19▲ 361×1 topic
  9. Flowering Plants19▲ 361×1 topic
  10. Habitat Fragmentation18▲ 43×5 topics
  11. Global Change15▲ 29×5 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services14▲ 19×8 topics
  13. Antioxidant13▲ 10×19 topics
  14. Plant-Animal Interactions12▲ 77×1 topic
  15. Pollinator Decline12▲ 77×1 topic
  16. Polyploidy12▲ 122×4 topics
  17. Conservation10▲ 12×16 topics
  18. Adaptive Radiation9▲ 149×2 topics
  19. Epiphytes9▲ 425×1 topic
  20. Ferns9▲ 425×1 topic
  21. Antioxidant Activity9▲ 7.4×16 topics
  22. Medicinal Plants9▲ 11×10 topics
  23. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 11×11 topics
  24. Health Benefits7▲ 10×8 topics
  25. Mosses6▲ 119×2 topics
  26. Bioactive Compounds6▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Phytochemicals6▲ 30×5 topics
  28. Gesneriaceae6▲ 183×1 topic
  29. Nutrition6▲ 6.7×5 topics
  30. molecular systematics6▲ 129×2 topics
  31. phylogenetic reconstruction6▲ 183×1 topic
  32. Gene Expression6▲ 4.5×8 topics
  33. Betalains5▲ 104×1 topic
  34. Opuntia5▲ 104×1 topic
  35. Benthic Communities4▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Marine Biodiversity4▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Symbiosis4▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Transcription Factors4▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Botânica publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and animal studies, Fern and Epiphyte Biology and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions.

Plant Diversity and Evol…19Plant Diversity and Evolution: 19 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 12 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 9 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species…6Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 6 fractional worksBotanical Research and A…5Botanical Research and Applications: 5 fractional worksBryophyte Studies and Re…4Bryophyte Studies and Records: 4 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 3 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 3 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology: 3 fractional worksPhytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications: 3 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular BiologyFood SciencePlant Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 19 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 works
  3. 3 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  4. 4 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 5 works
  6. 6 Bryophyte Studies and Records Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  7. 7 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 3 works
  9. 9 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  10. 10 Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications Plant Science 3 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 available62.9%not open37.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.7%domestic only76.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Botânica's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Instituto de Botânica as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Instituto de Botânica0.00096% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto de Botânica over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Instituto de Botânica7.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 2000.

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