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Instituto de Botânica

In research, Instituto de Botânica stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,724 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,185 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 56.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,457
of 28,054 · #13,539 all time
Rank in Brazil
#443
of 714
Research works
2.7k
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Botânica 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 #2,724 of 3,409 12.7%92 #1914
Life SciencesDomain #7,185 of 7,800 12.5%116 #8234

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Instituto de Botânica specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 56.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 46.7 works57×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 92.2 works11×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 31.2 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: 11.04× its world share, 92 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.23× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.71× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.51× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.87× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× 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, 11.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Botânica?

Ranked on the composite score, Fábio de Barros, Maria Cláudia Marx Young and Marisa Domingos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Botânica.

  1. 1 Fábio de Barros · #232,788 worldwide 76 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Maria Cláudia Marx Young · #368,955 worldwide 95 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Marisa Domingos · #381,813 worldwide 51 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Nair S. Yokoya · #383,629 worldwide 161 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Célia Leite Sant’Anna · #499,333 worldwide 103 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Cynthia Fernandes Pinto da Luz · #506,125 worldwide 100 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Denílson Fernandes Peralta · #521,453 worldwide 85 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Olga Yano · #599,328 worldwide 49 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Cláudio José Barbedo · #622,869 worldwide 56 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Mutuê T. Fujii · #694,038 worldwide 107 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Botânica

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Botânica?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Molecular Phylogeny 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 2022–2025 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. Biogeography45▲ 98×14 topics
  2. Climate Change23▲ 4.8×33 topics
  3. Biodiversity20▲ 15×18 topics
  4. Taxonomy19▲ 83×6 topics
  5. Phylogeny18▲ 70×9 topics
  6. Invasive Species18▲ 24×13 topics
  7. Molecular Phylogeny18▲ 65×6 topics
  8. Angiosperm Phylogeny17▲ 372×1 topic
  9. Flowering Plants17▲ 372×1 topic
  10. Habitat Fragmentation17▲ 43×5 topics
  11. Global Change14▲ 30×5 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services13▲ 20×7 topics
  13. Antioxidant12▲ 10×18 topics
  14. Plant-Animal Interactions11▲ 76×1 topic
  15. Pollinator Decline11▲ 76×1 topic
  16. Polyploidy10▲ 127×4 topics
  17. Conservation9▲ 12×15 topics
  18. Adaptive Radiation8▲ 159×2 topics
  19. Epiphytes8▲ 484×1 topic
  20. Ferns8▲ 484×1 topic
  21. Antioxidant Activity8▲ 6.9×15 topics
  22. Medicinal Plants7▲ 10×10 topics
  23. Mosses6▲ 139×2 topics
  24. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 12×11 topics
  25. Health Benefits6▲ 10×8 topics
  26. Gesneriaceae6▲ 190×1 topic
  27. molecular systematics6▲ 136×2 topics
  28. phylogenetic reconstruction6▲ 190×1 topic
  29. Phytochemicals6▲ 28×5 topics
  30. Bioactive Compounds5▲ 12×5 topics
  31. Nutrition5▲ 6.5×5 topics
  32. Gene Expression5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  33. Betalains4▲ 97×1 topic
  34. Opuntia4▲ 97×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 12×6 topics
  36. Benthic Communities4▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Marine Biodiversity4▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Symbiosis4▲ 23×3 topics
  39. Biomonitoring4▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Bryophyte4▲ 217×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto de Botânica publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and animal studies, Fern and Epiphyte Biology and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions.

Plant Diversity and Evol…17Plant Diversity and Evolution: 17 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 11 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 8 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species…6Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 6 fractional worksBotanical Research and A…4Botanical Research and Applications: 4 fractional worksBryophyte Studies and Re…4Bryophyte Studies and Records: 4 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 3 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology: 3 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 3 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 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 EvolutionEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 17 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studiesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 works
  3. 3 Fern and Epiphyte BiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  4. 4 Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsMolecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 Botanical Research and ApplicationsFood Science 4 works
  6. 6 Bryophyte Studies and RecordsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  7. 7 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesPlant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Lichen and fungal ecologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biologyOceanography 3 works
  10. 10 Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesPlant 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Botânica's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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