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James Hutton Institute

In research, James Hutton Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#483 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#284 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,691 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science and Global and Planetary Change — General Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 14.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,891
of 28,054 · #4,037 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#191
of 1,094
Research works
2.5k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
98k
40.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is James Hutton Institute 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 #483 of 3,409 38.3%187 #266
Plant ScienceSubfield #284 of 1,395 46.5%99 #168
Life SciencesDomain #2,691 of 7,800 37.9%227 #1930
Environmental ScienceField #1,299 of 3,551 23.9%142 #844
Physical SciencesDomain #5,627 of 12,888 24.8%193 #5761
Social SciencesDomain #5,983 of 10,521 27.5%67 #4951

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where James Hutton Institute 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#266 #483
  2. Plant Science#168 #284
  3. Life Sciences#1,930 #2,691
  4. Environmental Science#844 #1,299
  5. Physical Sciences#5,761 #5,627
  6. Social Sciences#4,951 #5,983
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 James Hutton Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 31.8 works14×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 98.7 works11×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 34.6 works9.1×
  4. EcologySubfield · 31.1 works7.9×
← 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: 7.89× its world share, 187 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.72× its world share, 142 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.13× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.01× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at James Hutton Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Philip J. White, A. C. Newton and Stephen Hillier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is James Hutton Institute.

  1. 1 Philip J. White United Kingdom · #12,691 worldwide 1.2k citations · 100 works
  2. 2 A. C. Newton United Kingdom · #18,525 worldwide 498 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Stephen Hillier United Kingdom · #35,938 worldwide 721 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Robin J. Pakeman United Kingdom · #40,431 worldwide 471 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 A. Glyn Bengough United Kingdom · #48,693 worldwide 459 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 David Miller United Kingdom · #52,617 worldwide 234 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Robbie Waugh United Kingdom · #54,847 worldwide 426 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 D. Wynne Griffiths United Kingdom · #80,831 worldwide 273 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Andy F. S. Taylor United Kingdom · #84,269 worldwide 514 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Gary Polhill United Kingdom · #111,549 worldwide 293 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at James Hutton Institute

Which keywords describe research at James Hutton Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainability, Rural Development, Land Use Change and Environmental Policy.

▲ 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 Change74▲ 5.5×76 topics
  2. Sustainability42▲ 3.4×44 topics
  3. Biodiversity30▲ 8.0×19 topics
  4. Ecosystem Services29▲ 15×11 topics
  5. Biodiversity Conservation28▲ 15×11 topics
  6. Rural Development25▲ 15×7 topics
  7. Land Use Change25▲ 16×4 topics
  8. Environmental Impact23▲ 2.7×24 topics
  9. Environmental Policy22▲ 22×6 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis20▲ 13×9 topics
  11. Microbial Communities18▲ 8.3×7 topics
  12. Sustainable Agriculture18▲ 11×11 topics
  13. Social-Ecological Systems18▲ 26×3 topics
  14. Community Empowerment17▲ 4.6×2 topics
  15. Social Innovation17▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Agricultural Change17▲ 232×1 topic
  17. Neo-Endogenous Development17▲ 232×1 topic
  18. Ecosystem Functioning16▲ 17×7 topics
  19. Urbanization15▲ 7.5×4 topics
  20. Genome Sequencing14▲ 18×7 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity14▲ 6.3×8 topics
  22. Rhizosphere Interactions13▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Invasive Species13▲ 6.0×15 topics
  24. Global Impact12▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Potato12▲ 67×2 topics
  26. Human-Nature Interactions12▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Plant Immunity12▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Spatial Dynamics12▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Nitrogen Fixation12▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Ecosystem Resilience12▲ 16×5 topics
  31. Plant Pathogens11▲ 71×3 topics
  32. Genetic Mapping11▲ 28×4 topics
  33. Phytophthora11▲ 135×1 topic
  34. late blight resistance11▲ 135×1 topic
  35. Biological Control10▲ 13×7 topics
  36. Nutrient Limitation10▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Global Change10▲ 7.5×6 topics
  38. Soil Fertility10▲ 8.7×5 topics
  39. Population Dynamics10▲ 7.7×10 topics
  40. Quantitative Trait Loci10▲ 34×3 topics

Which research topics does James Hutton Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rural development and sustainability, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Plant Pathogens and Resistance and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Rural development and sustainability: 17 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 12 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resi…11Plant Pathogens and Resistance: 11 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…9Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 9 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Policy: 8 fractional worksPlant Disease Resistance and Genetics: 8 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…7Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 7 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 6 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 6 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 6 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesGlobal and Planetary ChangePlant ScienceSoil Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Rural development and sustainability General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 works
  2. 2 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 12 works
  3. 3 Plant Pathogens and Resistance Plant Science 11 works
  4. 4 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 9 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Economics and Policy General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  6. 6 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 8 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 7 works
  8. 8 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  10. 10 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 6 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 available55.7%not open44.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.2%domestic only58.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has James Hutton Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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