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James Hutton Institute

In research, James Hutton Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#358 of 3,157 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,003 of 6,403 worldwide) and Plant Science (#224 of 1,317 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science and Plant Science (General Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 11.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,098
of 22,385 · #2,127 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#158
of 862
Research works
3.2k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
139k
43.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
James Hutton Institute

What is James Hutton Institute 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #358 of 3,157 13.6%203 #315
Life SciencesDomain #1,003 of 6,403 13.2%255 #974
Plant ScienceSubfield #224 of 1,317 15.3%102 #213
Environmental ScienceField #724 of 3,334 10.8%155 #801
Physical SciencesDomain #2,781 of 10,670 11.3%221 #2416
Social SciencesDomain #5,586 of 9,585 16.1%74 #4677

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#315 #358
  2. Life Sciences#974 #1,003
  3. Plant Science#213 #224
  4. Environmental Science#801 #724
  5. Physical Sciences#2,416 #2,781
  6. Social Sciences#4,677 #5,586
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does James Hutton Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at James Hutton Institute is in Life Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (35%), Environmental Science (27%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 290 fractional works · 43.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 231 fractional works · 34.9% of its workPlant Science: 115 fractional works · 17.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 35 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSoil Science: 21 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 253 fractional works · 38.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 180 fractional works · 27.2% of its workEcology: 42 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 41 fractional works · 6.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 17 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 85 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKJames HuttonInstitute663fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences44%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences13%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23134.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology507.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology71.0%
    4. Neuroscience20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science18027.2%
    2. Engineering233.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences142.1%
    4. Computer Science121.9%
    5. Mathematics81.2%
    6. Chemistry60.8%
    7. Energy40.7%
    8. Materials Science40.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences345.2%
    2. Decision Sciences182.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance131.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting81.2%
    5. Psychology71.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities50.7%
    1. Medicine233.5%
    2. Veterinary60.9%
    3. Health Professions40.6%
    4. Nursing20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does James Hutton Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 34.5 works12×
  2. Soil ScienceSubfield · 21.0 works11×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 114.6 works9.9×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 41.1 works8.2×
  5. EcologySubfield · 42.1 works8.1×
← 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: 7.35× its world share, 231 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.02× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.47× its world share, 180 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.98× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.53× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.79× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.35×231 works
  2. Veterinary6.53×6 works
  3. Environmental Science5.47×180 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.79×18 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.42×50 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.33×14 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.02×7 works
  8. Mathematics0.98×8 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×13 works
  10. Energy0.72×4 works
  11. Nursing0.69×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.54×6 works
  13. Social Sciences0.41×34 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×8 works
  15. Psychology0.34×7 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.25×5 works
  17. Computer Science0.24×12 works
  18. Engineering0.23×23 works
  19. Health Professions0.21×4 works
  20. Materials Science0.18×4 works
  21. Medicine0.18×23 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.16×2 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.12×2 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at James Hutton Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul R. J. Birch, Steve D. Albon and Robbie Waugh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is James Hutton Institute.

  1. 1 Paul R. J. Birch United Kingdom · #27,005 worldwide 19k citations · 245 works
  2. 2 Steve D. Albon United Kingdom · #27,070 worldwide 23k citations · 174 works
  3. 3 Robbie Waugh United Kingdom · #29,586 worldwide 38k citations · 446 works
  4. 4 Timothy George United Kingdom · #49,876 worldwide 15k citations · 372 works
  5. 5 Euan Kevin James United Kingdom · #55,537 worldwide 18k citations · 262 works
  6. 6 Lee‐Ann Sutherland United Kingdom · #58,859 worldwide 3.9k citations · 101 works
  7. 7 Stephen C. Whisson United Kingdom · #62,805 worldwide 8.5k citations · 100 works
  8. 8 Rob W. Brooker United Kingdom · #77,990 worldwide 14k citations · 149 works
  9. 9 Jorunn I. B. Bos United Kingdom · #83,421 worldwide 7.2k citations · 86 works
  10. 10 Zulin Zhang United Kingdom · #91,412 worldwide 13k citations · 299 works
All ranked researchers at James Hutton Institute

What are the most cited papers from James Hutton Institute?

The most cited paper from James Hutton Institute is "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al., 2016), with 7,829 citations. Next come "The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi: handling dark taxa and parallel taxonomic classifications" (3,746) and "Towards a unified paradigm for sequence‐based identification of fungi" (3,703).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
2 The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi: handling dark taxa and parallel taxonomic classifications Rolf Henrik Nilsson, Karl-Henrik Larsson, Andy F. S. Taylor et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 12 Oct 2018 3,746
3 Towards a unified paradigm for sequence‐based identification of fungi Urmas Kõljalg et al. · Molecular Ecology Open access 3 Aug 2013 3,703
4 The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution Hideki Hirakawa et al. · Nature Open access271 authors May 2012 3,442
5 Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Fernando T. Maestre, Peter B. Reich et al. · Nature Communications Open access 28 Jan 2016 2,675
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at James Hutton Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainability, Land Use Change, Rural Development 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-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. Climate Change94▲ 5.2×80 topics
  2. Sustainability48▲ 3.0×48 topics
  3. Biodiversity40▲ 7.9×26 topics
  4. Ecosystem Services33▲ 13×11 topics
  5. Biodiversity Conservation32▲ 13×12 topics
  6. Environmental Impact29▲ 2.6×31 topics
  7. Land Use Change27▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Rural Development27▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Environmental Policy25▲ 18×6 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis24▲ 12×11 topics
  11. Microbial Communities23▲ 8.0×9 topics
  12. Invasive Species22▲ 7.9×19 topics
  13. Ecosystem Functioning21▲ 15×7 topics
  14. Social-Ecological Systems20▲ 21×3 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity19▲ 6.8×14 topics
  16. Community Empowerment19▲ 3.9×2 topics
  17. Sustainable Agriculture19▲ 9.1×11 topics
  18. Social Innovation18▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Agricultural Change18▲ 189×1 topic
  20. Neo-Endogenous Development18▲ 189×1 topic
  21. Genome Sequencing17▲ 17×7 topics
  22. Urbanization17▲ 6.5×4 topics
  23. Global Impact15▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Population Dynamics15▲ 8.7×13 topics
  25. Biological Control15▲ 14×9 topics
  26. Ecosystem Resilience14▲ 14×5 topics
  27. Potato14▲ 58×2 topics
  28. Rhizosphere Interactions14▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Human-Nature Interactions14▲ 23×1 topic
  30. Spatial Dynamics14▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Global Change14▲ 7.8×6 topics
  32. Plant Immunity14▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Nutrient Limitation13▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Nitrogen Fixation13▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Soil Fertility13▲ 8.6×6 topics
  36. Plant Pathogens12▲ 59×3 topics
  37. Soil Carbon Sequestration12▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Biochar Application12▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Nitrogen Cycle12▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Oomycetes12▲ 63×2 topics

Which research topics does James Hutton Institute publish most on?

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

Rural development and sustainability: 18 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 14 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…12Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 12 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resi…12Plant Pathogens and Resistance: 12 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Policy: 9 fractional worksPlant Disease Resistance and Genetics: 8 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…8Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 8 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 7 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 7 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 6 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesGlobal and Planetary ChangeSoil SciencePlant 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 18 works
  2. 2 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 14 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 12 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogens and Resistance Plant Science 12 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Economics and Policy General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 works
  6. 6 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 8 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 8 works
  8. 8 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 7 works
  9. 9 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 7 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 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 available52.8%not open47.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.1%domestic only61.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has James Hutton Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 James Hutton Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%James Hutton Institute0.0025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of James Hutton Institute 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 counting10%20%30%James Hutton Institute10.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.2% in 2012.

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