Question 1

What is James Hutton Institute known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does James Hutton Institute rank in research?

Accepted Answer

James Hutton Institute ranks #3,098 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#2,127 all time), and #158 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at James Hutton Institute?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from James Hutton Institute?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does James Hutton Institute publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at James Hutton Institute?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does James Hutton Institute work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is James Hutton Institute's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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