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Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute

In research, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,258 of 7,800 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,198 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 14.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,338
of 28,054 · #27,002 all time
Rank in India
#1,550
of 1,840
Research works
833
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research 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
Life SciencesDomain #7,258 of 7,800 8.0%88 #10949
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,198 of 3,409 7.9%61 #5203

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research 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).

What does Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 32.8 works15×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 60.6 works9.9×
← 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: 9.95× its world share, 61 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.05× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9.72× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 1.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, N. M. Nayar, S. R. Suja and V.B. Hosagoudar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute.

  1. 1 N. M. Nayar India · #574,228 worldwide 45 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 S. R. Suja India · #650,343 worldwide 19 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 V.B. Hosagoudar India · #1,171,886 worldwide 43 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Varughese George India · #1,296,127 worldwide 22 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Ettickal Sukumaran Kumar India · #1,297,979 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 A. Pandurangan India · #1,430,943 worldwide 16 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Anurag Dhyani India · #1,512,521 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Mathew Dan India · #1,521,163 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 N. Mohanan India · #1,614,098 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Antioxidant, Medicinal Plants, Antioxidant Activity, Phylogeny, Herbal Medicine, Anti-inflammatory and Biodiversity.

▲ 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. Biogeography17▲ 50×11 topics
  2. Antioxidant14▲ 16×23 topics
  3. Medicinal Plants13▲ 26×13 topics
  4. Antioxidant Activity12▲ 15×18 topics
  5. Phylogeny10▲ 51×7 topics
  6. Herbal Medicine9▲ 24×8 topics
  7. Anti-inflammatory9▲ 25×17 topics
  8. Biodiversity8▲ 8.8×9 topics
  9. Climate Change8▲ 2.2×14 topics
  10. Invasive Species8▲ 14×9 topics
  11. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 18×8 topics
  12. Polyploidy6▲ 107×3 topics
  13. Mycorrhizal Fungi6▲ 68×2 topics
  14. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 22×3 topics
  15. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Pharmacology6▲ 19×13 topics
  17. Taxonomy6▲ 36×5 topics
  18. Neuroprotective6▲ 30×6 topics
  19. Drug Discovery6▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Global Change6▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Phytochemical Constituents5▲ 141×2 topics
  22. Ethnobotanical Survey5▲ 130×1 topic
  23. Traditional Ecological Knowledge5▲ 95×1 topic
  24. Biological Activities5▲ 25×5 topics
  25. Ecosystem Services5▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Host Specificity5▲ 34×3 topics
  27. Fungal Pathogens5▲ 29×3 topics
  28. Conservation5▲ 8.6×8 topics
  29. Angiosperm Phylogeny5▲ 139×1 topic
  30. Ecosystem Functioning5▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Flowering Plants5▲ 139×1 topic
  32. DNA Barcoding4▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Endophytic Fungi4▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Nutritional Value4▲ 31×4 topics
  35. Fungal Diversity4▲ 74×1 topic
  36. Health Benefits4▲ 10.0×9 topics
  37. Molecular Identification4▲ 49×2 topics
  38. Natural Products4▲ 22×6 topics
  39. Plant Interactions4▲ 85×1 topic
  40. Traditional Medicine4▲ 22×5 topics

Which research topics does Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

Ethnobotanical and Medic…5Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 5 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…5Plant Diversity and Evolution: 5 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 4 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…4Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 4 fractional worksPlant and animal studies4Plant and animal studies: 4 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 4 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 4 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology3Fern and Epiphyte Biology: 3 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 3 fractional worksPlant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics: 3 fractional works
Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsCell BiologyMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 5 works
  2. 2 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  3. 3 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 4 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  6. 6 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  9. 9 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 3 works
  10. 10 Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.6%domestic only93.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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