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Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

In research, Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,591 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 58.1× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#23,392
of 28,054 · #27,639 all time
Rank in Russia
#751
of 1,062
Research works
517
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.9k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 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 #7,591 of 7,800 7.6%74 #12946

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 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 Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 58.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 29.4 works58×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 22.5 works12×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 56.4 works11×
← 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: 11.02× its world share, 56 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.88× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.36× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.49× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 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 Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Mikhail P. Zhurbenko, К. Г. Ткаченко and Leonid V. AVERYANOV lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

  1. 1 Mikhail P. Zhurbenko Russia · #637,911 worldwide 76 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 К. Г. Ткаченко Russia · #1,061,025 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Leonid V. AVERYANOV Russia · #1,560,532 worldwide 0 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 S. V. Serkerov Russia · #1,587,916 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Phylogeny, Habitat Fragmentation, Mosses and Phylogenetic Analysis.

▲ 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. Biogeography29▲ 103×14 topics
  2. Climate Change19▲ 6.4×24 topics
  3. Invasive Species14▲ 30×9 topics
  4. Biodiversity13▲ 16×10 topics
  5. Phylogeny12▲ 73×9 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation12▲ 49×3 topics
  7. Mosses11▲ 405×2 topics
  8. Phylogenetic Analysis10▲ 31×9 topics
  9. Antioxidant Activity10▲ 14×12 topics
  10. Taxonomy8▲ 60×8 topics
  11. Conservation8▲ 17×10 topics
  12. Antioxidant8▲ 10×14 topics
  13. Global Change8▲ 27×4 topics
  14. Molecular Phylogeny7▲ 42×6 topics
  15. Secondary Metabolites7▲ 84×3 topics
  16. molecular systematics7▲ 260×2 topics
  17. Biomonitoring7▲ 78×2 topics
  18. Symbiosis7▲ 65×2 topics
  19. Fungi6▲ 273×2 topics
  20. Air Pollution6▲ 46×1 topic
  21. Lichen6▲ 346×1 topic
  22. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 30×4 topics
  23. Ecosystem Services6▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Phylogenetics6▲ 125×2 topics
  25. Diversification6▲ 142×2 topics
  26. Ecology6▲ 36×4 topics
  27. Angiosperm Phylogeny6▲ 203×1 topic
  28. Flowering Plants6▲ 203×1 topic
  29. Gesneriaceae6▲ 316×1 topic
  30. phylogenetic reconstruction6▲ 316×1 topic
  31. Plant-Animal Interactions6▲ 61×1 topic
  32. Pollinator Decline6▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Vegetation6▲ 49×2 topics
  34. Bryophyte5▲ 510×1 topic
  35. Flora5▲ 172×2 topics
  36. Liverworts5▲ 510×1 topic
  37. Vascular Plants5▲ 172×2 topics
  38. DNA Barcoding5▲ 29×5 topics
  39. Habitat5▲ 81×1 topic
  40. Phytogeography5▲ 200×1 topic

Which research topics does Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lichen and fungal ecology, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions and Plant and animal studies.

  1. 1 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  2. 2 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  3. 3 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 6 works
  4. 4 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  5. 5 Bryophyte Studies and Records Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  6. 6 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 5 works
  7. 7 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Diatoms and Algae Research Biomaterials 4 works
  9. 9 Biological and pharmacological studies of plants Pharmacology 3 works
  10. 10 Plant Reproductive Biology Molecular Biology 2 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.9%domestic only67.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher 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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