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Kunming Institute of Botany

In research, Kunming Institute of Botany stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#629 of 3,409 worldwide), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (#53 of 255 worldwide) and Plant Science (#378 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Pharmacology and Cell Biology — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 25.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,408
of 28,054 · #5,753 all time
Rank in China
#1,004
of 3,058
Research works
3.9k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
86k
22.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Kunming Institute of Botany 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 #629 of 3,409 31.3%296 #860
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #53 of 255 31.0%95 #259
Plant ScienceSubfield #378 of 1,395 30.5%161 #603
Life SciencesDomain #2,147 of 7,800 27.1%574 #2648
Molecular BiologySubfield #912 of 2,175 23.1%160 #1403
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,525 of 3,579 23.0%238 #1814
Physical SciencesDomain #5,777 of 12,888 30.0%105 #7083
MedicineField #5,934 of 10,443 29.0%94 #8784
Health SciencesDomain #7,469 of 11,982 28.9%101 #11202

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kunming Institute of Botany 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#860 #629
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#259 #53
  3. Plant Science#603 #378
  4. Life Sciences#2,648 #2,147
  5. Molecular Biology#1,403 #912
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,814 #1,525
  7. Physical Sciences#7,083 #5,777
  8. Medicine#8,784 #5,934
  9. Health Sciences#11,202 #7,469
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 Kunming Institute of Botany specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 25.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 95.1 works26×
  2. PharmacologySubfield · 24.2 works16×
  3. Cell BiologySubfield · 36.4 works15×
  4. PharmacologySubfield · 46.1 works14×
  5. Plant ScienceSubfield · 161.2 works12×
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 28.0 works10×
← 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: 7.88× its world share, 296 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.65× its world share, 238 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10.05× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.22× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 94 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kunming Institute of Botany?

Ranked on the composite score, Heng Li, Jianchu Xu and Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kunming Institute of Botany.

  1. 1 Heng Li China · #2,351 worldwide 6.8k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Jianchu Xu China · #11,738 worldwide 1.7k citations · 92 works
  3. 3 Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe China · #22,621 worldwide 871 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Peter E. Mortimer China · #38,448 worldwide 740 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Qi Zhao China · #38,608 worldwide 425 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Andreas Wilkes China · #107,696 worldwide 203 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Xiao‐Jiang Hao China · #234,400 worldwide 236 citations · 106 works
  8. 8 Zhu L. Yang China · #254,785 worldwide 196 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Quan‐Bin Han China · #260,062 worldwide 104 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Yue‐Hu Wang China · #275,480 worldwide 88 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Kunming Institute of Botany

Which keywords describe research at Kunming Institute of Botany?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant, Biogeography, Anti-inflammatory, Phylogenetic Analysis, Biological Activities, Antioxidant Activity, Medicinal Plants 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. Antioxidant87▲ 16×42 topics
  2. Biogeography86▲ 42×15 topics
  3. Anti-inflammatory78▲ 35×26 topics
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis71▲ 30×13 topics
  5. Biological Activities68▲ 54×9 topics
  6. Climate Change67▲ 3.2×43 topics
  7. Antioxidant Activity63▲ 13×27 topics
  8. Medicinal Plants59▲ 19×17 topics
  9. Biodiversity54▲ 9.2×19 topics
  10. Invasive Species50▲ 15×16 topics
  11. Cancer48▲ 4.5×43 topics
  12. Mycorrhizal Fungi48▲ 84×2 topics
  13. Ecosystem Functioning46▲ 31×4 topics
  14. Global Change44▲ 21×6 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation42▲ 24×5 topics
  16. Endophytic Fungi41▲ 56×2 topics
  17. Pharmacology41▲ 21×17 topics
  18. DNA Barcoding38▲ 30×8 topics
  19. Fungal Diversity37▲ 107×2 topics
  20. Fungal Pathogens37▲ 35×5 topics
  21. Nutrient Cycling36▲ 65×2 topics
  22. Plant Interactions36▲ 118×1 topic
  23. Soil Biota36▲ 118×1 topic
  24. Host Specificity35▲ 39×4 topics
  25. Ethnopharmacology34▲ 82×4 topics
  26. Molecular Identification33▲ 62×2 topics
  27. Genomic Characterization33▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Plant Pathogenesis33▲ 65×1 topic
  29. Taxonomic Revision33▲ 59×2 topics
  30. Apoptosis32▲ 14×16 topics
  31. Taxonomy32▲ 32×9 topics
  32. Phytochemistry32▲ 34×7 topics
  33. Molecular Phylogeny32▲ 26×9 topics
  34. Ecosystem Services30▲ 10.0×7 topics
  35. Flavonoids30▲ 14×12 topics
  36. molecular systematics29▲ 154×2 topics
  37. Antiviral28▲ 44×4 topics
  38. Plant-Animal Interactions28▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Pollinator Decline28▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Gesneriaceae28▲ 208×1 topic

Which research topics does Kunming Institute of Botany publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant and animal studies and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions.

Mycorrhizal Fungi and Pl…36Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 36 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…33Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 33 fractional worksPlant and animal studies28Plant and animal studies: 28 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species…28Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 28 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 27 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 20 fractional worksNatural product bioactiv…19Natural product bioactivities and synthesis: 19 fractional worksPhytochemistry and Biological Activities: 18 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 15 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology: 14 fractional works
Plant ScienceCell BiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 36 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 33 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 28 works
  4. 4 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 28 works
  5. 5 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 27 works
  6. 6 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 20 works
  7. 7 Natural product bioactivities and synthesis Molecular Biology 19 works
  8. 8 Phytochemistry and Biological Activities Plant Science 18 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 15 works
  10. 10 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.7%domestic only73.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kunming Institute of Botany's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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