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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

In research, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens stands highest in Life Sciences (#8,021 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 110.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#34,755
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#7,277
of 7,310
Research works
152
▲ 109% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

What is Marie Selby Botanical Gardens known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #8,021 of 11,023 4.2%133

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 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 fields of science does Marie Selby Botanical Gardens work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is in Life Sciences, 6% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Chemistry (4%). It does 5.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 49 fractional works · 91.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 39 fractional works · 73.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 28 fractional works · 51.9% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 16.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 15.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMarie SelbyBotanical Gardens54fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences92%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences0%

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 8 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3973.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1018.9%
    1. Chemistry24.1%
    2. Environmental Science12.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine11.4%
    1. Psychology00.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Marie Selby Botanical Gardens specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 110.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 27.8 works111×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 39.1 works15×
  3. Life SciencesDomain · 49.2 works7.0×
← 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: 15.38× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.54× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 2.58× its world share, 2 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 15.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.38×39 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.54×10 works
  3. Chemistry2.58×2 works
  4. Environmental Science0.42×1 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  6. Medicine0.07×1 works
  7. Psychology0.05×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens?

Ranked on the quality score, Harry E. Luther, Sally M. Chambers and Bruce K. Holst lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

  1. 1 Harry E. Luther United States · #2,444,114 worldwide 1.6k citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Sally M. Chambers United States · #2,638,951 worldwide 305 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Bruce K. Holst United States · #2,843,320 worldwide 2.2k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 John T. Atwood United States · #3,640,309 worldwide 349 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Wesley E. Higgins United States · #3,779,671 worldwide 344 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 John Littner Clark United States · #5,737,376 worldwide 1.9k citations · 267 works
  7. 7 A. L. V. Toscano de Brito United States · #6,082,482 worldwide 400 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

What are the most cited papers from Marie Selby Botanical Gardens?

The most cited paper from Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is "Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an eight‐locus plastid phylogeny" (Thomas J. Givnish, Michael H. J. Barfuss, Benjamin W. van Ee et al., 2011), with 520 citations. Next come "Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae" (413) and "The size of the Orchidaceae and the systematic distribution of epiphytic orchids" (145).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an eight‐locus plastid phylogeny Thomas J. Givnish, Michael H. J. Barfuss, Benjamin W. van Ee et al. · American Journal of Botany Open access May 2011 520
2 Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae Thomas J. Givnish, Michael H. J. Barfuss, Benjamin W. van Ee et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Open access 26 Oct 2013 413
3 The size of the Orchidaceae and the systematic distribution of epiphytic orchids John T. Atwood · Medical Entomology and Zoology 1986 145
4 FOREST CANOPIES: Methods, Hypotheses, and Future Directions Margaret D. Lowman, Philip K. Wittman · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics Nov 1996 128
5 A Comparison of Ground and Canopy Leaf Litter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Neotropical Montane Forest John T. Longino, Nalini M. Nadkarni · Psyche A Journal of Entomology Open access 1990 121
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Taxonomy, Molecular Phylogeny, Angiosperm Phylogeny, Flowering Plants, Phylogeny, molecular systematics and Gesneriaceae.

▲ 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. Biogeography30▲ 202×8 topics
  2. Taxonomy14▲ 175×4 topics
  3. Molecular Phylogeny14▲ 154×3 topics
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny13▲ 896×1 topic
  5. Flowering Plants13▲ 896×1 topic
  6. Phylogeny11▲ 118×6 topics
  7. molecular systematics8▲ 642×2 topics
  8. Gesneriaceae8▲ 918×1 topic
  9. phylogenetic reconstruction8▲ 918×1 topic
  10. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 66×4 topics
  11. Biodiversity7▲ 18×5 topics
  12. Invasive Species7▲ 31×6 topics
  13. Polyploidy7▲ 260×2 topics
  14. Global Change7▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Climate Change6▲ 4.2×7 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services6▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Plant-Animal Interactions6▲ 136×1 topic
  18. Pollinator Decline6▲ 136×1 topic
  19. Antioxidant5▲ 15×7 topics
  20. Epiphytes5▲ 880×1 topic
  21. Ferns5▲ 880×1 topic
  22. Mycorrhizal Fungi4▲ 104×2 topics
  23. Medicinal Plants3▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Cyperus3▲ 399×1 topic
  25. Plant Hormones3▲ 81×1 topic
  26. Strigolactones3▲ 160×1 topic
  27. essential oil3▲ 399×1 topic
  28. Evolution2▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Health Benefits2▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Alkaloids2▲ 77×1 topic
  31. Amaryllidaceae2▲ 249×1 topic
  32. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Betalains2▲ 129×1 topic
  34. Opuntia2▲ 129×1 topic
  35. Apomixis2▲ 346×1 topic
  36. Conservation2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  37. Grasses2▲ 346×1 topic
  38. DNA Barcoding2▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Fungal Diversity1▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Plant Interactions1▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does Marie Selby Botanical Gardens publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant and animal studies and Fern and Epiphyte Biology.

Plant Diversity and Evol…13Plant Diversity and Evolution: 13 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 8 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 6 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology5Fern and Epiphyte Biology: 5 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 3 fractional worksPlant Parasitism and Resistance: 3 fractional worksChemical synthesis and alkaloids: 2 fractional worksBotanical Research and Applications: 2 fractional worksPlant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics: 2 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular BiologyPlant ScienceOrganic Chemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13 works
  2. 2 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 8 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  4. 4 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  5. 5 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Plant Parasitism and Resistance Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Chemical synthesis and alkaloids Organic Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 2 works
  9. 9 Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 1 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 available62.4%not open37.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.5%domestic only55.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Marie Selby Botanical Gardens's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 109% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Marie Selby Botanical Gardens as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000096% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Marie Selby Botanical Gardens0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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