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McGuire Institute

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Research works
69
▲ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
130
1.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: McGuire Institute is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 7.68× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.11× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11.65× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 2.29× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.24× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsPsychology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 11.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at McGuire Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Evolution, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Biogeography, DNA Barcoding, Ecology and Biomimetic Synthesis.

▲ 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. Biodiversity17▲ 48×9 topics
  2. Evolution15▲ 129×5 topics
  3. Phylogeny14▲ 206×9 topics
  4. Taxonomy11▲ 189×5 topics
  5. Biogeography11▲ 91×11 topics
  6. DNA Barcoding10▲ 135×7 topics
  7. Ecology7▲ 102×2 topics
  8. Biomimetic Synthesis7▲ 1005×1 topic
  9. Cryptic Species7▲ 639×2 topics
  10. Peptide-Directed Materials7▲ 1005×1 topic
  11. Cavefish6▲ 1147×1 topic
  12. Climate Change6▲ 4.8×8 topics
  13. Subterranean6▲ 1147×1 topic
  14. Lepidoptera6▲ 636×1 topic
  15. Molecular Phylogenetics6▲ 636×1 topic
  16. Invasive Species5▲ 24×8 topics
  17. Coleoptera4▲ 486×2 topics
  18. Morphology4▲ 50×2 topics
  19. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 43×4 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 22×3 topics
  21. Diversification3▲ 173×1 topic
  22. Speciation3▲ 174×2 topics
  23. beetles3▲ 523×1 topic
  24. Biomonitoring3▲ 80×2 topics
  25. Biological Control3▲ 37×4 topics
  26. Conservation2▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Adaptive Radiation2▲ 162×2 topics
  28. Mosses2▲ 183×2 topics
  29. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Polyploidy2▲ 92×2 topics
  31. Epiphytes2▲ 399×1 topic
  32. Ferns2▲ 399×1 topic
  33. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 25×3 topics
  34. Neotropical Region2▲ 273×2 topics
  35. Pheromones2▲ 76×2 topics
  36. Antioxidant Activity2▲ 5.6×2 topics
  37. Lichen2▲ 201×1 topic
  38. Secondary Metabolites2▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Symbiosis2▲ 38×2 topics
  40. Toxins2▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does McGuire Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diatoms and Algae Research, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution.

Diatoms and Algae Research7Diatoms and Algae Research: 7 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 6 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 6 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and …3Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 3 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology2Fern and Epiphyte Biology: 2 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology2Lichen and fungal ecology: 2 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksColeoptera: Cerambycidae studies: 1 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 1 fractional worksCollembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional works
BiomaterialsPaleontologyGeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2 others

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

  1. 1 Diatoms and Algae Research Biomaterials 7 works
  2. 2 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 6 works
  3. 3 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 6 works
  4. 4 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  5. 5 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  6. 6 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  8. 8 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available85.5%not open14.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors79.5%domestic only20.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has McGuire Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% 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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