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Meise Botanic Garden

In research, Meise Botanic Garden stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,222 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,534 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. 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 60.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,205
of 22,385 · #12,097 all time
Rank in Belgium
#61
of 105
Research works
759
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.3k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
54%
world 18%
Meise Botanic Garden

What is Meise Botanic Garden known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #2,222 of 6,403 9.5%99 #2331
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,534 of 3,157 9.8%80 #1505

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Meise Botanic Garden 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 Meise Botanic Garden work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Meise Botanic Garden is in Life Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (55%), Environmental Science (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 4.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 171 fractional works · 65.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 144 fractional works · 54.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 74 fractional works · 28.4% of its workPlant Science: 56 fractional works · 21.4% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 70 fractional works · 26.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomaterials: 15 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMeise BotanicGarden262fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences65%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences5%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14454.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology269.8%
    3. Neuroscience20.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Environmental Science2911.0%
    2. Materials Science155.9%
    3. Computer Science103.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences83.2%
    5. Engineering41.4%
    6. Chemistry31.0%
    7. Energy10.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences51.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities31.2%
    3. Decision Sciences20.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Psychology10.2%
    1. Medicine62.5%
    2. Dentistry00.2%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Meise Botanic Garden specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 60.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 74.4 works61×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 56.0 works12×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 143.6 works12×
← 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: 11.55× its world share, 144 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.83× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.21× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.70× its world share, 16 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.55×144 works
  2. Environmental Science2.21×29 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.03×8 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.83×26 works
  5. Materials Science1.70×16 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.81×2 works
  7. Chemistry0.66×3 works
  8. Computer Science0.49×10 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.41×3 works
  11. Neuroscience0.39×2 works
  12. Dentistry0.39×0 works
  13. Energy0.23×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.15×5 works
  17. Medicine0.13×6 works
  18. Engineering0.10×4 works
  19. Psychology0.08×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  21. Health Professions0.06×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Meise Botanic Garden?

Ranked on the quality score, Marc S.M. Sosef, Filip E.A. Vandelook and Piet Stoffelen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Meise Botanic Garden.

  1. 1 Marc S.M. Sosef Belgium · #604,643 worldwide 3.9k citations · 112 works
  2. 2 Filip E.A. Vandelook Belgium · #980,090 worldwide 2.2k citations · 129 works
  3. 3 Piet Stoffelen Belgium · #1,291,341 worldwide 2k citations · 118 works
  4. 4 Quentin Groom Belgium · #1,382,796 worldwide 7.4k citations · 431 works
  5. 5 Damien Ertz Belgium · #1,895,931 worldwide 8.6k citations · 195 works
  6. 6 Jade Saunders Belgium · #1,937,782 worldwide 26 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Frederik Leliaert Belgium · #1,947,843 worldwide 7 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Victor Deklerck Belgium · #1,990,262 worldwide 677 citations · 72 works
  9. 9 Yves Bawin Belgium · #2,044,911 worldwide 308 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Amelie Jarlman Belgium · #2,075,581 worldwide 927 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Meise Botanic Garden

What are the most cited papers from Meise Botanic Garden?

The most cited paper from Meise Botanic Garden is "Global diversity and geography of soil fungi" (Leho Tedersoo et al., 2014), with 3,776 citations. Next come "Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants" (1,123) and "Assembling the fungal tree of life: progress, classification, and evolution of subcellular traits" (835).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global diversity and geography of soil fungi Leho Tedersoo et al. · Science Open access 28 Nov 2014 3,776
2 Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants Mark van Kleunen et al. · Nature Open access 18 Aug 2015 1,123
3 Assembling the fungal tree of life: progress, classification, and evolution of subcellular traits Francois M. Lutzoni et al. · American Journal of Botany Oct 2004 835
4 Minimum required number of specimen records to develop accurate species distribution models André S. J. van Proosdij, Marc S.M. Sosef, Jan J. Wieringa et al. · Ecography Open access 30 May 2015 804
5 Body size and dispersal mode as key traits determining metacommunity structure of aquatic organisms T. De Bie, Luc De Meester, Luc Brendonck et al. · Ecology Letters 15 May 2012 739
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Meise Botanic Garden?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Invasive Species, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation and Habitat Fragmentation.

▲ 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. Biogeography82▲ 113×18 topics
  2. Invasive Species45▲ 41×16 topics
  3. Phylogeny44▲ 101×12 topics
  4. Taxonomy42▲ 110×11 topics
  5. Climate Change41▲ 5.8×35 topics
  6. Biodiversity36▲ 18×20 topics
  7. Conservation35▲ 31×12 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation28▲ 49×4 topics
  9. Molecular Phylogeny27▲ 62×6 topics
  10. Phylogenetics26▲ 195×3 topics
  11. Diversification25▲ 215×2 topics
  12. Angiosperm Phylogeny25▲ 344×1 topic
  13. Flowering Plants25▲ 344×1 topic
  14. Mosses23▲ 304×2 topics
  15. Phylogenetic Analysis21▲ 26×12 topics
  16. Ecology16▲ 36×6 topics
  17. Global Change15▲ 22×5 topics
  18. Environmental Monitoring15▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Biomimetic Synthesis14▲ 292×1 topic
  20. Mediterranean14▲ 62×4 topics
  21. Peptide-Directed Materials14▲ 292×1 topic
  22. Bryophyte14▲ 460×1 topic
  23. Endemism14▲ 281×2 topics
  24. Liverworts14▲ 460×1 topic
  25. Antioxidant14▲ 7.6×17 topics
  26. Chenopodiaceae14▲ 516×1 topic
  27. Vascular Flora14▲ 516×1 topic
  28. Antioxidant Activity13▲ 8.1×13 topics
  29. Polyploidy13▲ 98×3 topics
  30. Flora12▲ 183×2 topics
  31. Vascular Plants12▲ 183×2 topics
  32. Vegetation12▲ 44×3 topics
  33. Habitat12▲ 90×1 topic
  34. Phytogeography12▲ 224×1 topic
  35. Medicinal Plants12▲ 11×12 topics
  36. Mycorrhizal Fungi11▲ 61×2 topics
  37. Ecosystem Functioning11▲ 20×6 topics
  38. Ecosystem Services11▲ 11×7 topics
  39. DNA Barcoding10▲ 23×6 topics
  40. Secondary Metabolites10▲ 48×2 topics

Which research topics does Meise Botanic Garden publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Diatoms and Algae Research, Bryophyte Studies and Records and Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna.

Plant Diversity and Evol…25Plant Diversity and Evolution: 25 fractional worksDiatoms and Algae Research: 14 fractional worksBryophyte Studies and Re…14Bryophyte Studies and Records: 14 fractional worksMediterranean and Iberia…14Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna: 14 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 12 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 10 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology9Lichen and fungal ecology: 9 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 8 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 8 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 6 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsBiomaterialsPlant ScienceEcological Modeling

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

  1. 1 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 25 works
  2. 2 Diatoms and Algae Research Biomaterials 14 works
  3. 3 Bryophyte Studies and Records Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
  4. 4 Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna Plant Science 14 works
  5. 5 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 12 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  7. 7 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  8. 8 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  9. 9 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 8 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 6 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 available67.3%not open32.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.9%domestic only46.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Meise Botanic Garden's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Meise Botanic Garden as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00058% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Meise Botanic Garden0.00082% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Meise Botanic Garden over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Meise Botanic Garden10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.4% in 2025.

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