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Missouri Botanical Garden

In research, Missouri Botanical Garden stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,615 of 6,403 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#975 of 3,157 worldwide) and Plant Science (#541 of 1,317 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 71.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,846
of 22,385 · #6,018 all time
Rank in United States
#1,338
of 3,332
Research works
3.7k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
84k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Missouri Botanical Garden

What is Missouri Botanical 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 #1,615 of 6,403 4.2%312 #1773
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #975 of 3,157 4.4%256 #844
Plant ScienceSubfield #541 of 1,317 2.9%102 #604
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #150 of 269 5.8%114 #260

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Missouri Botanical 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#1,773 #1,615
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#844 #975
  3. Plant Science#604 #541
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#260 #150
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Missouri Botanical Garden work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Missouri Botanical Garden is in Life Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (68%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 5.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 368 fractional works · 81.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 306 fractional works · 67.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 151 fractional works · 33.5% of its workPlant Science: 112 fractional works · 24.8% of its workFood Science: 20 fractional works · 4.5% of its workForestry: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 55 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 6.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMissouriBotanical Garden452fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences81%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences4%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30667.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5512.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics61.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Environmental Science286.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.0%
    3. Engineering40.9%
    4. Chemistry40.8%
    5. Materials Science30.8%
    6. Computer Science10.3%
    7. Energy10.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Medicine183.9%
    2. Nursing30.6%
    3. Health Professions00.1%
    1. Social Sciences102.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities40.8%
    3. Psychology40.8%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Missouri Botanical Garden specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 71.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 151.3 works71×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 306.3 works14×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 111.9 works14×
← 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: 14.27× its world share, 306 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.28× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.55× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.27×306 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.55×6 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.28×55 works
  4. Nursing1.31×3 works
  5. Environmental Science1.23×28 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.66×5 works
  7. Chemistry0.53×4 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.29×4 works
  9. Psychology0.26×4 works
  10. Materials Science0.22×3 works
  11. Medicine0.20×18 works
  12. Social Sciences0.17×10 works
  13. Energy0.13×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  15. Engineering0.06×4 works
  16. Neuroscience0.05×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.04×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Missouri Botanical Garden?

Ranked on the quality score, Adam B. Smith, J. Sebastián Tello and Peter M. Jørgensen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Missouri Botanical Garden.

  1. 1 Adam B. Smith United States · #113,094 worldwide 5.4k citations · 86 works
  2. 2 J. Sebastián Tello United States · #144,483 worldwide 2k citations · 100 works
  3. 3 Peter M. Jørgensen United States · #165,693 worldwide 6.6k citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Peter F. Stevens United States · #241,236 worldwide 10k citations · 175 works
  5. 5 Peter H. Raven United States · #258,371 worldwide 41k citations · 690 works
  6. 6 Miguel E. Leal United States · #260,979 worldwide 5.6k citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Robbie E. Hart United States · #451,666 worldwide 4.7k citations · 97 works
  8. 8 Douglas Sharon United States · #537,257 worldwide 5.9k citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Emily J. Warschefsky United States · #541,474 worldwide 1.5k citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Alwyn H. Gentry United States · #579,406 worldwide 16k citations · 141 works
All ranked researchers at Missouri Botanical Garden

What are the most cited papers from Missouri Botanical Garden?

The most cited paper from Missouri Botanical Garden is "The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection" (Stuart L. Pimm, Clinton N. Jenkins, Robin Abell et al., 2014), with 3,588 citations. Next come "The global spectrum of plant form and function" (3,468) and "Impacts of biological invasions: what's what and the way forward" (3,381).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection Stuart L. Pimm, Clinton N. Jenkins, Robin Abell et al. · Science 29 May 2014 3,588
2 The global spectrum of plant form and function Sandra Díaz et al. · Nature Open access 23 Dec 2015 3,468
3 Impacts of biological invasions: what's what and the way forward Daniel Simberloff, Jean‐Louis Martin, Piero Genovesi et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution ReviewOpen access 10 Aug 2012 3,381
4 Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought Brendan Choat et al. · Nature Open access Nov 2012 2,840
5 Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere Anthony D. Barnosky et al. · Nature Open access Jun 2012 1,978
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Missouri Botanical Garden?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Phylogeny, Medicinal Plants, Taxonomy, Antioxidant, Invasive Species, Biodiversity 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. Biogeography159▲ 126×17 topics
  2. Phylogeny88▲ 116×12 topics
  3. Medicinal Plants84▲ 48×15 topics
  4. Taxonomy66▲ 100×10 topics
  5. Antioxidant60▲ 19×32 topics
  6. Invasive Species54▲ 28×17 topics
  7. Biodiversity52▲ 15×19 topics
  8. Climate Change52▲ 4.2×48 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation51▲ 53×5 topics
  10. Molecular Phylogeny50▲ 68×8 topics
  11. Diversification46▲ 228×2 topics
  12. Angiosperm Phylogeny46▲ 365×1 topic
  13. Flowering Plants46▲ 365×1 topic
  14. Phylogenetics46▲ 202×2 topics
  15. Herbal Medicine37▲ 29×9 topics
  16. Antioxidant Activity37▲ 13×21 topics
  17. Conservation37▲ 19×15 topics
  18. Mosses35▲ 276×2 topics
  19. Polyploidy32▲ 142×4 topics
  20. Ethnobotanical Survey31▲ 210×1 topic
  21. Traditional Ecological Knowledge31▲ 155×1 topic
  22. Anti-inflammatory30▲ 23×22 topics
  23. Global Change30▲ 25×5 topics
  24. Phylogenetic Analysis28▲ 20×14 topics
  25. molecular systematics27▲ 256×2 topics
  26. Ecosystem Services24▲ 14×9 topics
  27. Adaptive Radiation24▲ 164×2 topics
  28. Biological Activities23▲ 32×7 topics
  29. Epiphytes23▲ 455×1 topic
  30. Ferns23▲ 455×1 topic
  31. Evolution22▲ 19×10 topics
  32. Plant-Animal Interactions22▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Pollinator Decline22▲ 61×1 topic
  34. Bryophyte22▲ 420×1 topic
  35. Liverworts22▲ 420×1 topic
  36. Flavonoids17▲ 15×8 topics
  37. Phytochemical Analysis17▲ 48×3 topics
  38. Cyperus17▲ 308×1 topic
  39. essential oil17▲ 308×1 topic
  40. Gesneriaceae17▲ 234×1 topic

Which research topics does Missouri Botanical Garden publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Fern and Epiphyte Biology and Plant and animal studies.

Plant Diversity and Evol…46Plant Diversity and Evolution: 46 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 31 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology23Fern and Epiphyte Biology: 23 fractional worksPlant and animal studies22Plant and animal studies: 22 fractional worksBryophyte Studies and Records: 22 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 17 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species…17Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 17 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology: 14 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 13 fractional worksPhytochemistry and Biological Activities: 11 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant ScienceMolecular BiologyForestry

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

  1. 1 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 46 works
  2. 2 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 31 works
  3. 3 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 23 works
  4. 4 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 22 works
  5. 5 Bryophyte Studies and Records Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 22 works
  6. 6 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 17 works
  7. 7 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 17 works
  8. 8 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
  9. 9 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 13 works
  10. 10 Phytochemistry and Biological Activities Plant Science 11 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 available53.6%not open46.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.7%domestic only67.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Missouri Botanical Garden's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Missouri Botanical Garden as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0030% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Missouri Botanical Garden0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Missouri Botanical 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Missouri Botanical Garden8.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.2% in 1990.

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