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National Tropical Botanical Garden

In research, National Tropical Botanical Garden stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,714 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#12,208 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 12.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#24,745
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,311
of 8,685
Research works
244
▲ 72% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is National Tropical Botanical Garden 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,714 of 6,031 19.6%126
Life SciencesDomain #12,208 of 14,347 19.8%160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Tropical 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does National Tropical Botanical Garden specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 21.5 works12×
  2. Life SciencesDomain · 26.1 works5.5×
← 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: 12.45× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.12× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.90× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Tropical Botanical Garden?

Ranked on the composite score, David A. Burney and David H. Lorence lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Tropical Botanical Garden.

  1. 1 David A. Burney United States · #456,777 worldwide 85 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 David H. Lorence United States · #912,532 worldwide 57 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at National Tropical Botanical Garden

Which keywords describe research at National Tropical Botanical Garden?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Conservation, Antioxidant, Phylogeny 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 2022–2025 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. Biogeography8▲ 87×10 topics
  2. Biodiversity8▲ 28×11 topics
  3. Invasive Species6▲ 40×10 topics
  4. Climate Change6▲ 6.2×18 topics
  5. Conservation4▲ 29×8 topics
  6. Antioxidant4▲ 18×14 topics
  7. Phylogeny4▲ 78×7 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 46×3 topics
  9. Global Change3▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Taxonomy3▲ 68×5 topics
  11. Medicinal Plants3▲ 19×5 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services3▲ 19×5 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity2▲ 15×10 topics
  14. molecular systematics2▲ 278×2 topics
  15. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 42×4 topics
  16. Plant-Animal Interactions2▲ 72×1 topic
  17. Pollinator Decline2▲ 72×1 topic
  18. Angiosperm Phylogeny2▲ 222×1 topic
  19. Flowering Plants2▲ 222×1 topic
  20. Polyploidy2▲ 116×4 topics
  21. Ecology2▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Gesneriaceae2▲ 303×1 topic
  23. Vegetation2▲ 49×2 topics
  24. phylogenetic reconstruction2▲ 303×1 topic
  25. Anti-inflammatory2▲ 18×7 topics
  26. Flora2▲ 172×1 topic
  27. Vascular Plants2▲ 172×1 topic
  28. Herbal Medicine2▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Evolution2▲ 18×5 topics
  30. Adaptive Radiation1▲ 130×2 topics
  31. Antioxidant Activity1▲ 6.0×6 topics
  32. Epiphytes1▲ 393×1 topic
  33. Ferns1▲ 393×1 topic
  34. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 12×6 topics
  35. Phytochemical Analysis1▲ 50×2 topics
  36. Agriculture1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  37. Ecosystem1▲ 30×3 topics
  38. Cyperus1▲ 237×1 topic
  39. Soil Fertility1▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Species Richness1▲ 48×2 topics

Which research topics does National Tropical Botanical Garden publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies.

Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 2 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species…2Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 2 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology…2Botany and Plant Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 1 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…1Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksPacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 1 fractional worksSeed Germination and Physiology: 1 fractional worksMedicinal plant effects and applications: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular BiologyPlant ScienceNature and Landscape Conservation2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  2. 2 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  8. 8 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  9. 9 Seed Germination and Physiology Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Medicinal plant effects and applications Complementary and alternative medicine 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 available61.2%not open38.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.3%domestic only62.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Tropical Botanical Garden's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.