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New York Botanical Garden

In research, New York Botanical Garden stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,171 of 6,403 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,781 of 3,157 worldwide) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (#170 of 269 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 81.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,352
of 22,385 · #6,513 all time
Rank in United States
#2,373
of 3,332
Research works
2.7k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
76k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
New York Botanical Garden

What is New York 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 #2,171 of 6,403 6.9%125 #1954
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,781 of 3,157 7.9%102 #987
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #170 of 269 7.5%63 #343

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where New York 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#1,954 #2,171
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#987 #1,781
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#343 #170
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 New York Botanical Garden work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at New York Botanical Garden is in Life Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (62%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 5.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 136 fractional works · 76.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 110 fractional works · 61.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 68 fractional works · 38.3% of its workPlant Science: 29 fractional works · 16.0% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 10.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNew YorkBotanical Garden178fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences76%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences7%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11061.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2514.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Environmental Science2011.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.0%
    3. Engineering20.9%
    4. Materials Science20.9%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences74.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities31.9%
    3. Psychology10.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine21.0%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does New York Botanical Garden specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 81.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 68.2 works82×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 109.6 works13×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 28.6 works9.2×
← 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: 12.94× its world share, 110 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.67× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.28× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.94×110 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.67×25 works
  3. Environmental Science2.28×20 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.25×4 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.64×3 works
  7. Veterinary0.34×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.33×7 works
  9. Materials Science0.24×2 works
  10. Psychology0.19×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.12×1 works
  12. Energy0.10×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  16. Engineering0.06×2 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  18. Medicine0.05×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  20. Nursing0.03×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at New York Botanical Garden?

Ranked on the quality score, Christine Padoch, Alex C. McAlvay and Dennis Wm. Stevenson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is New York Botanical Garden.

  1. 1 Christine Padoch United States · #152,773 worldwide 6.7k citations · 158 works
  2. 2 Alex C. McAlvay United States · #212,733 worldwide 1.2k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Dennis Wm. Stevenson United States · #345,407 worldwide 12k citations · 261 works
  4. 4 Ina Vandebroek United States · #413,200 worldwide 4.1k citations · 126 works
  5. 5 Amy Litt United States · #471,635 worldwide 4.7k citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Damon P. Little United States · #483,127 worldwide 8.3k citations · 78 works
  7. 7 Barbara M. Thiers United States · #553,000 worldwide 5.9k citations · 125 works
  8. 8 P. H. Davis United States · #584,041 worldwide 11k citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Ghillean Tolmie Prance United States · #590,337 worldwide 18k citations · 488 works
  10. 10 Arthur Cronquist United States · #642,931 worldwide 23k citations · 358 works
All ranked researchers at New York Botanical Garden

What are the most cited papers from New York Botanical Garden?

The most cited paper from New York Botanical Garden is "Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities." (Steward T. A. Pickett, Walter P. Carson, Michael E. Begon et al., 1987), with 3,176 citations. Next come "A DNA barcode for land plants" (2,867) and "Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny" (1,866).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities. Steward T. A. Pickett, Walter P. Carson, Michael E. Begon et al. · Brittonia Jul 1987 3,176
2 A DNA barcode for land plants CBOL Plant Working Group1 et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 4 Aug 2009 2,867
3 Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny Timothy Yong James et al. · Nature Open access Oct 2006 1,866
4 Plant litter: Its dynamics and effects on plant community structure José M. Facelli, Steward T. A. Pickett · The Botanical Review 1991 1,556
5 PARSIMONY JACKKNIFING OUTPERFORMS NEIGHBOR‐JOINING James S. Farris, Victor A. Albert, Mari Källersjö et al. · Cladistics Open access Jun 1996 1,534
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at New York Botanical Garden?

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

▲ 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. Biogeography62▲ 124×17 topics
  2. Biodiversity34▲ 25×14 topics
  3. Climate Change28▲ 5.9×36 topics
  4. Invasive Species27▲ 36×11 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation25▲ 64×3 topics
  6. Phylogeny24▲ 80×11 topics
  7. Taxonomy23▲ 90×12 topics
  8. Phylogenetic Analysis20▲ 36×11 topics
  9. Molecular Phylogeny20▲ 68×6 topics
  10. Conservation19▲ 25×11 topics
  11. Global Change19▲ 39×4 topics
  12. Diversification18▲ 234×2 topics
  13. Angiosperm Phylogeny18▲ 369×1 topic
  14. Flowering Plants18▲ 369×1 topic
  15. Mosses17▲ 345×2 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services16▲ 23×9 topics
  17. Antioxidant14▲ 12×17 topics
  18. Antioxidant Activity14▲ 12×13 topics
  19. Plant-Animal Interactions13▲ 95×1 topic
  20. Pollinator Decline13▲ 95×1 topic
  21. Secondary Metabolites11▲ 84×3 topics
  22. Medicinal Plants11▲ 16×14 topics
  23. Symbiosis11▲ 70×3 topics
  24. Biomonitoring11▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Fungi11▲ 270×2 topics
  26. Lichen11▲ 351×1 topic
  27. Polyploidy10▲ 108×4 topics
  28. molecular systematics9▲ 227×2 topics
  29. Evolution9▲ 19×8 topics
  30. Gesneriaceae8▲ 298×1 topic
  31. phylogenetic reconstruction8▲ 298×1 topic
  32. Adaptive Radiation7▲ 126×2 topics
  33. Population Dynamics7▲ 16×5 topics
  34. Epiphytes7▲ 354×1 topic
  35. Ferns7▲ 354×1 topic
  36. Bryophyte7▲ 335×1 topic
  37. Liverworts7▲ 335×1 topic
  38. Biodiversity Conservation7▲ 9.9×11 topics
  39. Ethnobotany7▲ 58×4 topics
  40. DNA Barcoding6▲ 19×5 topics

Which research topics does New York Botanical Garden publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and animal studies, Lichen and fungal ecology and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions.

Plant Diversity and Evol…18Plant Diversity and Evolution: 18 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 13 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology11Lichen and fungal ecology: 11 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species…8Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 8 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 7 fractional worksBryophyte Studies and Records: 7 fractional worksBotany and Geology in La…6Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean: 6 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 6 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 5 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 5 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular BiologyPlant ScienceNature and Landscape Conservation

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

  1. 1 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 18 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13 works
  3. 3 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 works
  4. 4 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 8 works
  5. 5 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  6. 6 Bryophyte Studies and Records Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  7. 7 Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  8. 8 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 5 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 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 available22.4%not open77.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has New York Botanical Garden's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% 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 New York Botanical Garden as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%New York Botanical Garden0.00079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of New York 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 2025New York Botanical Garden7.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 1990.

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