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Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

In research, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,534 of 11,023 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,596 of 5,126 worldwide) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (#503 of 946 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,817
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,711
of 7,310
Research works
464
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
29.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

What is Rancho Santa Ana Botanic 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,534 of 11,023 12.2%368
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,596 of 5,126 12.0%289
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #503 of 946 12.4%144

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

In all years, 79% of research at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden is in Life Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (62%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 5.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 368 fractional works · 79.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 289 fractional works · 62.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 144 fractional works · 31.0% of its workPlant Science: 120 fractional works · 25.7% of its workFood Science: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 77 fractional works · 16.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPaleontology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAnthropology: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRancho Santa AnaBotanic Garden464fractional works, all years
Life Sciences79%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences28962.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7716.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Environmental Science316.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences143.0%
    3. Engineering81.7%
    4. Chemistry30.6%
    5. Materials Science20.5%
    6. Computer Science20.3%
    7. Mathematics10.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    1. Social Sciences163.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities30.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    4. Psychology20.5%
    1. Medicine91.9%
    2. Nursing20.5%
    3. Health Professions00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 12.54× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.67× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 3.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× 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, 12.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.54×9 works
  2. Environmental Science3.15×2 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.67×2 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×0 works
  5. Social Sciences0.52×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.50×0 works
  7. Psychology0.38×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert F. Thorne, Jeffery J. Morawetz and Lucinda A. McDade lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden.

  1. 1 Robert F. Thorne United States · #769,565 worldwide 3.6k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Jeffery J. Morawetz United States · #934,154 worldwide 1.1k citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Lucinda A. McDade United States · #1,062,109 worldwide 7k citations · 105 works
  4. 4 Linda M. Prince United States · #1,892,774 worldwide 2.4k citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Mark Porter United States · #2,046,705 worldwide 458 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 J. Mark Porter United States · #2,079,273 worldwide 3.5k citations · 28 works
  7. 7 J. Travis Columbus United States · #2,359,999 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Amanda E. Fisher United States · #2,711,821 worldwide 552 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Carrie A. Kiel United States · #2,844,784 worldwide 777 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Richard K. Benjamin United States · #3,248,277 worldwide 1.1k citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

What are the most cited papers from Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden?

The most cited paper from Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden is "Phylogenetics of Seed Plants: An Analysis of Nucleotide Sequences from the Plastid Gene rbcL" (Mark W. Chase et al., 1993), with 2,101 citations. Next come "Molecular Data and the Dynamic Nature of Polyploidy" (653) and "Classification and geography of the flowering plants" (601).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Phylogenetics of Seed Plants: An Analysis of Nucleotide Sequences from the Plastid Gene rbcL Mark W. Chase et al. · Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 1993 2,101
2 Molecular Data and the Dynamic Nature of Polyploidy Pamela S. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Loren H. Rieseberg · Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 1993 653
3 Classification and geography of the flowering plants Robert F. Thorne · The Botanical Review Jul 1992 601
4 What Can Molecular and Morphological Markers Tell Us About Plant Hybridization? Loren H. Rieseberg, Norman C. Ellstrand, Mike Arnold · Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 1993 592
5 The phylogeny and a new classification of the gingers (Zingiberaceae): evidence from molecular data W. John Kress, Linda M. Prince, Kyle J. Williams · American Journal of Botany Oct 2002 546
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Phylogeny, Biodiversity, Antioxidant, Invasive Species, Taxonomy, Climate Change and Molecular Phylogeny.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Biogeography155▲ 99×13 topics
  2. Phylogeny82▲ 97×8 topics
  3. Biodiversity80▲ 23×15 topics
  4. Antioxidant77▲ 24×16 topics
  5. Invasive Species76▲ 28×12 topics
  6. Climate Change74▲ 6.0×25 topics
  7. Taxonomy70▲ 100×8 topics
  8. Molecular Phylogeny65▲ 69×8 topics
  9. Medicinal Plants58▲ 34×8 topics
  10. Diversification56▲ 282×2 topics
  11. Phylogenetics55▲ 228×2 topics
  12. Angiosperm Phylogeny55▲ 371×1 topic
  13. Flowering Plants55▲ 371×1 topic
  14. Ecosystem Services53▲ 33×5 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation49▲ 36×5 topics
  16. Global Change47▲ 33×4 topics
  17. Cyperus46▲ 497×1 topic
  18. essential oil46▲ 497×1 topic
  19. Conservation41▲ 19×11 topics
  20. Plant-Animal Interactions39▲ 75×1 topic
  21. Pollinator Decline39▲ 75×1 topic
  22. Evolution34▲ 25×9 topics
  23. Phylogenetic Analysis32▲ 18×13 topics
  24. molecular systematics26▲ 222×2 topics
  25. Polyploidy25▲ 77×4 topics
  26. Health Benefits22▲ 16×7 topics
  27. Gesneriaceae21▲ 251×1 topic
  28. phylogenetic reconstruction21▲ 251×1 topic
  29. Genetics21▲ 5.9×6 topics
  30. Genetic Diversity19▲ 8.3×8 topics
  31. Ecosystem19▲ 28×4 topics
  32. Ecology17▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Antioxidant Activity16▲ 6.5×9 topics
  34. Apomixis16▲ 247×1 topic
  35. Grasses16▲ 247×1 topic
  36. Anti-inflammatory16▲ 12×11 topics
  37. Mycorrhizal Fungi15▲ 46×2 topics
  38. Bioactive Compounds14▲ 16×6 topics
  39. Vegetation14▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Community Resilience14▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and animal studies and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions.

Botany, Ecology, and Tax…2Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 2 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 1 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural History: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife M…1Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksPlant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies: 1 fractional worksMediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna: 0 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 0 fractional works
Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular BiologyAnthropology3 others

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

  1. 1 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 2 works
  2. 2 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 1 works
  6. 6 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  8. 8 Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna Plant Science 0 works
  10. 10 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 0 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 available52.3%not open47.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% 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 Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000040% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden0.000038% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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