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Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

In research, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,567 of 6,031 worldwide), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (#517 of 1,008 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#9,304 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,671
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,879
of 8,685
Research works
464
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
29.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,567 of 6,031 27.1%289
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #517 of 1,008 30.2%144
Life SciencesDomain #9,304 of 14,347 26.1%368

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 12.04× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.89× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 3.61× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× 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, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Sherwin Carlquist, Robert F. Thorne and Richard Benjamin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden.

  1. 1 Sherwin Carlquist United States · #50,943 worldwide 735 citations · 109 works
  2. 2 Robert F. Thorne United States · #260,872 worldwide 203 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Richard Benjamin United States · #731,678 worldwide 53 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Lucinda A. McDade United States · #940,069 worldwide 83 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Ron Scogin United States · #988,051 worldwide 47 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Carol Wilson United States · #1,178,709 worldwide 54 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

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

Plant Diversity and Evol…2Plant Diversity and Evolution: 2 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…1Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksMediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural History: 0 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 0 fractional worksPlant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant ScienceMolecular BiologyEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  2. 2 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 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 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna Plant Science 0 works
  8. 8 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 0 works
  9. 9 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% lower 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.

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