Question 1

What is Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,452 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,301 of 3,157 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 66.4× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh ranks #12,482 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#7,379 all time), and #413 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, R. Toby Pennington, Tiina Särkinen and Hugo F. Mogollón lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is "Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi" (Conrad L. Schoch et al., 2012), with 5,240 citations. Next come "A DNA barcode for land plants" (2,867) and "Glossary of pollen and spore terminology" (2,574).

Question 5

Which research topics does Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is in Life Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (53%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Environmental Science (14%). It does 5.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.