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Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

In research, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,709 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 53.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,590
of 28,054 · #14,432 all time
Rank in Australia
#288
of 391
Research works
1.1k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Royal Botanic Garden Sydney known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #6,709 of 7,800 24.5%82 #6851

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Botanic Garden Sydney 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 Royal Botanic Garden Sydney specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 53.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 28.9 works54×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 26.1 works13×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 59.0 works11×
← 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: 10.83× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.76× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.03× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney?

Ranked on the composite score, Surrey W. L. Jacobs, Brett A. Summerell and David J. Cantrill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.

  1. 1 Surrey W. L. Jacobs Australia · #135,034 worldwide 147 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Brett A. Summerell Australia · #168,128 worldwide 249 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 David J. Cantrill Australia · #170,887 worldwide 259 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Edward C. Y. Liew Australia · #208,696 worldwide 258 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Elizabeth A. Brown Australia · #330,649 worldwide 64 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Matt A. M. Renner Australia · #380,070 worldwide 45 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Daniel J. Murphy Australia · #433,135 worldwide 126 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Joy Everett Australia · #434,408 worldwide 74 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Peter H. Weston Australia · #497,698 worldwide 104 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Timothy J. Entwisle Australia · #519,180 worldwide 66 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Which keywords describe research at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Phylogenetic Analysis, Climate Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Taxonomy and Global Change.

▲ 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. Biogeography31▲ 104×15 topics
  2. Biodiversity22▲ 26×12 topics
  3. Invasive Species21▲ 43×13 topics
  4. Climate Change20▲ 6.6×30 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis19▲ 54×14 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation16▲ 63×5 topics
  7. Taxonomy14▲ 91×7 topics
  8. Global Change14▲ 45×3 topics
  9. Conservation13▲ 27×10 topics
  10. Phylogeny12▲ 71×8 topics
  11. Molecular Phylogeny11▲ 63×7 topics
  12. Phylogenetics10▲ 193×2 topics
  13. Angiosperm Phylogeny10▲ 324×1 topic
  14. Flowering Plants10▲ 324×1 topic
  15. Ecosystem Services9▲ 20×7 topics
  16. Antioxidant8▲ 9.9×7 topics
  17. Plant-Animal Interactions8▲ 81×1 topic
  18. Pollinator Decline8▲ 81×1 topic
  19. Fungal Pathogens7▲ 46×3 topics
  20. Ecosystem7▲ 55×2 topics
  21. Mycorrhizal Fungi6▲ 79×2 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity6▲ 12×11 topics
  23. Host Specificity6▲ 46×3 topics
  24. Biological Invasions6▲ 58×2 topics
  25. DNA Barcoding6▲ 31×5 topics
  26. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 27×4 topics
  27. Species Richness6▲ 79×2 topics
  28. Community Ecology6▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Functional Diversity6▲ 89×1 topic
  30. Medicinal Plants6▲ 12×5 topics
  31. Mosses6▲ 188×2 topics
  32. Endophytic Fungi6▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Genomic Characterization6▲ 37×1 topic
  34. molecular systematics5▲ 186×2 topics
  35. Chromosome Evolution5▲ 297×2 topics
  36. Cyperus5▲ 330×1 topic
  37. essential oil5▲ 330×1 topic
  38. Gesneriaceae5▲ 239×1 topic
  39. phylogenetic reconstruction5▲ 239×1 topic
  40. Population Dynamics4▲ 15×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

Plant Diversity and Evolution: 10 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 8 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…6Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 6 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…6Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 6 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 5 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 5 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Pl…4Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 4 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology: 4 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 3 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 3 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationCell BiologyPlant Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 6 works
  5. 5 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 5 works
  6. 6 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 5 works
  7. 7 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  9. 9 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 3 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 3 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 available62.5%not open37.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.2%domestic only64.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Botanic Garden Sydney's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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