Question 1

What is Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew stands highest in Life Sciences (#838 of 6,403 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#419 of 3,157 worldwide) and Plant Science (#316 of 1,317 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 59.0× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ranks #5,398 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#3,005 all time), and #211 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Félix Forest, Samuel Pironon and Vincent Savolainen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 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 "Towards a unified paradigm for sequence‐based identification of fungi" (3,703) and "The global spectrum of plant form and function" (3,468).

Question 5

Which research topics does Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is in Life Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (57%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 5.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021.