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South China Botanical Garden

In research, South China Botanical Garden stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#361 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#323 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,271 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 20.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,213
of 28,054 · #6,951 all time
Rank in China
#965
of 3,058
Research works
2.7k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
64k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is South China Botanical Garden 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #361 of 3,409 33.5%258 #542
Plant ScienceSubfield #323 of 1,395 37.7%137 #576
Life SciencesDomain #2,271 of 7,800 29.5%414 #3491
Environmental ScienceField #1,140 of 3,551 29.5%121 #1628
Physical SciencesDomain #4,620 of 12,888 24.3%198 #7506
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,132 of 2,175 23.8%106 #2060
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,911 of 3,579 23.7%139 #3549
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #162 of 255 20.1%67 #574

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where South China Botanical 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#542 #361
  2. Plant Science#576 #323
  3. Life Sciences#3,491 #2,271
  4. Environmental Science#1,628 #1,140
  5. Physical Sciences#7,506 #4,620
  6. Molecular Biology#2,060 #1,132
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,549 #1,911
  8. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#574 #162
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does South China Botanical Garden specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 20.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 66.9 works20×
  2. Soil ScienceSubfield · 27.9 works13×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 20.0 works12×
  4. Plant ScienceSubfield · 137.1 works11×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 257.7 works7.7×
← 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: 7.71× its world share, 258 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.71× its world share, 139 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.25× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.47× its world share, 121 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South China Botanical Garden?

Ranked on the composite score, Yueming Jiang, Guoyi Zhou and Bao Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South China Botanical Garden.

  1. 1 Yueming Jiang China · #72,419 worldwide 927 citations · 110 works
  2. 2 Guoyi Zhou China · #86,620 worldwide 395 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Bao Yang China · #111,754 worldwide 445 citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Enqing Hou China · #155,879 worldwide 362 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Junhua Yan China · #183,696 worldwide 351 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Yushi Ye China · #243,248 worldwide 82 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Xuewu Duan China · #277,669 worldwide 258 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Pengcheng He China · #279,068 worldwide 262 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Shenglei Fu China · #280,114 worldwide 355 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Lingrong Wen China · #445,774 worldwide 95 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at South China Botanical Garden

Which keywords describe research at South China Botanical Garden?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biogeography, Antioxidant, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Gene Expression, Global Change and Ecosystem Services.

▲ 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. Climate Change118▲ 6.2×57 topics
  2. Biogeography59▲ 32×17 topics
  3. Antioxidant47▲ 9.8×42 topics
  4. Biodiversity44▲ 8.3×19 topics
  5. Invasive Species42▲ 14×16 topics
  6. Gene Expression35▲ 8.1×15 topics
  7. Global Change34▲ 19×7 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services34▲ 12×9 topics
  9. Ecosystem Functioning33▲ 25×6 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress33▲ 2.9×32 topics
  11. Habitat Fragmentation32▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Anti-inflammatory30▲ 16×27 topics
  13. Transcription Factors29▲ 35×4 topics
  14. Taxonomy27▲ 30×9 topics
  15. Microbial Communities27▲ 9.0×10 topics
  16. Molecular Phylogeny27▲ 24×7 topics
  17. Medicinal Plants26▲ 9.3×16 topics
  18. molecular systematics26▲ 155×2 topics
  19. Ecosystem Resilience25▲ 24×5 topics
  20. Nutrient Limitation24▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Soil Fertility24▲ 15×6 topics
  22. Phylogenetic Analysis24▲ 11×14 topics
  23. Gesneriaceae23▲ 197×1 topic
  24. phylogenetic reconstruction23▲ 197×1 topic
  25. Antioxidants23▲ 7.3×13 topics
  26. Soil Carbon Sequestration23▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Metabolism23▲ 6.3×20 topics
  28. Phylogenetics22▲ 71×2 topics
  29. Biochar Application22▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Nitrogen Cycle22▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Organic Matter Dynamics22▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Diversification22▲ 79×2 topics
  33. Evolutionary History22▲ 105×2 topics
  34. Angiosperm Phylogeny21▲ 118×1 topic
  35. Flowering Plants21▲ 118×1 topic
  36. Phylogeny21▲ 20×13 topics
  37. Conservation20▲ 6.7×15 topics
  38. Epigenetic Regulation19▲ 13×5 topics
  39. Flavonoids19▲ 10×11 topics
  40. Plant-Animal Interactions19▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does South China Botanical Garden publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Diversity and Evolution and Plant and animal studies.

Plant and Fungal Species…23Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 23 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…22Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 22 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…21Plant Diversity and Evolution: 21 fractional worksPlant and animal studies19Plant and animal studies: 19 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 15 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 15 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression An…13Plant Gene Expression Analysis: 13 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 12 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 10 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 10 fractional works
Molecular BiologySoil ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 23 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 22 works
  3. 3 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 21 works
  4. 4 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 19 works
  5. 5 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 15 works
  6. 6 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 15 works
  7. 7 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 13 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 10 works
  10. 10 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 10 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South China Botanical Garden's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher 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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