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Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies

Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 13.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the diversity, phylogeny, medicinal properties, and commercial applications of Cyperus species. It covers topics such as phylogenetic relationships, antioxidant properties, essential oil composition, chromosome evolution, phytochemical analysis, and the use of Cyperus species in traditional medicine and food applications.

  • Cyperus
  • phylogeny
  • antioxidant
  • essential oil
  • tigernut
  • chromosome evolution
  • phytochemical analysis
  • medicinal plants
  • biogeography
  • sedge flora
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+2%
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Which countries lead Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (592 and 309 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 592 works
  2. 2 India 309 works
  3. 3 China 163 works
  4. 4 Brazil 152 works
  5. 5 Mexico 137 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 93 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 81 works
  8. 8 Germany 80 works
  9. 9 Nigeria 62 works
  10. 10 Australia 59 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 34.2%India: 17.9%China: 9.5%Brazil: 8.8%6 others listed: 29.6%34%largest
United States592 · 34.2%India309 · 17.9%China163 · 9.5%Brazil152 · 8.8%6 others listed512 · 29.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Botanical Survey of India publishes the most Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies research, followed by Ilia State University and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Who are the leading researchers in Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies include Daniel Simberloff, David M. Richardson and W. Scott Richardson.

  1. 1 Daniel Simberloff United States 2.9k citations
  2. 2 David M. Richardson South Africa 2.3k citations
  3. 3 W. Scott Richardson United States 2.2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies research done?

The largest centres of Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies research in 2022–2025 are Kolkata (India), Mexico City (Mexico), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Karlsruhe (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tbilisi, Xalapa and Karlsruhe.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Kolkata India 98 works
  2. 2 Mexico City Mexico 55 works
  3. 3 Tbilisi Georgia 40 works
  4. 4 Karlsruhe Germany 38 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 36 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C. United States 35 works
  7. 7 Beijing China 32 works
  8. 8 Xalapa Mexico 23 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 20 works
  10. 10 St Louis United States 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TbilisiGE · 39.8 works38×
  2. XalapaMX · 22.8 works26×
  3. KarlsruheDE · 38.4 works19×
  4. KolkataIN · 97.7 works19×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Ilia State University, Henan University of Technology and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 9.9%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Ilia State University: 39, 5.3%Henan University of Technology: 9, 48.1%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 38, 7.0%Universidade Federal de Uberlândia: 14, 1.7%Universidad de Guadalajara: 10, 1.3%Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 9, 0.0%University of Florida: 13, 5.9%Henan University of …Universidad Nacional…Ilia State UniversityUniversidade Federal…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 63.75.3%194.7×39 +887.2%
2 Henan University of TechnologyChina 62.248.1%16.8×9
3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 45.37.0%15.3×38 -22.3%
4 Universidade Federal de UberlândiaBrazil 37.21.7%19.3×14
5 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 31.01.3%12.2×10 +0.2%
6 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 29.80.0%10.1×9 -12.3%
7 University of FloridaUnited States 10.95.9%4.9×13 -13.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.