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Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics

Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics is a research topic within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the phylogeny, evolution, and classification of grasses (Poaceae), with particular emphasis on topics such as apomixis, C4 photosynthesis, reproductive pathways, genetics, and the evolutionary history of bamboos. It explores the genetic control of apomixis, geographical parthenogenesis, polyploidy, and the molecular phylogeny of various grass subfamilies.

  • Phylogeny
  • Grasses
  • Apomixis
  • C4 Photosynthesis
  • Evolution
  • Classification
  • Genetics
  • Reproductive Pathways
  • Bamboos
  • Polyploidy
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics

Which countries lead Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (359 and 305 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 359 works
  2. 2 India 305 works
  3. 3 United States 211 works
  4. 4 Argentina 135 works
  5. 5 Brazil 129 works
  6. 6 Russia 103 works
  7. 7 Germany 72 works
  8. 8 Mexico 65 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 61 works
  10. 10 Spain 61 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.

China: 23.9%India: 20.3%United States: 14.0%Argentina: 9.0%6 others listed: 32.7%24%largest
China359 · 23.9%India305 · 20.3%United States211 · 14.0%Argentina135 · 9.0%6 others listed491 · 32.7%

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

Which institutions lead Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Botanical Survey of India publishes the most Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Botanical Survey of IndiaIndia 84 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 57 works
  3. 3 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 54 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 52 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 20 works
  6. 6 Royal Botanic Gardens, KewUnited Kingdom 20 works
  7. 7 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 19 works
  8. 8 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 14 works
  9. 9 Indian Council of Forestry Research and EducationIndia 14 works
  10. 10 Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics include Jun Wang, Sudhir Kumar and Heng Li.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Sudhir Kumar United States 295k citations
  3. 3 Heng Li United States 270k citations
  4. 4 F. Stuart Chapin United States 185k citations
  5. 5 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k citations
  6. 6 Josep Peñuelas Spain 160k citations
  7. 7 Anil K. Sood United States 152k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics?

The most cited paper in Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics is "Phylogeny.fr: robust phylogenetic analysis for the non-specialist" (Alexis Dereeper, Valentin Guignon, Guillaume Blanc et al., 2008), with 4,848 citations. Next come "The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses" (3,257) and "A simple and rapid method for the preparation of plant genomic DNA for PCR analysis" (2,673).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Phylogeny.fr: robust phylogenetic analysis for the non-specialist Alexis Dereeper, Valentin Guignon, Guillaume Blanc et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 19 Apr 2008 4,848
2 The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses Andrew H. Paterson et al. · Nature Open access 2009 3,257
3 A simple and rapid method for the preparation of plant genomic DNA for PCR analysis Keith J. Edwards, CN Johnstone, Craig B. Thompson · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 1991 2,673
4 Gaps as Characters in Sequence-Based Phylogenetic Analyses Mark P. Simmons, Helga Ochoterena · Systematic Biology Open access Jun 2000 2,558
5 EXTINCTION BY HYBRIDIZATION AND INTROGRESSION Judith M. Rhymer, Daniel Simberloff · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics Nov 1996 2,476
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Where is Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics research done?

The largest centres of Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics research in 2022-now are Kolkata (India), Beijing (China), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kolkata and Buenos Aires.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 KolkataIndia 89 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 87 works
  3. 3 Buenos AiresArgentina 42 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 27 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 27 works
  6. 6 KunmingChina 23 works
  7. 7 Mexico CityMexico 22 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 21 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C.United States 19 works
  10. 10 TbilisiGeorgia 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KolkataIN · 88.9 works20×
  2. Buenos AiresAR · 42.1 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics?

Among universities, judged by research, Sichuan Agricultural University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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%mean 11.9778%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Chines…Nanjing Forestry Uni…Sichuan Agricultural…Universidad Nacional…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 59.917.9%22.2×12 +36.6%
2University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 58.029.2%3.1×10 +17.4%
3Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 56.45.8%7.5×14 +45.7%
4Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 53.520.7%10.7×9 +73.6%
5Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 48.71.3%83.9×12 +6.2%
6Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 46.514.5%18.0×10 +134.1%
7Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 33.89.4%14.9×9 +187.5%
8University of FloridaUnited States 32.38.1%4.5×9 +3.0%
9Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 17.10.9%22.4×8 -3.3%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, country by country

Is Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.010% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics0.010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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