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Austrian Academy of Sciences

In research, Austrian Academy of Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#735 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#884 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#230 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Archeology, Anthropology and Language and Linguistics — Archeology is 20.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,020
of 28,054 · #671 all time
Rank in Austria
#6
of 168
Research works
7.7k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
283k
36.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Austrian Academy of Sciences 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
Physical SciencesDomain #735 of 12,888 25.0%498 #670
Social SciencesField #884 of 6,365 16.9%276 #847
Physics and AstronomyField #230 of 1,646 30.1%159 #288
Social SciencesDomain #1,516 of 10,521 16.2%604 #1210
Life SciencesDomain #1,299 of 7,800 38.4%123 #588
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #933 of 3,579 41.0%70 #637
Arts and HumanitiesField #703 of 1,998 15.5%273 #687
Computer ScienceField #2,004 of 4,667 28.5%78 #939
ArcheologySubfield #61 of 139 24.3%79 #243
EngineeringField #3,364 of 6,636 17.4%124 #2112

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Austrian Academy of Sciences 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. Physical Sciences#670 #735
  2. Social Sciences#847 #884
  3. Physics and Astronomy#288 #230
  4. Social Sciences#1,210 #1,516
  5. Life Sciences#588 #1,299
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#637 #933
  7. Arts and Humanities#687 #703
  8. Computer Science#939 #2,004
  9. Archeology#243 #61
  10. Engineering#2,112 #3,364
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 Austrian Academy of Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Archeology takes 20.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ArcheologySubfield · 78.6 works20×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 41.7 works11×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 63.6 works11×
  4. HistorySubfield · 37.4 works9.0×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 70 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.86× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 78 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 39 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 124 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.55× its world share, 159 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 7.33× its world share, 273 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 276 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Austrian Academy of Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Harald Niederreiter, Konrad Lorenz and Giulio Superti‐Furga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Austrian Academy of Sciences.

  1. 1 Harald Niederreiter Austria · #8,551 worldwide 1.3k citations · 97 works
  2. 2 Konrad Lorenz Austria · #10,111 worldwide 501 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Giulio Superti‐Furga Austria · #40,681 worldwide 542 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 J. Victor Small Austria · #54,773 worldwide 356 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Robert Baumgartner Austria · #59,914 worldwide 376 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Rupert Ursin Austria · #66,721 worldwide 465 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Martin T. Dokulil Austria · #69,679 worldwide 457 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Christoph Bock Austria · #75,259 worldwide 341 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Johannes Kofler Austria · #100,276 worldwide 357 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Marjori Matzke Austria · #151,990 worldwide 202 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Austrian Academy of Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Austrian Academy of Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Linguistics, Entanglement, Cultural History, Archaeology, History, Etymology and Historical Phonology.

▲ 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. Religion46▲ 7.5×22 topics
  2. Globalization44▲ 1.72×59 topics
  3. History43▲ 4.8×33 topics
  4. Linguistics40▲ 19×6 topics
  5. Identity39▲ 4.2×40 topics
  6. Entanglement39▲ 20×4 topics
  7. Cultural History38▲ 24×10 topics
  8. Archaeology36▲ 21×10 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties34▲ 2.7×25 topics
  10. Etymology34▲ 53×2 topics
  11. Historical Phonology34▲ 53×2 topics
  12. Gender34▲ 4.8×29 topics
  13. Nationalism32▲ 5.4×27 topics
  14. Lexicography31▲ 26×4 topics
  15. Quantum Information31▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Cultural Exchange30▲ 18×9 topics
  17. Language Evolution30▲ 56×2 topics
  18. Cultural Heritage28▲ 3.9×21 topics
  19. Culture27▲ 4.0×22 topics
  20. Indo-European27▲ 97×1 topic
  21. Proto-Indo-European27▲ 97×1 topic
  22. Philosophy26▲ 4.6×19 topics
  23. Microstructure26▲ 3.9×15 topics
  24. Bronze Age24▲ 43×3 topics
  25. Colonialism24▲ 3.9×25 topics
  26. Urban Development23▲ 5.0×11 topics
  27. Politics23▲ 6.5×13 topics
  28. International Relations19▲ 6.2×12 topics
  29. Solar Wind19▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Mediterranean19▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Central Asia18▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Cultural Transmission18▲ 18×4 topics
  33. Quantum Simulation18▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Cryptography18▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Empire18▲ 16×5 topics
  36. Superconducting Circuits17▲ 20×2 topics
  37. National Identity17▲ 12×8 topics
  38. Archaeological Evidence16▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Late Antiquity16▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Quantum16▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Austrian Academy of Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistics and language evolution, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Astro and Planetary Science and Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History.

Linguistics and language…27Linguistics and language evolution: 27 fractional worksQuantum Information and …16Quantum Information and Cryptography: 16 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 14 fractional worksAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and History: 14 fractional worksArchaeology and Historic…13Archaeology and Historical Studies: 13 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks: 13 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 12 fractional worksAncient Near East History12Ancient Near East History: 12 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 11 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 10 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsArtificial IntelligenceAstronomy and AstrophysicsArcheology2 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 27 works
  2. 2 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 16 works
  3. 3 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  4. 4 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 14 works
  5. 5 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 13 works
  6. 6 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 13 works
  7. 7 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 12 works
  8. 8 Ancient Near East History Archeology 12 works
  9. 9 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 11 works
  10. 10 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 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 available50.3%not open49.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.0%domestic only60.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Austrian Academy of Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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