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Austrian Research Centre for Forests

In research, Austrian Research Centre for Forests stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,042 of 5,407 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,341 of 11,023 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,154 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,457
of 22,385 · #22,439 all time
Rank in Austria
#135
of 143
Research works
435
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
31.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Austrian Research Centre for Forests

What is Austrian Research Centre for Forests known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Environmental ScienceField #2,042 of 5,407 13.3%198
Life SciencesDomain #5,341 of 11,023 14.0%144
Physical SciencesDomain #13,154 of 17,446 12.5%276

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Austrian Research Centre for Forests 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Austrian Research Centre for Forests work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Austrian Research Centre for Forests is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (48%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (25%), Engineering (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 65.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 49 fractional works · 48.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 13.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 9.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 30.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 25.2% of its workInsect Science: 7 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSoil Science: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAustrian ResearchCentre for…101fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4948.3%
    2. Engineering109.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences66.1%
    4. Chemistry10.9%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2625.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology55.1%
    1. Social Sciences21.7%
    2. Psychology10.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine10.9%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 5.31× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.92× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.71× its world share, 49 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science9.71×49 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.31×26 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.92×6 works
  4. Veterinary1.21×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×5 works
  6. Engineering0.64×10 works
  7. Chemistry0.58×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×0 works
  9. Psychology0.18×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.13×2 works
  11. Energy0.12×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.11×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.06×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  15. Medicine0.05×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.02×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Austrian Research Centre for Forests?

Ranked on the quality score, Andreas Schindlbacher, Katharina Lapin and Elena Haeler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Austrian Research Centre for Forests.

  1. 1 Andreas Schindlbacher Austria · #226,857 worldwide 5.2k citations · 127 works
  2. 2 Katharina Lapin Austria · #633,574 worldwide 1.6k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Elena Haeler Austria · #730,720 worldwide 340 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Barbara Kitzler Austria · #759,139 worldwide 5.7k citations · 130 works
  5. 5 Silvio Schueler Austria · #768,894 worldwide 3.8k citations · 132 works
  6. 6 Berthold Heinze Austria · #855,836 worldwide 7.8k citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Robert Jandl Austria · #965,019 worldwide 6.2k citations · 169 works
  8. 8 Thomas Gschwantner Austria · #1,011,646 worldwide 2.1k citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Debojyoti Chakraborty Austria · #1,037,550 worldwide 784 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Janine Oettel Austria · #1,090,781 worldwide 551 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Austrian Research Centre for Forests

What are the most cited papers from Austrian Research Centre for Forests?

The most cited paper from Austrian Research Centre for Forests is "Climate change impacts, adaptive capacity, and vulnerability of European forest ecosystems" (Marcus Lindner, Michael Maroschek, Sigrid Netherer et al., 2009), with 2,312 citations. Next come "How strongly can forest management influence soil carbon sequestration?" (1,476) and "A new scenario for the Quaternary history of European beech populations: palaeobotanical evidence and genetic consequences" (940).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Climate change impacts, adaptive capacity, and vulnerability of European forest ecosystems Marcus Lindner, Michael Maroschek, Sigrid Netherer et al. · Forest Ecology and Management Open access 17 Oct 2009 2,312
2 How strongly can forest management influence soil carbon sequestration? Robert Jandl, Marcus Lindner, Lars Vesterdal et al. · Geoderma Open access 2 Nov 2006 1,476
3 A new scenario for the Quaternary history of European beech populations: palaeobotanical evidence and genetic consequences Donatella Magri, Giovanni G. Vendramin, Bernard Comps et al. · New Phytologist 17 May 2006 940
4 Tamm Review: Influence of forest management activities on soil organic carbon stocks: A knowledge synthesis Mathias Mayer, Cindy E. Prescott, Wafa E. Abaker et al. · Forest Ecology and Management Open access 8 Apr 2020 759
5 Microbes as Engines of Ecosystem Function: When Does Community Structure Enhance Predictions of Ecosystem Processes? Emily B. Graham et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access 24 Feb 2016 712
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Austrian Research Centre for Forests?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Functioning, Invasive Species, Biomass Estimation, Forest Management and Biodiversity.

▲ 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-now 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 Change30▲ 11×43 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation14▲ 36×10 topics
  3. Remote Sensing12▲ 9.6×15 topics
  4. Ecosystem Functioning11▲ 52×4 topics
  5. Invasive Species10▲ 23×13 topics
  6. Biomass Estimation9▲ 57×3 topics
  7. Forest Management9▲ 140×3 topics
  8. Biodiversity8▲ 11×13 topics
  9. Aboveground Biomass8▲ 95×2 topics
  10. Biological Invasions8▲ 83×2 topics
  11. Climate Change Impact7▲ 31×3 topics
  12. Tropical Forests7▲ 195×2 topics
  13. Global Warming7▲ 15×7 topics
  14. Allometric Models6▲ 137×1 topic
  15. Carbon Stocks6▲ 251×1 topic
  16. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 42×3 topics
  17. Conservation6▲ 14×10 topics
  18. Dead Wood6▲ 338×1 topic
  19. Saproxylic Beetles6▲ 338×1 topic
  20. Climate Change Impacts5▲ 43×4 topics
  21. Forest Carbon Sequestration5▲ 252×1 topic
  22. Sustainable Forest Management5▲ 252×1 topic
  23. Global Change5▲ 18×5 topics
  24. Soil Carbon Sequestration5▲ 57×2 topics
  25. Economic Impacts4▲ 65×2 topics
  26. Vegetation4▲ 41×3 topics
  27. Bark Beetles4▲ 213×1 topic
  28. Forest Pests4▲ 213×1 topic
  29. GIS-based Modeling4▲ 48×2 topics
  30. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Hydrology4▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Soil Fertility4▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Hazard4▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Landslide4▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Microbial Communities4▲ 8.9×1 topic
  36. Nitrogen Cycle4▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Carbon Balance4▲ 74×1 topic
  38. Drought4▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Evapotranspiration4▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Tree Mortality4▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Austrian Research Centre for Forests publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Forest ecology and management, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Forest Management and Policy and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.

Forest ecology and manag…6Forest ecology and management: 6 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodi…6Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 6 fractional worksForest Management and Po…5Forest Management and Policy: 5 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology an…4Forest Insect Ecology and Management: 4 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 4 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 4 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…4Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 4 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 3 fractional worksTree Root and Stability Studies: 3 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationInsect ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  2. 2 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 6 works
  3. 3 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  4. 4 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 4 works
  5. 5 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  6. 6 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 4 works
  7. 7 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  9. 9 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 3 works
  10. 10 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 3 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 available57.7%not open42.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.4%domestic only55.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Austrian Research Centre for Forests's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Austrian Research Centre for Forests as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Austrian Research Centre for Forests0.00046% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Austrian Research Centre for Forests 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, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Austrian Research Centre for Forests9.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.0% in 2020.

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