Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Archive · Grafenau · Germany

Bavarian Forest National Park

In research, Bavarian Forest National Park stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,737 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

nationalpark-bayerischer-wald.de/english/index.htmROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#22,106
of 22,385 · #27,950 all time
Rank in Germany
#788
of 795
Research works
235
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
8k
34.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
52%
world 18%
Bavarian Forest National Park

What is Bavarian Forest National Park 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
Physical SciencesDomain #14,737 of 17,446 20.3%134

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bavarian Forest National Park 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 Bavarian Forest National Park work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Bavarian Forest National Park is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (49%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (26%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 41 fractional works · 57.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 36 fractional works · 49.3% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 24.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 31.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 26.0% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBavarian ForestNational Park72fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences7%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3649.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.4%
    3. Computer Science22.6%
    4. Engineering10.8%
    5. Materials Science00.6%
    6. Chemistry00.5%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1926.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting22.3%
    2. Social Sciences22.2%
    3. Psychology12.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Medicine11.7%
    2. Veterinary11.6%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    4. Health Professions00.3%
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: 5.47× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.93× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 11.47× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary11.47×1 works
  2. Environmental Science9.93×36 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.47×19 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.17×2 works
  5. Nursing1.41×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×3 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.72×2 works
  8. Psychology0.68×2 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.33×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.31×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.18×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.18×2 works
  15. Health Professions0.10×0 works
  16. Medicine0.09×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  18. Engineering0.05×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bavarian Forest National Park?

Ranked on the quality score, Claus Bässler, Jörg C. Müller and Marco Heurich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bavarian Forest National Park.

  1. 1 Claus Bässler Germany · #4,779 worldwide 10k citations · 8,714 works
  2. 2 Jörg C. Müller Germany · #11,334 worldwide 24k citations · 9,138 works
  3. 3 Marco Heurich Germany · #116,210 worldwide 17k citations · 519 works
  4. 4 Christoph Heibl Germany · #285,290 worldwide 2.5k citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Franz‐Sebastian Krah Germany · #479,649 worldwide 1.2k citations · 69 works
  6. 6 Heinz Bußler Germany · #600,009 worldwide 1.8k citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Pavel Šustr Germany · #1,100,058 worldwide 1k citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Suzanne T. S. van Beeck Calkoen Germany · #1,109,096 worldwide 382 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Burkhard Beudert Germany · #1,113,181 worldwide 1.6k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Hans Halbwachs Germany · #1,155,421 worldwide 873 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Bavarian Forest National Park

What are the most cited papers from Bavarian Forest National Park?

The most cited paper from Bavarian Forest National Park is "Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers" (Sebastian Seibold, Martin M. Goßner, Nadja K. Simons et al., 2019), with 1,355 citations. Next come "Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements" (1,329) and "A review of habitat thresholds for dead wood: a baseline for management recommendations in European forests" (518).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers Sebastian Seibold, Martin M. Goßner, Nadja K. Simons et al. · Nature Open access 30 Oct 2019 1,355
2 Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements Marlee A. Tucker et al. · Science Open access115 authors 25 Jan 2018 1,329
3 A review of habitat thresholds for dead wood: a baseline for management recommendations in European forests Jörg C. Müller, Rita Bütler · European Journal of Forest Research Open access 18 Jun 2010 518
4 Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Europe: State of Knowledge and Ways Forward for Management Tomáš Hlásny, Louis A. König, Paal Krokene et al. · Current Forestry Reports Open access 28 Jul 2021 460
5 BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene María Dornelas et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography Open access270 authors Jul 2018 457
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bavarian Forest National Park?

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

▲ 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 Change16▲ 8.3×36 topics
  2. Invasive Species12▲ 38×11 topics
  3. Biodiversity11▲ 21×13 topics
  4. Biodiversity Conservation10▲ 35×6 topics
  5. Ecosystem Functioning9▲ 61×5 topics
  6. Population Dynamics9▲ 46×6 topics
  7. Global Change6▲ 33×5 topics
  8. Dead Wood6▲ 453×1 topic
  9. Forest Management6▲ 130×2 topics
  10. Saproxylic Beetles6▲ 453×1 topic
  11. Conservation6▲ 18×10 topics
  12. Conservation Biology5▲ 70×2 topics
  13. Habitat Selection5▲ 100×2 topics
  14. Biological Invasions5▲ 80×2 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 32×3 topics
  16. Animal Movement5▲ 134×1 topic
  17. Occupancy Rates5▲ 134×1 topic
  18. DNA Barcoding5▲ 37×6 topics
  19. Species Richness4▲ 92×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem4▲ 50×2 topics
  21. Biomass Estimation4▲ 33×3 topics
  22. Community Ecology3▲ 54×1 topic
  23. Ecosystem Services3▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Functional Diversity3▲ 84×1 topic
  25. Model Evaluation3▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Nutrient Cycling3▲ 61×2 topics
  27. Mycorrhizal Fungi3▲ 59×2 topics
  28. Fungal Diversity3▲ 87×2 topics
  29. Ecological Niche3▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 26×4 topics
  31. Species Distribution Modeling3▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Symbiotic Relationships3▲ 89×2 topics
  33. Plant Interactions3▲ 94×1 topic
  34. Soil Biota3▲ 94×1 topic
  35. Predator-Prey Interactions3▲ 47×2 topics
  36. Global Warming3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  37. Island Ecosystems2▲ 107×1 topic
  38. Rodent Eradication2▲ 173×1 topic
  39. Aboveground Biomass2▲ 39×2 topics
  40. Biogeography2▲ 12×8 topics

Which research topics does Bavarian Forest National Park publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 6 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…3Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…3Species Distribution and Climate Change: 3 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 3 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 2 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology an…2Forest Insect Ecology and Management: 2 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 2 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 2 fractional works
Insect ScienceEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationEcological Modeling4 others

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

  1. 1 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 6 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 3 works
  5. 5 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 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 available57.4%not open42.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.7%domestic only48.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bavarian Forest National Park's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Bavarian Forest National Park as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Bavarian Forest National Park0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bavarian Forest National Park over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

Share Bavarian Forest National Park's ranking

Bavarian Forest National Park on Science Explorer

A card with Bavarian Forest National Park's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Bavarian Forest National Park. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.