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Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture

In research, Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,430 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,703
of 28,054 · #14,796 all time
Rank in Germany
#432
of 1,178
Research works
656
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
27.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture 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
Life SciencesDomain #6,430 of 7,800 28.7%60 #8376

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture 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).

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: 7.77× its world share, 43 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.24× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.67× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 14.37× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 14.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture?

Ranked on the composite score, Mathias Effenberger, Klaus Gehring and Monika Konnert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture.

  1. 1 Mathias Effenberger Germany · #275,437 worldwide 78 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Klaus Gehring Germany · #1,020,775 worldwide 4 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Monika Konnert Germany · #1,082,003 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Heidi Heuberger Germany · #1,113,571 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Andreas Gabriel Germany · #1,142,983 worldwide 27 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Stefan Thyssen Germany · #1,146,151 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Markus Demmel Germany · #1,162,199 worldwide 33 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Robert Brandhuber Germany · #1,404,383 worldwide 19 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Kay‐Uwe Götz Germany · #1,594,574 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture

Which keywords describe research at Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Biomass Estimation, Invasive Species, QTL Mapping, Plant Breeding, Marker-Assisted Selection and Crop Improvement.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 6.3×37 topics
  2. Biodiversity7▲ 8.5×15 topics
  3. Biomass Estimation7▲ 41×3 topics
  4. Invasive Species7▲ 15×13 topics
  5. QTL Mapping7▲ 50×4 topics
  6. Plant Breeding7▲ 59×3 topics
  7. Marker-Assisted Selection7▲ 72×2 topics
  8. Crop Improvement7▲ 118×2 topics
  9. Conservation6▲ 13×10 topics
  10. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 14×8 topics
  11. Aboveground Biomass6▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity6▲ 12×8 topics
  13. Allometric Models5▲ 87×2 topics
  14. Genetic Improvement5▲ 48×3 topics
  15. Carbon Stocks5▲ 149×1 topic
  16. Quantitative Trait Loci5▲ 75×3 topics
  17. Tropical Forests5▲ 116×1 topic
  18. Genome Sequencing5▲ 26×4 topics
  19. Genetic Mapping5▲ 50×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 26×4 topics
  22. Global Warming4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  23. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 11×9 topics
  24. Breeding4▲ 46×4 topics
  25. Drought Tolerance4▲ 24×5 topics
  26. Global Change4▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Soil Carbon Sequestration4▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Genetic Variation4▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Animal Welfare4▲ 36×3 topics
  30. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Population Genetics4▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Animal Breeding3▲ 64×1 topic
  33. Genomic Selection3▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Heterosis3▲ 76×2 topics
  35. Yield Potential3▲ 52×2 topics
  36. Disease Resistance3▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Genome-wide Association Studies3▲ 105×1 topic
  38. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Maize Domestication3▲ 105×1 topic
  40. Wheat3▲ 133×1 topic

Which research topics does Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forest ecology and management, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Forest ecology and manag…5Forest ecology and management: 5 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…3Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 3 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 3 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Dive…3Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 3 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breed…3Genetics and Plant Breeding: 3 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 3 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 3 fractional worksForest Management and Po…3Forest Management and Policy: 3 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 2 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 2 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGeneticsPlant ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  2. 2 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 3 works
  3. 3 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 3 works
  5. 5 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  7. 7 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 3 works
  8. 8 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 2 works
  10. 10 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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