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Bioforschung Austria

In research, Bioforschung Austria stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,308 of 11,023 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,673 of 5,801 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,267 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,215
of 34,923
Rank in Austria
#119
of 255
Research works
479
▼ 53% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
26.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Bioforschung Austria

What is Bioforschung Austria 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,308 of 11,023 7.4%253
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,673 of 5,801 9.2%123
Physical SciencesDomain #13,267 of 17,446 8.4%136

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bioforschung Austria 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 Bioforschung Austria work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Bioforschung Austria is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (21%), Medicine (13%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 59.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 20.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 11.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 20.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 12.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKBioforschungAustria25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences59%Health Sciences14%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science520.9%
    2. Engineering311.5%
    3. Chemistry311.0%
    4. Materials Science14.8%
    5. Computer Science13.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering13.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.8%
    8. Physics and Astronomy01.0%
    9. Energy00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences27.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology15.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.1%
    1. Medicine312.9%
    2. Health Professions00.5%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities13.9%
    2. Social Sciences01.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    4. Decision Sciences00.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
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: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 8.52× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.03× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.20× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering8.52×1 works
  2. Chemistry7.03×3 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology5.14×1 works
  4. Environmental Science4.20×5 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.15×0 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.78×1 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.50×2 works
  8. Materials Science1.37×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.35×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.34×1 works
  11. Veterinary1.23×0 works
  12. Engineering0.77×3 works
  13. Medicine0.67×3 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.60×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.49×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.45×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×0 works
  18. Energy0.30×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.18×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bioforschung Austria?

Ranked on the quality score, Bernhard Kromp, Alberta Velimirov and Heinz Ganzelmeier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bioforschung Austria.

  1. 1 Bernhard Kromp Austria · #1,878,769 worldwide 1.7k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Alberta Velimirov Austria · #2,157,656 worldwide 462 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Heinz Ganzelmeier Austria · #3,441,079 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 F. Nachtmann Austria · #3,862,239 worldwide 583 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Marijan Štefinović Austria · #3,975,641 worldwide 458 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Stefan Scheler Austria · #4,083,718 worldwide 613 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 R. de Clercq Austria · #4,094,722 worldwide 87 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Wilfried Hartl Austria · #4,459,625 worldwide 1k citations · 58 works
  9. 9 August Körting Austria · #5,098,405 worldwide 52 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 H. Zycha Austria · #5,375,892 worldwide 224 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Bioforschung Austria

What are the most cited papers from Bioforschung Austria?

The most cited paper from Bioforschung Austria is "Determination of hydroxyproline" (Hermann Stegemann, Karlheinz Stalder, 1967), with 1,590 citations. Next come "Carabid beetles in sustainable agriculture: a review on pest control efficacy, cultivation impacts and enhancement" (920) and "Nuclear localization of the C2H2 zinc finger protein Msn2p is regulated by stress and protein kinase A activity" (787).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Determination of hydroxyproline Hermann Stegemann, Karlheinz Stalder · Clinica Chimica Acta Nov 1967 1,590
2 Carabid beetles in sustainable agriculture: a review on pest control efficacy, cultivation impacts and enhancement Bernhard Kromp · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment Jun 1999 920
3 Nuclear localization of the C2H2 zinc finger protein Msn2p is regulated by stress and protein kinase A activity Wolfram Görner, Erich Durchschlag, María Teresa Martínez‐Pastor et al. · Genes & Development Open access 15 Feb 1998 787
4 Acceptable changes in quality attributes of glycosylated biopharmaceuticals Martin Schiestl, Thomas Stangler, Claudia Torella et al. · Nature Biotechnology Apr 2011 475
5 Stress signaling in yeast Helmut Ruis, Christoph Schüller · BioEssays Review Nov 1995 420
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Bioforschung Austria publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds, Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals, Heavy metals in environment and Cloud Computing and Resource Management.

Synthesis and Characteri…0Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds: 0 fractional worksAluminum toxicity and to…0Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals: 0 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…0Heavy metals in environment: 0 fractional worksCloud Computing and Reso…0Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 0 fractional worksCoal and Its By-products0Coal and Its By-products: 0 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Treatment: 0 fractional worksPhosphorus and nutrient management: 0 fractional worksSynthesis and biological…0Synthesis and biological activity: 0 fractional works
Organic ChemistryPlant SciencePollutionInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds Organic Chemistry 0 works
  2. 2 Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals Plant Science 0 works
  3. 3 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 0 works
  4. 4 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 0 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Coal and Its By-products Geochemistry and Petrology 0 works
  8. 8 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  9. 9 Phosphorus and nutrient management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 0 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 available26.1%not open73.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.8%domestic only72.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bioforschung Austria's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bioforschung Austria as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000076% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Bioforschung Austria0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bioforschung Austria over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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