BOKU University
In research, BOKU University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#197 of 3,157 worldwide), Life Sciences (#560 of 6,403 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#307 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Biotechnology and Soil Science (Nature and Landscape Conservation is 9.3× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,133 of 22,385 · #795 all time
- Rank in Austria
- #11 of 143
- Research works
- 11k ▼ 18% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 368k 33.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 14.1% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.07× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 55% world 40%
- International
- 39% world 18%
What is BOKU University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #197 of 3,157 | 15.8% | 383 | #158 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #560 of 6,403 | 13.7% | 671 | #362 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #307 of 3,334 | 14.5% | 513 | #262 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,069 of 10,670 | 13.6% | 1,147 | #915 | |
| Plant ScienceSubfield | #221 of 1,317 | 13.1% | 155 | #160 | |
| EngineeringField | #995 of 5,901 | 13.6% | 357 | #805 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,091 of 9,585 | 16.0% | 211 | #1121 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #728 of 2,964 | 11.0% | 259 | #473 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #2,540 of 9,902 | 13.1% | 118 | #1603 | |
| EcologySubfield | #188 of 600 | 16.9% | 114 | #186 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where BOKU University 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#158 #197
- Life Sciences#362 #560
- Environmental Science#262 #307
- Physical Sciences#915 #1,069
- Plant Science#160 #221
- Engineering#805 #995
- Social Sciences#1,121 #2,091
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#473 #728
- Health Sciences#1,603 #2,540
- Ecology#186 #188
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does BOKU University work in?
In 2022-now, 54% of research at BOKU University is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (25%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Engineering (16%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences1,31154.4%
- Environmental Science59424.7%
- Engineering39616.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences883.7%
- Materials Science883.6%
- Chemistry502.1%
- Computer Science371.5%
- Energy251.0%
- Physics and Astronomy150.6%
- Mathematics100.4%
- Chemical Engineering70.3%
- Life Sciences73730.6%
- Social Sciences2329.6%
- Social Sciences1205.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting391.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance251.0%
- Psychology190.8%
- Decision Sciences160.7%
- Arts and Humanities120.5%
- Health Sciences1305.4%
- Medicine883.7%
- Nursing180.8%
- Veterinary110.5%
- Health Professions110.4%
- Dentistry20.1%
What does BOKU University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 53.6 works9.3×
- BiotechnologySubfield · 34.9 works9.2×
- Soil ScienceSubfield · 54.2 works7.5×
- EcologySubfield · 132.6 works7.0×
- Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 124.0 works6.8×
- Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 68.3 works5.2×
- Environmental ScienceField · 594.2 works5.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Environmental Science4.96×594 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.69×423 works
- Veterinary3.32×11 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.34×88 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.19×281 works
- Nursing1.57×18 works
- Chemistry1.32×50 works
- Energy1.14×25 works
- Engineering1.09×396 works
- Materials Science1.04×88 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.92×22 works
- Chemical Engineering0.89×8 works
- Decision Sciences0.68×16 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.50×39 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×25 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×4 works
- Social Sciences0.39×120 works
- Mathematics0.37×10 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.28×15 works
- Psychology0.26×19 works
- Dentistry0.21×2 works
- Computer Science0.20×37 works
- Medicine0.19×88 works
- Neuroscience0.18×7 works
- Arts and Humanities0.18×12 works
- Health Professions0.17×10 works
- Environmental Science 5.0×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3.7×
- Veterinary 3.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 2.3×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2.2×
- Nursing 1.6×
- Chemistry 1.3×
- Energy 1.1×
- Engineering 1.1×
- Materials Science 1.0×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.9×
- Chemical Engineering 0.9×
- Decision Sciences 0.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.5×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.4×
- Social Sciences 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.3×
- Psychology 0.3×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Computer Science 0.2×
- Medicine 0.2×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Arts and Humanities 0.2×
- Health Professions 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at BOKU University?
Ranked on the quality score, Helmut Haberl, Karl‐Heinz Erb and Werner Rammer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BOKU University.
- 1
Helmut Haberl
Austria · #5,647 worldwide 31k citations · 415 works
- 2
Karl‐Heinz Erb
Austria · #6,597 worldwide 30k citations · 310 works
- 3
Werner Rammer
Austria · #9,369 worldwide 8.9k citations · 171 works
- 4
Fridolin Krausmann
Austria · #12,503 worldwide 22k citations · 267 works
- 5
Jürgen Kleine‐Vehn
Austria · #17,169 worldwide 11k citations · 178 works
- 6
Dominik Wiedenhofer
Austria · #22,787 worldwide 11k citations · 224 works
- 7
Áron Buzogány
Austria · #49,556 worldwide 2.4k citations · 135 works
- 8
Johannes Stadlmann
Austria · #72,815 worldwide 7.1k citations · 102 works
- 9
Manuela Winkler
Austria · #80,066 worldwide 5.2k citations · 102 works
- 10
Peter Hietz
Austria · #93,010 worldwide 9.5k citations · 152 works
Which keywords describe research at BOKU University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Biodiversity Conservation, Remote Sensing, Land Use Change, Invasive Species and Sediment Transport.
- Drought
- Bioenergy
- Social-Ecological Systems
- Soil Carbon Sequestration
- Recombinant Proteins
- Aboveground Biomass
- Water Resources
- Environmental Impacts
- Waste Management
- Glycosylation
- Microbial Communities
- Biomass Estimation
- Global Warming
- Health Effects
- Sediment Transport
- Biomedical Applications
- Invasive Species
- Biodiversity
- Remote Sensing
- Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Environmental Impact
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Renewable Energy
- Land Use Change
- Ecosystem Services
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Hydrological Modeling
- Risk Assessment
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Ecosystem Resilience
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Recycling
- Model Evaluation
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Biomass
- Nutrient Limitation
- River Restoration
- Monoclonal Antibodies
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
- Climate Change335▲ 5.1×99 topics
- Sustainability159▲ 2.7×84 topics
- Environmental Impact135▲ 3.3×57 topics
- Remote Sensing111▲ 3.8×33 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation81▲ 8.9×17 topics
- Biodiversity69▲ 3.8×32 topics
- Renewable Energy67▲ 1.93×34 topics
- Invasive Species66▲ 6.4×20 topics
- Land Use Change66▲ 9.1×9 topics
- Biomedical Applications62▲ 2.2×26 topics
- Ecosystem Services53▲ 5.7×13 topics
- Sediment Transport52▲ 13×6 topics
- Ecosystem Functioning50▲ 10×7 topics
- Health Effects48▲ 3.3×24 topics
- Hydrological Modeling47▲ 8.2×5 topics
- Global Warming46▲ 4.5×15 topics
- Risk Assessment45▲ 2.8×15 topics
- Biomass Estimation44▲ 12×3 topics
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions44▲ 6.7×9 topics
- Microbial Communities41▲ 3.9×10 topics
- Life Cycle Assessment40▲ 6.0×8 topics
- Glycosylation39▲ 15×3 topics
- Ecosystem Resilience38▲ 10×5 topics
- Waste Management37▲ 3.8×11 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation37▲ 7.0×5 topics
- Environmental Impacts36▲ 5.6×9 topics
- Recycling36▲ 3.9×10 topics
- Water Resources35▲ 6.0×10 topics
- Model Evaluation34▲ 11×2 topics
- Aboveground Biomass34▲ 16×2 topics
- Biopharmaceuticals32▲ 26×3 topics
- Recombinant Proteins32▲ 42×2 topics
- Biomass31▲ 11×4 topics
- Soil Carbon Sequestration30▲ 15×2 topics
- Nutrient Limitation29▲ 11×2 topics
- Social-Ecological Systems27▲ 8.1×3 topics
- River Restoration27▲ 25×2 topics
- Bioenergy27▲ 20×3 topics
- Monoclonal Antibodies26▲ 12×3 topics
- Drought26▲ 11×3 topics
Which research topics does BOKU University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Landslides and related hazards and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 26 works
- 2 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 24 works
- 3 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 22 works
- 4 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 22 works
- 5 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 20 works
- 6 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 19 works
- 7 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 19 works
- 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 19 works
- 9 Transgenic Plants and Applications Biotechnology 18 works
- 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 18 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has BOKU University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 BOKU University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0096% in 2024.
Fractional works of BOKU University 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.1% in 2004.
Other research institutions in Vienna
- University of Vienna
- TU Wien
- Medical University of Vienna
- Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Vienna University of Economics and Business
- University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
- Austrian Institute of Technology
- International Atomic Energy Agency
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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