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BOKU University

In research, BOKU University stands highest in Environmental Science (#240 of 3,551 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#235 of 3,409 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,393 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biotechnology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Soil Science — Biotechnology is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,586
of 28,054 · #1,294 all time
Rank in Austria
#11
of 168
Research works
11k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
367k
33.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is BOKU University 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
Environmental ScienceField #240 of 3,551 29.3%496 #179
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #235 of 3,409 35.1%375 #151
Physical SciencesDomain #1,393 of 12,888 24.1%1,119 #1382
Life SciencesDomain #1,269 of 7,800 29.2%662 #936
EngineeringField #1,268 of 6,636 19.7%352 #1655
Plant ScienceSubfield #294 of 1,395 38.7%154 #172
EcologySubfield #122 of 578 31.6%111 #148
Social SciencesDomain #3,115 of 10,521 39.2%190 #1490
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,115 of 3,579 21.5%258 #1034
Health SciencesDomain #4,211 of 11,982 23.8%116 #3941

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#179 #240
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#151 #235
  3. Physical Sciences#1,382 #1,393
  4. Life Sciences#936 #1,269
  5. Engineering#1,655 #1,268
  6. Plant Science#172 #294
  7. Ecology#148 #122
  8. Social Sciences#1,490 #3,115
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,034 #1,115
  10. Health Sciences#3,941 #4,211
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does BOKU University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biotechnology takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. BiotechnologySubfield · 32.5 works9.9×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 45.9 works9.2×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 42.9 works6.8×
  4. EcologySubfield · 110.7 works6.8×
  5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 103.1 works6.5×
  6. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 59.2 works5.3×
  7. Environmental ScienceField · 495.7 works4.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.78× its world share, 375 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.32× its world share, 258 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.41× its world share, 46 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 67 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.12× its world share, 352 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.78× its world share, 496 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.08× its world share, 79 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.55× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 97 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at BOKU University?

Ranked on the composite score, Karl‐Heinz Erb, Chris Oostenbrink and Helmut Haberl lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BOKU University.

  1. 1 Karl‐Heinz Erb · #15,947 worldwide 621 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Chris Oostenbrink · #27,075 worldwide 603 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Helmut Haberl · #27,591 worldwide 713 citations · 73 works
  4. 4 Walter W. Wenzel · #30,419 worldwide 350 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Uwe B. Sleytr · #39,996 worldwide 563 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Fridolin Krausmann · #44,971 worldwide 374 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 I. Darnhofer · #53,173 worldwide 268 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Petra Seibert · #55,421 worldwide 503 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Stephan Hann · #62,098 worldwide 405 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Manfred J. Lexer · #62,375 worldwide 565 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at BOKU University

Which keywords describe research at BOKU University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Biodiversity Conservation, Remote Sensing, Land Use Change, Invasive Species and Sediment Transport.

▲ 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 Change275▲ 4.9×92 topics
  2. Sustainability130▲ 2.5×69 topics
  3. Environmental Impact117▲ 3.3×52 topics
  4. Remote Sensing85▲ 3.3×29 topics
  5. Biodiversity Conservation71▲ 9.1×14 topics
  6. Biodiversity58▲ 3.7×29 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications57▲ 2.3×24 topics
  8. Invasive Species56▲ 6.3×20 topics
  9. Renewable Energy56▲ 1.87×31 topics
  10. Land Use Change55▲ 8.7×9 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services46▲ 5.7×13 topics
  12. Sediment Transport43▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Health Effects43▲ 3.4×23 topics
  14. Ecosystem Functioning41▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Greenhouse Gas Emissions39▲ 6.9×8 topics
  16. Risk Assessment38▲ 2.7×13 topics
  17. Biomass Estimation38▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Hydrological Modeling38▲ 7.7×5 topics
  19. Glycosylation37▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Global Warming37▲ 4.3×14 topics
  21. Life Cycle Assessment35▲ 6.1×8 topics
  22. Microbial Communities34▲ 3.8×10 topics
  23. Environmental Impacts33▲ 5.9×8 topics
  24. Recycling31▲ 3.9×10 topics
  25. Biopharmaceuticals31▲ 29×3 topics
  26. Habitat Fragmentation31▲ 6.7×5 topics
  27. Recombinant Proteins31▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Ecosystem Resilience31▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Aboveground Biomass30▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Model Evaluation28▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Biomass28▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Water Resources27▲ 5.3×9 topics
  33. Monoclonal Antibodies25▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Therapeutic Antibodies25▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Fungal Pathogens25▲ 9.0×4 topics
  36. Social-Ecological Systems24▲ 8.6×2 topics
  37. Bioenergy24▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Soil Carbon Sequestration24▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Nutrient Limitation22▲ 10×2 topics
  40. River Restoration22▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does BOKU University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes and Landslides and related hazards.

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen…20Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 20 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …20Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 20 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 18 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 18 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 18 fractional worksTransgenic Plants and Applications: 18 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 17 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…16Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 16 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 16 fractional worksLignin and Wood Chemistry: 16 fractional works
Soil ScienceWater Science and TechnologyEcologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil Science 20 works
  2. 2 Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater Science and Technology 20 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesEcology 18 works
  4. 4 Landslides and related hazardsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law 18 works
  5. 5 Forest Management and PolicyGlobal and Planetary Change 18 works
  6. 6 Transgenic Plants and ApplicationsBiotechnology 18 works
  7. 7 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEcology 17 works
  8. 8 Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesGlobal and Planetary Change 16 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  10. 10 Lignin and Wood ChemistryBiomedical Engineering 16 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 available54.9%not open45.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.8%domestic only61.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BOKU University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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