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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#158 #197
  2. Life Sciences#362 #560
  3. Environmental Science#262 #307
  4. Physical Sciences#915 #1,069
  5. Plant Science#160 #221
  6. Engineering#805 #995
  7. Social Sciences#1,121 #2,091
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#473 #728
  9. Health Sciences#1,603 #2,540
  10. Ecology#186 #188
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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.

Physical Sciences: 1,311 fractional works · 54.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 594 fractional works · 24.7% of its workEcology: 133 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 124 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 68 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 54 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 36 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 396 fractional works · 16.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 84 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 78 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 60 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 88 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 88 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomaterials: 45 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 50 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 737 fractional works · 30.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 423 fractional works · 17.6% of its workPlant Science: 168 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSoil Science: 54 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 46 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 37 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInsect Science: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 281 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 163 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGenetics: 40 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 232 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 120 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTransportation: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 39 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 130 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMedicine: 88 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBOKU University2,410fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences10%

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
    1. Environmental Science59424.7%
    2. Engineering39616.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences883.7%
    4. Materials Science883.6%
    5. Chemistry502.1%
    6. Computer Science371.5%
    7. Energy251.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy150.6%
    9. Mathematics100.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42317.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology28111.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology220.9%
    4. Neuroscience70.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
    1. Social Sciences1205.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting391.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance251.0%
    4. Psychology190.8%
    5. Decision Sciences160.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities120.5%
    1. Medicine883.7%
    2. Nursing180.8%
    3. Veterinary110.5%
    4. Health Professions110.4%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 53.6 works9.3×
  2. BiotechnologySubfield · 34.9 works9.2×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 54.2 works7.5×
  4. EcologySubfield · 132.6 works7.0×
  5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 124.0 works6.8×
  6. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 68.3 works5.2×
  7. Environmental ScienceField · 594.2 works5.0×
← 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: 3.69× its world share, 423 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.19× its world share, 281 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.32× its world share, 50 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 88 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.14× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 396 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.96× its world share, 594 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.04× its world share, 88 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 88 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.32× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 120 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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
  1. Environmental Science4.96×594 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.69×423 works
  3. Veterinary3.32×11 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.34×88 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.19×281 works
  6. Nursing1.57×18 works
  7. Chemistry1.32×50 works
  8. Energy1.14×25 works
  9. Engineering1.09×396 works
  10. Materials Science1.04×88 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.92×22 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.89×8 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.68×16 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×39 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×25 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×4 works
  17. Social Sciences0.39×120 works
  18. Mathematics0.37×10 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.28×15 works
  20. Psychology0.26×19 works
  21. Dentistry0.21×2 works
  22. Computer Science0.20×37 works
  23. Medicine0.19×88 works
  24. Neuroscience0.18×7 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.18×12 works
  26. Health Professions0.17×10 works

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. 1 Helmut Haberl Austria · #5,647 worldwide 31k citations · 415 works
  2. 2 Karl‐Heinz Erb Austria · #6,597 worldwide 30k citations · 310 works
  3. 3 Werner Rammer Austria · #9,369 worldwide 8.9k citations · 171 works
  4. 4 Fridolin Krausmann Austria · #12,503 worldwide 22k citations · 267 works
  5. 5 Jürgen Kleine‐Vehn Austria · #17,169 worldwide 11k citations · 178 works
  6. 6 Dominik Wiedenhofer Austria · #22,787 worldwide 11k citations · 224 works
  7. 7 Áron Buzogány Austria · #49,556 worldwide 2.4k citations · 135 works
  8. 8 Johannes Stadlmann Austria · #72,815 worldwide 7.1k citations · 102 works
  9. 9 Manuela Winkler Austria · #80,066 worldwide 5.2k citations · 102 works
  10. 10 Peter Hietz Austria · #93,010 worldwide 9.5k citations · 152 works
All ranked researchers at BOKU University

What are the most cited papers from BOKU University?

The most cited paper from BOKU University is "Nitrous oxide emissions from soils: how well do we understand the processes and their controls?" (Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Elizabeth M. Baggs, Michael Dannenmann et al., 2013), with 2,954 citations. Next come "Forest disturbances under climate change" (2,900) and "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1" (2,743).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nitrous oxide emissions from soils: how well do we understand the processes and their controls? Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Elizabeth M. Baggs, Michael Dannenmann et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 27 May 2013 2,954
2 Forest disturbances under climate change Rupert Seidl, Dominik Thom, Markus Kautz et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 31 May 2017 2,900
3 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
4 Review: current international research into cellulose nanofibres and nanocomposites Stephen James Eichhorn et al. · Journal of Materials Science 23 Sep 2009 2,417
5 Assessing agricultural risks of climate change in the 21st century in a global gridded crop model intercomparison Cynthia E. Rosenzweig, Joshua Elliott, Delphine Deryng et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 16 Dec 2013 2,381
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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.

▲ 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 Change335▲ 5.1×99 topics
  2. Sustainability159▲ 2.7×84 topics
  3. Environmental Impact135▲ 3.3×57 topics
  4. Remote Sensing111▲ 3.8×33 topics
  5. Biodiversity Conservation81▲ 8.9×17 topics
  6. Biodiversity69▲ 3.8×32 topics
  7. Renewable Energy67▲ 1.93×34 topics
  8. Invasive Species66▲ 6.4×20 topics
  9. Land Use Change66▲ 9.1×9 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications62▲ 2.2×26 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services53▲ 5.7×13 topics
  12. Sediment Transport52▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Ecosystem Functioning50▲ 10×7 topics
  14. Health Effects48▲ 3.3×24 topics
  15. Hydrological Modeling47▲ 8.2×5 topics
  16. Global Warming46▲ 4.5×15 topics
  17. Risk Assessment45▲ 2.8×15 topics
  18. Biomass Estimation44▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Greenhouse Gas Emissions44▲ 6.7×9 topics
  20. Microbial Communities41▲ 3.9×10 topics
  21. Life Cycle Assessment40▲ 6.0×8 topics
  22. Glycosylation39▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Ecosystem Resilience38▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Waste Management37▲ 3.8×11 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation37▲ 7.0×5 topics
  26. Environmental Impacts36▲ 5.6×9 topics
  27. Recycling36▲ 3.9×10 topics
  28. Water Resources35▲ 6.0×10 topics
  29. Model Evaluation34▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Aboveground Biomass34▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Biopharmaceuticals32▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Recombinant Proteins32▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Biomass31▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Soil Carbon Sequestration30▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Nutrient Limitation29▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Social-Ecological Systems27▲ 8.1×3 topics
  37. River Restoration27▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Bioenergy27▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Monoclonal Antibodies26▲ 12×3 topics
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 26 works
  2. 2 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 24 works
  3. 3 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 22 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 22 works
  5. 5 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 20 works
  6. 6 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 19 works
  7. 7 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 19 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 19 works
  9. 9 Transgenic Plants and Applications Biotechnology 18 works
  10. 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.

openly available55.3%not open44.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.9%domestic only61.1%

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.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

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.

still counting0.010%0.020%BOKU University0.0078% in 202519801990200020102020

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.

still counting10%20%30%BOKU University14.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

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.

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