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BUND Naturschutz

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World rank, all time
#24,741
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,199
of 1,603
Research works
179
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
BUND Naturschutz

Which fields of science does BUND Naturschutz work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research at BUND Naturschutz is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (29%), Social Sciences (19%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 34.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 29.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 29.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 10.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 22.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.4% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKBUND Naturschutz33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences29%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1029.4%
    2. Computer Science11.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.4%
    4. Energy01.0%
    5. Engineering01.0%
    1. Social Sciences619.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities25.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting13.8%
    4. Psychology01.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology412.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences310.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Medicine39.7%
    2. Health Professions13.1%
    3. Veterinary00.6%
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: 2.11× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.32× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.91× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science5.91×10 works
  2. Veterinary4.62×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.32×4 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.11×3 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.81×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.52×6 works
  7. Health Professions1.19×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.17×1 works
  9. Energy1.09×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.89×0 works
  11. Medicine0.50×3 works
  12. Psychology0.35×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.21×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  17. Engineering0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at BUND Naturschutz?

Ranked on the quality score, Frank Niederstadt, Gerhard Timm and Anke Schumacher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BUND Naturschutz.

  1. 1 Frank Niederstadt Germany · #3,535,928 worldwide 27 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Gerhard Timm Germany · #3,585,568 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Anke Schumacher Germany · #4,239,817 worldwide 42 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Hubert Weiger Germany · #4,431,667 worldwide 55 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Jochen Schumacher Germany · #6,107,697 worldwide 392 citations · 130 works
All ranked researchers at BUND Naturschutz

What are the most cited papers from BUND Naturschutz?

The most cited paper from BUND Naturschutz is "Production and application of microbial cellulose" (Rainer Jonas, L. F. X. Farah, 1998), with 730 citations. Next come "Biodegradation of aliphatic–aromatic copolyesters: evaluation of the final biodegradability and ecotoxicological impact of degradation intermediates" (432) and "Sequence and analysis of chromosome 4 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana" (393).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Production and application of microbial cellulose Rainer Jonas, L. F. X. Farah · Polymer Degradation and Stability 1998 730
2 Biodegradation of aliphatic–aromatic copolyesters: evaluation of the final biodegradability and ecotoxicological impact of degradation intermediates Uwe Witt, Till Einig, Motonori Yamamoto et al. · Chemosphere Jul 2001 432
3 Sequence and analysis of chromosome 4 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana Klaus Mayer et al. · Nature 230 authors Dec 1999 393
4 Molecular Interaction Between the Strep-tag Affinity Peptide and its Cognate Target, Streptavidin Thomas G.M. Schmidt, Jürgen Koepke, Ronald Frank et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology Feb 1996 338
5 Identification of SopE2 from Salmonella typhimurium , a conserved guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Cdc42 of the host cell Silke Stender, Andrea Friebel, Stefan Linder et al. · Molecular Microbiology Jun 2000 296
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BUND Naturschutz?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Conservation, Human Microbiome, Microbial Metabolites, Biosphere Reserves, Landscape Management and Global Capitalism.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development5▲ 10×3 topics
  2. Climate Change5▲ 5.0×18 topics
  3. Conservation3▲ 24×7 topics
  4. Human Microbiome3▲ 1170×1 topic
  5. Microbial Metabolites3▲ 221×1 topic
  6. Biosphere Reserves2▲ 559×1 topic
  7. Landscape Management2▲ 388×1 topic
  8. Sustainability2▲ 2.8×7 topics
  9. Global Capitalism2▲ 123×1 topic
  10. Imperialism2▲ 84×1 topic
  11. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 17×7 topics
  12. Environmental Policy2▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Invasive Species2▲ 13×10 topics
  14. Biodiversity2▲ 6.6×9 topics
  15. Social Innovation2▲ 33×2 topics
  16. Stakeholder Engagement2▲ 57×2 topics
  17. Identity2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  18. Public Health2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  19. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.4×6 topics
  20. European Union1▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Biodiversity Offsets1▲ 434×1 topic
  22. Business Ethics1▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Corporate Social Responsibility1▲ 21×1 topic
  24. No Net Loss1▲ 434×1 topic
  25. Population Dynamics1▲ 14×5 topics
  26. Resilient Cities1▲ 128×2 topics
  27. Ecosystem Services1▲ 7.8×6 topics
  28. European Integration1▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Governance1▲ 9.2×1 topic
  30. Literature1▲ 5.5×2 topics
  31. Psychoanalysis1▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does BUND Naturschutz publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Environmental Science and Technology, Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies, Economic and Social Issues and Environmental Conservation and Management.

Environmental Science and Technology: 3 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Conservation and Management: 1 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: 1 fractional worksEuropean Union Policy an…1European Union Policy and Governance: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 1 fractional worksMemory, History, Trauma, Identity: 1 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 1 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 1 fractional works
BiochemistryNature and Landscape ConservationSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law5 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Science and Technology Biochemistry 3 works
  2. 2 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  3. 3 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Environmental Conservation and Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  5. 5 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  6. 6 European Union Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Memory, History, Trauma, Identity Philosophy 1 works
  9. 9 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 1 works
  10. 10 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BUND Naturschutz's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 BUND Naturschutz as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%BUND Naturschutz0.000086% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of BUND Naturschutz over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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