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Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft

In research, Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,531 of 5,407 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,428 of 17,446 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,762 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 8.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,269
of 22,385 · #8,604 all time
Rank in Austria
#97
of 143
Research works
944
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft

What is Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,531 of 5,407 6.4%333
Physical SciencesDomain #5,428 of 17,446 5.7%629
Life SciencesDomain #5,762 of 11,023 8.6%158
EngineeringField #6,273 of 9,532 4.8%177

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft 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 Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (43%), Engineering (13%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 72 fractional works · 63.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 49 fractional works · 43.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 13.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 16.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBundesamt fürWasserwirtschaft114fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences13%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4943.0%
    2. Engineering1513.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences65.0%
    4. Computer Science10.7%
    5. Energy10.7%
    6. Materials Science00.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences98.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology86.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences119.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting21.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    4. Psychology10.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine43.8%
    2. Health Professions21.8%
    3. Veterinary11.0%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 49.3 works8.7×
← 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: 1.69× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.21× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.66× its world share, 49 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.68× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.66×49 works
  2. Veterinary7.68×1 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.21×6 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.69×9 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.47×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.30×8 works
  7. Engineering0.87×15 works
  8. Social Sciences0.73×11 works
  9. Energy0.71×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.69×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×2 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.37×1 works
  14. Nursing0.30×0 works
  15. Psychology0.28×1 works
  16. Medicine0.20×4 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.02×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft?

Ranked on the quality score, K. H. Domsch, Katharina Fischer and Klaus Haberer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft.

  1. 1 K. H. Domsch Austria · #933,011 worldwide 15k citations · 132 works
  2. 2 Katharina Fischer Austria · #2,386,080 worldwide 254 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Klaus Haberer Austria · #2,610,519 worldwide 4.7k citations · 74 works
  4. 4 Walter Jurecka Austria · #2,971,442 worldwide 22 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Rolf Mull Austria · #3,195,180 worldwide 238 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Peter Bendixen Austria · #3,298,495 worldwide 246 citations · 128 works
  7. 7 Helmut Z. Baumert Austria · #3,452,124 worldwide 1.1k citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Peter W. Boochs Austria · #4,158,375 worldwide 166 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Ursula Stephan Austria · #4,318,033 worldwide 345 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Uwe Schöttler Austria · #4,472,682 worldwide 130 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft

What are the most cited papers from Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft?

The most cited paper from Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft is "Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives" (Harry Vereecken et al., 2016), with 847 citations. Next come "Observed spatial organization of soil moisture and its relation to terrain indices" (829) and "Regionalisation of catchment model parameters" (757).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives Harry Vereecken et al. · Vadose Zone Journal Open access May 2016 847
2 Observed spatial organization of soil moisture and its relation to terrain indices Andrew William Western, Rodger B. Grayson, Günter Blöschl et al. · Water Resources Research Mar 1999 829
3 Regionalisation of catchment model parameters Ralf Merz, Günter Blöschl · Journal of Hydrology 31 Dec 2003 757
4 Relationship between soil organic carbon and microbial biomass on chronosequences of reclamation sites Heribert Insam, K. H. Domsch · Microbial Ecology Mar 1988 676
5 Spatial correlation of soil moisture in small catchments and its relationship to dominant spatial hydrological processes Andrew William Western, Senlin Zhou, Rodger B. Grayson et al. · Journal of Hydrology 22 Nov 2003 641
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sediment Transport, Land Use Change, Hydrological Modeling, Water Resources, Model Evaluation, Global Hydrology and Uncertainty Assessment.

▲ 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 Change25▲ 7.9×45 topics
  2. Sediment Transport16▲ 89×6 topics
  3. Land Use Change12▲ 36×4 topics
  4. Hydrological Modeling11▲ 41×3 topics
  5. Water Resources9▲ 34×6 topics
  6. Sustainable Development9▲ 5.1×14 topics
  7. Sustainability8▲ 3.0×28 topics
  8. Model Evaluation8▲ 56×2 topics
  9. Global Hydrology8▲ 104×1 topic
  10. Uncertainty Assessment8▲ 104×1 topic
  11. Geomorphological Effects7▲ 162×2 topics
  12. River Restoration7▲ 134×2 topics
  13. Environmental Policy6▲ 28×8 topics
  14. Fluvial Processes6▲ 194×1 topic
  15. Riparian Vegetation6▲ 194×1 topic
  16. Remote Sensing6▲ 4.4×9 topics
  17. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.9×16 topics
  18. Climate Change Impact4▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Invasive Species4▲ 8.7×8 topics
  20. Water Resources Management4▲ 274×2 topics
  21. Global Carbon Budget4▲ 48×2 topics
  22. Hydrological Analysis4▲ 89×1 topic
  23. Integrated Management4▲ 338×1 topic
  24. Water Quality4▲ 7.9×7 topics
  25. Human Microbiome4▲ 448×1 topic
  26. Microbial Metabolites4▲ 85×1 topic
  27. Agricultural Sustainability3▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Flood Risk3▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Soil Erosion3▲ 79×1 topic
  30. Turbulence3▲ 32×3 topics
  31. Conservation3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  32. Risk Perception3▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Freshwater Biodiversity3▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Two-Phase Flow3▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Flood Inundation Modeling3▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Free-Surface Flows3▲ 57×2 topics
  38. Surface Water Mapping3▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Biosphere Reserves3▲ 193×1 topic
  40. Landscape Management3▲ 134×1 topic

Which research topics does Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Environmental Science and Water Management and Environmental Science and Technology.

Hydrology and Watershed …8Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 8 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 6 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Water Management: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Technology: 4 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 3 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 3 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, a…3Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 3 fractional worksHydraulic flow and structures: 3 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 2 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyEcologyBiochemistrySoil Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 8 works
  2. 2 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 6 works
  3. 3 Environmental Science and Water Management Water Science and Technology 4 works
  4. 4 Environmental Science and Technology Biochemistry 4 works
  5. 5 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 3 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  7. 7 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  8. 8 Hydraulic flow and structures Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  10. 10 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 2 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher 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 Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft0.00057% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Bundesamt für Wasserwirtschaft7.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.1% in 2012.

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