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Bundeskriminalamt

In research, Bundeskriminalamt stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,485 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,322 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#6,935
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#330
of 1,603
Research works
416
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Bundeskriminalamt

What is Bundeskriminalamt 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,485 of 17,446 9.9%162
Social SciencesDomain #7,322 of 14,833 9.5%137

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

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Bundeskriminalamt is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Computer Science (12%), Psychology (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 37 fractional works · 52.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 34.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 20.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 26.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 11.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 13.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBundeskriminalamt70fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences53%

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. Social Sciences2434.9%
    2. Psychology56.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting45.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities34.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Computer Science811.8%
    2. Environmental Science34.7%
    3. Chemistry34.5%
    4. Engineering23.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
    6. Materials Science00.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology46.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics22.9%
    4. Neuroscience11.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Medicine34.9%
    2. Health Professions12.0%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
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: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.19× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.87× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.51× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.69× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.66× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.13× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.75× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics8.19×2 works
  2. Chemistry2.87×3 works
  3. Social Sciences2.75×24 works
  4. Psychology2.13×5 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.69×3 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.66×4 works
  7. Computer Science1.51×8 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.12×4 works
  9. Environmental Science0.94×3 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.90×1 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.77×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×2 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.68×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.60×1 works
  16. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.31×0 works
  18. Medicine0.25×3 works
  19. Dentistry0.24×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×0 works
  21. Engineering0.20×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.19×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bundeskriminalamt?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Weis, Peter Kolla and Rasmus Schulte-Ladbeck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bundeskriminalamt.

  1. 1 Peter Weis Germany · #670,217 worldwide 1.2k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Peter Kolla Germany · #1,393,674 worldwide 614 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Rasmus Schulte-Ladbeck Germany · #1,441,836 worldwide 778 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Hermann Schmitter Germany · #1,957,091 worldwide 1.6k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Ingo Bastisch Germany · #2,154,348 worldwide 743 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Frank Reckel Germany · #2,289,062 worldwide 403 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Michael Pütz Germany · #2,345,196 worldwide 2.9k citations · 99 works
  8. 8 B. Ahrens Germany · #2,540,851 worldwide 298 citations · 63 works
  9. 9 R Fischer Germany · #2,626,268 worldwide 612 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Thomas Biermann Germany · #2,795,601 worldwide 445 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Bundeskriminalamt

What are the most cited papers from Bundeskriminalamt?

The most cited paper from Bundeskriminalamt is "MPI‐DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: New reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios" (Klaus Peter Jochum et al., 2006), with 1,118 citations. Next come "‘Spice’ and other herbal blends: harmless incense or cannabinoid designer drugs?" (662) and "Glossary of methods and terms used in analytical spectroscopy (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)" (493).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MPI‐DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: New reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios Klaus Peter Jochum et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems Open access Feb 2006 1,118
2 ‘Spice’ and other herbal blends: harmless incense or cannabinoid designer drugs? Volker Auwärter, Sebastian Dresen, Wolfgang Weinmann et al. · Journal of Mass Spectrometry 2 Feb 2009 662
3 Glossary of methods and terms used in analytical spectroscopy (IUPAC Recommendations 2019) Heidi Goenaga Infante, John W Warren, John M. Chalmers et al. · Pure and Applied Chemistry Open access Jun 2021 493
4 DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG): Recommendations regarding the role of forensic genetics for disaster victim identification (DVI) Mechthild Prinz, Ángel Carracedo, Wolfgang Richard Mayr et al. · Forensic Science International Genetics Mar 2007 403
5 The BBCH system to coding the phenological growth stages of plants – history and publications – Uwe Meier, H. Bleiholder, Liselotte Buhr et al. · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) Open access Aug 2008 384
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Which keywords describe research at Bundeskriminalamt?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Leadership, Digital Transformation, Gender Differences, Human Rights, Globalization, Youth Offenders, Employee Engagement and Criminal Law.

▲ 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. Globalization4▲ 3.1×9 topics
  2. Machine Learning4▲ 1.63×9 topics
  3. Human Rights4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  4. Deep Learning4▲ 1.45×8 topics
  5. Digital Transformation3▲ 8.4×3 topics
  6. Gender Differences3▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Leadership3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  8. Youth Offenders3▲ 87×2 topics
  9. Security3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  10. Employee Engagement2▲ 20×2 topics
  11. Criminal Law2▲ 22×2 topics
  12. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 21×3 topics
  13. Prison System2▲ 59×2 topics
  14. Victimization2▲ 110×2 topics
  15. Agility2▲ 214×1 topic
  16. Digitalization2▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Organizational Change2▲ 39×1 topic
  18. Legal Reforms2▲ 306×1 topic
  19. Security Measures2▲ 227×1 topic
  20. Terrorism2▲ 64×3 topics
  21. Criminal Behavior2▲ 66×2 topics
  22. Drug Analysis2▲ 148×1 topic
  23. Forensic Toxicology2▲ 105×1 topic
  24. Youth Violence2▲ 63×3 topics
  25. Detection2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  26. European Union2▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Genomic Analysis2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  28. Psychological Impact2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  29. Ancient DNA2▲ 46×2 topics
  30. Cybercrime2▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Serotonin2▲ 60×2 topics
  32. Extremism2▲ 86×1 topic
  33. Human Evolution2▲ 101×1 topic
  34. Population History2▲ 157×1 topic
  35. Radicalization2▲ 86×1 topic
  36. Violence2▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Digital Forensics2▲ 44×2 topics
  38. Law Enforcement2▲ 37×3 topics
  39. Social Structure2▲ 55×2 topics
  40. Economic Crisis1▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Bundeskriminalamt publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Management and Leadership, Criminal Law and Policy, Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis and Forensic and Genetic Research.

Corporate Management and…2Corporate Management and Leadership: 2 fractional worksCriminal Law and Policy2Criminal Law and Policy: 2 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 2 fractional worksForensic and Genetic Research: 2 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 2 fractional worksGerman Security and Defense Policies: 1 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 1 fractional worksStalking, Cyberstalking,…1Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment: 1 fractional worksPsychedelics and Drug Studies: 1 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 1 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSociology and Political ScienceToxicologyGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  2. 2 Criminal Law and Policy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 2 works
  4. 4 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 German Security and Defense Policies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 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 available17.1%not open82.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bundeskriminalamt's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% 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 Bundeskriminalamt as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Bundeskriminalamt0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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