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Deutscher Wetterdienst

In research, Deutscher Wetterdienst stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,148 of 3,334 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,608 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Atmospheric Science is 66.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,346
of 22,385 · #7,452 all time
Rank in Germany
#537
of 795
Research works
1.6k
▼ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
55k
33.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Deutscher Wetterdienst

What is Deutscher Wetterdienst 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,148 of 3,334 9.6%76 #1960
Physical SciencesDomain #8,608 of 10,670 9.5%157 #3929

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

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Deutscher Wetterdienst is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (41%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (32%), Engineering (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 254 fractional works · 87.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 118 fractional works · 40.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 80 fractional works · 27.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 6.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 92 fractional works · 31.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 86 fractional works · 29.5% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDeutscherWetterdienst290fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences9%

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 Science11840.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences9231.8%
    3. Engineering217.3%
    4. Computer Science93.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy82.8%
    6. Chemistry20.8%
    7. Mathematics20.6%
    8. Energy10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Social Sciences144.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities51.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.9%
    4. Decision Sciences20.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Psychology00.2%
    1. Medicine41.3%
    2. Health Professions20.6%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Deutscher Wetterdienst specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 66.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 85.5 works67×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 79.9 works36×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 92.1 works20×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 117.7 works8.2×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20.26× its world share, 92 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.17× its world share, 118 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.26× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 20.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.26×92 works
  2. Environmental Science8.17×118 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.26×8 works
  4. Decision Sciences0.79×2 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.59×5 works
  6. Mathematics0.50×2 works
  7. Energy0.49×1 works
  8. Engineering0.49×21 works
  9. Chemistry0.48×2 works
  10. Veterinary0.42×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×3 works
  12. Computer Science0.41×9 works
  13. Social Sciences0.37×14 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×5 works
  15. Health Professions0.22×2 works
  16. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  18. Medicine0.07×4 works
  19. Psychology0.06×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.05×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×1 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Deutscher Wetterdienst?

Ranked on the quality score, Tobias Geiger, Christian Plass‐Dülmer and Dagmar Kubistin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deutscher Wetterdienst.

  1. 1 Tobias Geiger Germany · #266,712 worldwide 2.3k citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Christian Plass‐Dülmer Germany · #309,860 worldwide 5.5k citations · 111 works
  3. 3 Dagmar Kubistin Germany · #386,185 worldwide 4.3k citations · 236 works
  4. 4 Wolfgang Steinbrecht Germany · #393,573 worldwide 5.8k citations · 235 works
  5. 5 Martin Köhler Germany · #508,710 worldwide 35k citations · 155 works
  6. 6 Stefan Gilge Germany · #568,741 worldwide 4.8k citations · 79 works
  7. 7 Andreas Becker Germany · #580,847 worldwide 8.3k citations · 98 works
  8. 8 Hannes Konrad Germany · #588,948 worldwide 1.7k citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Christian Steger Germany · #645,836 worldwide 1.9k citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Harald Flentje Germany · #658,528 worldwide 8.2k citations · 207 works
All ranked researchers at Deutscher Wetterdienst

What are the most cited papers from Deutscher Wetterdienst?

The most cited paper from Deutscher Wetterdienst is "World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated" (Markus Kottek, Jürgen Grieser, Christoph Beck et al., 2006), with 11,611 citations. Next come "The Version-2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979–Present)" (5,567) and "European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern" (3,200).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated Markus Kottek, Jürgen Grieser, Christoph Beck et al. · Meteorologische Zeitschrift Open access 2 Jul 2006 11,611
2 The Version-2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979–Present) Robert F. Adler, George J. Huffman, Alfred T. C. Chang et al. · Journal of Hydrometeorology Open access Dec 2003 5,567
3 European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern Annette Menzel et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 6 Jul 2006 3,200
4 Precipitation downscaling under climate change: Recent developments to bridge the gap between dynamical models and the end user Douglas Maraun, Fredrik Wetterhall, Andrew M. Ireson et al. · Reviews of Geophysics Open access 23 Sep 2010 1,887
5 Daily dataset of 20th‐century surface air temperature and precipitation series for the European Climate Assessment Albert Klein Tank et al. · International Journal of Climatology Oct 2002 1,803
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Deutscher Wetterdienst?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Cycle, Data Assimilation, Global Warming, Boundary Layer, Probabilistic Forecasting and Ensemble Kalman Filter.

▲ 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 Change85▲ 11×51 topics
  2. Remote Sensing52▲ 15×20 topics
  3. Hydrological Cycle48▲ 163×2 topics
  4. Data Assimilation47▲ 99×4 topics
  5. Global Warming47▲ 38×11 topics
  6. Boundary Layer45▲ 122×2 topics
  7. Probabilistic Forecasting41▲ 73×3 topics
  8. Ensemble Kalman Filter41▲ 137×2 topics
  9. Convective Parameterization41▲ 245×1 topic
  10. Mesoscale Modeling41▲ 245×1 topic
  11. Satellite Observations36▲ 125×3 topics
  12. Air Quality35▲ 64×6 topics
  13. Ocean Circulation30▲ 74×3 topics
  14. Greenhouse Gas Emissions30▲ 37×5 topics
  15. Extreme Events29▲ 107×2 topics
  16. Climate Modeling27▲ 125×1 topic
  17. Precipitation Extremes27▲ 125×1 topic
  18. Hydrological Modeling24▲ 35×5 topics
  19. Climate22▲ 79×2 topics
  20. Aerosols21▲ 104×1 topic
  21. Atmospheric Dust21▲ 269×1 topic
  22. Validation18▲ 68×2 topics
  23. Renewable Energy14▲ 3.2×19 topics
  24. Spatial Interpolation13▲ 106×2 topics
  25. Precipitation13▲ 91×2 topics
  26. Estimation13▲ 105×1 topic
  27. Satellite13▲ 214×1 topic
  28. Water Quality11▲ 9.1×5 topics
  29. Emissions10▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Shale Gas10▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Atmospheric10▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Methane10▲ 73×1 topic
  33. Sea Level Rise10▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Vulnerability10▲ 14×6 topics
  35. Ozone Depletion9▲ 107×1 topic
  36. Stratospheric Water Vapor9▲ 107×1 topic
  37. Atmospheric Aerosols9▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Black Carbon9▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Drought9▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Evapotranspiration9▲ 38×2 topics

Which research topics does Deutscher Wetterdienst publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis.

Meteorological Phenomena…41Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 41 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 27 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 21 fractional worksPrecipitation Measuremen…13Precipitation Measurement and Analysis: 13 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…10Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 10 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Cl…9Atmospheric Ozone and Climate: 9 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 9 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 6 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 5 fractional worksSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 5 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental Engineering

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 41 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 27 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 21 works
  4. 4 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 13 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 9 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 9 works
  8. 8 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  10. 10 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 5 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 available60.1%not open39.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.3%domestic only74.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Deutscher Wetterdienst's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Deutscher Wetterdienst as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00061% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Deutscher Wetterdienst0.00091% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Deutscher Wetterdienst 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 2025Deutscher Wetterdienst8.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.5% in 2004.

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