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Environment Agency Austria

In research, Environment Agency Austria stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,484 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,814 of 17,446 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
#19,196
of 22,385 · #9,550 all time
Rank in Austria
#123
of 143
Research works
671
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
26.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Environment Agency Austria

What is Environment Agency Austria 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 #1,484 of 5,407 13.4%271
Physical SciencesDomain #7,814 of 17,446 11.7%386

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

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Environment Agency Austria is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (43%), Social Sciences (8%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 59.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 45 fractional works · 42.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 12.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 10.0% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEnvironmentAgency Austria105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences59%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences18%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4542.9%
    2. Engineering77.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences44.1%
    4. Computer Science33.2%
    5. Energy11.1%
    6. Chemistry10.5%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences87.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting33.0%
    4. Psychology11.4%
    5. Decision Sciences11.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology66.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    1. Health Professions76.4%
    2. Medicine43.6%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Environment Agency Austria 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 · 45.1 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: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.65× its world share, 45 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.41× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 8 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 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.65×45 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.59×4 works
  3. Health Professions2.41×7 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.45×3 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.43×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.35×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.24×6 works
  8. Energy1.22×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.15×6 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.94×3 works
  11. Social Sciences0.62×8 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.57×0 works
  13. Engineering0.47×7 works
  14. Psychology0.46×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.41×3 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.36×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.31×0 works
  19. Veterinary0.30×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.20×0 works
  21. Medicine0.19×4 works
  22. Nursing0.08×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Environment Agency Austria?

Ranked on the quality score, Wolfgang Bernhard Rabitsch, Thomas Dirnböck and Maria Uhl lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Environment Agency Austria.

  1. 1 Wolfgang Bernhard Rabitsch Austria · #107,981 worldwide 16k citations · 227 works
  2. 2 Thomas Dirnböck Austria · #182,398 worldwide 9.1k citations · 160 works
  3. 3 Maria Uhl Austria · #300,251 worldwide 3.8k citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Oliver Gans Austria · #355,954 worldwide 5.9k citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Christoph Scheffknecht Austria · #392,322 worldwide 1.6k citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Sigrid Scharf Austria · #500,799 worldwide 3.5k citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Bradley Matthews Austria · #741,432 worldwide 1.4k citations · 79 works
  8. 8 Heike Brielmann Austria · #899,074 worldwide 978 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Stefan C Weiss Austria · #950,260 worldwide 4.9k citations · 150 works
  10. 10 Johannes Peterseil Austria · #962,534 worldwide 2.7k citations · 90 works
All ranked researchers at Environment Agency Austria

What are the most cited papers from Environment Agency Austria?

The most cited paper from Environment Agency Austria is "No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide" (Hanno Seebens et al., 2017), with 2,632 citations. Next come "Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool" (1,956) and "A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets" (1,244).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide Hanno Seebens et al. · Nature Communications Open access 15 Feb 2017 2,632
2 Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool Philipp Schwabl, Sebastian Köppel, Philipp Königshofer et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 2 Sep 2019 1,956
3 A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets Derek P. Tittensor et al. · Science 2 Oct 2014 1,244
4 A European aerosol phenomenology—1: physical characteristics of particulate matter at kerbside, urban, rural and background sites in Europe Rita Van Dingenen et al. · Atmospheric Environment 10 Apr 2004 1,070
5 Removal of selected pharmaceuticals, fragrances and endocrine disrupting compounds in a membrane bioreactor and conventional wastewater treatment plants M. Clara, Birgit Strenn, Oliver Gans et al. · Water Research 20 Oct 2005 970
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Environment Agency Austria?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Health Effects, Public Health, Environmental Impact, Global Distribution, Environmental Exposure, Chronic Diseases and Germany.

▲ 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 Change17▲ 6.1×52 topics
  2. Health Effects10▲ 15×11 topics
  3. Environmental Impact8▲ 4.4×21 topics
  4. Public Health8▲ 5.0×8 topics
  5. Sustainability6▲ 2.5×28 topics
  6. Sustainable Development6▲ 3.8×14 topics
  7. Global Distribution6▲ 82×2 topics
  8. Remote Sensing6▲ 4.6×19 topics
  9. Environmental Exposure5▲ 47×3 topics
  10. Biodiversity5▲ 6.7×13 topics
  11. Chronic Diseases5▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Germany5▲ 262×1 topic
  13. Health Surveys5▲ 262×1 topic
  14. Environmental Policy5▲ 22×7 topics
  15. Greenhouse Gas Emissions5▲ 16×3 topics
  16. Wastewater Treatment4▲ 17×5 topics
  17. Global Warming4▲ 9.3×8 topics
  18. Toxicity4▲ 8.3×6 topics
  19. Conservation4▲ 8.3×11 topics
  20. Global Change4▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Exposure Pathways3▲ 77×2 topics
  22. Perfluoroalkyl Substances3▲ 164×1 topic
  23. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds3▲ 164×1 topic
  24. Bioaccumulation3▲ 31×3 topics
  25. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 7.3×8 topics
  26. Recycling3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  27. Waste Management3▲ 6.9×3 topics
  28. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Energy Transition3▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Model Evaluation3▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Brominated Flame Retardants2▲ 65×1 topic
  32. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons2▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Metabolic Disorders2▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Citizen Science2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Conservation Biology2▲ 20×4 topics
  36. Economic Impacts2▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Carbon Pricing2▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Ecological Niche2▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  40. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Environment Agency Austria publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Medical Studies, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Health and Medical Studies5Health and Medical Studies: 5 fractional worksPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 3 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 2 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 2 fractional worksEffects and risks of end…2Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Technology: 2 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEnvironmental ChemistryHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEcological Modeling5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 5 works
  2. 2 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 3 works
  3. 3 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  5. 5 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  7. 7 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  8. 8 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Environmental Science and Technology Biochemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.9%domestic only60.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Environment Agency Austria's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Environment Agency Austria as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Environment Agency Austria0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Environment Agency Austria 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%Environment Agency Austria11.9% 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 24.8% in 2010.

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