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ERICo (Slovenia)

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Research works
52
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
994
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
ERICo (Slovenia)

Not ranked overall: ERICo (Slovenia) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does ERICo (Slovenia) work in?

In all years, 46% of research at ERICo (Slovenia) is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (33%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (23%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 45.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 33.0% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 7.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 26.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 22.6% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 22.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKERICo (Slovenia)52fractional works, all years
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1733.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.7%
    3. Engineering12.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.7%
    5. Chemistry11.6%
    6. Materials Science11.3%
    7. Computer Science00.8%
    8. Energy00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1222.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Social Sciences48.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance35.8%
    3. Psychology23.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities23.5%
    5. Decision Sciences01.0%
    1. Medicine24.3%
    2. Health Professions00.8%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
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: 2.37× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 5.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.55× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.50× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 5.82× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 3.69× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.55×1 works
  2. Decision Sciences5.82×0 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.38×0 works
  4. Psychology3.69×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.50×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.37×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.51×0 works
  8. Engineering0.37×0 works
  9. Medicine0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at ERICo (Slovenia)?

Ranked on the quality score, Samar Al Sayegh Petkovšek, Helena Poličnik and Samar Al Sayegh-Petkovšek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ERICo (Slovenia).

  1. 1 Samar Al Sayegh Petkovšek Slovenia · #2,811,998 worldwide 375 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Helena Poličnik Slovenia · #4,313,100 worldwide 80 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Samar Al Sayegh-Petkovšek Slovenia · #4,562,700 worldwide 134 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Ida Jelenko Slovenia · #4,709,267 worldwide 114 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at ERICo (Slovenia)

What are the most cited papers from ERICo (Slovenia)?

The most cited paper from ERICo (Slovenia) is "Wild boar populations up, numbers of hunters down? A review of trends and implications for Europe" (Giovanna Massei, Jonas Kindberg, Alain M. Licoppe et al., 2014), with 798 citations. Next come "Assessing stakeholders' risk perception to promote Nature Based Solutions as flood protection strategies: The case of the Glinščica river (Slovenia)" (184) and "Engaging stakeholders in the assessment of NBS effectiveness in flood risk reduction: A participatory System Dynamics Model for benefits and co-benefits evaluation" (170).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Wild boar populations up, numbers of hunters down? A review of trends and implications for Europe Giovanna Massei, Jonas Kindberg, Alain M. Licoppe et al. · Pest Management Science 16 Dec 2014 798
2 Assessing stakeholders' risk perception to promote Nature Based Solutions as flood protection strategies: The case of the Glinščica river (Slovenia) Stefania Santoro, Irene Pluchinotta, Alessandro Pagano et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 12 Nov 2018 184
3 Engaging stakeholders in the assessment of NBS effectiveness in flood risk reduction: A participatory System Dynamics Model for benefits and co-benefits evaluation Alessandro Pagano, Irene Pluchinotta, Polona Pengal et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 5 Jul 2019 170
4 Trace element accumulation and distribution in four aquatic macrophytes Zdenka Mazej, Mateja Germ · Chemosphere 27 Nov 2008 119
5 Heavy metals and arsenic concentrations in ten fish species from the Šalek lakes (Slovenia): assessment of potential human health risk due to fish consumption Samar Al Sayegh Petkovšek, Zdenka Mazej Grudnik, Boštjan Pokorny · Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 29 Jun 2011 107
All 96 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at ERICo (Slovenia)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Toxicity, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Phylogenetic Analysis, Biomonitoring, Health Effects and Biogeography.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change6▲ 4.4×17 topics
  2. Toxicity5▲ 21×7 topics
  3. Biodiversity4▲ 10×11 topics
  4. Invasive Species4▲ 13×11 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 20×5 topics
  6. Biomonitoring4▲ 59×4 topics
  7. Biogeography4▲ 20×6 topics
  8. Health Effects4▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Contamination3▲ 74×2 topics
  10. Heavy Metals3▲ 36×3 topics
  11. Pollution3▲ 48×3 topics
  12. Sustainable Development3▲ 5.7×3 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 12×2 topics
  14. Health Risk3▲ 108×1 topic
  15. Soil3▲ 108×1 topic
  16. Agricultural Sustainability3▲ 62×2 topics
  17. Bioaccumulation3▲ 50×3 topics
  18. Economic Growth3▲ 7.8×1 topic
  19. Rural Tourism3▲ 154×1 topic
  20. Air Pollution3▲ 47×2 topics
  21. Symbiosis3▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Lichen3▲ 205×1 topic
  23. Secondary Metabolites3▲ 51×1 topic
  24. Conservation2▲ 9.9×7 topics
  25. Emissions2▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Toxicology2▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Environmental2▲ 79×1 topic
  28. Mercury2▲ 142×1 topic
  29. Population Dynamics2▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Plant Growth2▲ 39×3 topics
  31. Water Quality2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  32. DNA Barcoding2▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Habitat Selection2▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Animal Movement2▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Ecology2▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Occupancy Rates2▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Flora2▲ 53×1 topic
  39. Vascular Plants2▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Nutrient Cycling1▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does ERICo (Slovenia) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Water resources management and optimization, Complex Systems and Decision Making and Arsenic contamination and mitigation.

Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 0 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 0 fractional worksComplex Systems and Deci…0Complex Systems and Decision Making: 0 fractional worksArsenic contamination and mitigation: 0 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksAluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals: 0 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology…0Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeOcean EngineeringManagement Science and Operations ResearchEnvironmental Chemistry6 others

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

  1. 1 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  2. 2 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  4. 4 Arsenic contamination and mitigation Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals Plant Science 0 works
  7. 7 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 0 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  10. 10 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 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 available52.8%not open47.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.3%domestic only77.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has ERICo (Slovenia)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 ERICo (Slovenia) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000036% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%ERICo (Slovenia)0.0000065% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of ERICo (Slovenia) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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