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European Forest Institute

In research, European Forest Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,931 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,790 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,524
of 22,385 · #19,281 all time
Rank in Finland
#62
of 66
Research works
270
▲ 90% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
43.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
European Forest Institute

What is European Forest Institute 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 #1,931 of 5,407 17.6%130
Physical SciencesDomain #10,790 of 17,446 17.7%161

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

In 2022-now, 40% of research at European Forest Institute is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (31%), Environmental Science (28%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 40.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 27.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 11.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 32.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 31.0% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 8.8% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 25.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 10.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEuropean ForestInstitute72fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences33%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences25%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2027.9%
    2. Engineering68.4%
    3. Energy11.8%
    4. Computer Science11.2%
    5. Chemistry00.5%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2231.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    1. Social Sciences710.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting710.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities22.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    5. Decision Sciences11.1%
    6. Psychology00.5%
    1. Medicine11.2%
    2. Dentistry00.2%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
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: 6.53× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.98× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.61× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.18× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.53×22 works
  2. Environmental Science5.61×20 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.18×7 works
  4. Energy1.98×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.10×1 works
  6. Social Sciences0.81×7 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.74×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.73×0 works
  9. Engineering0.56×6 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.48×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.32×0 works
  14. Psychology0.17×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.16×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.09×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  19. Medicine0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at European Forest Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Pieter Johannes Verkerk, Marcus Lindner and Marko Lovrić lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Forest Institute.

  1. 1 Pieter Johannes Verkerk Finland · #41,674 worldwide 8k citations · 122 works
  2. 2 Marcus Lindner Finland · #71,600 worldwide 16k citations · 202 works
  3. 3 Marko Lovrić Finland · #546,698 worldwide 1.7k citations · 126 works
  4. 4 Dennis Roitsch Finland · #641,843 worldwide 501 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Sergey Zudin Finland · #689,918 worldwide 1.8k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Lauri Hetemäki Finland · #720,111 worldwide 2.1k citations · 86 works
  7. 7 Nataša Lovrić Finland · #910,487 worldwide 624 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Robert Mavsar Finland · #1,014,659 worldwide 1.2k citations · 65 works
  9. 9 A. Pussinen Finland · #1,115,431 worldwide 2.6k citations · 67 works
  10. 10 Marc Palahí Finland · #1,155,874 worldwide 3.1k citations · 98 works
All ranked researchers at European Forest Institute

What are the most cited papers from European Forest Institute?

The most cited paper from European Forest Institute is "Climate change impacts, adaptive capacity, and vulnerability of European forest ecosystems" (Marcus Lindner, Michael Maroschek, Sigrid Netherer et al., 2009), with 2,312 citations. Next come "Increasing forest disturbances in Europe and their impact on carbon storage" (1,253) and "Climate change may cause severe loss in the economic value of European forest land" (1,079).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Climate change impacts, adaptive capacity, and vulnerability of European forest ecosystems Marcus Lindner, Michael Maroschek, Sigrid Netherer et al. · Forest Ecology and Management Open access 17 Oct 2009 2,312
2 Increasing forest disturbances in Europe and their impact on carbon storage Rupert Seidl, Mart‐Jan Schelhaas, Werner Rammer et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access Aug 2014 1,253
3 Climate change may cause severe loss in the economic value of European forest land Marc Hanewinkel, Dominik A. Cullmann, Mart‐Jan Schelhaas et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 23 Sep 2012 1,079
4 Green, circular, bio economy: A comparative analysis of sustainability avenues Dalia D’Amato, Nils Droste, B. Allen et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production Open access 9 Sep 2017 1,071
5 Natural disturbances in the European forests in the 19th and 20th centuries Mart‐Jan Schelhaas, G.J. Nabuurs, Andreas Schuck · Global Change Biology Open access 17 Oct 2003 1,052
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at European Forest Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Biodiversity Conservation, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Impact, Agroforestry, Sustainable Agriculture and Biomass.

▲ 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. Sustainability14▲ 8.1×20 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation12▲ 45×8 topics
  3. Biodiversity11▲ 19×12 topics
  4. Ecosystem Services10▲ 37×7 topics
  5. Environmental Impact8▲ 6.6×13 topics
  6. Agroforestry6▲ 129×3 topics
  7. Climate Change6▲ 3.1×32 topics
  8. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 28×4 topics
  9. Bioenergy6▲ 147×2 topics
  10. Biomass6▲ 71×3 topics
  11. Circular Economy6▲ 28×4 topics
  12. Climate Change Impacts5▲ 62×3 topics
  13. Silvoarable Systems5▲ 413×1 topic
  14. Temperate Region5▲ 413×1 topic
  15. Forest Carbon Sequestration5▲ 324×1 topic
  16. Sustainable Forest Management5▲ 324×1 topic
  17. Consumer Behavior5▲ 10×3 topics
  18. Innovation4▲ 5.9×5 topics
  19. Life Cycle Assessment4▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Bioeconomy3▲ 322×1 topic
  21. Food Quality3▲ 115×1 topic
  22. Organic Agriculture3▲ 176×1 topic
  23. Policy3▲ 22×1 topic
  24. Environmental Management3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  25. Food Security3▲ 6.9×5 topics
  26. Forest Management3▲ 63×4 topics
  27. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Social Capital2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  29. Supply Chain2▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Environmental Policy2▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Land Use Change2▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Logistics2▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Optimization2▲ 7.5×1 topic
  34. Soil Properties2▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Communication2▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Forest Restoration2▲ 148×1 topic
  37. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Seedling Performance2▲ 403×1 topic
  39. Green Practices2▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Sustainable Supply Chain Management2▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does European Forest Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, Forest Management and Policy, Organic Food and Agriculture and Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development.

Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 5 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 5 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agricul…3Organic Food and Agriculture: 3 fractional worksBioeconomy and Sustainab…3Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development: 3 fractional worksForest Biomass Utilization and Management: 2 fractional worksSeedling growth and survival studies: 2 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…2Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 2 fractional worksIntellectual Property Law: 2 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 2 fractional worksGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impact: 2 fractional works
ForestryGlobal and Planetary ChangePlant ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences5 others

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

  1. 1 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems Forestry 5 works
  2. 2 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  3. 3 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  5. 5 Forest Biomass Utilization and Management Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  6. 6 Seedling growth and survival studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  8. 8 Intellectual Property Law Law 2 works
  9. 9 Research in Social Sciences Education 2 works
  10. 10 Global trade, sustainability, and social impact Strategy and Management 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 available50.5%not open49.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.4%domestic only53.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has European Forest Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 90% 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 European Forest Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000088% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%European Forest Institute0.00074% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of European Forest Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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