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Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

In research, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,768 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#5,246 of 6,636 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#968 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geophysics is 34.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,613
of 28,054 · #4,697 all time
Rank in Germany
#427
of 1,178
Research works
2.4k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
71k
29.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,768 of 12,888 17.0%221 #3026
EngineeringField #5,246 of 6,636 17.9%66 #4992
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #968 of 1,209 15.9%67 #678

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#3,026 #5,768
  2. Engineering#4,992 #5,246
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#678 #968
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 34.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 28.7 works35×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 66.5 works18×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.82× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.95× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.86× its world share, 66 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.96× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 17.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources?

Ranked on the composite score, Dieter Franke, Eckhard Faber and Thomas Kühn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources.

  1. 1 Dieter Franke Germany · #98,742 worldwide 347 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Eckhard Faber Germany · #149,840 worldwide 201 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Thomas Kühn Germany · #160,908 worldwide 190 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Αnnemiek Vink Germany · #164,033 worldwide 137 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 K. Hinz Germany · #167,337 worldwide 193 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Martin Krüger Germany · #168,582 worldwide 219 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 O. Strebel Germany · #168,990 worldwide 254 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Axel Schippers Germany · #174,336 worldwide 252 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Klaus Schelkes Germany · #196,335 worldwide 42 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Ulrich von Rad Germany · #199,873 worldwide 199 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

Which keywords describe research at Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Microbial Communities, Metal Recovery, Reactive Transport, Tectonics, Rare Earth Elements and Environmental Impacts.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Change27▲ 4.3×31 topics
  2. Remote Sensing20▲ 6.9×21 topics
  3. Microbial Communities15▲ 15×5 topics
  4. Environmental Impact15▲ 3.6×17 topics
  5. Metal Recovery14▲ 30×3 topics
  6. Reactive Transport12▲ 102×2 topics
  7. Tectonics12▲ 44×3 topics
  8. Rare Earth Elements11▲ 32×3 topics
  9. Environmental Impacts11▲ 16×7 topics
  10. Plate Tectonics10▲ 29×3 topics
  11. Shale Gas9▲ 31×2 topics
  12. Support Vector Machines9▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Geological Mapping8▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Groundwater Flow8▲ 144×1 topic
  15. Transport Modeling8▲ 144×1 topic
  16. Hydraulic Conductivity8▲ 78×2 topics
  17. Pore Structure8▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Gas Permeability8▲ 34×1 topic
  19. Mudstones8▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Soil Hydraulic Properties8▲ 103×1 topic
  21. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics8▲ 103×1 topic
  22. Hyperspectral Imaging8▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Microbial Ecology8▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Tomography8▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Holocene7▲ 27×3 topics
  26. Lithium-ion Batteries7▲ 7.3×3 topics
  27. Sea Level7▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Water Quality7▲ 7.6×6 topics
  29. Circular Economy7▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Metallurgy7▲ 49×2 topics
  31. Geochronology7▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Thermodynamic Modeling7▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Zircon7▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Battery Recycling7▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Compositional Data Analysis7▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Geochemistry7▲ 48×4 topics
  37. Mineral Prospectivity7▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Sustainable Technology7▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Methane Oxidation7▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Paleoclimatology7▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Groundwater flow and contamination studies, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Soil and Unsaturated Flow and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Groundwater flow and con…8Groundwater flow and contamination studies: 8 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …8Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 8 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow: 8 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 7 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 7 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 7 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 7 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…6Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 6 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 6 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 5 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsCivil and Structural EngineeringGeophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 8 works
  3. 3 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 7 works
  5. 5 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  7. 7 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 6 works
  9. 9 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 6 works
  10. 10 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 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 available34.8%not open65.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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