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Federal Office for Radiation Protection

In research, Federal Office for Radiation Protection stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,311 of 16,688 worldwide), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (#606 of 1,311 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,516 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,824
of 22,385 · #7,105 all time
Rank in Germany
#512
of 795
Research works
1k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Federal Office for Radiation Protection

What is Federal Office for Radiation Protection 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,311 of 16,688 11.9%381
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #606 of 1,311 11.5%182
MedicineField #7,516 of 14,558 11.8%266
Physical SciencesDomain #10,199 of 17,446 8.9%453
Environmental ScienceField #4,044 of 5,407 10.9%134
EngineeringField #7,982 of 9,532 8.5%144

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Office for Radiation Protection 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 Federal Office for Radiation Protection work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Federal Office for Radiation Protection is in Health Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Environmental Science (14%), Health Professions (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 45 fractional works · 42.9% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 30.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 19 fractional works · 18.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 12.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 13 fractional works · 12.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 38.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 13.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 8.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workRadiation: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFederal Officefor Radiation…104fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences8%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3130.0%
    2. Health Professions1312.6%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Environmental Science1413.7%
    2. Engineering87.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy76.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences44.3%
    5. Materials Science32.9%
    6. Computer Science22.0%
    7. Chemistry11.1%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology77.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences65.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    4. Psychology00.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.75× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.08× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.79× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.56× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.79×13 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.08×7 works
  3. Environmental Science2.75×14 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.73×4 works
  5. Medicine1.56×31 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×7 works
  7. Veterinary1.17×0 works
  8. Materials Science0.84×3 works
  9. Chemistry0.73×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.50×1 works
  11. Engineering0.49×8 works
  12. Social Sciences0.46×6 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.40×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.32×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.26×2 works
  17. Mathematics0.26×0 works
  18. Nursing0.22×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  22. Psychology0.12×0 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works
  24. Energy0.07×0 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Federal Office for Radiation Protection?

Ranked on the quality score, Michaela Kreuzer, Nora Fenske and David Endesfelder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Office for Radiation Protection.

  1. 1 Michaela Kreuzer Germany · #273,589 worldwide 8.2k citations · 171 works
  2. 2 Nora Fenske Germany · #685,051 worldwide 1.8k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 David Endesfelder Germany · #931,859 worldwide 13k citations · 178 works
  4. 4 Eric Petermann Germany · #1,008,588 worldwide 594 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 C. Schlosser Germany · #1,016,328 worldwide 3.3k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Maria Schnelzer Germany · #1,284,795 worldwide 1.5k citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Veronika Deffner Germany · #1,319,263 worldwide 832 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Jürgen Griebel Germany · #1,450,621 worldwide 2k citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Gunnar Brix Germany · #1,480,280 worldwide 14k citations · 299 works
  10. 10 Annemarie Tschense Germany · #1,552,661 worldwide 752 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Office for Radiation Protection

What are the most cited papers from Federal Office for Radiation Protection?

The most cited paper from Federal Office for Radiation Protection is "Guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)" (Anders Ahlbom, 1998), with 4,948 citations. Next come "Estimating kinetic parameters from dynamic contrast-enhanced t1-weighted MRI of a diffusable tracer: Standardized quantities and symbols" (3,170) and "Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies" (1,832).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz) Anders Ahlbom · Health Physics 1998 4,948
2 Estimating kinetic parameters from dynamic contrast-enhanced t1-weighted MRI of a diffusable tracer: Standardized quantities and symbols Paul S. Tofts, Gunnar Brix, David L. Buckley et al. · Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Open access Sep 1999 3,170
3 Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies Sarah C. Darby et al. · BMJ Open access 21 Dec 2004 1,832
4 Genome-wide, large-scale production of mutant mice by ENU mutagenesis Martin Hrabě de Angelis et al. · Nature Genetics Open access Aug 2000 677
5 Radiation exposure of patients undergoing whole-body dual-modality 18F-FDG PET/CT examinations. Gunnar Brix, Ursula Lechel, Gerhard Glatting et al. · PubMed Apr 2005 461
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Federal Office for Radiation Protection?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ionizing Radiation, Health Effects, Radionuclides, Cancer Risk, Lung Cancer, Computed Tomography, Radiation Exposure and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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. Ionizing Radiation26▲ 361×2 topics
  2. Health Effects24▲ 39×6 topics
  3. Radionuclides21▲ 521×2 topics
  4. Cancer Risk15▲ 64×2 topics
  5. Environmental Impact13▲ 7.5×6 topics
  6. Lung Cancer13▲ 76×3 topics
  7. Computed Tomography13▲ 283×1 topic
  8. Radiation Exposure13▲ 128×1 topic
  9. Toxicity13▲ 28×2 topics
  10. Depleted Uranium13▲ 540×1 topic
  11. Radon13▲ 540×1 topic
  12. Fukushima Daiichi8▲ 495×1 topic
  13. nuclear accident8▲ 495×1 topic
  14. Oxidative Stress7▲ 3.9×10 topics
  15. Radiotherapy6▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Apoptosis4▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Genomic Instability4▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Bystander Effects4▲ 216×1 topic
  19. Radiation4▲ 216×1 topic
  20. DNA Damage4▲ 44×4 topics
  21. Food Safety3▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Public Health3▲ 2.2×9 topics
  23. Medical Imaging3▲ 5.9×3 topics
  24. Crystal Growth3▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Digital Mammography3▲ 199×1 topic
  26. Inorganic Scintillators3▲ 88×1 topic
  27. Mammographic Density3▲ 199×1 topic
  28. Scintillation Detectors3▲ 88×1 topic
  29. Particle Therapy3▲ 106×1 topic
  30. Proton Therapy3▲ 106×1 topic
  31. Nuclear Fuel2▲ 155×1 topic
  32. Radiation Protection2▲ 155×1 topic
  33. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 5.9×2 topics
  34. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Particulate Matter2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Dosimetry2▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Food Irradiation2▲ 344×1 topic
  38. Irradiation Effects2▲ 344×1 topic
  39. Dual-Energy CT2▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Material Differentiation2▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Federal Office for Radiation Protection publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radiation Dose and Imaging, Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, Radioactive contamination and transfer and Effects of Radiation Exposure.

Radiation Dose and Imaging13Radiation Dose and Imaging: 13 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon …13Radioactivity and Radon Measurements: 13 fractional worksRadioactive contamination and transfer: 8 fractional worksEffects of Radiation Exposure: 4 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 3 fractional worksDigital Radiography and Breast Imaging: 3 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 3 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 2 fractional worksRadiation Effects and Dosimetry: 2 fractional worksElectromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects: 2 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingRadiological and Ultrasound TechnologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeRadiation4 others

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

  1. 1 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 13 works
  2. 2 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 13 works
  3. 3 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  4. 4 Effects of Radiation Exposure Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  5. 5 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 3 works
  6. 6 Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  9. 9 Radiation Effects and Dosimetry Food Science 2 works
  10. 10 Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects Biophysics 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 available24.0%not open76.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Federal Office for Radiation Protection's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher 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 Federal Office for Radiation Protection as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Federal Office for Radiation Protection0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Federal Office for Radiation Protection 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 2025Federal Office for Radiation Protection9.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.4% in 2021.

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