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Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety

In research, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety stands highest in Life Sciences (#12,493 of 14,347 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#5,574 of 6,031 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,563
of 42,892
Rank in Germany
#1,474
of 2,077
Research works
445
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety 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
Life SciencesDomain #12,493 of 14,347 13.8%243
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,574 of 6,031 13.4%164

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety 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).

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: 6.21× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.46× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.97× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.78× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.92× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 30.06× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 30.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety?

Ranked on the composite score, Achim Gathmann, Gilles Rivière and Inger‐Lise Steffensen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.

  1. 1 Achim Gathmann Germany · #674,327 worldwide 83 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Gilles Rivière Germany · #699,727 worldwide 202 citations · 116 works
  3. 3 Inger‐Lise Steffensen Germany · #777,964 worldwide 162 citations · 103 works
  4. 4 Christina Tlustos Germany · #987,491 worldwide 74 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Saskia Dombrowski Germany · #1,215,034 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Constantine Papaspyrides Germany · #1,237,146 worldwide 46 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety

Which keywords describe research at Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Safety, Environmental Risk Assessment, Epidemiology, Social Capital, Behavioral Economics, Consumer Policy, Consumer Attitudes and Antimicrobial Resistance.

▲ 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. Food Safety9▲ 52×9 topics
  2. Environmental Risk Assessment6▲ 122×3 topics
  3. Epidemiology6▲ 2.4×15 topics
  4. Public Health3▲ 3.9×8 topics
  5. Social Capital3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  6. Behavioral Economics3▲ 87×1 topic
  7. Consumer Policy3▲ 797×1 topic
  8. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.8×6 topics
  9. Consumer Attitudes3▲ 104×2 topics
  10. Health Effects3▲ 7.4×6 topics
  11. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 22×6 topics
  12. Chronic Diseases2▲ 16×3 topics
  13. Feed Additives2▲ 70×1 topic
  14. Pesticide Risk Assessment2▲ 1285×1 topic
  15. Occupational Asthma2▲ 453×1 topic
  16. Risk Perception2▲ 14×2 topics
  17. Work-Related Exposure2▲ 453×1 topic
  18. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 23×4 topics
  19. Consumer Awareness2▲ 187×1 topic
  20. Hygiene Practices2▲ 187×1 topic
  21. Germany2▲ 155×1 topic
  22. Health Surveys2▲ 155×1 topic
  23. Risk Assessment2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  24. Vaccine Development2▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Virulence Factors2▲ 20×3 topics
  26. Biotechnology2▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Genetically Modified Crops2▲ 376×1 topic
  28. Genomic Analysis2▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Liquid Chromatography2▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Livestock2▲ 60×2 topics
  31. Method Validation2▲ 52×2 topics
  32. Gut Microbiota2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  33. Multiresidue Method2▲ 148×1 topic
  34. Pesticide Residues2▲ 148×1 topic
  35. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Host-Pathogen Interactions2▲ 30×3 topics
  37. Immune System2▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Honey Bees1▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Neonicotinoids1▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Air Pollution1▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Consumer behavior in food and health, Agricultural safety and regulations, Occupational exposure and asthma and Food Safety and Hygiene.

Consumer behavior in foo…3Consumer behavior in food and health: 3 fractional worksAgricultural safety and …2Agricultural safety and regulations: 2 fractional worksOccupational exposure an…2Occupational exposure and asthma: 2 fractional worksFood Safety and Hygiene2Food Safety and Hygiene: 2 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 2 fractional worksGenetically Modified Organisms Research: 2 fractional worksPesticide Residue Analys…2Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety: 2 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Policies and Emissions: 1 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…1Air Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceFood SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Consumer behavior in food and health Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Agricultural safety and regulations Food Science 2 works
  3. 3 Occupational exposure and asthma Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Food Safety and Hygiene Food Science 2 works
  5. 5 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Genetically Modified Organisms Research Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety Food Science 2 works
  8. 8 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 1 works
  9. 9 Environmental Policies and Emissions Pollution 1 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available34.2%not open65.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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