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In research, Five Continents Museum stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,560 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,962
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,125
of 1,603
Research works
327
▲ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.9k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Five Continents Museum

What is Five Continents Museum 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
Physical SciencesDomain #12,560 of 17,446 7.5%234

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Five Continents Museum 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 Five Continents Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Five Continents Museum is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (23%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (15%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 12 fractional works · 53.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 28.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 23.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 34.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 15.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKFive ContinentsMuseum22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences54%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences628.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities523.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting01.5%
    4. Decision Sciences00.3%
    5. Psychology00.2%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences315.5%
    2. Engineering210.5%
    3. Environmental Science13.1%
    4. Computer Science12.8%
    5. Chemistry01.1%
    6. Materials Science00.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    1. Medicine15.1%
    2. Health Professions02.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences02.1%
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: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.88× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 8.07× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.88×3 works
  2. Arts and Humanities8.07×5 works
  3. Social Sciences2.26×6 works
  4. Health Professions0.87×0 works
  5. Chemistry0.73×0 works
  6. Engineering0.70×2 works
  7. Environmental Science0.63×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.48×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.36×1 works
  12. Medicine0.26×1 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.26×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.23×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.22×0 works
  16. Psychology0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Five Continents Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Hermann Köhler, Hans Gerhard Huckenholz and Jürgen Wasim Frembgen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Five Continents Museum.

  1. 1 Hermann Köhler Germany · #1,587,720 worldwide 927 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Hans Gerhard Huckenholz Germany · #2,617,223 worldwide 618 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Jürgen Wasim Frembgen Germany · #3,878,296 worldwide 290 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Hilke Thode‐Arora Germany · #4,157,224 worldwide 73 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Otto Zerries Germany · #4,222,402 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Georg Troll Germany · #4,388,806 worldwide 400 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 D. Müller‐Sohnius Germany · #5,016,828 worldwide 310 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Paul Karl Hörmann Germany · #5,079,231 worldwide 259 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Five Continents Museum

What are the most cited papers from Five Continents Museum?

The most cited paper from Five Continents Museum is "The evolution of illite to muscovite: mineralogical and isotopic data from the Glarus Alps, Switzerland" (J. C. Hunziker, Michael Frey, N. Clauer et al., 1986), with 324 citations. Next come "Raman spectra of silicate garnets" (236) and "Geology of the Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30° N): Implications for the evolution of an ultramafic oceanic core complex" (220).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The evolution of illite to muscovite: mineralogical and isotopic data from the Glarus Alps, Switzerland J. C. Hunziker, Michael Frey, N. Clauer et al. · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Feb 1986 324
2 Raman spectra of silicate garnets Boris A. Kolesov, Charles A. Geiger · Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 27 Jan 1998 236
3 Geology of the Atlantis Massif (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30° N): Implications for the evolution of an ultramafic oceanic core complex Donna K. Blackman, Jeffrey A. Karson, Deborah S. Kelley et al. · Marine Geophysical Research Sep 2002 220
4 Seismic anisotropy and shear-wave splitting in lower-crustal and upper-mantle rocks from the Ivrea Zone—experimental and calculated data Guilhem Barruol, H. Kern · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors Open access Jun 1996 198
5 High pressure fluids in the system MgO–SiO2–H2O under upper mantle conditions Roland Stalder, Peter Ulmer, Alan Bruce Thompson et al. · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Feb 2001 195
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Which keywords describe research at Five Continents Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, History, Colonialism, Archaeology, Cultural History, Literature and Holocaust.

▲ 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 11 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Identity3▲ 20×9 topics
  2. Gender2▲ 14×5 topics
  3. Colonialism1▲ 12×5 topics
  4. Environmental Impact1▲ 3.6×2 topics
  5. History1▲ 8.4×6 topics
  6. Archaeology1▲ 42×2 topics
  7. Cultural History1▲ 45×2 topics
  8. Literature1▲ 9.1×5 topics
  9. Holocaust1▲ 145×2 topics
  10. Pacific Islands1▲ 375×1 topic
  11. settlement1▲ 375×1 topic

Which research topics does Five Continents Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, German History and Society, Historical Influence and Diplomacy and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Pacific and Southeast As…1Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 1 fractional worksGerman History and Society1German History and Society: 1 fractional worksHistorical Influence and…1Historical Influence and Diplomacy: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…1Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 0 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and E…0Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 0 fractional worksPublic Spaces through Art: 0 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …0earthquake and tectonic studies: 0 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentHistoryPolitical Science and International RelationsGeophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  2. 2 German History and Society History 1 works
  3. 3 Historical Influence and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 0 works
  6. 6 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 0 works
  7. 7 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 0 works
  9. 9 Public Spaces through Art Urban Studies 0 works
  10. 10 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 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 available19.8%not open80.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.6%domestic only79.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Five Continents Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 58% higher 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 Five Continents Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000095% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Five Continents Museum0.000096% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Five Continents Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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