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German Environment Agency

In research, German Environment Agency stands highest in Environmental Science (#715 of 3,334 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,198 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Environmental Science (Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis is 34.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,729
of 22,385 · #3,295 all time
Rank in Germany
#200
of 795
Research works
1.3k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
40k
30.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.16×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
German Environment Agency

What is German Environment Agency known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Environmental ScienceField #715 of 3,334 11.7%113 #749
Physical SciencesDomain #3,198 of 10,670 12.8%153 #2486

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where German Environment Agency 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 German Environment Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at German Environment Agency is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (50%), Engineering (7%), Medicine (6%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 184 fractional works · 69.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 133 fractional works · 50.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 48 fractional works · 18.0% of its workPollution: 23 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 10.2% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGermanEnvironment…264fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences10%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science13350.3%
    2. Engineering186.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences145.2%
    4. Computer Science72.5%
    5. Chemistry62.2%
    6. Materials Science31.3%
    7. Energy10.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences155.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology93.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Neuroscience10.2%
    1. Medicine166.2%
    2. Health Professions83.0%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Veterinary10.5%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences134.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting51.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    4. Decision Sciences20.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    6. Psychology20.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does German Environment Agency specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis takes 34.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 47.6 works34×
  2. PollutionSubfield · 22.9 works22×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 132.9 works10×
← 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: 1.16× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.40× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.29× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.13× its world share, 133 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.47× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.13×133 works
  2. Veterinary3.47×1 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.29×14 works
  4. Chemistry1.40×6 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.24×1 works
  6. Nursing1.18×2 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.16×15 works
  8. Health Professions1.12×8 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.88×2 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.85×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×9 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.56×5 works
  14. Energy0.48×1 works
  15. Engineering0.45×18 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×2 works
  17. Materials Science0.38×4 works
  18. Social Sciences0.38×13 works
  19. Computer Science0.32×7 works
  20. Medicine0.32×16 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.26×2 works
  22. Psychology0.22×2 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.19×1 works
  24. Neuroscience0.13×1 works
  25. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at German Environment Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Dietrich Plaß, Wolfgang Babisch and Jutta Fastner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Environment Agency.

  1. 1 Dietrich Plaß Germany · #36,342 worldwide 109k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Wolfgang Babisch Germany · #94,192 worldwide 11k citations · 131 works
  3. 3 Jutta Fastner Germany · #132,164 worldwide 7.9k citations · 97 works
  4. 4 Marike Kolossa‐Gehring Germany · #177,875 worldwide 12k citations · 344 works
  5. 5 Jan Koschorreck Germany · #234,639 worldwide 4.1k citations · 138 works
  6. 6 Ingrid Chorus Germany · #318,240 worldwide 9.3k citations · 139 works
  7. 7 Frank Meinhardt Germany · #342,361 worldwide 3.5k citations · 90 works
  8. 8 Rosa Lange Germany · #438,881 worldwide 1.2k citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Lena Vierke Germany · #518,994 worldwide 2.2k citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Gerd Maack Germany · #589,159 worldwide 3.2k citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at German Environment Agency

What are the most cited papers from German Environment Agency?

The most cited paper from German Environment Agency is "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015" (Christina Fitzmaurice et al., 2016), with 6,333 citations. Next come "The Global Burden of Cancer 2013" (2,767) and "Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis" (2,716).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access185 authors 5 Dec 2016 6,333
2 The Global Burden of Cancer 2013 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access132 authors 28 May 2015 2,767
3 Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis Roland Bobbink, Kevin Hicks, James N. Galloway et al. · Ecological Applications Open access 2010 2,716
4 Auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on health Mathias Basner, Wolfgang Babisch, Adrian Davis et al. · The Lancet Open access 29 Oct 2013 2,500
5 Pharmaceuticals in the environment—Global occurrences and perspectives Tim aus der Beek, Frank‐Andreas Weber, Axel Bergmann et al. · Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 14 Dec 2015 1,578
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at German Environment Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Environmental Impact, Environmental Exposure, Toxicity, Climate Change, Public Health, Global Distribution and Bioaccumulation.

▲ 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. Health Effects38▲ 24×16 topics
  2. Environmental Impact30▲ 6.6×28 topics
  3. Climate Change25▲ 3.5×61 topics
  4. Environmental Exposure21▲ 73×3 topics
  5. Toxicity20▲ 18×13 topics
  6. Public Health18▲ 4.7×22 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress16▲ 3.6×10 topics
  8. Global Distribution14▲ 81×2 topics
  9. Bioaccumulation14▲ 58×3 topics
  10. Ecotoxicity13▲ 85×2 topics
  11. Wastewater Treatment12▲ 18×7 topics
  12. Waste Management11▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Water Quality11▲ 11×10 topics
  14. Microbial Communities11▲ 9.6×4 topics
  15. Recycling11▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Pollution11▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Risk Assessment11▲ 6.2×11 topics
  18. Horizontal Gene Transfer10▲ 60×2 topics
  19. Pharmaceuticals10▲ 56×2 topics
  20. Aquatic Environment10▲ 47×2 topics
  21. Mortality10▲ 6.7×4 topics
  22. Antibiotics10▲ 45×1 topic
  23. Resistance Genes10▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Pesticides10▲ 52×3 topics
  25. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons9▲ 63×2 topics
  26. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor9▲ 92×1 topic
  27. Bisphenol A9▲ 88×1 topic
  28. Brominated Flame Retardants9▲ 92×1 topic
  29. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals9▲ 88×1 topic
  30. Human Health9▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Particulate Matter8▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Global Burden of Disease8▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Water Treatment7▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Global Warming7▲ 6.4×9 topics
  35. Air Pollution7▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Exposure Assessment7▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Fine Particulate Air Pollution7▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Bioremediation7▲ 20×6 topics
  39. Drinking Water6▲ 68×2 topics
  40. Microbial Ecology6▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does German Environment Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Pharmaceutical and Antib…10Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 10 fractional worksEffects and risks of end…9Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 9 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants…9Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 9 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…7Air Quality and Health Impacts: 7 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 6 fractional worksPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 6 fractional worksWater Treatment and Disi…6Water Treatment and Disinfection: 6 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…5Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental Toxicology…4Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: 4 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…4Noise Effects and Management: 4 fractional works
PollutionHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEnvironmental ChemistryIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 10 works
  2. 2 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 9 works
  3. 3 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 9 works
  4. 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 7 works
  5. 5 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 6 works
  6. 6 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 6 works
  7. 7 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  8. 8 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  10. 10 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 4 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 available37.3%not open62.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.7%domestic only74.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has German Environment Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 German Environment Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00090% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%German Environment Agency0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of German Environment Agency 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%30%German Environment Agency13.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.1% in 2004.

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