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German Institute of Food Technologies

In research, German Institute of Food Technologies stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,292 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 10.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,130
of 28,054 · #15,193 all time
Rank in Germany
#509
of 1,178
Research works
291
▲ 131% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
35.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is German Institute of Food Technologies 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
Life SciencesDomain #6,292 of 7,800 36.6%61 #7164

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where German Institute of Food Technologies 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).

What does German Institute of Food Technologies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 46.5 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: 10.38× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.62× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.98× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.43× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.87× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 6.86× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at German Institute of Food Technologies?

Ranked on the composite score, Volker Heinz, Stefan Toepfl and Sergiy Smetana lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Institute of Food Technologies.

  1. 1 Volker Heinz Germany · #74,568 worldwide 423 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Stefan Toepfl Germany · #177,297 worldwide 275 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Sergiy Smetana Germany · #216,167 worldwide 175 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 V. Heinz Germany · #344,284 worldwide 182 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at German Institute of Food Technologies

Which keywords describe research at German Institute of Food Technologies?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Lipid Oxidation, Consumer Perception, Antioxidants, Modified Atmosphere Packaging, Meat Quality, Protein Oxidation and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact16▲ 9.8×15 topics
  2. Lipid Oxidation15▲ 154×2 topics
  3. Consumer Perception14▲ 66×6 topics
  4. Antioxidants12▲ 29×6 topics
  5. Sustainability11▲ 4.9×17 topics
  6. Modified Atmosphere Packaging11▲ 132×2 topics
  7. Meat Quality11▲ 145×1 topic
  8. Protein Oxidation11▲ 189×1 topic
  9. Climate Change7▲ 2.9×13 topics
  10. Food Security7▲ 14×6 topics
  11. Consumer Acceptance7▲ 125×3 topics
  12. Antioxidant Activity7▲ 11×17 topics
  13. Waste Management7▲ 17×6 topics
  14. Animal Feed6▲ 200×1 topic
  15. Edible Insects6▲ 200×1 topic
  16. Health Benefits6▲ 18×10 topics
  17. Nanoparticles5▲ 4.4×4 topics
  18. Health Effects5▲ 9.2×5 topics
  19. Hydrocolloids5▲ 70×2 topics
  20. Livestock Production5▲ 58×3 topics
  21. Greenhouse Gas Emissions5▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Food Systems5▲ 115×1 topic
  23. Sustainable Diets5▲ 115×1 topic
  24. Proteins5▲ 55×2 topics
  25. Emulsions4▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Nanoemulsions4▲ 107×1 topic
  27. Polyphenols4▲ 26×5 topics
  28. Antioxidant4▲ 6.4×15 topics
  29. Microbial Inactivation4▲ 114×2 topics
  30. Ultrasound4▲ 37×3 topics
  31. Food Preservation3▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Nutritional Significance3▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Microbiota3▲ 15×5 topics
  34. Electroporation3▲ 176×1 topic
  35. Fermentation3▲ 23×6 topics
  36. Gut Microbiota3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  37. Irreversible Electroporation3▲ 176×1 topic
  38. Probiotics3▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Cancer Prevention3▲ 11×7 topics
  40. Food Authentication2▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does German Institute of Food Technologies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Meat and Animal Product Quality, Insect Utilization and Effects, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact and Proteins in Food Systems.

Meat and Animal Product …11Meat and Animal Product Quality: 11 fractional worksInsect Utilization and Effects: 6 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 5 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems: 4 fractional worksMicrobial Inactivation Methods: 3 fractional worksFood Waste Reduction and…2Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Sensor Technologies: 2 fractional worksProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides: 2 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science Education: 2 fractional worksAlgal biology and biofuel production: 2 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologyInsect ScienceEcologyFood Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 11 works
  2. 2 Insect Utilization and Effects Insect Science 6 works
  3. 3 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 5 works
  4. 4 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 4 works
  5. 5 Microbial Inactivation Methods Biotechnology 3 works
  6. 6 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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 available42.4%not open57.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.3%domestic only65.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has German Institute of Food Technologies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 131% higher 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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