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Groundwater Center

In research, Groundwater Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,726 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,302
of 22,385 · #26,280 all time
Rank in Germany
#709
of 795
Research works
298
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
4k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
Groundwater Center

What is Groundwater Center 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 #12,726 of 17,446 10.5%251

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Groundwater Center 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 Groundwater Center work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Groundwater Center is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (35%), Engineering (18%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 77.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 35.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 13.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 18.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 16.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGroundwaterCenter81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences14%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2835.2%
    2. Engineering1518.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1416.9%
    4. Computer Science44.5%
    5. Energy10.8%
    6. Chemistry00.5%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences78.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting22.3%
    3. Psychology11.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Medicine34.2%
    2. Health Professions22.2%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.75× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.22× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.09× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.75×14 works
  2. Environmental Science7.09×28 works
  3. Engineering1.22×15 works
  4. Dentistry0.85×0 works
  5. Energy0.82×1 works
  6. Health Professions0.82×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.71×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×2 works
  9. Social Sciences0.67×7 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×0 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.59×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.58×4 works
  13. Psychology0.53×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.32×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.29×1 works
  16. Nursing0.25×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×1 works
  18. Medicine0.22×3 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Groundwater Center?

Ranked on the quality score, David Allen, Kübra Özdemir Çallı and Alireza Kavousi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Groundwater Center.

  1. 1 David Allen Germany · #1,921,329 worldwide 754 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Kübra Özdemir Çallı Germany · #2,049,687 worldwide 120 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Alireza Kavousi Germany · #2,957,969 worldwide 387 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Andrea Kassahun Germany · #3,996,173 worldwide 217 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Scott B. Wilson Germany · #4,100,020 worldwide 152 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Felix Bilek Germany · #4,564,282 worldwide 128 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Chae Byung-Gon Germany · #5,033,734 worldwide 58 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Toby O. L. Roberts Germany · #5,529,110 worldwide 279 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Kenneth D. Schmidt Germany · #5,819,370 worldwide 197 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Groundwater Center

What are the most cited papers from Groundwater Center?

The most cited paper from Groundwater Center is "Five-Year Outcomes with PCI Guided by Fractional Flow Reserve" (Panagiotis Xaplanteris et al., 2018), with 872 citations. Next come "Evaluation of transport and storage properties in the soil and groundwater zone from induced polarization measurements1" (320) and "Occurrence of steroid hormones and antibiotics in shallow groundwater impacted by livestock waste control facilities" (274).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Five-Year Outcomes with PCI Guided by Fractional Flow Reserve Panagiotis Xaplanteris et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 22 May 2018 872
2 Evaluation of transport and storage properties in the soil and groundwater zone from induced polarization measurements1 F. Börner, JÜRGEN R. SCHOPPER, Andreas Weller · Geophysical Prospecting Jul 1996 320
3 Occurrence of steroid hormones and antibiotics in shallow groundwater impacted by livestock waste control facilities Shannon L. Bartelt‐Hunt, Daniel D. Snow, Teyona Damon‐Powell et al. · Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 5 Jan 2011 274
4 Biochar application to temperate soils: Effects on soil fertility and crop growth under greenhouse conditions Stefanie Kloss, Franz Zehetner, Bernhard Wimmer et al. · Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 23 Oct 2013 237
5 Finite element modeling of borehole heat exchanger systems H.-J. G. Diersch, Dan Bauer, Wolfgang Heidemann et al. · Computers & Geosciences 20 Nov 2010 213
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Groundwater Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Groundwater, Water Resources, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Modeling, Reactive Transport, Land Use Change and Sediment Transport.

▲ 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. Climate Change19▲ 8.7×24 topics
  2. Groundwater10▲ 128×6 topics
  3. Water Resources9▲ 45×6 topics
  4. Remote Sensing9▲ 8.7×15 topics
  5. Hydrological Modeling8▲ 41×5 topics
  6. Reactive Transport6▲ 132×2 topics
  7. Land Use Change6▲ 24×3 topics
  8. Sediment Transport6▲ 43×5 topics
  9. Water Quality6▲ 17×7 topics
  10. Groundwater Flow5▲ 271×1 topic
  11. Transport Modeling5▲ 271×1 topic
  12. Hydrogeology5▲ 284×3 topics
  13. Global Hydrology5▲ 93×1 topic
  14. Model Evaluation5▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Geochemistry4▲ 86×3 topics
  16. Machine Learning4▲ 1.52×13 topics
  17. Sustainability4▲ 2.1×12 topics
  18. Geohazards4▲ 104×1 topic
  19. Karst4▲ 593×1 topic
  20. Precipitation4▲ 98×2 topics
  21. Isotopes4▲ 143×1 topic
  22. Stable4▲ 163×1 topic
  23. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.4×11 topics
  24. GIS3▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Groundwater Potential3▲ 130×1 topic
  26. Drought3▲ 34×3 topics
  27. Monitoring2▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Global Warming2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  29. Flood Risk2▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Satellite Imagery2▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Surface Water Mapping2▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Reservoir Operation2▲ 73×1 topic
  33. Water Demand2▲ 73×1 topic
  34. Evapotranspiration2▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Hydrology2▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Support Vector Machines2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  37. Electrical Resistivity Tomography1▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Magnetotelluric Imaging1▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Soil Properties1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  40. Chemical Analysis1▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Groundwater Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Groundwater flow and contamination studies, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Karst Systems and Hydrogeology and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry.

Groundwater flow and contamination studies: 5 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 5 fractional worksKarst Systems and Hydrogeology: 4 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 4 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 3 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…2Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 2 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 1 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksWater Quality and Resources Studies: 1 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringWater Science and TechnologyEarth-Surface ProcessesGeochemistry and Petrology4 others

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

  1. 1 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 5 works
  3. 3 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 4 works
  4. 4 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 4 works
  5. 5 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Water Quality and Resources Studies Water Science and Technology 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.8%domestic only52.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Groundwater Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% 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 Groundwater Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Groundwater Center0.00043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Groundwater Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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