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HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research

In research, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,287 of 3,551 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,817 of 3,409 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,289 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 36.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,261
of 28,054 · #7,067 all time
Rank in Hungary
#33
of 118
Research works
1.1k
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
27.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,287 of 3,551 25.9%132 #1511
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,817 of 3,409 30.2%68 #2229
Physical SciencesDomain #7,289 of 12,888 23.7%169 #11500
Life SciencesDomain #5,548 of 7,800 28.8%99 #2819

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#1,511 #1,287
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,229 #1,817
  3. Physical Sciences#11,500 #7,289
  4. Life Sciences#2,819 #5,548
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 36.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 25.7 works36×
  2. EcologySubfield · 53.3 works23×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 31.2 works22×
← 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: 4.76× its world share, 68 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.63× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.43× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.93× its world share, 132 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Balázs Lukács, Andràs Báldí and Serge Lebecque lead among researchers whose main affiliation is HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research.

  1. 1 Balázs Lukács Hungary · #88,541 worldwide 286 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Andràs Báldí Hungary · #130,918 worldwide 286 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Serge Lebecque Hungary · #215,403 worldwide 181 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Balázs Déak Hungary · #218,838 worldwide 127 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Gábor Várbíró Hungary · #384,816 worldwide 124 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Anikó Kovács‐Hostyánszki Hungary · #551,574 worldwide 93 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Orsolya Valkó Hungary · #576,594 worldwide 137 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Gábor Borics Hungary · #1,046,143 worldwide 32 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Zsófia Horváth Hungary · #1,183,781 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Ákos Bede‐Fazekas Hungary · #1,469,949 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research

Which keywords describe research at HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Global Change, Conservation, Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services.

▲ 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. Climate Change87▲ 11×68 topics
  2. Invasive Species64▲ 50×20 topics
  3. Biodiversity61▲ 27×25 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation39▲ 59×5 topics
  5. Conservation34▲ 27×18 topics
  6. Global Change34▲ 44×7 topics
  7. Ecosystem22▲ 69×4 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services22▲ 19×9 topics
  9. Species Richness19▲ 98×2 topics
  10. Community Ecology19▲ 74×2 topics
  11. Biological Invasions18▲ 68×3 topics
  12. Functional Diversity17▲ 102×1 topic
  13. Conservation Biology16▲ 51×4 topics
  14. Population Dynamics16▲ 21×9 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation15▲ 14×11 topics
  16. Ecosystem Functioning14▲ 24×7 topics
  17. Plant-Animal Interactions13▲ 51×1 topic
  18. Pollinator Decline13▲ 51×1 topic
  19. Habitat Selection12▲ 56×2 topics
  20. Biogeography12▲ 16×18 topics
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis11▲ 12×14 topics
  22. Freshwater Biodiversity10▲ 57×2 topics
  23. Model Evaluation10▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Ecological Niche10▲ 55×1 topic
  25. Species Distribution Modeling10▲ 55×1 topic
  26. Eutrophication9▲ 31×5 topics
  27. Ecology9▲ 20×8 topics
  28. Harmful Algal Blooms9▲ 38×3 topics
  29. Land Use Change9▲ 9.4×6 topics
  30. Vegetation8▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Water Quality8▲ 7.0×12 topics
  32. Natural Selection8▲ 51×2 topics
  33. Biodiversity Loss8▲ 52×3 topics
  34. Biomonitoring8▲ 34×3 topics
  35. Flora8▲ 92×2 topics
  36. Phylogeny8▲ 17×15 topics
  37. Vascular Plants8▲ 92×2 topics
  38. Ecosystem Engineering8▲ 91×2 topics
  39. Habitat7▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Phytogeography7▲ 109×1 topic

Which research topics does HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and animal studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies.

Ecology and Vegetation D…17Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 17 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 13 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…10Species Distribution and Climate Change: 10 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology…7Botany and Plant Ecology Studies: 7 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 7 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 6 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…6Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 6 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 6 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 5 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 5 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcological ModelingPlant Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 17 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13 works
  3. 3 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 10 works
  4. 4 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 7 works
  5. 5 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 7 works
  6. 6 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 6 works
  7. 7 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 6 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  9. 9 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 5 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 5 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 available66.7%not open33.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% 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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