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Institute for Biodiversity

In research, Institute for Biodiversity stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,201 of 3,551 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,266 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,031 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 23.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,748
of 28,054 · #6,844 all time
Rank in Germany
#282
of 1,178
Research works
1.9k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
43k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Institute for Biodiversity 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 #1,201 of 3,551 25.3%159 #1205
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,266 of 3,409 23.9%119 #1392
Life SciencesDomain #4,031 of 7,800 22.9%187 #4748
Physical SciencesDomain #6,662 of 12,888 24.2%215 #6278
EcologySubfield #437 of 578 23.4%62 #804

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Biodiversity 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#1,205 #1,201
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,392 #1,266
  3. Life Sciences#4,748 #4,031
  4. Physical Sciences#6,278 #6,662
  5. Ecology#804 #437
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 Institute for Biodiversity specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 23.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 26.2 works24×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 49.8 works23×
  3. EcologySubfield · 62.0 works17×
← 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: 5.40× its world share, 118 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.40× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.02× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.95× its world share, 159 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Biodiversity?

Ranked on the composite score, S.A.M. van Rooij, Leif Nilsson and R.J.H.G. Henkens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Biodiversity.

  1. 1 S.A.M. van Rooij · #363,176 worldwide 113 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Leif Nilsson · #407,124 worldwide 39 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 R.J.H.G. Henkens · #923,457 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Ulrich Kotthoff · #1,023,137 worldwide 97 citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Anders S. Barfod · #1,346,435 worldwide 13 citations · 62 works
  6. 6 T. van der Sluis · #1,456,069 worldwide 14 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Wolf L. Eiserhardt · #1,520,236 worldwide 35 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Biodiversity

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Biodiversity?

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

▲ 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 Change105▲ 8.4×71 topics
  2. Biodiversity74▲ 22×28 topics
  3. Invasive Species55▲ 28×21 topics
  4. Conservation44▲ 22×23 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation34▲ 34×5 topics
  6. Biogeography32▲ 27×20 topics
  7. Global Change30▲ 25×6 topics
  8. Population Dynamics28▲ 24×12 topics
  9. Phylogenetic Analysis25▲ 18×14 topics
  10. DNA Barcoding23▲ 30×9 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services22▲ 12×8 topics
  12. Conservation Biology21▲ 45×4 topics
  13. Evolution21▲ 18×16 topics
  14. Phylogeny20▲ 29×16 topics
  15. Molecular Phylogeny19▲ 26×10 topics
  16. Taxonomy17▲ 29×14 topics
  17. Environmental Impact17▲ 2.2×27 topics
  18. Ecosystem Functioning17▲ 19×7 topics
  19. Biodiversity Conservation16▲ 9.4×12 topics
  20. Ecosystem16▲ 33×4 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity15▲ 7.4×13 topics
  22. Biological Invasions14▲ 35×3 topics
  23. Model Evaluation14▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Habitat Selection14▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Plant-Animal Interactions14▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Pollinator Decline14▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Ecological Niche13▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Species Distribution Modeling13▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Species Richness13▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Community Ecology13▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Ecology13▲ 18×9 topics
  32. Functional Diversity11▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Morphology11▲ 14×6 topics
  34. Land Use Change11▲ 7.5×6 topics
  35. Trophic Cascades10▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Biological Control9▲ 13×9 topics
  37. Adaptive Evolution9▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Animal Movement9▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Occupancy Rates9▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Symbiosis8▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Biodiversity publish most on?

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

Plant and animal studies: 14 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 13 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 11 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 9 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 5 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…5Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 5 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 5 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 5 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 4 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcological ModelingNature and Landscape ConservationEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studiesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEcological Modeling 13 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology 9 works
  5. 5 Avian ecology and behaviorEcology 5 works
  6. 6 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorGenetics 5 works
  7. 7 Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyEcology 5 works
  8. 8 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity StudiesEcology 5 works
  9. 9 Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAquatic Science 5 works
  10. 10 Genetic diversity and population structureGenetics 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 available61.1%not open38.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.8%domestic only43.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Biodiversity's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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