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Institute for Biodiversity

In research, Institute for Biodiversity stands highest in Environmental Science (#747 of 3,334 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,519 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,013 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 22.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,304
of 22,385 · #4,127 all time
Rank in Germany
#216
of 795
Research works
1.9k
▲ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
43k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
57%
world 18%
Institute for Biodiversity

What is Institute for Biodiversity 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 #747 of 3,334 12.2%159 #888
Life SciencesDomain #1,519 of 6,403 12.0%187 #1541
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,013 of 3,157 13.6%119 #904
Physical SciencesDomain #5,007 of 10,670 12.2%215 #4457
EcologySubfield #341 of 600 10.8%62 #582

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Environmental Science#888 #747
  2. Life Sciences#1,541 #1,519
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#904 #1,013
  4. Physical Sciences#4,457 #5,007
  5. Ecology#582 #341
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Institute for Biodiversity work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Institute for Biodiversity is in Physical Sciences, 39% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (35%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (25%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 287 fractional works · 47.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 211 fractional works · 35.2% of its workEcology: 83 fractional works · 13.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 33 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 33 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 17 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPaleontology: 17 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 236 fractional works · 39.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 152 fractional works · 25.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 64 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPlant Science: 40 fractional works · 6.7% of its workInsect Science: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 72 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGenetics: 25 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forBiodiversity600fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences8%

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 Science21135.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences386.4%
    3. Engineering111.9%
    4. Computer Science101.6%
    5. Materials Science61.0%
    6. Chemistry50.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    8. Energy20.3%
    9. Mathematics20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15225.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7212.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology50.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.6%
    5. Neuroscience30.6%
    1. Social Sciences274.4%
    2. Psychology101.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities71.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.4%
    5. Decision Sciences20.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.4%
    1. Medicine223.6%
    2. Health Professions30.4%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Biodiversity specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 22.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 64.5 works23×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 32.6 works23×
  3. EcologySubfield · 82.7 works18×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 33.3 works7.3×
← 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: 5.33× its world share, 152 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.26× its world share, 72 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.07× its world share, 38 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.09× its world share, 212 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science7.09×212 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.33×152 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.07×38 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.26×72 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.70×4 works
  6. Veterinary1.70×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.78×5 works
  8. Psychology0.53×10 works
  9. Chemistry0.50×5 works
  10. Nursing0.42×1 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.42×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.39×7 works
  13. Neuroscience0.35×3 works
  14. Social Sciences0.35×27 works
  15. Energy0.31×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.28×6 works
  17. Mathematics0.23×2 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×3 works
  19. Computer Science0.20×10 works
  20. Medicine0.19×22 works
  21. Health Professions0.16×3 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.14×2 works
  24. Engineering0.13×11 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Biodiversity?

Ranked on the quality score, Claudia Fricke, Brennen Heames and Annelie M. Jönsson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Biodiversity.

  1. 1 Claudia Fricke Germany · #455,342 worldwide 2.5k citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Brennen Heames Germany · #1,260,826 worldwide 352 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Annelie M. Jönsson Germany · #1,671,572 worldwide 361 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Axel Paulsch Germany · #1,786,179 worldwide 742 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Lasse Middendorf Germany · #2,094,373 worldwide 195 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Margaux Aubel Germany · #2,123,275 worldwide 276 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Lars A. Eicholt Germany · #2,437,244 worldwide 114 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 M.H.C. van Adrichem Germany · #2,486,339 worldwide 120 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 J. Kruit Germany · #2,694,682 worldwide 31 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Jens Dauber Germany · #3,073,873 worldwide 0 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Biodiversity

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Biodiversity?

The most cited paper from Institute for Biodiversity is "Cyanobacterial blooms" (Jef Huisman, Geoffrey A. Codd, Hans W. Paerl et al., 2018), with 2,912 citations. Next come "Blooms Like It Hot" (2,823) and "Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being" (2,175).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cyanobacterial blooms Jef Huisman, Geoffrey A. Codd, Hans W. Paerl et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology ReviewOpen access 26 Jun 2018 2,912
2 Blooms Like It Hot Hans W. Paerl, Jef Huisman · Science 3 Apr 2008 2,823
3 Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being Simon Geoffrey Potts, Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca, Hien T. Ngo et al. · Nature Open access 28 Nov 2016 2,175
4 The evolution of the plastid chromosome in land plants: gene content, gene order, gene function Susann Wicke, Gerald M. Schneeweiss, Claude W. dePamphilis et al. · Plant Molecular Biology Open access 21 Mar 2011 1,826
5 Climate change: a catalyst for global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms Hans W. Paerl, Jef Huisman · Environmental Microbiology Reports Feb 2009 1,699
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Biodiversity?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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 Change133▲ 8.1×76 topics
  2. Biodiversity94▲ 21×31 topics
  3. Invasive Species67▲ 26×21 topics
  4. Conservation54▲ 21×23 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation41▲ 32×5 topics
  6. Biogeography40▲ 24×20 topics
  7. Global Change38▲ 24×6 topics
  8. Population Dynamics35▲ 23×12 topics
  9. Phylogenetic Analysis30▲ 16×14 topics
  10. Evolution30▲ 19×16 topics
  11. DNA Barcoding29▲ 28×9 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services29▲ 13×9 topics
  13. Conservation Biology28▲ 43×4 topics
  14. Phylogeny27▲ 27×17 topics
  15. Molecular Phylogeny25▲ 26×11 topics
  16. Taxonomy24▲ 27×15 topics
  17. Environmental Impact23▲ 2.3×29 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation23▲ 10×14 topics
  19. Ecosystem Functioning22▲ 18×7 topics
  20. Ecosystem21▲ 33×4 topics
  21. Biological Invasions18▲ 34×3 topics
  22. Ecology18▲ 18×9 topics
  23. Model Evaluation18▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity18▲ 6.9×14 topics
  25. Ecological Niche17▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Species Distribution Modeling17▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Community Ecology16▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Habitat Selection16▲ 38×2 topics
  29. Species Richness16▲ 43×2 topics
  30. Plant-Animal Interactions15▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Pollinator Decline15▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Land Use Change15▲ 8.4×6 topics
  33. Functional Diversity14▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Morphology14▲ 13×6 topics
  35. Trophic Cascades13▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Ecosystem Resilience12▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Adaptive Evolution11▲ 33×2 topics
  38. Animal Movement11▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Occupancy Rates11▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Biological Control10▲ 11×9 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Biodiversity publish most on?

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

Species Distribution and Climate Change: 17 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 15 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 14 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 11 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 6 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…6Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 6 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 6 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 6 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 6 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 6 fractional works
Ecological ModelingEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 17 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 15 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 14 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 11 works
  5. 5 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 6 works
  6. 6 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 6 works
  7. 7 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 6 works
  8. 8 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 6 works
  9. 9 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 6 works
  10. 10 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 6 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Biodiversity's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Institute for Biodiversity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Institute for Biodiversity0.0031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Biodiversity 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%Institute for Biodiversity14.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.9% in 2009.

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