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Julius Kühn-Institut

In research, Julius Kühn-Institut stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#216 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,920 of 7,800 worldwide) and Plant Science (#415 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science — Insect Science is 34.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,437
of 28,054 · #7,779 all time
Rank in Germany
#201
of 1,178
Research works
2.8k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Julius Kühn-Institut 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #216 of 3,409 33.6%290 #674
Life SciencesDomain #1,920 of 7,800 31.3%373 #3381
Plant ScienceSubfield #415 of 1,395 33.7%153 #562
Environmental ScienceField #1,988 of 3,551 26.2%62 #2301
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,301 of 3,579 22.9%78 #2484
Physical SciencesDomain #9,138 of 12,888 23.8%84 #12455

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Julius Kühn-Institut 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#674 #216
  2. Life Sciences#3,381 #1,920
  3. Plant Science#562 #415
  4. Environmental Science#2,301 #1,988
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,484 #2,301
  6. Physical Sciences#12,455 #9,138
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 Julius Kühn-Institut specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 34.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 47.6 works35×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 48.8 works21×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 153.1 works18×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 290.1 works13×
← 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: 12.56× its world share, 290 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.02× its world share, 78 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.58× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Julius Kühn-Institut?

Ranked on the composite score, Johannes Hallmann, Jens Karl Wegener and Holger Heuer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Julius Kühn-Institut.

  1. 1 Johannes Hallmann Germany · #75,768 worldwide 221 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Jens Karl Wegener Germany · #85,945 worldwide 146 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Holger Heuer Germany · #109,424 worldwide 341 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Jörn Strassemeyer Germany · #119,015 worldwide 171 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Sabine Werres Germany · #168,696 worldwide 78 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Hartwig Schulz Germany · #236,562 worldwide 137 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Frank Rabenstein Germany · #237,858 worldwide 93 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Kornelia Smalla Germany · #257,240 worldwide 405 citations · 80 works
  9. 9 Jens Keilwagen Germany · #308,906 worldwide 137 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Frank Hartung Germany · #320,413 worldwide 173 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Julius Kühn-Institut

Which keywords describe research at Julius Kühn-Institut?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biological Control, Biodiversity, Phylogenetic Analysis, Host Specificity, Genetics and Fungal Pathogens.

▲ 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 Change72▲ 5.5×52 topics
  2. Invasive Species42▲ 20×18 topics
  3. Biological Control39▲ 54×9 topics
  4. Biodiversity36▲ 9.8×24 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis34▲ 23×14 topics
  6. Host Specificity26▲ 47×5 topics
  7. Genetics26▲ 7.5×9 topics
  8. Fungal Pathogens22▲ 34×4 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services22▲ 11×7 topics
  10. Genome Sequencing21▲ 28×8 topics
  11. Global Change21▲ 16×6 topics
  12. Plant Immunity20▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Transcriptome Analysis19▲ 63×3 topics
  14. Evolution19▲ 16×14 topics
  15. Phylogeny19▲ 26×17 topics
  16. Taxonomy19▲ 30×14 topics
  17. Genomics18▲ 13×11 topics
  18. Biogeography18▲ 14×19 topics
  19. Habitat Fragmentation17▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Ecosystem Functioning17▲ 19×7 topics
  21. DNA Barcoding17▲ 22×9 topics
  22. Endophytic Fungi16▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Molecular Identification16▲ 49×2 topics
  24. Taxonomic Revision16▲ 47×2 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity16▲ 7.5×13 topics
  26. Genomic Characterization16▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Plant Pathogenesis16▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Species Recognition16▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Gut Microbiota15▲ 9.0×6 topics
  30. Symbiosis15▲ 33×3 topics
  31. Plant-Animal Interactions14▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Pollinator Decline14▲ 35×1 topic
  33. QTL Mapping14▲ 24×6 topics
  34. Honey Bees14▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Neonicotinoids14▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Disease Resistance13▲ 54×3 topics
  37. Microbiota13▲ 13×5 topics
  38. Sustainable Agriculture13▲ 8.6×9 topics
  39. Quantitative Trait Loci13▲ 48×3 topics
  40. Small RNAs13▲ 45×2 topics

Which research topics does Julius Kühn-Institut publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant and animal studies, Insect and Pesticide Research and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

Plant Pathogens and Fung…16Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 16 fractional worksPlant and animal studies14Plant and animal studies: 14 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 14 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…12Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 12 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticu…11Horticultural and Viticultural Research: 11 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 11 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 9 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…9Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 9 fractional worksNematode management and characterization studies: 9 fractional worksPlant Disease Resistance and Genetics: 8 fractional works
Cell BiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInsect SciencePlant Science

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

  1. 1 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 16 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
  3. 3 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 14 works
  4. 4 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 12 works
  5. 5 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 11 works
  6. 6 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 11 works
  7. 7 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 9 works
  8. 8 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 9 works
  9. 9 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 9 works
  10. 10 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 8 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 available66.8%not open33.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Julius Kühn-Institut's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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