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LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics

In research, LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,704 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysics is 51.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,471
of 22,385 · #15,435 all time
Rank in Germany
#621
of 795
Research works
529
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
22.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics

What is LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,704 of 10,670 9.9%84 #6437

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics 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 LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (42%), Engineering (18%), Environmental Science (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 103 fractional works · 87.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 49 fractional works · 41.6% of its workGeophysics: 21 fractional works · 17.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 13 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 17.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKLIAG Institutefor Applied…119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences9%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4941.6%
    2. Engineering2117.7%
    3. Environmental Science1613.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy64.8%
    5. Computer Science64.6%
    6. Energy43.1%
    7. Materials Science10.8%
    8. Chemistry10.6%
    9. Mathematics10.5%
    1. Social Sciences53.9%
    2. Psychology32.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.8%
    4. Decision Sciences10.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine10.4%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 51.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 21.2 works51×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 49.4 works26×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26.50× its world share, 49 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.40× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.69× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.16× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 26.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences26.50×49 works
  2. Energy3.40×4 works
  3. Environmental Science2.69×16 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.16×6 works
  5. Engineering1.18×21 works
  6. Psychology0.78×3 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.62×2 works
  8. Computer Science0.59×6 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.45×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.44×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.36×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×2 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.31×5 works
  15. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.13×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  19. Medicine0.02×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics?

Ranked on the quality score, Christian Zeeden, Christine Thiel and Manfred Frechen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics.

  1. 1 Christian Zeeden Germany · #834,733 worldwide 4k citations · 349 works
  2. 2 Christine Thiel Germany · #940,441 worldwide 4.1k citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Manfred Frechen Germany · #1,323,612 worldwide 9.9k citations · 364 works
  4. 4 Rüdiger Schellschmidt Germany · #1,345,293 worldwide 1.5k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Raphael Rochlitz Germany · #1,411,719 worldwide 479 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Thomas Wonik Germany · #1,431,739 worldwide 2.3k citations · 133 works
  7. 7 Christian Rolf Germany · #1,533,759 worldwide 1.8k citations · 116 works
  8. 8 Junjie Zhang Germany · #1,616,746 worldwide 437 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Esther Dorothe Schmidt Germany · #1,732,214 worldwide 430 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 W. Kessels Germany · #1,808,899 worldwide 828 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics

What are the most cited papers from LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics?

The most cited paper from LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics is "Three-dimensional modelling and inversion of dc resistivity data incorporating topography - II. Inversion" (Thomas Günther, Carsten Rücker, Klaus Spitzer, 2006), with 778 citations. Next come "Luminescence dating of the Stratzing loess profile (Austria) – Testing the potential of an elevated temperature post-IR IRSL protocol" (657) and "pyGIMLi: An open-source library for modelling and inversion in geophysics" (530).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Three-dimensional modelling and inversion of dc resistivity data incorporating topography - II. Inversion Thomas Günther, Carsten Rücker, Klaus Spitzer · Geophysical Journal International Open access 6 Jul 2006 778
2 Luminescence dating of the Stratzing loess profile (Austria) – Testing the potential of an elevated temperature post-IR IRSL protocol Christine Thiel, Jan‐Pieter Buylaert, Andrew Sean Murray et al. · Quaternary International 12 Jun 2010 657
3 pyGIMLi: An open-source library for modelling and inversion in geophysics Carsten Rücker, Thomas Günther, Florian Wagner · Computers & Geosciences Open access 8 Aug 2017 530
4 Influence of temperature on thermal conductivity, thermal capacity and thermal diffusivity for different types of rock Hans-Dieter Vosteen, Rüdiger Schellschmidt · Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C 2003 501
5 Three-dimensional modelling and inversion of dc resistivity data incorporating topography - I. Modelling Carsten Rücker, Thomas Günther, Klaus Spitzer · Geophysical Journal International Open access 6 Jul 2006 393
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Holocene, Sea Level, Paleoclimatology, Glacial Cycles, Monsoon Dynamics, Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Magnetotelluric Imaging.

▲ 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 Change18▲ 5.7×22 topics
  2. Holocene13▲ 97×2 topics
  3. Sea Level13▲ 116×2 topics
  4. Glacial Cycles12▲ 148×1 topic
  5. Monsoon Dynamics12▲ 148×1 topic
  6. Paleoclimatology12▲ 117×2 topics
  7. Remote Sensing7▲ 5.0×19 topics
  8. Electrical Resistivity Tomography6▲ 196×1 topic
  9. Magnetotelluric Imaging6▲ 196×1 topic
  10. Tectonics6▲ 43×3 topics
  11. Reactive Transport6▲ 85×2 topics
  12. Geodetic Measurements5▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Sedimentation5▲ 79×2 topics
  14. Geophysical Imaging5▲ 75×2 topics
  15. Subduction4▲ 51×3 topics
  16. Microbial Communities4▲ 7.8×2 topics
  17. Earthquakes4▲ 57×1 topic
  18. Fluvial Systems4▲ 118×1 topic
  19. Plate Boundaries4▲ 57×1 topic
  20. Sequence Stratigraphy4▲ 118×1 topic
  21. Heat Transfer4▲ 6.2×3 topics
  22. Tomography4▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Anaerobic4▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Geophysical Surveys4▲ 61×2 topics
  25. Methane Oxidation4▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Thermal Conductivity4▲ 19×2 topics
  27. CO2 Sequestration3▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Geothermal Energy3▲ 149×1 topic
  29. Ground Source Heat Pump3▲ 149×1 topic
  30. Plate Tectonics3▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Ground-Penetrating Radar3▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Sedimentology3▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Inverse Problems3▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Carbon Capture3▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Geological Storage3▲ 78×1 topic
  37. Full-Waveform Tomography3▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Seismic Waveform Inversion3▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Groundwater Flow3▲ 92×1 topic
  40. Porous Media3▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods, earthquake and tectonic studies and Geological formations and processes.

Geology and Paleoclimato…12Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 12 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 6 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 4 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 4 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 4 fractional worksGeothermal Energy Systems and Applications: 3 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and …3Geophysical Methods and Applications: 3 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 3 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 3 fractional worksGroundwater flow and contamination studies: 3 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGeophysicsEarth-Surface ProcessesEnvironmental Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 12 works
  2. 2 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 6 works
  3. 3 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 4 works
  4. 4 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 4 works
  5. 5 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 4 works
  6. 6 Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  7. 7 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 3 works
  10. 10 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 3 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.9%domestic only64.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower 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 LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics0.00048% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics 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%LIAG Institute for Applied Geophysics11.3% 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 18.8% in 2017.

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