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Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research

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Research works
110
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8k
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 2.56× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22.20× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.69× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 7.60× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 22.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Frank Schlütz and Karl‐Ernst Behre lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research.

  1. 1 Frank Schlütz Germany · #322,251 worldwide 59 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Karl‐Ernst Behre Germany · #378,552 worldwide 143 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research

Which keywords describe research at Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Holocene, Sea Level, Paleoclimatology, Glacial Cycles, Monsoon Dynamics, Archaeology and Mediterranean.

▲ 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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change6▲ 8.9×15 topics
  2. Holocene5▲ 205×3 topics
  3. Sea Level4▲ 192×2 topics
  4. Paleoclimatology4▲ 195×2 topics
  5. Glacial Cycles4▲ 230×1 topic
  6. Monsoon Dynamics4▲ 230×1 topic
  7. Archaeology2▲ 73×3 topics
  8. Mediterranean2▲ 96×3 topics
  9. Scandinavia2▲ 505×1 topic
  10. Sustainable Development2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  11. Viking Age2▲ 505×1 topic
  12. Agricultural Origins2▲ 219×1 topic
  13. Radiocarbon Dating2▲ 219×1 topic
  14. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.2×9 topics
  15. Sedimentation2▲ 119×2 topics
  16. Human Microbiome1▲ 867×1 topic
  17. Microbial Metabolites1▲ 167×1 topic
  18. Maritime Archaeology1▲ 271×1 topic
  19. Sea-Level Change1▲ 271×1 topic
  20. Biodiversity1▲ 6.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Historical and Archaeological Studies, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Environmental Science and Technology.

Geology and Paleoclimato…4Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeolo…2Historical and Archaeological Studies: 2 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …2Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Technology: 1 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 1 fractional worksAncient and Medieval Arc…1Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies: 1 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 1 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 1 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 1 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 1 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceHistoryPaleontologyBiochemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  2. 2 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 2 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 2 works
  4. 4 Environmental Science and Technology Biochemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 1 works
  6. 6 Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Archeology 1 works
  7. 7 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 1 works
  8. 8 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  9. 9 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 1 works
  10. 10 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 1 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 available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% lower 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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