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In research, Museum am Rothenbaum stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,586 of 11,023 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,492 of 5,407 worldwide) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (#647 of 946 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 34.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,451
of 22,385 · #12,903 all time
Rank in Germany
#586
of 795
Research works
1.2k
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Museum am Rothenbaum

What is Museum am Rothenbaum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #4,586 of 11,023 8.7%373
Environmental ScienceField #2,492 of 5,407 5.9%290
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #647 of 946 8.4%128
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,541 of 2,224 8.1%218
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,581 of 5,126 8.4%221
EcologySubfield #1,037 of 1,384 5.2%146
Physical SciencesDomain #13,715 of 17,446 6.9%659
Social SciencesDomain #11,865 of 14,833 8.4%157

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Museum am Rothenbaum 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 Museum am Rothenbaum work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Museum am Rothenbaum is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Environmental Science (15%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 36.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 14.9% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18 fractional works · 14.0% of its workPaleontology: 12 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 31.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 21.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 20 fractional works · 16.0% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 28.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 15.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMuseum amRothenbaum126fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences28%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1914.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1814.0%
    3. Materials Science43.4%
    4. Computer Science21.5%
    5. Engineering11.1%
    6. Energy10.8%
    7. Chemistry10.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2721.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology129.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities2015.9%
    2. Social Sciences118.6%
    3. Psychology32.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine32.4%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Museum am Rothenbaum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 34.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 20.0 works34×
← 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: 4.50× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.75× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.92× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.99× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.51× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.92×18 works
  2. Arts and Humanities5.51×20 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.50×27 works
  4. Environmental Science2.99×19 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.75×12 works
  6. Materials Science0.99×4 works
  7. Veterinary0.98×0 works
  8. Energy0.92×1 works
  9. Psychology0.86×3 works
  10. Social Sciences0.68×11 works
  11. Dentistry0.61×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.41×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.30×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.20×2 works
  17. Neuroscience0.18×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  19. Medicine0.12×3 works
  20. Engineering0.07×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Museum am Rothenbaum?

Ranked on the quality score, Angelika Brandt, B. Mycke and Horst Wilkens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museum am Rothenbaum.

  1. 1 Angelika Brandt Germany · #1,007,842 worldwide 11k citations · 464 works
  2. 2 B. Mycke Germany · #1,774,844 worldwide 779 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Horst Wilkens Germany · #2,795,696 worldwide 3k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Nicolaus Peters Germany · #3,175,491 worldwide 381 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy Germany · #3,308,556 worldwide 2 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Laura Würzberg Germany · #3,597,836 worldwide 1.1k citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Madhumita Choudhury Germany · #3,835,396 worldwide 691 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Urs Ramseyer Germany · #3,942,699 worldwide 149 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Fabiola Arellano Cruz Germany · #4,012,293 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Kurt Kalle Germany · #4,109,544 worldwide 508 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Museum am Rothenbaum

What are the most cited papers from Museum am Rothenbaum?

The most cited paper from Museum am Rothenbaum is "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution" (Bernhard Y. Misof et al., 2014), with 2,883 citations. Next come "Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life" (1,986) and "THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE" (1,931).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution Bernhard Y. Misof et al. · Science 101 authors 6 Nov 2014 2,883
2 Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life Casey W. Dunn, Andreas Hejnol, David Q. Matus et al. · Nature 5 Mar 2008 1,986
3 THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich et al. · Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Open access Mar 2006 1,931
4 The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity Ward Appeltans et al. · Current Biology Open access121 authors 15 Nov 2012 1,082
5 Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem Eva Ramírez-Llodra, Angelika Brandt, Roberto Danovaro et al. · Biogeosciences Open access 22 Sep 2010 903
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Museum am Rothenbaum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Biodiversity, DNA Barcoding, Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Evolution, Molecular Phylogeny and Phylogenetic Analysis.

▲ 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. Biogeography20▲ 56×18 topics
  2. Biodiversity17▲ 18×18 topics
  3. DNA Barcoding15▲ 70×9 topics
  4. Phylogeny15▲ 69×15 topics
  5. Climate Change14▲ 4.1×28 topics
  6. Taxonomy13▲ 74×12 topics
  7. Evolution13▲ 40×13 topics
  8. Molecular Phylogeny13▲ 64×8 topics
  9. Phylogenetic Analysis12▲ 30×11 topics
  10. Invasive Species11▲ 21×16 topics
  11. Ecology9▲ 40×6 topics
  12. Identity8▲ 8.6×6 topics
  13. Conservation8▲ 14×17 topics
  14. Species Delimitation7▲ 125×3 topics
  15. Population Dynamics7▲ 22×10 topics
  16. Gender7▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Habitat Fragmentation7▲ 24×5 topics
  18. Cryptic Diversity6▲ 291×2 topics
  19. Morphology6▲ 25×7 topics
  20. Conservation Biology5▲ 37×3 topics
  21. Genetic Structure5▲ 52×3 topics
  22. Ecosystem Functioning5▲ 18×5 topics
  23. Cryptic Species4▲ 140×2 topics
  24. Adaptation4▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Cavefish4▲ 176×1 topic
  26. Subterranean4▲ 176×1 topic
  27. Autorschaft4▲ 171×1 topic
  28. Bildung4▲ 107×1 topic
  29. History4▲ 4.8×7 topics
  30. Literature4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  31. Art4▲ 34×3 topics
  32. Biodiversity Loss4▲ 52×2 topics
  33. Taxonomic Revision4▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Araneae Diversity3▲ 340×1 topic
  35. Spider Phylogenomics3▲ 340×1 topic
  36. Cretaceous3▲ 104×2 topics
  37. Earthworms3▲ 251×1 topic
  38. Lepidoptera3▲ 130×1 topic
  39. Molecular Phylogenetics3▲ 130×1 topic
  40. Mosses3▲ 87×2 topics

Which research topics does Museum am Rothenbaum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: German Literature and Culture Studies, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy.

German Literature and Cu…4German Literature and Culture Studies: 4 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversit…4Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 4 fractional worksSpider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies: 3 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…3Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 3 fractional worksInvertebrate Taxonomy an…3Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology: 3 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 3 fractional worksDiatoms and Algae Research: 3 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and …2Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 2 fractional worksBryophyte Studies and Records: 2 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber: 2 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryPaleontologyGeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2 others

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

  1. 1 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  2. 2 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 4 works
  3. 3 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 3 works
  4. 4 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 3 works
  5. 5 Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  6. 6 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  7. 7 Diatoms and Algae Research Biomaterials 3 works
  8. 8 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  9. 9 Bryophyte Studies and Records Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 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 available30.5%not open69.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.4%domestic only72.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Museum am Rothenbaum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% 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 Museum am Rothenbaum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Museum am Rothenbaum0.00066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Museum am Rothenbaum 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Museum am Rothenbaum7.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.3% in 2011.

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