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Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz

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Research works
43
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
821
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz

Not ranked overall: Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz work in?

In all years, 48% of research at Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz is in Physical Sciences, 45% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (33%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (33%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 47.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 33.5% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 15.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 44.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 32.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 28.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 12.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKMuseum fürNaturkunde…43fractional works, all years
Life Sciences45%Physical Sciences48%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1433.5%
    2. Environmental Science410.0%
    3. Engineering12.1%
    4. Computer Science11.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1432.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology512.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities25.4%
    2. Psychology11.6%
    3. Social Sciences00.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 5.90× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 29.66× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceArts and Humanities: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 29.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences29.66×4 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.90×3 works
  3. Environmental Science1.61×1 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.57×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×0 works
  6. Computer Science0.82×1 works
  7. Engineering0.08×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz?

Ranked on the quality score, Ronny Rößler, Thorid Zierold and Robert Noll lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz.

  1. 1 Ronny Rößler Germany · #2,861,585 worldwide 2.3k citations · 118 works
  2. 2 Thorid Zierold Germany · #3,492,340 worldwide 220 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Robert Noll Germany · #3,719,317 worldwide 531 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Sven Erlacher Germany · #3,906,793 worldwide 195 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz

What are the most cited papers from Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz?

The most cited paper from Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz is "Late Paleozoic–early Mesozoic continental biostratigraphy — Links to the Standard Global Chronostratigraphic Scale" (Jörg W. Schneider, Spencer G. Lucas, Frank Scholze et al., 2019), with 186 citations. Next come "The late Palaeozoic tree fern Psaronius — an ecosystem unto itself" (106) and "Which name(s) should be used for Araucaria‐like fossil wood?—Results of a poll" (99).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Late Paleozoic–early Mesozoic continental biostratigraphy — Links to the Standard Global Chronostratigraphic Scale Jörg W. Schneider, Spencer G. Lucas, Frank Scholze et al. · Palaeoworld 9 Oct 2019 186
2 The late Palaeozoic tree fern Psaronius — an ecosystem unto itself Ronny Rößler · Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 2000 106
3 Which name(s) should be used for Araucaria‐like fossil wood?—Results of a poll Ronny Rößler et al. · Taxon Open access 27 Jan 2014 99
4 Alluvial and volcanic pathways to silicified plant stems (Upper Carboniferous–Triassic) and their taphonomic and palaeoenvironmental meaning Petra Matysová, Ronny Rößler, Jens Götze et al. · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 23 Mar 2010 84
5 First Grammatopteris tree ferns from the Southern Hemisphere – new insights in the evolution of the Osmundaceae from the Permian of Brazil Ronny Rößler, Jean Galtier · Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology Oct 2002 80
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Which keywords describe research at Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Molecular Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Phylogenetics, Diversification, Angiosperm Phylogeny and Flowering Plants.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Biogeography13▲ 92×11 topics
  2. Molecular Phylogeny9▲ 98×5 topics
  3. Taxonomy8▲ 124×5 topics
  4. Biodiversity8▲ 23×14 topics
  5. Phylogenetics7▲ 305×3 topics
  6. Climate Change7▲ 5.8×12 topics
  7. Angiosperm Phylogeny6▲ 455×1 topic
  8. Diversification6▲ 339×2 topics
  9. Flowering Plants6▲ 455×1 topic
  10. Phylogeny6▲ 78×8 topics
  11. Evolution4▲ 35×8 topics
  12. DNA Barcoding4▲ 63×9 topics
  13. Invasive Species4▲ 15×7 topics
  14. Conservation4▲ 18×10 topics
  15. Paleoproductivity3▲ 190×1 topic
  16. Paleoredox3▲ 190×1 topic
  17. Adaptive Radiation3▲ 167×2 topics
  18. Ecology3▲ 31×5 topics
  19. Holocene3▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Sea Level3▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Paleoclimatology2▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Tectonics2▲ 34×3 topics
  23. Glacial Cycles2▲ 51×1 topic
  24. Monsoon Dynamics2▲ 51×1 topic
  25. Epiphytes2▲ 437×1 topic
  26. Ferns2▲ 437×1 topic
  27. Morphology2▲ 28×3 topics
  28. Polyploidy2▲ 76×2 topics
  29. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Gesneriaceae2▲ 247×1 topic
  32. phylogenetic reconstruction2▲ 247×1 topic
  33. Conservation Biology2▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Cretaceous2▲ 177×2 topics
  35. Population Dynamics2▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Lepidoptera2▲ 221×1 topic
  37. Molecular Phylogenetics2▲ 221×1 topic
  38. Plate Tectonics2▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Global Change2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Ecological Niche1▲ 68×1 topic

Which research topics does Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Paleontology and Stratig…2Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 2 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 1 fractional worksPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…0Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 0 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 0 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 0 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber: 0 fractional works
PaleontologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGeophysicsArtificial Intelligence2 others

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

  1. 1 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 2 works
  2. 2 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  3. 3 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 1 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 0 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  8. 8 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  9. 9 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  10. 10 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 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 available31.8%not open68.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.0%domestic only64.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000040% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz0.000020% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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