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Natural History Museum Aarhus

In research, Natural History Museum Aarhus stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,352 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,817 of 12,888 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,449 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 50.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,168
of 28,054 · #4,128 all time
Rank in Denmark
#43
of 108
Research works
2.1k
▼ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
73k
34.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Natural History Museum Aarhus 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,352 of 3,551 26.5%66 #1112
Physical SciencesDomain #8,817 of 12,888 22.8%110 #3356
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,449 of 3,409 29.5%82 #1884
Life SciencesDomain #6,258 of 7,800 29.2%112 #4332

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Natural History Museum Aarhus 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. Environmental Science#1,112 #2,352
  2. Physical Sciences#3,356 #8,817
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,884 #2,449
  4. Life Sciences#4,332 #6,258
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 Natural History Museum Aarhus specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 50.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 56.6 works51×
  2. EcologySubfield · 29.6 works16×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 34.1 works9.1×
← 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: 7.23× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.24× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.09× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.58× its world share, 66 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Natural History Museum Aarhus?

Ranked on the composite score, Claus Nielsen, Peter Rask Møller and Minik T. Rosing lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Natural History Museum Aarhus.

  1. 1 Claus Nielsen Denmark · #42,050 worldwide 348 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Peter Rask Møller Denmark · #235,695 worldwide 169 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Minik T. Rosing Denmark · #265,081 worldwide 382 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen Denmark · #325,594 worldwide 183 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Alexey Solodovnikov Denmark · #368,961 worldwide 56 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Thomas Pape Denmark · #388,954 worldwide 123 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Kathe R. Jensen Denmark · #474,107 worldwide 106 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 A. K. Pedersen Denmark · #692,878 worldwide 57 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Ib Friis Denmark · #751,470 worldwide 141 citations · 78 works
  10. 10 Niels Krabbe Denmark · #831,438 worldwide 34 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Natural History Museum Aarhus

Which keywords describe research at Natural History Museum Aarhus?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Phylogeny, DNA Barcoding, Invasive Species, Evolution and Taxonomy.

▲ 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 Change49▲ 7.6×54 topics
  2. Biodiversity48▲ 27×22 topics
  3. Biogeography39▲ 63×20 topics
  4. Phylogeny36▲ 100×15 topics
  5. DNA Barcoding34▲ 87×9 topics
  6. Invasive Species34▲ 33×19 topics
  7. Evolution31▲ 52×12 topics
  8. Taxonomy28▲ 90×13 topics
  9. Molecular Phylogeny22▲ 60×9 topics
  10. Morphology22▲ 54×6 topics
  11. Conservation21▲ 20×20 topics
  12. Population Dynamics20▲ 33×11 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis16▲ 22×15 topics
  14. Ecosystem Functioning15▲ 33×7 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation15▲ 28×5 topics
  16. Ecology15▲ 39×9 topics
  17. Global Change14▲ 22×6 topics
  18. Cretaceous14▲ 266×2 topics
  19. Phylogenetics12▲ 117×2 topics
  20. Coleoptera12▲ 256×2 topics
  21. Speciation12▲ 128×2 topics
  22. Diversification12▲ 127×2 topics
  23. Amber Fossils12▲ 530×1 topic
  24. Insect Evolution12▲ 530×1 topic
  25. beetles11▲ 357×1 topic
  26. Conservation Biology11▲ 43×4 topics
  27. Biological Control10▲ 28×8 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services9▲ 9.4×6 topics
  29. Species Delimitation8▲ 79×3 topics
  30. Cryptic Species8▲ 138×2 topics
  31. Benthic Communities8▲ 54×2 topics
  32. Marine Biodiversity8▲ 54×2 topics
  33. Plant-Animal Interactions8▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Pollinator Decline8▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Ecological Niche7▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Species Distribution Modeling7▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Lepidoptera7▲ 153×1 topic
  38. Molecular Phylogenetics7▲ 153×1 topic
  39. Fisheries7▲ 74×2 topics
  40. Biological Invasions7▲ 32×3 topics

Which research topics does Natural History Museum Aarhus publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fossil Insects in Amber, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Plant and animal studies and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Fossil Insects in Amber: 12 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 11 fractional worksPlant and animal studies8Plant and animal studies: 8 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…7Species Distribution and Climate Change: 7 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 7 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 6 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversit…5Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 5 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 5 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 4 fractional worksDiptera species taxonomy and behavior: 4 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcological ModelingGeneticsOceanography2 others

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

  1. 1 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 works
  2. 2 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 7 works
  5. 5 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 7 works
  6. 6 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 6 works
  7. 7 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 5 works
  8. 8 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  9. 9 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 4 works
  10. 10 Diptera species taxonomy and behavior Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.7%domestic only51.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Natural History Museum Aarhus's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.