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Naturalis Biodiversity Center

In research, Naturalis Biodiversity Center stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,356 of 3,409 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,466 of 3,551 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,272 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Insect Science — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 52.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,394
of 28,054 · #7,312 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#49
of 237
Research works
2.7k
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
39k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Naturalis Biodiversity Center 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,356 of 3,409 13.4%229 #1040
Environmental ScienceField #1,466 of 3,551 19.2%140 #1318
Life SciencesDomain #3,272 of 7,800 14.4%310 #4375
Physical SciencesDomain #6,022 of 12,888 18.2%243 #7776
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #126 of 255 11.9%151 #306
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,937 of 3,579 16.6%76 #3951
EcologySubfield #447 of 578 17.6%66 #634
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,024 of 1,209 20.1%71 #1889

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Naturalis Biodiversity Center 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,040 #1,356
  2. Environmental Science#1,318 #1,466
  3. Life Sciences#4,375 #3,272
  4. Physical Sciences#7,776 #6,022
  5. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#306 #126
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,951 #1,937
  7. Ecology#634 #447
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,889 #1,024
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 Naturalis Biodiversity Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 52.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 150.7 works53×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 33.7 works46×
  3. Insect ScienceSubfield · 33.7 works20×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 28.3 works17×
  5. EcologySubfield · 66.1 works14×
← 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: 7.93× its world share, 229 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.35× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.48× its world share, 71 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.63× its world share, 140 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Naturalis Biodiversity Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Hans ter Steege, Frederic Lens and L.J.G. van der Maesen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

  1. 1 Hans ter Steege Netherlands · #9,543 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Frederic Lens Netherlands · #94,329 worldwide 308 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 L.J.G. van der Maesen Netherlands · #117,066 worldwide 176 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Olaf Bánki Netherlands · #118,563 worldwide 323 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Menno Reemer Netherlands · #129,431 worldwide 142 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Bert W. Hoeksema Netherlands · #178,341 worldwide 268 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Jeremy A. Miller Netherlands · #192,089 worldwide 123 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 C. van Achterberg Netherlands · #273,024 worldwide 244 citations · 94 works
  9. 9 Charles H. J. M. Fransen Netherlands · #331,082 worldwide 148 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Frank P. Wesselingh Netherlands · #375,326 worldwide 124 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Which keywords describe research at Naturalis Biodiversity Center?

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

▲ 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. Biodiversity140▲ 31×27 topics
  2. Invasive Species124▲ 48×20 topics
  3. Biogeography121▲ 76×20 topics
  4. Climate Change117▲ 7.1×52 topics
  5. Phylogeny95▲ 104×17 topics
  6. Taxonomy80▲ 102×14 topics
  7. Molecular Phylogeny61▲ 65×11 topics
  8. DNA Barcoding59▲ 60×9 topics
  9. Evolution58▲ 38×14 topics
  10. Habitat Fragmentation55▲ 41×5 topics
  11. Global Change50▲ 32×6 topics
  12. Conservation47▲ 18×18 topics
  13. Ecology44▲ 47×8 topics
  14. Ecosystem Functioning42▲ 37×7 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services42▲ 18×9 topics
  16. Population Dynamics39▲ 25×12 topics
  17. Plant-Animal Interactions34▲ 67×1 topic
  18. Pollinator Decline34▲ 67×1 topic
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis34▲ 18×15 topics
  20. Morphology32▲ 30×7 topics
  21. Biological Control30▲ 33×9 topics
  22. Phylogenetics29▲ 109×2 topics
  23. Conservation Biology28▲ 46×4 topics
  24. Benthic Communities26▲ 72×2 topics
  25. Marine Biodiversity26▲ 72×2 topics
  26. Diversification26▲ 109×2 topics
  27. Phylogenetic Relationships22▲ 52×4 topics
  28. Cryptic Species22▲ 155×2 topics
  29. Deep-Sea Ecology19▲ 105×1 topic
  30. Estuarine Quality19▲ 105×1 topic
  31. Hydrothermal Vents19▲ 84×2 topics
  32. Biological Invasions19▲ 35×3 topics
  33. Adaptive Radiation19▲ 105×2 topics
  34. Ecological Niche18▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Species Distribution Modeling18▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Ocean Acidification17▲ 39×3 topics
  37. Evolutionary History17▲ 96×2 topics
  38. Host Specificity17▲ 24×5 topics
  39. Cretaceous17▲ 129×2 topics
  40. Angiosperm Phylogeny16▲ 103×1 topic

Which research topics does Naturalis Biodiversity Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Plant Diversity and Evolution.

Plant and animal studies34Plant and animal studies: 34 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 19 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…18Species Distribution and Climate Change: 18 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…16Plant Diversity and Evolution: 16 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber: 13 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 13 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…13Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 13 fractional worksHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny: 11 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 10 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 10 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsOceanographyEcological ModelingPaleontology2 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 34 works
  2. 2 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 19 works
  3. 3 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 18 works
  4. 4 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 16 works
  5. 5 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13 works
  6. 6 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 13 works
  7. 7 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 13 works
  8. 8 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 works
  9. 9 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  10. 10 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 10 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 available73.3%not open26.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.4%domestic only40.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Naturalis Biodiversity Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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