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Oeko Institut

In research, Oeko Institut stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,823 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,875
of 22,385 · #13,058 all time
Rank in Germany
#514
of 795
Research works
401
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.9k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Oeko Institut

What is Oeko Institut 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,823 of 17,446 10.5%219

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oeko Institut 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 Oeko Institut work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Oeko Institut is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Environmental Science (18%), Engineering (17%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 41 fractional works · 50.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 18.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 17.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 32.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 19.2% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKOeko Institut83fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences32%

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 Science1518.1%
    2. Engineering1417.0%
    3. Computer Science45.4%
    4. Energy44.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.9%
    6. Materials Science21.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    8. Chemistry00.5%
    1. Social Sciences1619.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting45.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities33.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.1%
    5. Psychology11.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences67.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine33.9%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Veterinary10.9%
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: 1.49× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.93× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.14× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.64× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 6.68× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.58× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.68×1 works
  2. Energy4.93×4 works
  3. Environmental Science3.64×15 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.58×4 works
  5. Social Sciences1.52×16 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.49×6 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.19×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.17×3 works
  9. Engineering1.14×14 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.96×2 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×3 works
  12. Computer Science0.69×4 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.64×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.56×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.53×2 works
  16. Psychology0.53×1 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.35×1 works
  19. Health Professions0.34×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.30×0 works
  21. Medicine0.20×3 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Oeko Institut?

Ranked on the quality score, Gerhard Kelter, Dierk Bauknecht and Matthias Buchert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oeko Institut.

  1. 1 Gerhard Kelter Germany · #783,767 worldwide 2.6k citations · 163 works
  2. 2 Dierk Bauknecht Germany · #916,737 worldwide 1.2k citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Matthias Buchert Germany · #1,005,722 worldwide 4.2k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Sibylle Braungardt Germany · #1,104,020 worldwide 562 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Uwe R. Fritsche Germany · #1,715,951 worldwide 1.7k citations · 126 works
  6. 6 Franziska Flachsbarth Germany · #2,017,824 worldwide 204 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Dirk Arne Heyen Germany · #2,152,822 worldwide 280 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Jens Gercken Germany · #2,347,161 worldwide 1.1k citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Kirsten Wiegmann Germany · #2,460,682 worldwide 236 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Dirk Bunke Germany · #2,587,860 worldwide 2.4k citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Oeko Institut

What are the most cited papers from Oeko Institut?

The most cited paper from Oeko Institut is "Function and Activation of NF-kappaB in the Immune System" (Patrick A. Baeuerle, Thomas Henkel, 1994), with 4,729 citations. Next come "Recycling of rare earths: a critical review" (2,383) and "The EMT-activator ZEB1 promotes tumorigenicity by repressing stemness-inhibiting microRNAs" (1,707).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Function and Activation of NF-kappaB in the Immune System Patrick A. Baeuerle, Thomas Henkel · Annual Review of Immunology Apr 1994 4,729
2 Recycling of rare earths: a critical review Koen Binnemans, Peter Tom Jones, Bart Blanpain et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 5 Jan 2013 2,383
3 The EMT-activator ZEB1 promotes tumorigenicity by repressing stemness-inhibiting microRNAs Ulrich Friedrich Wellner, Jörg Schubert, Ulrike Burk et al. · Nature Cell Biology 22 Nov 2009 1,707
4 Life cycle environmental impacts of chemical recycling via pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste in comparison with mechanical recycling and energy recovery Harish Kumar Jeswani, Christian Krüger, Manfred Russ et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 7 Jan 2021 623
5 Effectiveness through risk reduction: a comparison of the renewable obligation in England and Wales and the feed-in system in Germany Catherine Mitchell, Dierk Bauknecht, Peter Connor · Energy Policy 12 Oct 2004 536
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Oeko Institut?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Environmental Impact, Climate Change, Sustainability, Energy Transition, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Sustainable Development and Character Education.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy11▲ 9.2×14 topics
  2. Climate Change8▲ 3.5×34 topics
  3. Sustainability7▲ 3.5×22 topics
  4. Environmental Impact7▲ 4.8×19 topics
  5. Energy Transition5▲ 40×4 topics
  6. Sustainable Development5▲ 3.6×11 topics
  7. Education4▲ 2.8×10 topics
  8. Greenhouse Gas Emissions4▲ 16×4 topics
  9. Innovation3▲ 3.5×8 topics
  10. Character Education3▲ 7.2×3 topics
  11. District Heating3▲ 63×1 topic
  12. Energy Systems3▲ 60×1 topic
  13. Islamic Education3▲ 9.6×3 topics
  14. Urban Development3▲ 9.0×8 topics
  15. Online Learning2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  16. Curriculum Development2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  17. Energy Efficiency2▲ 3.2×4 topics
  18. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Carbon Footprint2▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Climate Change Adaptation2▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Resilience2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  22. Social-Ecological Systems2▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Circular Economy2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  24. IoT2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  25. Sustainability Assessment2▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Adaptive Governance2▲ 89×1 topic
  27. Environmental Policy2▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Sustainability Transitions2▲ 80×1 topic
  29. Conservation2▲ 5.6×9 topics
  30. Embodied Energy2▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  32. Water Footprint2▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Local Wisdom2▲ 4.9×2 topics
  34. Nuclear Fuel2▲ 142×1 topic
  35. Radiation Protection2▲ 142×1 topic
  36. Communication2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  37. European Union2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  38. Kampus Merdeka2▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Merdeka Belajar2▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Public Perception2▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Oeko Institut publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Integrated Energy Systems Optimization, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Environmental Impact and Sustainability and Nuclear and radioactivity studies.

Integrated Energy System…3Integrated Energy Systems Optimization: 3 fractional worksSustainability and Clima…2Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and…2Environmental Impact and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…2Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 2 fractional worksEducational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 2 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Policy an…1Climate Change Policy and Economics: 1 fractional worksHealth and Education Stu…1Health and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…1Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 1 fractional worksEducation and Character …1Education and Character Development: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality4 others

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

  1. 1 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  3. 3 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  5. 5 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 2 works
  6. 6 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Health and Education Studies Education 1 works
  9. 9 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Education and Character Development Education 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.1%domestic only72.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Oeko Institut's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Oeko Institut as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Oeko Institut0.00044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Oeko Institut over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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