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Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre

In research, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,551 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,914 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,800
of 28,054 · #6,582 all time
Rank in Germany
#318
of 1,178
Research works
743
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
42.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre 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 #1,551 of 3,551 44.3%62 #1055
Physical SciencesDomain #5,914 of 12,888 42.7%81 #5331

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre 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).

What does Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 61.5 works7.9×
← 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: 4.69× its world share, 35 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.57× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.23× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.92× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas Mueller, Thomas Hickler and Miklós Bálint lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre.

  1. 1 Thomas Mueller Germany · #51,965 worldwide 377 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Thomas Hickler Germany · #52,577 worldwide 586 citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Miklós Bálint Germany · #99,750 worldwide 363 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Thomas Kästner Germany · #116,130 worldwide 211 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Peter Manning Germany · #149,589 worldwide 854 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Matthias Schleuning Germany · #187,456 worldwide 348 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Jörg Steinkamp Germany · #223,536 worldwide 235 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Imke Schmitt Germany · #256,415 worldwide 189 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Angelica Feurdean Germany · #261,710 worldwide 174 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Andreas Mulch Germany · #564,247 worldwide 269 citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Phylogenetic Analysis, Habitat Fragmentation, Global Change, Conservation and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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 Change44▲ 11×63 topics
  2. Biodiversity26▲ 22×23 topics
  3. Invasive Species20▲ 29×18 topics
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis16▲ 35×14 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation15▲ 44×5 topics
  6. Global Change15▲ 37×6 topics
  7. Conservation15▲ 22×18 topics
  8. Biogeography11▲ 26×18 topics
  9. Population Dynamics11▲ 27×10 topics
  10. Ecosystem10▲ 56×4 topics
  11. Biological Invasions9▲ 64×3 topics
  12. Community Ecology9▲ 67×2 topics
  13. Model Evaluation9▲ 44×2 topics
  14. Species Richness9▲ 86×2 topics
  15. Functional Diversity8▲ 97×1 topic
  16. Conservation Biology8▲ 51×4 topics
  17. Genetic Diversity8▲ 12×10 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services8▲ 13×9 topics
  19. DNA Barcoding7▲ 28×8 topics
  20. Land Use Change7▲ 14×5 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 11×11 topics
  22. Ecological Niche6▲ 68×1 topic
  23. Species Distribution Modeling6▲ 68×1 topic
  24. Taxonomy5▲ 26×10 topics
  25. Ecosystem Functioning5▲ 17×7 topics
  26. Molecular Phylogeny5▲ 21×11 topics
  27. Plant-Animal Interactions5▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Pollinator Decline5▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Ecosystem Resilience5▲ 20×5 topics
  30. Habitat Selection5▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Holocene5▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 22×4 topics
  33. Sea Level4▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Paleoclimatology4▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Symbiosis4▲ 30×3 topics
  36. Genetic Structure4▲ 39×4 topics
  37. Trophic Cascades4▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Water Resources4▲ 11×7 topics
  40. Population Genetics4▲ 19×4 topics

Which research topics does Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and animal studies and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 8 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 6 fractional worksPlant and animal studies5Plant and animal studies: 5 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…4Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resistance: 3 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…3Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 3 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 2 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcological ModelingEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAtmospheric Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 6 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  6. 6 Plant Pathogens and Resistance Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 3 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 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 available67.9%not open32.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.2%domestic only40.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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