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Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment

In research, Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,680 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Paleontology is 180.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,275
of 28,054 · #6,185 all time
Rank in Germany
#228
of 1,178
Research works
381
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.9k
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
49.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment 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 #7,680 of 21,541 51.4%145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment 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 Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 180.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 22.6 works181×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 29.1 works18×
← 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: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.52× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.87× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.40× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.35× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 17.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography, Sex Determination and Mammal Evolution.

▲ 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. Hominin Genetics15▲ 680×1 topic
  2. Paleolithic Archaeology15▲ 680×1 topic
  3. Climate Change11▲ 3.8×22 topics
  4. Agricultural Origins10▲ 281×1 topic
  5. Radiocarbon Dating10▲ 281×1 topic
  6. Molecular Phylogeny9▲ 57×6 topics
  7. Biogeography8▲ 31×5 topics
  8. Sex Determination8▲ 199×2 topics
  9. Age Estimation8▲ 116×1 topic
  10. Mammal Evolution8▲ 381×1 topic
  11. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis8▲ 381×1 topic
  12. Skeletal Development8▲ 317×1 topic
  13. Evolution7▲ 28×7 topics
  14. Population Dynamics7▲ 27×7 topics
  15. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 22×7 topics
  16. Holocene5▲ 42×3 topics
  17. Conservation5▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Sea Level5▲ 47×2 topics
  19. Glacial Cycles4▲ 60×1 topic
  20. Paleoclimatology4▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Archaeology4▲ 30×8 topics
  22. Cretaceous4▲ 180×2 topics
  23. Morphology4▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Ancient DNA4▲ 71×3 topics
  25. Dinosaur4▲ 297×1 topic
  26. Human Evolution4▲ 171×2 topics
  27. Paleontology4▲ 297×1 topic
  28. Altruism3▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Cooperation3▲ 43×2 topics
  30. Cognition3▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Primates3▲ 145×1 topic
  32. Social Behavior3▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Ecology3▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Genomic Analysis2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  35. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  36. Stable Isotopes2▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Trophic Position2▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Fisheries2▲ 49×2 topics
  39. Forensic Genetics2▲ 144×1 topic
  40. Population History2▲ 144×1 topic

Which research topics does Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Pleistocene-Era Hominins…15Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 15 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 10 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 8 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontolo…8Evolution and Paleontology Studies: 8 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 4 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 3 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 2 fractional worksForensic and Genetic Research: 2 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 2 fractional works
AnthropologyPaleontologyArcheologyAtmospheric Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 15 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 10 works
  3. 3 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 8 works
  4. 4 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 8 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  6. 6 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 4 works
  7. 7 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available59.8%not open40.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.1%domestic only47.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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