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Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden

In research, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,744 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 19.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,454
of 28,054 · #18,967 all time
Rank in Germany
#643
of 1,178
Research works
444
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.9k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,744 of 12,888 17.8%63 #12240

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden 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 Natural History Collections Dresden specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 19.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 28.9 works20×
← 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: 4.07× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.03× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19.59× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.78× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 19.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden?

Ranked on the composite score, Ulf Linnemann, Ulf Linnemann and Lutz Kunzmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden.

  1. 1 Ulf Linnemann Germany · #465,440 worldwide 180 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Ulf Linnemann Germany · #624,551 worldwide 124 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Lutz Kunzmann Germany · #678,848 worldwide 74 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Andreas Gärtner Germany · #834,459 worldwide 148 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Markus Wilmsen Germany · #890,721 worldwide 136 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Mandy Hofmann Germany · #901,521 worldwide 128 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Uwe Fritz Germany · #1,323,337 worldwide 45 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Johannes Zieger Germany · #1,585,006 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden

Which keywords describe research at Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden?

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

▲ 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 Change20▲ 7.7×20 topics
  2. Biodiversity19▲ 28×17 topics
  3. Population Dynamics17▲ 72×8 topics
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis16▲ 56×9 topics
  5. Biogeography14▲ 57×16 topics
  6. Conservation14▲ 33×12 topics
  7. Evolution10▲ 44×12 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 49×4 topics
  9. Invasive Species10▲ 25×18 topics
  10. Conservation Biology9▲ 93×3 topics
  11. Tectonics9▲ 79×3 topics
  12. Biodiversity Loss9▲ 178×2 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity8▲ 20×5 topics
  14. Morphology8▲ 52×5 topics
  15. Ecology8▲ 57×5 topics
  16. Molecular Phylogeny8▲ 52×8 topics
  17. Plate Tectonics7▲ 48×3 topics
  18. Amphibian Declines7▲ 304×1 topic
  19. Chytridiomycosis7▲ 304×1 topic
  20. Phylogeny6▲ 45×14 topics
  21. Geochronology6▲ 92×1 topic
  22. Zircon6▲ 92×1 topic
  23. Genetic Structure6▲ 86×3 topics
  24. Fish6▲ 158×1 topic
  25. Length-Weight Relationships6▲ 158×1 topic
  26. Taxonomy6▲ 45×11 topics
  27. Adaptation5▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Cavefish5▲ 481×1 topic
  29. Subterranean5▲ 481×1 topic
  30. DNA Barcoding4▲ 29×8 topics
  31. Global Change4▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Species Delimitation4▲ 89×3 topics
  33. Environmental Impacts3▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Paleoproductivity3▲ 122×1 topic
  35. Paleoredox3▲ 122×1 topic
  36. Adaptive Evolution3▲ 59×2 topics
  37. Bycatch3▲ 283×1 topic
  38. Marine Turtles3▲ 283×1 topic
  39. Subduction3▲ 43×2 topics
  40. Fisheries3▲ 76×2 topics

Which research topics does Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies and Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy.

Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 7 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 6 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology…6Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 6 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversit…5Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 5 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 3 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…3Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 3 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 2 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeGeophysicsAquatic SciencePaleontology4 others

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

  1. 1 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  3. 3 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 6 works
  4. 4 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 5 works
  5. 5 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 3 works
  6. 6 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 2 works
  9. 9 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 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 available52.1%not open47.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.8%domestic only47.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher 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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