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Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M

In research, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,064 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,816 of 3,551 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#897 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Paleontology is 99.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,634
of 28,054 · #7,129 all time
Rank in Germany
#308
of 1,178
Research works
1.9k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M 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 #5,064 of 12,888 29.1%164 #5658
Environmental ScienceField #1,816 of 3,551 29.6%75 #1757
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #897 of 1,209 30.6%75 #1334
Life SciencesDomain #6,541 of 7,800 24.8%97 #7600

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M 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. Physical Sciences#5,658 #5,064
  2. Environmental Science#1,757 #1,816
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,334 #897
  4. Life Sciences#7,600 #6,541
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 Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 99.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 35.3 works100×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 39.6 works29×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 74.8 works16×
  4. EcologySubfield · 33.8 works15×
← 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: 4.29× its world share, 60 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.29× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16.30× its world share, 75 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.14× its world share, 75 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 16.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M?

Ranked on the composite score, Angela A Bruch, Willi Ziegler and Krister T. Smith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M.

  1. 1 Angela A Bruch Germany · #143,940 worldwide 216 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Willi Ziegler Germany · #215,648 worldwide 289 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Krister T. Smith Germany · #226,865 worldwide 191 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Peter Haase Germany · #245,539 worldwide 247 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Steffen U. Pauls Germany · #253,634 worldwide 159 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Juraj Paule Germany · #306,235 worldwide 266 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Walter Riegel Germany · #456,171 worldwide 96 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Dieter Kock Germany · #482,073 worldwide 61 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Stefan Stoll Germany · #484,173 worldwide 136 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Gérald Mayr Germany · #486,039 worldwide 221 citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M

Which keywords describe research at Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M?

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

▲ 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 Change52▲ 6.7×45 topics
  2. Biogeography52▲ 68×20 topics
  3. Biodiversity37▲ 17×20 topics
  4. Invasive Species35▲ 28×19 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis34▲ 38×13 topics
  6. Molecular Phylogeny34▲ 74×10 topics
  7. Evolution26▲ 36×13 topics
  8. Conservation26▲ 20×17 topics
  9. Phylogeny25▲ 58×15 topics
  10. Population Dynamics23▲ 31×8 topics
  11. Taxonomy22▲ 57×13 topics
  12. Ecology22▲ 48×8 topics
  13. DNA Barcoding21▲ 44×9 topics
  14. Ecosystem Functioning20▲ 35×7 topics
  15. Morphology16▲ 32×6 topics
  16. Cretaceous16▲ 253×2 topics
  17. Habitat Fragmentation16▲ 24×5 topics
  18. Benthic Communities13▲ 78×2 topics
  19. Marine Biodiversity13▲ 78×2 topics
  20. Holocene13▲ 38×3 topics
  21. Sea Level12▲ 44×2 topics
  22. Adaptive Radiation12▲ 140×2 topics
  23. Phylogenetics12▲ 90×3 topics
  24. Marine Ecosystems11▲ 73×2 topics
  25. Dinosaur11▲ 313×1 topic
  26. Paleoclimatology11▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Paleontology11▲ 313×1 topic
  28. Glacial Cycles11▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Monsoon Dynamics11▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Mammal Evolution11▲ 181×1 topic
  31. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis11▲ 181×1 topic
  32. Conservation Biology10▲ 35×4 topics
  33. Hydrothermal Vents10▲ 94×2 topics
  34. Phylogenetic Relationships10▲ 51×2 topics
  35. Deep-Sea Ecology10▲ 118×1 topic
  36. Estuarine Quality10▲ 118×1 topic
  37. Fisheries10▲ 90×2 topics
  38. Biodiversity Loss9▲ 63×3 topics
  39. Migration9▲ 9.3×3 topics
  40. Species Delimitation9▲ 70×3 topics

Which research topics does Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Evolution and Paleontology Studies and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Paleontology and Evoluti…11Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 11 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…11Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 11 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontolo…11Evolution and Paleontology Studies: 11 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…10Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 10 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 9 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 8 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…7Plant Diversity and Evolution: 7 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 5 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 5 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 5 fractional works
PaleontologyAtmospheric ScienceOceanographyNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 11 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 11 works
  3. 3 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 11 works
  4. 4 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 10 works
  5. 5 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  6. 6 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 8 works
  7. 7 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 5 works
  9. 9 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 5 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 5 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.4%domestic only55.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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