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Slovenian Forestry Institute

In research, Slovenian Forestry Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,087 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 8.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,134
of 22,385 · #22,465 all time
Rank in Slovenia
#46
of 50
Research works
463
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.5k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Slovenian Forestry Institute

What is Slovenian Forestry Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #10,087 of 10,670 8.7%62 #13922

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Slovenian Forestry Institute 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 Slovenian Forestry Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Slovenian Forestry Institute is in Physical Sciences, 38% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (44%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (32%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 77 fractional works · 57.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 59 fractional works · 44.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 11.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 51 fractional works · 38.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 43 fractional works · 32.1% of its workPlant Science: 19 fractional works · 14.0% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSlovenianForestry…134fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences38%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences3%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science5944.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences86.2%
    3. Engineering86.0%
    4. Chemistry10.4%
    5. Materials Science00.4%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4332.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology86.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting21.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    3. Psychology00.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Social Sciences00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine11.0%
    2. Veterinary10.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Slovenian Forestry Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 59.3 works8.9×
← 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: 6.75× its world share, 43 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.97× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.95× its world share, 59 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.21× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.95×59 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.75×43 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.97×8 works
  4. Veterinary3.21×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.13×8 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×2 works
  7. Engineering0.40×8 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×1 works
  9. Chemistry0.25×0 works
  10. Nursing0.20×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  12. Psychology0.12×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  16. Medicine0.05×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Slovenian Forestry Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Prislan, Tine Grebenc and Tina Unuk Nahberger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Slovenian Forestry Institute.

  1. 1 Peter Prislan Slovenia · #142,761 worldwide 4.5k citations · 144 works
  2. 2 Tine Grebenc Slovenia · #414,411 worldwide 9.7k citations · 170 works
  3. 3 Tina Unuk Nahberger Slovenia · #634,980 worldwide 1.2k citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Jožica Gričar Slovenia · #688,147 worldwide 5.7k citations · 205 works
  5. 5 Mitja Skudnik Slovenia · #882,515 worldwide 1.7k citations · 127 works
  6. 6 Rok Černe Slovenia · #917,176 worldwide 644 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Marjana Westergren Slovenia · #1,175,557 worldwide 1.3k citations · 114 works
  8. 8 Nives Pagon Slovenia · #1,336,480 worldwide 324 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Tom Levanič Slovenia · #1,683,864 worldwide 6k citations · 211 works
  10. 10 Janez Kermavnar Slovenia · #1,797,002 worldwide 714 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Slovenian Forestry Institute

What are the most cited papers from Slovenian Forestry Institute?

The most cited paper from Slovenian Forestry Institute is "Towards a unified paradigm for sequence‐based identification of fungi" (Urmas Kõljalg et al., 2013), with 3,703 citations. Next come "Old World megadroughts and pluvials during the Common Era" (719) and "Critical temperatures for xylogenesis in conifers of cold climates" (623).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Towards a unified paradigm for sequence‐based identification of fungi Urmas Kõljalg et al. · Molecular Ecology Open access 3 Aug 2013 3,703
2 Old World megadroughts and pluvials during the Common Era Edward R. Cook et al. · Science Advances Open access 6 Nov 2015 719
3 Critical temperatures for xylogenesis in conifers of cold climates Sergio Rossi, Annie Deslauriers, Jožica Gričar et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography Open access 10 Sep 2008 623
4 Biogeographical patterns and determinants of invasion by forest pathogens in Europe Alberto Oppermann Santini et al. · New Phytologist Open access 11 Oct 2012 600
5 A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality Maxime Cailleret et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 19 Oct 2016 569
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Slovenian Forestry Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Invasive Species, Global Warming, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, Biological Invasions and Biomass Estimation.

▲ 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. Climate Change38▲ 11×35 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation22▲ 44×7 topics
  3. Invasive Species19▲ 33×13 topics
  4. Global Warming15▲ 26×6 topics
  5. Biodiversity15▲ 15×13 topics
  6. Ecosystem Functioning15▲ 53×5 topics
  7. Biological Invasions13▲ 105×2 topics
  8. Biomass Estimation12▲ 57×3 topics
  9. Forest Management11▲ 135×3 topics
  10. Aboveground Biomass11▲ 94×2 topics
  11. Dead Wood9▲ 393×1 topic
  12. Saproxylic Beetles9▲ 393×1 topic
  13. Sustainability9▲ 2.7×9 topics
  14. Conservation9▲ 15×10 topics
  15. Allometric Models8▲ 134×2 topics
  16. Climate Change Impacts8▲ 52×1 topic
  17. Forest Carbon Sequestration8▲ 310×1 topic
  18. Carbon Stocks8▲ 242×1 topic
  19. Tree Allometry8▲ 242×1 topic
  20. Tropical Forests8▲ 183×2 topics
  21. Bark Beetles8▲ 298×1 topic
  22. Forest Pests8▲ 298×1 topic
  23. Global Change8▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 26×4 topics
  25. Ecosystem Resilience7▲ 36×3 topics
  26. Paleoclimatology7▲ 66×2 topics
  27. Extreme Events7▲ 57×2 topics
  28. Temperature Variability7▲ 294×1 topic
  29. Tree Rings7▲ 294×1 topic
  30. Biomass7▲ 42×3 topics
  31. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 16×10 topics
  32. Bioenergy6▲ 85×2 topics
  33. Drought6▲ 46×2 topics
  34. Evapotranspiration6▲ 55×2 topics
  35. Ecosystem Services6▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Carbon Balance6▲ 88×1 topic
  37. Tree Mortality6▲ 88×1 topic
  38. DNA Barcoding5▲ 23×6 topics
  39. Ecosystem5▲ 38×3 topics
  40. Species Richness5▲ 64×2 topics

Which research topics does Slovenian Forestry Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Forest Management and Policy, Forest ecology and management and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.

Forest Ecology and Biodi…9Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 9 fractional worksForest Management and Po…8Forest Management and Policy: 8 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…8Forest ecology and management: 8 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology an…8Forest Insect Ecology and Management: 8 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 7 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 6 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…5Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 5 fractional worksForest Biomass Utilization and Management: 5 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 4 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 3 fractional works
Insect ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 9 works
  2. 2 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  3. 3 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  4. 4 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 8 works
  5. 5 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 7 works
  6. 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  8. 8 Forest Biomass Utilization and Management Mechanics of Materials 5 works
  9. 9 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 4 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 3 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 available76.5%not open23.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.1%domestic only62.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Slovenian Forestry Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Slovenian Forestry Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Slovenian Forestry Institute0.00041% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Slovenian Forestry Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Slovenian Forestry Institute6.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.5% in 2022.

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