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Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

In research, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,178 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,645 of 3,551 worldwide) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (#204 of 255 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation — Paleontology is 231.5× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#13,627
of 28,054 · #17,677 all time
Rank in Germany
#526
of 1,178
Research works
1.5k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart 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 #8,178 of 12,888 15.4%200 #12448
Environmental ScienceField #2,645 of 3,551 16.0%72 #3194
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #204 of 255 10.5%91 #598
PaleontologySubfield #25 of 31 15.5%103 #221
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,767 of 3,409 12.3%127 #3977
Life SciencesDomain #6,976 of 7,800 12.9%161 #11997
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,097 of 1,209 15.2%118 #2326

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart 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#12,448 #8,178
  2. Environmental Science#3,194 #2,645
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#598 #204
  4. Paleontology#221 #25
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,977 #2,767
  6. Life Sciences#11,997 #6,976
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences#2,326 #1,097
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 Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 231.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 103.1 works232×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 90.8 works52×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 29.5 works34×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 117.9 works20×
  5. EcologySubfield · 24.9 works8.6×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 7.22× its world share, 127 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.62× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20.36× its world share, 118 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.92× its world share, 72 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 20.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart?

Ranked on the composite score, M. C. Orr, Rainer R. Schoch and Günter Bechly lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart.

  1. 1 M. C. Orr Germany · #474,934 worldwide 0 citations · 178 works
  2. 2 Rainer R. Schoch Germany · #779,035 worldwide 152 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Günter Bechly Germany · #907,879 worldwide 33 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Günter Schweigert Germany · #961,120 worldwide 101 citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Wolfgang Schawaller Germany · #1,059,918 worldwide 19 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Erin E. Maxwell Germany · #1,103,091 worldwide 57 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Arnaud Faille Germany · #1,129,646 worldwide 23 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Hossein Rajaei Germany · #1,139,846 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Samuel Lewis Cooper Germany · #1,153,254 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Ronald Fricke Germany · #1,157,099 worldwide 32 citations · 1,044 works
All ranked researchers at Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

Which keywords describe research at Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart?

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

▲ 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. Evolution81▲ 89×14 topics
  2. Biogeography75▲ 78×19 topics
  3. Phylogenetic Analysis74▲ 66×14 topics
  4. Biodiversity73▲ 27×21 topics
  5. Cretaceous73▲ 926×2 topics
  6. Morphology73▲ 114×7 topics
  7. Molecular Phylogeny67▲ 117×9 topics
  8. Phylogeny64▲ 114×16 topics
  9. Conservation52▲ 32×17 topics
  10. Invasive Species50▲ 32×20 topics
  11. Dinosaur45▲ 1010×1 topic
  12. Paleontology45▲ 1010×1 topic
  13. Climate Change43▲ 4.3×35 topics
  14. Taxonomy41▲ 86×13 topics
  15. DNA Barcoding38▲ 64×9 topics
  16. Population Dynamics38▲ 41×11 topics
  17. Ecology37▲ 65×7 topics
  18. Phylogenetics34▲ 205×2 topics
  19. Habitat Fragmentation28▲ 34×5 topics
  20. Amber Fossils28▲ 814×1 topic
  21. Insect Evolution28▲ 814×1 topic
  22. Fisheries24▲ 170×2 topics
  23. Adaptive Radiation24▲ 216×2 topics
  24. Marine Ecosystems23▲ 120×2 topics
  25. Global Change23▲ 24×5 topics
  26. Paleoproductivity23▲ 219×1 topic
  27. Paleoredox23▲ 219×1 topic
  28. Migration22▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Rays22▲ 307×1 topic
  30. Sharks22▲ 307×1 topic
  31. Mammal Evolution22▲ 299×1 topic
  32. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis22▲ 299×1 topic
  33. Diversification16▲ 115×2 topics
  34. Ecosystem Services15▲ 11×6 topics
  35. Coleoptera15▲ 207×2 topics
  36. Plant-Animal Interactions14▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Pollinator Decline14▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Cryptic Species14▲ 161×2 topics
  39. Biodiversity Loss14▲ 72×3 topics
  40. Freshwater13▲ 73×2 topics

Which research topics does Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Fossil Insects in Amber, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

  1. 1 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 45 works
  2. 2 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 28 works
  3. 3 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 23 works
  4. 4 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 22 works
  5. 5 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 22 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
  7. 7 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 11 works
  8. 8 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  9. 9 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 10 works
  10. 10 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 9 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 available73.5%not open26.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors69.5%domestic only30.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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