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State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe

In research, State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,525 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#985 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,867 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Forestry is 34.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,968
of 28,054 · #24,937 all time
Rank in Germany
#538
of 1,178
Research works
1.1k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.8k
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

What is State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,525 of 3,409 4.4%558 #3135
Plant ScienceSubfield #985 of 1,395 3.6%379 #2495
Life SciencesDomain #5,867 of 7,800 4.4%702 #11383
Food ScienceSubfield #445 of 492 3.6%62 —
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #232 of 255 8.7%77 #841
Health SciencesDomain #11,573 of 11,982 5.6%87 —
MedicineField #10,126 of 10,443 5.2%77 —
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,531 of 3,579 4.3%110 #7744
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,165 of 2,175 3.2%82 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,135 #1,525
  2. Plant Science#2,495 #985
  3. Life Sciences#11,383 #5,867
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#841 #232
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#7,744 #3,531
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 State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 34.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 30.1 works34×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 378.6 works26×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 77.3 works20×
  4. PharmacologySubfield · 26.9 works17×
  5. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 557.9 works14×
  6. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 25.3 works10×
  7. Food ScienceSubfield · 61.6 works9.6×
← 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: 13.91× its world share, 558 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.44× its world share, 110 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9.54× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.82× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 2.36× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe?

Ranked on the composite score, Eberhard Frey, Martin Husemann and Hubert Höfer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe.

  1. 1 Eberhard Frey Germany · #559,373 worldwide 165 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Martin Husemann Germany · #938,226 worldwide 143 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Hubert Höfer Germany · #1,118,612 worldwide 45 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Alexander Riedel Germany · #1,121,549 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Markus Scholler Germany · #1,223,720 worldwide 46 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Ole-Kristian Odin Schall Germany · #1,536,565 worldwide 0 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe

Which keywords describe research at State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicinal Plants, Herbal Medicine, Antioxidant, Phytochemical Constituents, Ethnobotanical Survey, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Antioxidant Activity and Anti-inflammatory.

▲ 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. Medicinal Plants421▲ 124×17 topics
  2. Herbal Medicine202▲ 83×11 topics
  3. Antioxidant190▲ 33×38 topics
  4. Phytochemical Constituents180▲ 729×2 topics
  5. Ethnobotanical Survey180▲ 693×1 topic
  6. Traditional Ecological Knowledge180▲ 507×1 topic
  7. Antioxidant Activity143▲ 27×24 topics
  8. Anti-inflammatory139▲ 59×26 topics
  9. Biological Activities101▲ 75×8 topics
  10. Biogeography96▲ 44×19 topics
  11. Phylogeny90▲ 70×15 topics
  12. Flavonoids89▲ 40×10 topics
  13. Phytochemistry79▲ 77×9 topics
  14. Natural Products69▲ 56×5 topics
  15. Ethnopharmacology65▲ 146×4 topics
  16. Traditional Chinese Medicine60▲ 59×3 topics
  17. Herbal Medicines59▲ 336×2 topics
  18. Iridoids56▲ 202×1 topic
  19. Phenylethanoids56▲ 202×1 topic
  20. Essential Oils55▲ 57×3 topics
  21. Pharmacology55▲ 26×18 topics
  22. Antimicrobial Activity54▲ 38×6 topics
  23. Mode of Action52▲ 65×2 topics
  24. Antibacterial Agents52▲ 67×1 topic
  25. Food Preservation52▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Ethnobotany52▲ 104×5 topics
  27. Cancer51▲ 4.5×14 topics
  28. Antioxidants46▲ 12×9 topics
  29. Apoptosis46▲ 18×7 topics
  30. Pharmacological Studies43▲ 193×2 topics
  31. Traditional Knowledge42▲ 120×3 topics
  32. Taxonomy42▲ 38×12 topics
  33. Brazilian Pharmacopoeia41▲ 341×1 topic
  34. Nutritional Value41▲ 44×3 topics
  35. Toxicological Studies41▲ 341×1 topic
  36. Evolution40▲ 19×11 topics
  37. Phytochemical Analysis39▲ 60×3 topics
  38. Cyperus38▲ 355×1 topic
  39. essential oil38▲ 355×1 topic
  40. Triterpenoids37▲ 66×3 topics

Which research topics does State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity and Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications.

Ethnobotanical and Medic…180Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 180 fractional worksPhytochemistry and Biolo…56Phytochemistry and Biological Activities: 56 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antim…52Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 52 fractional worksPhytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications: 41 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 38 fractional worksNatural product bioactiv…31Natural product bioactivities and synthesis: 31 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 30 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 26 fractional worksPlant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties: 17 fractional worksPlant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies: 17 fractional works
Plant ScienceFood ScienceMolecular BiologyForestry2 others

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

  1. 1 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 180 works
  2. 2 Phytochemistry and Biological Activities Plant Science 56 works
  3. 3 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 52 works
  4. 4 Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications Plant Science 41 works
  5. 5 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 38 works
  6. 6 Natural product bioactivities and synthesis Molecular Biology 31 works
  7. 7 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 30 works
  8. 8 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 26 works
  9. 9 Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties Molecular Biology 17 works
  10. 10 Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 17 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 available13.3%not open86.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors85.4%domestic only14.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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