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Statistics Austria

In research, Statistics Austria stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,761 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,473 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,519
of 22,385 · #3,215 all time
Rank in Austria
#46
of 143
Research works
1.4k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Statistics Austria

What is Statistics Austria 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,761 of 9,902 15.0%87 #1958
MedicineField #2,473 of 8,541 16.0%76 #1800

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Statistics Austria 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 Statistics Austria work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Statistics Austria is in Health Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (38%), Mathematics (9%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 94 fractional works · 43.1% of its workMedicine: 83 fractional works · 38.2% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 28.1% of its workMathematics: 20 fractional works · 9.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 13 fractional works · 6.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 22.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKStatisticsAustria218fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences22%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8338.2%
    2. Health Professions73.4%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Dentistry10.7%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Mathematics209.1%
    2. Computer Science188.2%
    3. Engineering115.0%
    4. Environmental Science94.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    6. Chemistry10.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences167.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance94.4%
    3. Decision Sciences83.7%
    4. Psychology62.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities42.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting42.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology31.4%
    3. Neuroscience20.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 7.77× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.98× its world share, 83 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.82× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics7.77×20 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.82×8 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.04×10 works
  4. Medicine1.98×83 works
  5. Nursing1.47×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.37×3 works
  7. Dentistry1.35×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.28×7 works
  9. Veterinary1.07×0 works
  10. Computer Science1.06×18 works
  11. Psychology0.92×6 works
  12. Environmental Science0.80×9 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×8 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.68×4 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×4 works
  16. Social Sciences0.57×16 works
  17. Neuroscience0.55×2 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.42×2 works
  19. Engineering0.33×11 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×2 works
  23. Chemistry0.17×1 works
  24. Energy0.17×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Statistics Austria?

Ranked on the quality score, Monika Hackl, Jeannette Klimont and Péter Bauer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Statistics Austria.

  1. 1 Monika Hackl Austria · #54,126 worldwide 15k citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Jeannette Klimont Austria · #206,941 worldwide 12k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Péter Bauer Austria · #267,694 worldwide 12k citations · 316 works
  4. 4 Alexander Kowarik Austria · #1,787,203 worldwide 1.2k citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Arthur Ruppin Austria · #2,309,484 worldwide 148 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Lena Wittmann Austria · #2,334,268 worldwide 30 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Bernhard Meindl Austria · #2,377,762 worldwide 254 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Nicolai Jork Austria · #2,598,223 worldwide 44 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Monika Mühlböck Austria · #2,729,754 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Sebastian Brunner Austria · #2,825,103 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Statistics Austria

What are the most cited papers from Statistics Austria?

The most cited paper from Statistics Austria is "Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics" (Robert C. Gentleman et al., 2004), with 12,632 citations. Next come "EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2016 update" (5,808) and "Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19: systematic review and critical appraisal" (3,312).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics Robert C. Gentleman et al. · Genome biology Open access 15 Sep 2004 12,632
2 EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2016 update Josef S Smolen et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 6 Mar 2017 5,808
3 Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19: systematic review and critical appraisal Laure Wynants et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 7 Apr 2020 3,312
4 EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2022 update Josef S Smolen et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 10 Nov 2022 1,921
5 Variable selection – A review and recommendations for the practicing statistician Georg Heinze, Christine Wallisch, Daniela Dunkler · Biometrical Journal Open access 2 Jan 2018 1,728
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Statistics Austria?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Bayesian Methods, Survival Analysis, Model Selection, Machine Learning, Variable Selection and Biomarkers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 1.78×62 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 2.6×36 topics
  3. Machine Learning11▲ 1.49×27 topics
  4. Climate Change9▲ 1.47×26 topics
  5. Deep Learning8◆ 1.07×24 topics
  6. Quality of Life7▲ 2.2×21 topics
  7. Bayesian Methods6▲ 55×2 topics
  8. Biomarkers6▲ 3.8×13 topics
  9. Public Health6▲ 1.73×19 topics
  10. Survival Analysis5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  11. Treatment5▲ 1.94×25 topics
  12. Model Selection5▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Mortality4▲ 3.5×10 topics
  14. Variable Selection4▲ 20×2 topics
  15. High-Dimensional Data4▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Macular Degeneration4▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Diabetic Retinopathy4▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Lasso4▲ 60×1 topic
  19. Regularization4▲ 60×1 topic
  20. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  21. Prognosis3▲ 4.5×7 topics
  22. Statistical Analysis3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  23. Intravitreal Injection3▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Muscle Mass3▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Principal Component Analysis3▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Glaucoma3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  27. Structural Equation Modeling3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  28. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor3▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Outlier Detection3▲ 9.8×2 topics
  30. Population Dynamics3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  31. Cancer Cachexia3▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Multicollinearity3▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Regression Analysis3▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Sarcopenia3▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Choroidal Thickness2▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Retinal Pigment Epithelium2▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Sensitivity Analysis2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Statistical Methods2▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Life Expectancy2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Process Monitoring2▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Statistics Austria publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Statistical Methods and Inference, Advanced Statistical Methods and Models, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

Statistical Methods and …4Statistical Methods and Inference: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Statistical Met…3Advanced Statistical Methods and Models: 3 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 3 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 2 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 2 fractional worksStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference: 2 fractional worksdemographic modeling and…2demographic modeling and climate adaptation: 2 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 2 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 2 fractional works
Statistics and ProbabilityPhysiologyOphthalmologyControl and Systems Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Statistical Methods and Inference Statistics and Probability 4 works
  2. 2 Advanced Statistical Methods and Models Statistics and Probability 3 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 3 works
  4. 4 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  5. 5 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 2 works
  7. 7 Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference Statistics and Probability 2 works
  8. 8 demographic modeling and climate adaptation Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  9. 9 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  10. 10 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available38.7%not open61.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.2%domestic only71.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Statistics Austria's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Statistics Austria as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Statistics Austria0.00083% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Statistics Austria 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 counting10%20%Statistics Austria13.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 2013.

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