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Sustainable Europe Research Institute

In research, Sustainable Europe Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,281 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,325
of 42,892
Rank in Germany
#894
of 2,077
Research works
255
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.4k
28.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Sustainable Europe Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #11,281 of 21,541 18.8%167

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sustainable Europe Research 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 1.72× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.94× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.60× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.47× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sustainable Europe Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Joachim H. Spangenberg, Sylvia Lorek and Mélanie Auffan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sustainable Europe Research Institute.

  1. 1 Joachim H. Spangenberg Germany · #81,704 worldwide 394 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Sylvia Lorek Germany · #121,162 worldwide 231 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Mélanie Auffan Germany · #160,571 worldwide 331 citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Catherine Keller Germany · #167,441 worldwide 171 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Bruno Arfib Germany · #339,394 worldwide 22 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Jean-Paul Ambrosi Germany · #428,108 worldwide 68 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Pierre-Étienne Mathé Germany · #699,846 worldwide 62 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Samuel Meulé Germany · #1,060,231 worldwide 13 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Daniel Borschneck Germany · #1,422,145 worldwide 29 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Jean‐Claude Hippolyte Germany · #1,520,890 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Sustainable Europe Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Sustainable Europe Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Recycling, Waste Management, Mediterranean, Renewable Energy, Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 6.6×21 topics
  2. Sustainability3▲ 5.7×8 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 1.82×8 topics
  4. Renewable Energy2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  5. Environmental Impact1▲ 4.1×5 topics
  6. Recycling1▲ 18×4 topics
  7. Waste Management1▲ 17×4 topics
  8. Mediterranean1▲ 67×3 topics
  9. Life Cycle Assessment1▲ 19×2 topics
  10. Developing Countries1▲ 52×1 topic
  11. Holocene1▲ 43×2 topics
  12. Municipal Solid Waste1▲ 89×1 topic
  13. Sea Level1▲ 52×2 topics

Which research topics does Sustainable Europe Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Municipal Solid Waste Management, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving.

Municipal Solid Waste Management: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geophysic…1Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide: 1 fractional worksIntergenerational Family…0Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving: 0 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 0 fractional worksEcosystem dynamics and resilience: 0 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cog…0Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 0 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 0 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustai…0Global Energy and Sustainability Research: 0 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAtmospheric ScienceGeophysicsSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide Geophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 Ecosystem dynamics and resilience Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  7. 7 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  8. 8 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 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 available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.6%domestic only51.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sustainable Europe Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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