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Environmental Science and Technology

Environmental Science and Technology is a research topic within Biochemistry. Science Explorer counts 8.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role of microbial metabolites, particularly aromatic compounds, in human health, with a focus on conditions such as sepsis. It also discusses the use of renewable resources and biomass combustion, as well as the application of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in analyzing metabolites. The cluster emphasizes the interplay between human microbiome and critical conditions, shedding light on the potential impact of microbial metabolites on mitochondrial function and cell biology.

  • Microbial Metabolites
  • Human Microbiome
  • Sepsis
  • Aromatic Compounds
  • Renewable Resources
  • Biomass Combustion
  • Sustainable Development
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Mitochondrial Function
  • Cell Biology
Research works
8.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
832
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+25%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Germany
79% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Environmental Science and Technology

Which countries lead Environmental Science and Technology research?

By volume, Germany and Austria publish the most (1.3k and 127 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Germany 1.3k works
  2. 2 Austria 127 works
  3. 3 Switzerland 80 works
  4. 4 United States 49 works
  5. 5 China 15 works
  6. 6 France 14 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 14 works
  8. 8 Canada 13 works
  9. 9 Italy 10 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 9 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Germany: 79.2%Austria: 8.0%Switzerland: 5.0%United States: 3.1%6 others listed: 4.7%79%largest
Germany1,259 · 79.2%Austria127 · 8.0%Switzerland80 · 5.0%United States49 · 3.1%6 others listed75 · 4.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Environmental Science and Technology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Leibniz Association publishes the most Environmental Science and Technology research, followed by RWTH Aachen University and University of Tübingen.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Leibniz AssociationGermany 40 works
  2. 2 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 35 works
  3. 3 University of TübingenGermany 27 works
  4. 4 TU WienAustria 27 works
  5. 5 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 23 works
  6. 6 University of MünsterGermany 18 works
  7. 7 University of KasselGermany 17 works
  8. 8 Technische Universität BerlinGermany 17 works
  9. 9 München KlinikGermany 15 works
  10. 10 Fraunhofer-GesellschaftGermany 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Environmental Science and Technology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental Science and Technology include Jens Juul Holst, Bruno Latour and Martin A. Nowak.

  1. 1 Jens Juul Holst Denmark 163k citations
  2. 2 Bruno Latour France 129k citations
  3. 3 Martin A. Nowak United States 123k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Environmental Science and Technology?

The most cited paper in Environmental Science and Technology is "Massenspektrometrie" (B. Güssregen, 2019), with 649 citations. Next come "Anthropologie. Handbuch der vergleichenden biologie des menschen" (366) and "Governance im modernen Staat" (356).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Massenspektrometrie B. Güssregen · Springer Reference Medizin Book chapter 2019 649
2 Anthropologie. Handbuch der vergleichenden biologie des menschen A.Brigitte Demes · Journal of Human Evolution Apr 1991 366
3 Governance im modernen Staat Renate Mayntz · VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften eBooks Book chapter 2004 356
4 Germany transformed. Political culture and the new politics Kendall L. Baker · Electoral Studies Aug 1982 323
5 AutomationML - the glue for seamless automation engineering Rainer Drath, Arndt Lüder, Jörn Peschke et al. Conference paper Sep 2008 270
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Where is Environmental Science and Technology research done?

The largest centres of Environmental Science and Technology research in 2022-now are Berlin (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Munich (Germany) and Aachen (Germany).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BerlinGermany 111 works
  2. 2 ViennaAustria 75 works
  3. 3 MunichGermany 58 works
  4. 4 AachenGermany 43 works
  5. 5 HamburgGermany 42 works
  6. 6 StuttgartGermany 40 works
  7. 7 Frankfurt am MainGermany 35 works
  8. 8 CologneGermany 35 works
  9. 9 TübingenGermany 35 works
  10. 10 MünsterGermany 27 works
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Where is the best place to study Environmental Science and Technology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Tübingen, Technische Universität Berlin and TU Wien score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 17.6%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of TübingenTechnische Universit…Universität InnsbruckTU Wien
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of TübingenGermany 86.729.3%44.5×27 +1.5%
2Technische Universität BerlinGermany 56.919.3%34.9×17 -0.7%
3TU WienAustria 56.48.2%60.5×26 +429.5%
4Universität InnsbruckAustria 53.316.7%32.4×13 +169.3%
5RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 52.95.8%31.2×35 +74.1%
6University of KasselGermany 52.819.0%75.9×17 +2.6%
7Saarland UniversityGermany 52.532.0%23.2×8 -9.5%
8Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 50.518.6%19.6×12 +46.4%
9TU Dortmund UniversityGermany 46.814.9%40.5×15 +115.7%
10Leibniz University HannoverGermany 46.812.2%34.0×14 +158.2%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Environmental Science and Technology, country by country

Is Environmental Science and Technology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental Science and Technology.

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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 Environmental Science and Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0072% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Environmental Science and Technology0.0079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Environmental Science and Technology 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.

still counting5%10%15%Environmental Science and Technology9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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