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Total Citation Counts | AD Scientific Index - World Citation Ranking - 2024 | Citation Metrics | ||||||||
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University Rank | Country Rank | Region Rank | World Rank | Name | Country | University / Institution |
Subject Research Areas |
Total | Last 6 Year | Last 6 year/total |
1 | 575 | 4,288 | 13,396 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
freshwater ecology | aquatic ecology | biodiversity | limnology | water management | |
40,724 | 21,448 | 0.527 | |
2 | 1,013 | 7,391 | 22,855 |
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Natural Sciences / Geography
biogeography | biogeochemistry | climate change | biodiversity | vegetation modelling | |
29,021 | 16,382 | 0.564 | |
3 | 1,434 | 10,790 | 32,945 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Community ecology - Macroecology - Seed dispersal - Pollination - Ecosystem services | |
22,698 | 14,128 | 0.622 | |
4 | 1,657 | 12,577 | 38,308 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Mycology Systematics Taxonomy Biodiversity Phytopathology | |
20,381 | 12,721 | 0.624 | |
5 | 1,911 | 14,651 | 44,301 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Ecology | Biodiversity | Plant Ecology | Ecosystem Functioning | Ecosystem Services | |
18,331 | 14,064 | 0.767 | |
6 | 2,223 | 17,008 | 51,290 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Fungal sytematics and evolution | lichen symbiosis | biogeography | natural products | fungal ecology | |
16,459 | 7,446 | 0.452 | |
7 | 2,471 | 18,866 | 56,695 |
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Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Oomycetes | genetics | genomics | taxonomy | ecology | |
15,265 | 8,788 | 0.576 | |
8 | 2,878 | 21,938 | 65,442 |
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Engineering & Technology / Marine Sciences and Engineering
Cold-water corals | marine invertebrates | non-tropical carbonates | bioerosion | |
13,685 | 4,906 | 0.358 | |
9 | 2,915 | 22,147 | 66,040 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
evolutionary biology | macroevolution | macroecology | biodiversity | conservation | |
13,587 | 8,701 | 0.640 | |
10 | 3,189 | 24,364 | 72,408 |
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Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
bioinformatics | comparative genomics | evolution | |
12,649 | 9,005 | 0.712 | |
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11 | 3,190 | 24,372 | 72,431 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Evolution | biogeography | herpetology | hybridisation | speciation | |
12,645 | 6,276 | 0.496 | |
12 | 3,383 | 25,932 | 76,862 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Quantitative ecology | biological invasion | data sciences | trends and indicators | |
12,042 | 10,506 | 0.872 | |
13 | 3,537 | 27,205 | 80,568 |
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Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
fire | biogeochemistry | vegetation modelling | climate change | |
11,584 | 7,729 | 0.667 | |
14 | 3,568 | 27,516 | 81,457 |
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Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science
Plant-animal interactions - Ecological networks - Functional diversity - Seed dispersal - Pollination - Plant demography | |
11,481 | 8,988 | 0.783 | |
15 | 3,687 | 28,427 | 84,026 |
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History, Philosophy, Theology / History
Long-term ecological research | river and floodplain ecology | |
11,186 | 6,845 | 0.612 | |
16 | 3,698 | 28,548 | 84,400 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
botany | conservation biology | |
11,146 | 5,845 | 0.524 | |
17 | 3,707 | 28,623 | 84,598 |
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Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
phylogenomics - adaptation - mammals - evolution | |
11,125 | 3,449 | 0.310 | |
18 | 3,715 | 28,677 | 84,744 |
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Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Environmental Science | Sustainability Science | Land System Science | Global Change | Social Ecology | |
11,107 | 8,747 | 0.788 | |
19 | 3,797 | 29,238 | 86,332 |
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Engineering & Technology / Marine Sciences and Engineering
Marine Zoology | Integrative Taxonomy | biodiversity | biogeograpy | |
10,940 | 4,927 | 0.450 | |
20 | 3,946 | 30,504 | 89,872 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
ornithology | phylogeny | vertebrate paleontology | paleontology | evolution | |
10,572 | 4,203 | 0.398 | |
21 | 4,102 | 31,808 | 93,508 |
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Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences
Geology | Geochronology | |
10,220 | 5,519 | 0.540 | |
22 | 4,702 | 36,930 | 107,827 |
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Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences
Geology | Geochemistry | Earth Surface Processes | |
9,016 | 5,416 | 0.601 | |
23 | 4,979 | 39,430 | 114,905 |
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Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Molecular Ecology | Evolutionary Ecology | Ecological Genomics | |
8,530 | 3,978 | 0.466 | |
24 | 4,990 | 39,522 | 115,144 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Benthosökologie | Meeresbiologie | |
8,514 | 3,134 | 0.368 | |
25 | 5,189 | 41,470 | 120,533 |
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Entomology | Butterflies | Molecular Ecology | Evolutionary Biology | Systematics | |
8,170 | 4,861 | 0.595 |