German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research

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German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Short name
iDiv
Country, city
Germany, Leipzig
Publications
4 299
Citations
221 351
h-index
202
Top-3 journals
Ecology and Evolution
Ecology and Evolution (135 publications)
Nature Communications
Nature Communications (111 publications)
Nature Ecology and Evolution
Nature Ecology and Evolution (105 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 2006

Total publications
4299
Total citations
221351
Citations per publication
51.49
Average publications per year
204.71
Average authors per publication
13.92
h-index
202
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 1470, 34.19%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
1470 publications, 34.19%
Ecology, 1024, 23.82%
Ecology
1024 publications, 23.82%
Plant Science, 456, 10.61%
Plant Science
456 publications, 10.61%
Nature and Landscape Conservation, 347, 8.07%
Nature and Landscape Conservation
347 publications, 8.07%
Multidisciplinary, 313, 7.28%
Multidisciplinary
313 publications, 7.28%
Global and Planetary Change, 242, 5.63%
Global and Planetary Change
242 publications, 5.63%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 221, 5.14%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
221 publications, 5.14%
General Environmental Science, 175, 4.07%
General Environmental Science
175 publications, 4.07%
Microbiology, 173, 4.02%
Microbiology
173 publications, 4.02%
General Medicine, 169, 3.93%
General Medicine
169 publications, 3.93%
Genetics, 166, 3.86%
Genetics
166 publications, 3.86%
Environmental Chemistry, 156, 3.63%
Environmental Chemistry
156 publications, 3.63%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 140, 3.26%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
140 publications, 3.26%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 123, 2.86%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
123 publications, 2.86%
Animal Science and Zoology, 108, 2.51%
Animal Science and Zoology
108 publications, 2.51%
Molecular Biology, 107, 2.49%
Molecular Biology
107 publications, 2.49%
General Chemistry, 104, 2.42%
General Chemistry
104 publications, 2.42%
Soil Science, 104, 2.42%
Soil Science
104 publications, 2.42%
Physiology, 94, 2.19%
Physiology
94 publications, 2.19%
General Physics and Astronomy, 89, 2.07%
General Physics and Astronomy
89 publications, 2.07%
Biochemistry, 86, 2%
Biochemistry
86 publications, 2%
Microbiology (medical), 80, 1.86%
Microbiology (medical)
80 publications, 1.86%
Geography, Planning and Development, 77, 1.79%
Geography, Planning and Development
77 publications, 1.79%
Computer Science Applications, 74, 1.72%
Computer Science Applications
74 publications, 1.72%
Agronomy and Crop Science, 67, 1.56%
Agronomy and Crop Science
67 publications, 1.56%
Ecological Modeling, 65, 1.51%
Ecological Modeling
65 publications, 1.51%
Forestry, 61, 1.42%
Forestry
61 publications, 1.42%
Environmental Engineering, 57, 1.33%
Environmental Engineering
57 publications, 1.33%
Insect Science, 54, 1.26%
Insect Science
54 publications, 1.26%
Biotechnology, 52, 1.21%
Biotechnology
52 publications, 1.21%
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Journals

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Ecology and Evolution
135 publications, 3.14%
Nature Communications
111 publications, 2.58%
Nature Ecology and Evolution
105 publications, 2.44%
Global Ecology and Biogeography
98 publications, 2.28%
Journal of Ecology
98 publications, 2.28%
Scientific Reports
97 publications, 2.26%
Global Change Biology
96 publications, 2.23%
Ecology Letters
87 publications, 2.02%
New Phytologist
73 publications, 1.7%
Ecology
67 publications, 1.56%
Oikos
63 publications, 1.47%
Nature
59 publications, 1.37%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
53 publications, 1.23%
Ecography
53 publications, 1.23%
Journal of Vegetation Science
52 publications, 1.21%
Journal of Applied Ecology
51 publications, 1.19%
Science
51 publications, 1.19%
Frontiers in Microbiology
49 publications, 1.14%
Journal of Biogeography
46 publications, 1.07%
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
44 publications, 1.02%
Ecosphere
41 publications, 0.95%
Frontiers in Plant Science
41 publications, 0.95%
Functional Ecology
41 publications, 0.95%
Diversity and Distributions
40 publications, 0.93%
Oecologia
39 publications, 0.91%
Science of the Total Environment
39 publications, 0.91%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
37 publications, 0.86%
Conservation Biology
34 publications, 0.79%
Scientific data
34 publications, 0.79%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
34 publications, 0.79%
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Publishers

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Wiley
1598 publications, 37.17%
Springer Nature
1101 publications, 25.61%
Elsevier
496 publications, 11.54%
MDPI
184 publications, 4.28%
Frontiers Media S.A.
169 publications, 3.93%
Oxford University Press
168 publications, 3.91%
The Royal Society
87 publications, 2.02%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
79 publications, 1.84%
Taylor & Francis
55 publications, 1.28%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
53 publications, 1.23%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
32 publications, 0.74%
Pensoft Publishers
31 publications, 0.72%
American Society for Microbiology
29 publications, 0.67%
Copernicus
26 publications, 0.6%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
24 publications, 0.56%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
16 publications, 0.37%
PeerJ
15 publications, 0.35%
Cambridge University Press
13 publications, 0.3%
Magnolia Press
13 publications, 0.3%
American Geophysical Union
12 publications, 0.28%
eLife Sciences Publications
11 publications, 0.26%
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
7 publications, 0.16%
IOP Publishing
6 publications, 0.14%
Annual Reviews
5 publications, 0.12%
Walter de Gruyter
4 publications, 0.09%
SAGE
4 publications, 0.09%
University of Chicago Press
4 publications, 0.09%
Microbiology Society
4 publications, 0.09%
Ubiquity Press
3 publications, 0.07%
World Scientific
2 publications, 0.05%
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With other organizations

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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
1548 publications, 36.01%
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
1408 publications, 32.75%
Leipzig University
1307 publications, 30.4%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
809 publications, 18.82%
University of Göttingen
463 publications, 10.77%
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
336 publications, 7.82%
University of Vienna
259 publications, 6.02%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
249 publications, 5.79%
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
244 publications, 5.68%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
243 publications, 5.65%
University of Minnesota
241 publications, 5.61%
University of Zurich
222 publications, 5.16%
Technical University of Munich
197 publications, 4.58%
Technische Universität Dresden
186 publications, 4.33%
ETH Zurich
182 publications, 4.23%
University of Bayreuth
173 publications, 4.02%
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
171 publications, 3.98%
University of Montpellier
161 publications, 3.75%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
156 publications, 3.63%
Charles University
155 publications, 3.61%
University of Bern
154 publications, 3.58%
University of Copenhagen
153 publications, 3.56%
Utrecht University
145 publications, 3.37%
Aarhus University
143 publications, 3.33%
University of Oxford
141 publications, 3.28%
Western Sydney University
136 publications, 3.16%
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
136 publications, 3.16%
University of Potsdam
135 publications, 3.14%
Free University of Berlin
133 publications, 3.09%
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
131 publications, 3.05%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Vienna
259 publications, 6.02%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
249 publications, 5.79%
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
244 publications, 5.68%
University of Minnesota
241 publications, 5.61%
University of Zurich
222 publications, 5.16%
ETH Zurich
182 publications, 4.23%
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
171 publications, 3.98%
University of Montpellier
161 publications, 3.75%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
156 publications, 3.63%
Charles University
155 publications, 3.61%
University of Bern
154 publications, 3.58%
University of Copenhagen
153 publications, 3.56%
Utrecht University
145 publications, 3.37%
Aarhus University
143 publications, 3.33%
University of Oxford
141 publications, 3.28%
Western Sydney University
136 publications, 3.16%
Ghent University
130 publications, 3.02%
University of Lisbon
126 publications, 2.93%
Stellenbosch University
116 publications, 2.7%
University of Helsinki
114 publications, 2.65%
University of Amsterdam
112 publications, 2.61%
Radboud University Nijmegen
109 publications, 2.54%
University of Florida
108 publications, 2.51%
Masaryk University
103 publications, 2.4%
University of Oulu
102 publications, 2.37%
University of Porto
100 publications, 2.33%
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
99 publications, 2.3%
University of British Columbia
96 publications, 2.23%
Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
95 publications, 2.21%
Imperial College London
94 publications, 2.19%
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With other countries

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USA, 1177, 27.38%
USA
1177 publications, 27.38%
United Kingdom, 882, 20.52%
United Kingdom
882 publications, 20.52%
Switzerland, 712, 16.56%
Switzerland
712 publications, 16.56%
Netherlands, 653, 15.19%
Netherlands
653 publications, 15.19%
France, 604, 14.05%
France
604 publications, 14.05%
Spain, 549, 12.77%
Spain
549 publications, 12.77%
China, 524, 12.19%
China
524 publications, 12.19%
Australia, 520, 12.1%
Australia
520 publications, 12.1%
Canada, 501, 11.65%
Canada
501 publications, 11.65%
Austria, 423, 9.84%
Austria
423 publications, 9.84%
Czech Republic, 402, 9.35%
Czech Republic
402 publications, 9.35%
Italy, 379, 8.82%
Italy
379 publications, 8.82%
Sweden, 350, 8.14%
Sweden
350 publications, 8.14%
Denmark, 306, 7.12%
Denmark
306 publications, 7.12%
Belgium, 291, 6.77%
Belgium
291 publications, 6.77%
Finland, 265, 6.16%
Finland
265 publications, 6.16%
Portugal, 254, 5.91%
Portugal
254 publications, 5.91%
South Africa, 235, 5.47%
South Africa
235 publications, 5.47%
Brazil, 229, 5.33%
Brazil
229 publications, 5.33%
Norway, 186, 4.33%
Norway
186 publications, 4.33%
Poland, 186, 4.33%
Poland
186 publications, 4.33%
New Zealand, 163, 3.79%
New Zealand
163 publications, 3.79%
Argentina, 161, 3.75%
Argentina
161 publications, 3.75%
Russia, 152, 3.54%
Russia
152 publications, 3.54%
Japan, 137, 3.19%
Japan
137 publications, 3.19%
Hungary, 128, 2.98%
Hungary
128 publications, 2.98%
Chile, 121, 2.81%
Chile
121 publications, 2.81%
Colombia, 117, 2.72%
Colombia
117 publications, 2.72%
Mexico, 117, 2.72%
Mexico
117 publications, 2.72%
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  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 2006 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
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