German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research

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German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Short name
iDiv
Country, city
Germany, Leipzig
Publications
4 364
Citations
225 867
h-index
203
Top-3 journals
Ecology and Evolution
Ecology and Evolution (135 publications)
Nature Communications
Nature Communications (120 publications)
Nature Ecology and Evolution
Nature Ecology and Evolution (107 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 2006

Total publications
4364
Total citations
225867
Citations per publication
51.76
Average publications per year
207.81
Average authors per publication
13.95
h-index
203
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, 33.68%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
1470 publications, 33.68%
Ecology, 1024, 23.46%
Ecology
1024 publications, 23.46%
Plant Science, 456, 10.45%
Plant Science
456 publications, 10.45%
Nature and Landscape Conservation, 347, 7.95%
Nature and Landscape Conservation
347 publications, 7.95%
Multidisciplinary, 313, 7.17%
Multidisciplinary
313 publications, 7.17%
Global and Planetary Change, 242, 5.55%
Global and Planetary Change
242 publications, 5.55%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 221, 5.06%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
221 publications, 5.06%
General Environmental Science, 175, 4.01%
General Environmental Science
175 publications, 4.01%
Microbiology, 173, 3.96%
Microbiology
173 publications, 3.96%
General Medicine, 169, 3.87%
General Medicine
169 publications, 3.87%
Genetics, 166, 3.8%
Genetics
166 publications, 3.8%
Environmental Chemistry, 156, 3.57%
Environmental Chemistry
156 publications, 3.57%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 140, 3.21%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
140 publications, 3.21%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 123, 2.82%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
123 publications, 2.82%
Animal Science and Zoology, 108, 2.47%
Animal Science and Zoology
108 publications, 2.47%
Molecular Biology, 107, 2.45%
Molecular Biology
107 publications, 2.45%
General Chemistry, 104, 2.38%
General Chemistry
104 publications, 2.38%
Soil Science, 104, 2.38%
Soil Science
104 publications, 2.38%
Physiology, 94, 2.15%
Physiology
94 publications, 2.15%
General Physics and Astronomy, 89, 2.04%
General Physics and Astronomy
89 publications, 2.04%
Biochemistry, 86, 1.97%
Biochemistry
86 publications, 1.97%
Microbiology (medical), 80, 1.83%
Microbiology (medical)
80 publications, 1.83%
Geography, Planning and Development, 77, 1.76%
Geography, Planning and Development
77 publications, 1.76%
Computer Science Applications, 74, 1.7%
Computer Science Applications
74 publications, 1.7%
Agronomy and Crop Science, 67, 1.54%
Agronomy and Crop Science
67 publications, 1.54%
Ecological Modeling, 65, 1.49%
Ecological Modeling
65 publications, 1.49%
Forestry, 61, 1.4%
Forestry
61 publications, 1.4%
Environmental Engineering, 57, 1.31%
Environmental Engineering
57 publications, 1.31%
Insect Science, 54, 1.24%
Insect Science
54 publications, 1.24%
Biotechnology, 52, 1.19%
Biotechnology
52 publications, 1.19%
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Journals

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Ecology and Evolution
135 publications, 3.09%
Nature Communications
120 publications, 2.75%
Nature Ecology and Evolution
107 publications, 2.45%
Scientific Reports
102 publications, 2.34%
Journal of Ecology
100 publications, 2.29%
Global Ecology and Biogeography
99 publications, 2.27%
Global Change Biology
96 publications, 2.2%
Ecology Letters
92 publications, 2.11%
New Phytologist
75 publications, 1.72%
Ecology
67 publications, 1.54%
Oikos
63 publications, 1.44%
Nature
62 publications, 1.42%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
54 publications, 1.24%
Ecography
53 publications, 1.21%
Journal of Vegetation Science
52 publications, 1.19%
Journal of Applied Ecology
51 publications, 1.17%
Science
51 publications, 1.17%
Frontiers in Microbiology
49 publications, 1.12%
Journal of Biogeography
46 publications, 1.05%
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
44 publications, 1.01%
Ecosphere
41 publications, 0.94%
Frontiers in Plant Science
41 publications, 0.94%
Functional Ecology
41 publications, 0.94%
Diversity and Distributions
40 publications, 0.92%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
39 publications, 0.89%
Oecologia
39 publications, 0.89%
Science of the Total Environment
39 publications, 0.89%
Scientific data
37 publications, 0.85%
Conservation Biology
35 publications, 0.8%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
34 publications, 0.78%
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Publishers

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Wiley
1614 publications, 36.98%
Springer Nature
1140 publications, 26.12%
Elsevier
497 publications, 11.39%
MDPI
186 publications, 4.26%
Oxford University Press
170 publications, 3.9%
Frontiers Media S.A.
170 publications, 3.9%
The Royal Society
89 publications, 2.04%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
79 publications, 1.81%
Taylor & Francis
55 publications, 1.26%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
54 publications, 1.24%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
32 publications, 0.73%
Pensoft Publishers
31 publications, 0.71%
American Society for Microbiology
29 publications, 0.66%
Copernicus
26 publications, 0.6%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
25 publications, 0.57%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
16 publications, 0.37%
PeerJ
15 publications, 0.34%
Cambridge University Press
13 publications, 0.3%
Magnolia Press
13 publications, 0.3%
American Geophysical Union
12 publications, 0.27%
eLife Sciences Publications
11 publications, 0.25%
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
7 publications, 0.16%
IOP Publishing
6 publications, 0.14%
Annual Reviews
5 publications, 0.11%
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
1571 publications, 36%
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
1428 publications, 32.72%
Leipzig University
1332 publications, 30.52%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
828 publications, 18.97%
University of Göttingen
473 publications, 10.84%
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
342 publications, 7.84%
University of Vienna
263 publications, 6.03%
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
251 publications, 5.75%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
250 publications, 5.73%
University of Minnesota
246 publications, 5.64%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
246 publications, 5.64%
University of Zurich
227 publications, 5.2%
Technical University of Munich
201 publications, 4.61%
Technische Universität Dresden
189 publications, 4.33%
ETH Zurich
187 publications, 4.29%
University of Bayreuth
176 publications, 4.03%
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
174 publications, 3.99%
University of Montpellier
163 publications, 3.74%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
158 publications, 3.62%
Charles University
158 publications, 3.62%
University of Bern
156 publications, 3.57%
University of Copenhagen
154 publications, 3.53%
Utrecht University
148 publications, 3.39%
Aarhus University
147 publications, 3.37%
University of Oxford
143 publications, 3.28%
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
139 publications, 3.19%
Western Sydney University
137 publications, 3.14%
University of Potsdam
137 publications, 3.14%
Free University of Berlin
135 publications, 3.09%
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
132 publications, 3.02%
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With foreign organizations

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University of Vienna
263 publications, 6.03%
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
251 publications, 5.75%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
250 publications, 5.73%
University of Minnesota
246 publications, 5.64%
University of Zurich
227 publications, 5.2%
ETH Zurich
187 publications, 4.29%
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
174 publications, 3.99%
University of Montpellier
163 publications, 3.74%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
158 publications, 3.62%
Charles University
158 publications, 3.62%
University of Bern
156 publications, 3.57%
University of Copenhagen
154 publications, 3.53%
Utrecht University
148 publications, 3.39%
Aarhus University
147 publications, 3.37%
University of Oxford
143 publications, 3.28%
Western Sydney University
137 publications, 3.14%
Ghent University
131 publications, 3%
University of Lisbon
127 publications, 2.91%
Stellenbosch University
118 publications, 2.7%
University of Helsinki
116 publications, 2.66%
University of Amsterdam
114 publications, 2.61%
Radboud University Nijmegen
110 publications, 2.52%
University of Florida
109 publications, 2.5%
Masaryk University
105 publications, 2.41%
University of Oulu
104 publications, 2.38%
University of Porto
102 publications, 2.34%
University of British Columbia
100 publications, 2.29%
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
99 publications, 2.27%
Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
97 publications, 2.22%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
95 publications, 2.18%
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With other countries

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USA, 1183, 27.11%
USA
1183 publications, 27.11%
United Kingdom, 886, 20.3%
United Kingdom
886 publications, 20.3%
Switzerland, 717, 16.43%
Switzerland
717 publications, 16.43%
Netherlands, 655, 15.01%
Netherlands
655 publications, 15.01%
France, 604, 13.84%
France
604 publications, 13.84%
Spain, 550, 12.6%
Spain
550 publications, 12.6%
China, 528, 12.1%
China
528 publications, 12.1%
Australia, 521, 11.94%
Australia
521 publications, 11.94%
Canada, 505, 11.57%
Canada
505 publications, 11.57%
Austria, 424, 9.72%
Austria
424 publications, 9.72%
Czech Republic, 405, 9.28%
Czech Republic
405 publications, 9.28%
Italy, 380, 8.71%
Italy
380 publications, 8.71%
Sweden, 350, 8.02%
Sweden
350 publications, 8.02%
Denmark, 306, 7.01%
Denmark
306 publications, 7.01%
Belgium, 292, 6.69%
Belgium
292 publications, 6.69%
Finland, 266, 6.1%
Finland
266 publications, 6.1%
Portugal, 255, 5.84%
Portugal
255 publications, 5.84%
South Africa, 236, 5.41%
South Africa
236 publications, 5.41%
Brazil, 229, 5.25%
Brazil
229 publications, 5.25%
Poland, 187, 4.29%
Poland
187 publications, 4.29%
Norway, 186, 4.26%
Norway
186 publications, 4.26%
New Zealand, 163, 3.74%
New Zealand
163 publications, 3.74%
Argentina, 161, 3.69%
Argentina
161 publications, 3.69%
Russia, 152, 3.48%
Russia
152 publications, 3.48%
Japan, 138, 3.16%
Japan
138 publications, 3.16%
Hungary, 128, 2.93%
Hungary
128 publications, 2.93%
Chile, 122, 2.8%
Chile
122 publications, 2.8%
Estonia, 117, 2.68%
Estonia
117 publications, 2.68%
Colombia, 117, 2.68%
Colombia
117 publications, 2.68%
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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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