Research in Berlin
Science Explorer records 526 research institutions in Berlin, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
- Research institutions
- 526 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 433k ▲ 10% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 19.6% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in Berlin?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Berlin strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Berlin is most concentrated in Museology, Theoretical Computer Science and Structural Biology (3.6× the world share in Museology).
- MuseologySubfield · 267.1 works3.6×
- Theoretical Computer ScienceSubfield · 36.1 works3.5×
- Structural BiologySubfield · 33.3 works3.5×
- ClassicsSubfield · 121.1 works3.4×
- General Decision SciencesSubfield · 35.1 works3.1×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 271.5 works2.9×
- BiochemistrySubfield · 139.9 works2.8×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
Which keywords describe research in Berlin?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Governance, Gender, Identity, Public Health, Globalization, Climate Change and Sustainability.
- Literaturkritik
- Art
- Ethnografisches Schreiben
- Health Surveys
- Mobile Health
- Epidemiological Study
- Healthcare Utilization
- Chronic Diseases
- Leadership
- Nationalism
- Literature
- Treatment
- Governance
- Big Data
- Human Rights
- Sustainable Development
- Public Health
- Inflammation
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Identity
- Gender
- Artificial Intelligence
- Quality of Life
- History
- Diagnosis
- Ethics
- Digital Transformation
- Neoliberalism
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Socioeconomic Status
- Data Collection
- Germany
- Bildungsungleichheit
- Bildung
- Autorschaft
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Epidemiology2,481◆ 1.04×139 topics
- Climate Change1,511◆ 0.93×120 topics
- Sustainability1,429◆ 0.97×128 topics
- Globalization1,366▲ 1.16×171 topics
- Machine Learning1,345▼ 0.68×92 topics
- Inflammation1,273◆ 1.02×83 topics
- Deep Learning1,229▼ 0.60×82 topics
- Public Health1,218▲ 1.39×75 topics
- Identity1,044▲ 2.4×80 topics
- Sustainable Development1,039◆ 1.09×102 topics
- Gender954▲ 2.9×56 topics
- Human Rights880▲ 1.42×83 topics
- Artificial Intelligence863◆ 1.04×62 topics
- Big Data861▲ 1.58×33 topics
- Quality of Life854◆ 0.98×61 topics
- Governance824▲ 4.2×19 topics
- History818▲ 1.94×65 topics
- Treatment800◆ 1.10×52 topics
- Diagnosis704▲ 1.26×41 topics
- Literature653▲ 2.0×61 topics
- Ethics648▲ 2.2×57 topics
- Nationalism605▲ 2.2×33 topics
- Digital Transformation583▲ 1.83×31 topics
- Leadership558▲ 1.94×38 topics
- Neoliberalism552▲ 2.6×29 topics
- Chronic Diseases440▲ 2.9×10 topics
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse437▲ 18×2 topics
- Healthcare Utilization386▲ 8.1×4 topics
- Socioeconomic Status384▲ 12×4 topics
- Epidemiological Study383▲ 9.5×4 topics
- Data Collection358▲ 21×3 topics
- Mobile Health353▲ 4.3×3 topics
- Germany349▲ 29×1 topic
- Health Surveys349▲ 29×1 topic
- Bildungsungleichheit341▲ 19×1 topic
- Ethnografisches Schreiben341▲ 19×1 topic
- Bildung340▲ 17×3 topics
- Art310▲ 6.0×16 topics
- Autorschaft284▲ 22×1 topic
- Literaturkritik284▲ 22×1 topic
What research is done in Berlin?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Health and Medical StudiesGeneral Health Professions 349 works
- 2 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 341 works
- 3 German Literature and Culture StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory 284 works
- 4 Digital Innovation in IndustriesManagement of Technology and Innovation 232 works
- 5 Public Administration and Political AnalysisPolitical Science and International Relations 230 works
- 6 Medical and Health Sciences ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 209 works
- 7 Psychology, Coaching, and TherapySocial Psychology 208 works
- 8 Libraries and Information ServicesMuseology 202 works
- 9 European history and politicsPolitical Science and International Relations 196 works
- 10 Corporate Governance and ManagementStrategy and Management 195 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.