Research in Bonn
Science Explorer records 92 research institutions in Bonn, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Bonn, Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat and IZA - Institute of Labor Economics.
- Research institutions
- 92 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 129k ▲ 5% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.8M 22.1 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 20.9% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Bonn?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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.
Which fields of science does Bonn work in?
In 2022-now, 28% of research in Bonn is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences4,87727.7%
- Medicine4,17223.7%
- Health Professions5192.9%
- Dentistry810.5%
- Nursing790.4%
- Veterinary260.1%
- Social Sciences4,85527.5%
- Social Sciences2,46614.0%
- Arts and Humanities8394.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance5653.2%
- Psychology4752.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting3482.0%
- Decision Sciences1610.9%
- Physical Sciences4,78127.1%
- Computer Science9005.1%
- Environmental Science8724.9%
- Physics and Astronomy7854.5%
- Engineering7824.4%
- Mathematics6393.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2951.7%
- Chemistry2441.4%
- Materials Science1751.0%
- Energy610.3%
- Chemical Engineering280.2%
- Life Sciences3,11317.7%
What is Bonn strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Bonn is most concentrated in Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics and Algebra and Number Theory (6.3× the world share in Geometry and Topology).
- Geometry and TopologySubfield · 158.2 works6.3×
- Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 144.2 works5.9×
- Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 53.6 works5.4×
- ClassicsSubfield · 39.8 works4.3×
- Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsSubfield · 24.6 works4.0×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 192.4 works4.0×
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.
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Mathematics3.11×562 works
- Neuroscience2.12×528 works
- Physics and Astronomy2.05×702 works
- Arts and Humanities1.68×748 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.62×534 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.39×1,142 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.35×210 works
- Medicine1.21×3,588 works
- Health Professions1.15×465 works
- Social Sciences1.15×2,229 works
- Veterinary1.08×23 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.99×726 works
- Dentistry0.98×73 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.97×234 works
- Environmental Science0.96×734 works
- Decision Sciences0.94×140 works
- Nursing0.91×68 works
- Psychology0.89×415 works
- Chemistry0.84×204 works
- Computer Science0.66×793 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.64×319 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×33 works
- Chemical Engineering0.46×24 works
- Energy0.38×53 works
- Engineering0.30×697 works
- Materials Science0.26×138 works
Which keywords describe research in Bonn?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Inflammation, Globalization, Epidemiology, Neurodegeneration, Labor Market, Oxidative Stress and Neurological Disorders.
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Germany
- Epidemiological Study
- Symplectic Geometry
- Socioeconomic Status
- Unemployment
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction
- Social Networks
- Aging
- Ethics
- Biodiversity
- Genetics
- Economic Growth
- Human Rights
- Neurodegeneration
- Cancer
- Sustainability
- Oxidative Stress
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Public Health
- Neurological Disorders
- Treatment
- Labor Market
- Biomarkers
- Identity
- Governance
- Gender
- Neuroimaging
- Neuroinflammation
- Vulnerability
- Gender Inequality
- Social Policy
- Healthcare Utilization
- Data Collection
- Health Surveys
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Climate Change677▲ 1.41×113 topics
- Epidemiology617◆ 0.88×134 topics
- Inflammation510▲ 1.36×82 topics
- Globalization463▲ 1.34×140 topics
- Machine Learning420▼ 0.71×81 topics
- Oxidative Stress382▲ 1.32×61 topics
- Deep Learning377▼ 0.62×74 topics
- Sustainability360▼ 0.84×114 topics
- Public Health294◆ 1.14×64 topics
- Cancer240◆ 1.01×59 topics
- Neurological Disorders240▲ 2.4×20 topics
- Neurodegeneration230▲ 4.3×11 topics
- Treatment230◆ 1.07×51 topics
- Human Rights223▲ 1.24×71 topics
- Labor Market216▲ 4.4×18 topics
- Economic Growth205▲ 1.43×30 topics
- Biomarkers203▲ 1.65×18 topics
- Genetics199▲ 1.60×27 topics
- Identity198▲ 1.55×66 topics
- Biodiversity195▲ 1.45×38 topics
- Governance191▲ 3.3×19 topics
- Ethics183▲ 2.0×50 topics
- Gender178▲ 1.87×48 topics
- Aging172▲ 1.79×18 topics
- Neuroimaging152▲ 3.1×11 topics
- Social Networks144▲ 3.0×12 topics
- Neuroinflammation143▲ 2.8×6 topics
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction137▲ 2.6×12 topics
- Vulnerability129▲ 3.1×8 topics
- Unemployment120▲ 8.4×3 topics
- Gender Inequality113▲ 4.6×7 topics
- Socioeconomic Status102▲ 11×4 topics
- Social Policy99▲ 6.2×8 topics
- Symplectic Geometry94▲ 15×2 topics
- Healthcare Utilization86▲ 6.1×4 topics
- Epidemiological Study85▲ 7.1×4 topics
- Data Collection80▲ 16×3 topics
- Germany78▲ 24×1 topic
- Health Surveys78▲ 24×1 topic
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse76▲ 11×2 topics
What research is done in Bonn?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 72 works
- 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 66 works
- 3 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 59 works
- 4 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 58 works
- 5 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 56 works
- 6 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 53 works
- 7 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 50 works
- 8 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 48 works
- 9 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 48 works
- 10 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 47 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.6% in 2016.
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