Research in Cologne
Science Explorer records 101 research institutions in Cologne, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Cologne, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) and University Hospital Cologne.
- Research institutions
- 101 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 153k ▲ 40% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 17.3% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Cologne?
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.
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What is Cologne strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Cologne is most concentrated in Classics, Aging and Aerospace Engineering (4.7× the world share in Classics).
- ClassicsSubfield · 63.5 works4.7×
- AgingSubfield · 21.2 works3.9×
- Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 939.4 works3.6×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 122.8 works3.5×
- Computational MechanicsSubfield · 388.6 works3.0×
- Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 49.7 works2.8×
- MuseologySubfield · 75.7 works2.7×
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 Cologne?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Large-Eddy Simulation, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben, Epidemiology, Identity and Gender.
- Physician Liability
- Adaptive Mesh Refinement
- Autorschaft
- Health Surveys
- Genetic Testing
- Medical Ethics
- Healthcare Utilization
- Bildung
- Emissions
- Air Quality
- Bildungsungleichheit
- History
- Heat Transfer
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Remote Sensing
- Sustainable Development
- Inflammation
- Public Health
- Deep Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Governance
- Identity
- Education
- Gender
- Big Data
- Large-Eddy Simulation
- Digital Transformation
- Ethnografisches Schreiben
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Collision Avoidance
- Epidemiological Study
- Socioeconomic Status
- Data Collection
- Germany
- Informed Consent
- Literaturkritik
- High-Order Schemes
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
- Epidemiology787◆ 0.88×134 topics
- Climate Change562◆ 0.92×104 topics
- Machine Learning521▼ 0.70×89 topics
- Deep Learning521▼ 0.67×80 topics
- Sustainability427▼ 0.78×101 topics
- Public Health388▲ 1.18×65 topics
- Governance386▲ 5.2×18 topics
- Inflammation385▼ 0.82×82 topics
- Identity382▲ 2.3×60 topics
- Sustainable Development370◆ 1.03×78 topics
- Education352◆ 0.91×100 topics
- Remote Sensing332▲ 1.19×37 topics
- Gender326▲ 2.7×44 topics
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse315▲ 34×2 topics
- Big Data288▲ 1.40×28 topics
- Heat Transfer286▲ 2.5×20 topics
- Large-Eddy Simulation280▲ 6.5×5 topics
- History252▲ 1.59×48 topics
- Digital Transformation238▲ 1.99×26 topics
- Bildungsungleichheit236▲ 36×1 topic
- Ethnografisches Schreiben236▲ 36×1 topic
- Air Quality196▲ 4.7×6 topics
- Autonomous Vehicles176▲ 3.7×5 topics
- Emissions162▲ 3.6×6 topics
- Collision Avoidance151▲ 3.7×4 topics
- Bildung138▲ 19×3 topics
- Epidemiological Study138▲ 9.1×4 topics
- Healthcare Utilization137▲ 7.7×4 topics
- Socioeconomic Status135▲ 11×4 topics
- Medical Ethics134▲ 4.5×6 topics
- Data Collection131▲ 20×3 topics
- Genetic Testing131▲ 5.1×4 topics
- Germany126▲ 28×1 topic
- Health Surveys126▲ 28×1 topic
- Informed Consent118▲ 6.9×3 topics
- Autorschaft111▲ 23×1 topic
- Literaturkritik111▲ 23×1 topic
- Adaptive Mesh Refinement111▲ 7.9×2 topics
- High-Order Schemes111▲ 7.9×2 topics
- Physician Liability104▲ 11×2 topics
What research is done in Cologne?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 236 works
- 2 Health and Medical StudiesGeneral Health Professions 126 works
- 3 German Literature and Culture StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory 111 works
- 4 Medical and Health Sciences ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 102 works
- 5 Computational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsComputational Mechanics 98 works
- 6 Psychology, Coaching, and TherapySocial Psychology 97 works
- 7 Digital Innovation in IndustriesManagement of Technology and Innovation 94 works
- 8 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsComputational Mechanics 87 works
- 9 Air Traffic Management and OptimizationAerospace Engineering 82 works
- 10 Sports Performance and TrainingOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 81 works
Research output over time
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