Science Explorer Interactive view Map
City · Germany

Research in Frankfurt am Main

Science Explorer records 143 research institutions in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Goethe University Frankfurt, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology and Max Planck Institute of Biophysics.

Research institutions
143
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
132k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.7%
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 Frankfurt am Main?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Goethe University FrankfurtUniversity 70,969 #367
2University Hospital FrankfurtHospital / health system 5,505 #3,223
3European Central BankGovernment institution 3,910 #8,096
4DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in EducationResearch facility 3,502 #4,966
5GesundheitsamtGovernment institution 3,129 #24,944
6Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal TheoryResearch facility 2,241 #26,184
7Max Planck Institute of BiophysicsResearch facility 2,120 #3,190
8Cardiovascular Center FrankfurtResearch facility 2,064 #19,051
9Klinikum Frankfurt HöchstHospital / health system 2,059 #22,847
10Frankfurt University of Applied SciencesUniversity 1,970 #14,377
11Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/MArchive 1,925 #7,634
12Deutsche BundesbankInstitution 1,901 #11,324
13Max Planck Institute for Brain ResearchResearch facility 1,800 #6,466
14Frankfurt Institute for Advanced StudiesResearch facility 1,583 #4,652
15Frankfurt School of Finance & ManagementUniversity 1,553 #6,813
16Industrial Union of MetalworkersInstitution 1,151 #25,737
17Sanofi (Germany)Company 1,150 #10,400
18Society for Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyNonprofit 1,120 #17,364
19Krankenhaus NordwestHospital / health system 982 #19,895
20Research Association for Combustion EnginesNonprofit 939 #3,995 all time
21Institute for Sports MedicineInstitution 925 #15,502
22Agaplesion Markus HospitalHospital / health system 853 #17,063
23Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am MainHospital / health system 815 #23,761
24Deutsche Bank (Germany)Company 760 #26,051 all time
25Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research CentreResearch facility 743 #7,800
26General Electric (Germany)Company 714 #7,851 all time
27Battelle-Institut evResearch facility 707 #10,930 all time
28Peace Research Institute FrankfurtResearch facility 687 #16,180
29Deutsche NationalbibliothekArchive 646 #22,678
30Hospital zum Heiligen GeistHospital / health system 602 #23,924
31Honda (Germany)Company 564 #19,824
32Institute for New MediaInstitution 528 #25,225
33Georg Speyer HausResearch facility 496 #9,537 all time
34AugensternResearch facility 432 #19,185
35Beilstein-InstitutNonprofit 415 #24,057 all time
36Sigmund Freud InstitutInstitution 388 #18,097
37Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFEResearch facility 388 #18,665
38Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and PharmacologyResearch facility 386 #3,091
39Max Planck Institute for Empirical AestheticsResearch facility 382 #13,643
40Orthopaedic University Hospital FriedrichsheimHospital / health system 380 #33,461 all time
41Deutsche Gesellschaft für Information und WissenInstitution 358 #38,545 all time
42Federal Agency for Cartography and GeodesyGovernment institution 349 #10,750 all time
43Technicolor (Germany)Company 340 #17,634 all time
44Cardiovascular Center BethanienResearch facility 339 #18,103
45TechnipFMC (Germany)Company 334 #27,977 all time
46Krankenhaus SachsenhausenHospital / health system 331 #34,237 all time
47Agilent Technologies (Germany)Company 327 #21,887 all time
48Bürgerhospital Frankfurt am MainHospital / health system 308 #34,233 all time
49Institut für Sozialarbeit und SozialpädagogikNonprofit 305 #41,606 all time
50Senckenberg - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System ResearchNonprofit 305 #18,675
51Frankfurt Zoological SocietyArchive 303 #26,286 all time
52Frankfurt Cancer InstituteNonprofit 303 #5,808
53Kreditanstalt für WiederaufbauInstitution 272 #31,735 all time
54Society of Paediatric Oncology and HaematologyNonprofit 271 #37,200 all time
55Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und AnlagenbauInstitution 270 #25,985
56Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and TheologyUniversity 238 #40,339 all time
57Institute for Social-Ecological ResearchNonprofit 216 #20,328
58Verband der Chemischen IndustrieInstitution 207 #34,605 all time
59Institute of Clinical Cancer ResearchResearch facility 206 #18,027 all time
60Clariant (Germany)Company 202 #15,514 all time

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.

Goethe University Frankfurt: 54.9%University Hospital Frankfurt: 4.3%European Central Bank: 3.0%DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education: 2.7%56 others listed: 35.1%55%largest
Goethe University Frankfurt71k · 54.9%University Hospital Frankfurt5,505 · 4.3%European Central Bank3,910 · 3.0%DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education3,502 · 2.7%56 others listed45k · 35.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Frankfurt am Main strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Frankfurt am Main is most concentrated in Finance, Classics and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8.9× the world share in Finance).

  1. FinanceSubfield · 460.4 works8.9×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 43.5 works4.3×
  3. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 174.3 works4.1×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 193.2 works3.6×
  5. MuseologySubfield · 72.7 works3.5×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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 Frankfurt am Main?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Monetary Policy, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben, Epidemiology, Identity and Gender.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

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
  1. Epidemiology656◆ 0.97×134 topics
  2. Governance441▲ 7.8×17 topics
  3. Globalization430▲ 1.29×136 topics
  4. Climate Change429◆ 0.93×102 topics
  5. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse428▲ 61×2 topics
  6. Monetary Policy382▲ 9.2×13 topics
  7. Inflammation368◆ 1.04×83 topics
  8. Education345▲ 1.18×103 topics
  9. Identity336▲ 2.7×64 topics
  10. Economic Growth320▲ 2.2×30 topics
  11. Bildungsungleichheit302▲ 60×1 topic
  12. Ethnografisches Schreiben302▲ 60×1 topic
  13. Gender295▲ 3.2×45 topics
  14. Human Rights289▲ 1.65×61 topics
  15. History265▲ 2.2×54 topics
  16. Regulation234▲ 2.5×25 topics
  17. Literature230▲ 2.5×50 topics
  18. Nationalism215▲ 2.7×31 topics
  19. Neoliberalism213▲ 3.5×27 topics
  20. Fiscal Policy213▲ 5.8×8 topics
  21. Ethics212▲ 2.6×50 topics
  22. Liquidity191▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Capital Flows163▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Teacher Education146▲ 6.8×7 topics
  25. Curriculum143▲ 8.9×8 topics
  26. Epidemiological Study140▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Socioeconomic Status137▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Teaching135▲ 6.4×7 topics
  29. Structural Change135▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Healthcare Utilization132▲ 9.7×3 topics
  31. Didactics128▲ 7.5×3 topics
  32. Competence126▲ 64×1 topic
  33. Banking126▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Credit126▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Data Collection126▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Germany124▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Health Surveys124▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Bildung114▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Sovereign Debt Crises113▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Financial Integration113▲ 21×2 topics

What research is done in Frankfurt am Main?

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 302 works
  2. 2 Education Methods and Technologies Education 126 works
  3. 3 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 126 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 124 works
  5. 5 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 112 works
  6. 6 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 91 works
  7. 7 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 88 works
  8. 8 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 73 works
  9. 9 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 72 works
  10. 10 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 66 works

Research output over time

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.