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Research in Frankfurt (Oder)

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are European University Viadrina and Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.1k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.5%
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 (Oder)?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1European University ViadrinaUniversity 2,904 #7,803
2Leibniz Institute for High Performance MicroelectronicsResearch facility 1,750 #11,494
3Institut für Solartechnologien (Germany)Company 383 #13,574 all time
4Infraserv (Germany)Company 46 not ranked
5Silicon Radar (Germany)Company 46 not ranked

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.

European University Viadrina: 56.6%Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics: 34.1%Institut für Solartechnologien (Germany): 7.5%Infraserv (Germany): 0.9%1 other listed: 0.9%57%largest
European University Viadrina2,904 · 56.6%Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics1,750 · 34.1%Institut für Solartechnologien (Germany)383 · 7.5%Infraserv (Germany)46 · 0.9%1 other listed46 · 0.9%

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

What is Frankfurt (Oder) strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Frankfurt (Oder) is most concentrated in Political Science and International Relations and Literature and Literary Theory (7.5× the world share in Political Science and International Relations).

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 96.6 works7.5×
  2. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 29.5 works6.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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 (Oder)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Human Rights, Gender, Nationalism, Globalization, Integrated Circuits, Governance and Democracy.

▲ 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. Identity60▲ 9.6×34 topics
  2. Globalization52▲ 3.0×52 topics
  3. Human Rights47▲ 5.3×34 topics
  4. Gender40▲ 8.5×20 topics
  5. Nationalism37▲ 9.2×19 topics
  6. Integrated Circuits28▲ 21×3 topics
  7. Social Media27▲ 2.2×19 topics
  8. Governance25▲ 8.9×10 topics
  9. Democracy23▲ 7.5×9 topics
  10. Biosensors23▲ 5.1×8 topics
  11. Big Data22▲ 2.8×13 topics
  12. Literature21▲ 4.4×16 topics
  13. Leadership20▲ 4.8×12 topics
  14. European Union20▲ 10×17 topics
  15. Sociolinguistics19▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Neoliberalism18▲ 6.0×15 topics
  17. Optical Modulators16▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Politics16▲ 6.8×10 topics
  19. Autorschaft16▲ 86×1 topic
  20. Bildung16▲ 56×1 topic
  21. Frequency Synthesizer16▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Nanoelectronics15▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Authoritarianism15▲ 19×3 topics
  24. International Law15▲ 5.6×14 topics
  25. Migration15▲ 5.1×12 topics
  26. Public Opinion14▲ 13×5 topics
  27. CMOS14▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Millimeter-Wave14▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Multilingualism14▲ 9.7×4 topics
  30. Cultural History14▲ 13×7 topics
  31. European Integration14▲ 28×5 topics
  32. National Identity13▲ 14×8 topics
  33. Digitalization13▲ 7.5×4 topics
  34. Global Governance13▲ 6.6×11 topics
  35. Microcavities13▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Narrative13▲ 9.4×8 topics
  37. Silicon Photonics13▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Transition12▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Digital Communication12▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Language Variation12▲ 25×2 topics

What research is done in Frankfurt (Oder)?

German Literature and Cu…16German Literature and Culture Studies: 16 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…13Photonic and Optical Devices: 13 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrat…12Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 12 fractional worksEastern European Communi…11Eastern European Communism and Reforms: 11 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 10 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 9 fractional worksPublic Administration an…9Public Administration and Political Analysis: 9 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Movements: 8 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neur…7Advanced Memory and Neural Computing: 7 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceLanguage and Linguistics2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 16 works
  2. 2 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  3. 3 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  4. 4 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  5. 5 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 9 works
  7. 7 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  8. 8 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  9. 9 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 8 works
  10. 10 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works

Research output over time

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