Research in Garching
Science Explorer records 22 research institutions in Garching, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics and European Southern Observatory.
- Research institutions
- 22 10 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 33k ▼ 13% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 31.4% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Garching?
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
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What is Garching strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Garching is most concentrated in Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (64.9× the world share in Instrumentation).
- InstrumentationSubfield · 67.9 works65×
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 538.5 works49×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 212.1 works32×
- Physics and AstronomyField · 1,069.0 works23×
- RadiationSubfield · 35.7 works12×
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 165.5 works11×
- SpectroscopySubfield · 38.5 works8.3×
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 Garching?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Turbulence, Star Formation, Black Holes, Magnetic Fields, Accretion Disks, Dark Matter, Diagnostics and Cosmology.
- Superconducting Cavities
- Magnetosphere
- Quantum Information
- Entanglement
- Cosmic Rays
- Event Horizon Telescope
- fusion materials
- Neutron Stars
- Nucleosynthesis
- Solar Wind
- Spectrograph
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Gravitational Waves
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Stellar Populations
- Transport
- Cosmology
- Dark Matter
- Magnetic Fields
- Star Formation
- Turbulence
- Black Holes
- Accretion Disks
- Diagnostics
- Tokamak
- Galaxies
- Exoplanets
- Supernovae
- Molecular Clouds
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Galactic Center
- X-Ray Spectroscopy
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations
- radiation damage
- X-Ray Astronomy
- Neutrinos
- Electron Acceleration
- Ionosphere
- Negative Ion Sources
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
- Turbulence182▲ 99×3 topics
- Star Formation168▲ 153×2 topics
- Black Holes146▲ 74×3 topics
- Magnetic Fields128▲ 95×3 topics
- Accretion Disks128▲ 130×2 topics
- Dark Matter111▲ 46×4 topics
- Diagnostics104▲ 60×3 topics
- Cosmology103▲ 74×3 topics
- Tokamak103▲ 229×1 topic
- Transport103▲ 154×1 topic
- Galaxies90▲ 156×1 topic
- Stellar Populations90▲ 156×1 topic
- Exoplanets86▲ 103×1 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics86▲ 103×1 topic
- Supernovae84▲ 48×2 topics
- Gravitational Waves82▲ 70×2 topics
- Molecular Clouds78▲ 149×1 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks78▲ 149×1 topic
- Astronomical Instrumentation67▲ 125×1 topic
- Spectrograph67▲ 125×1 topic
- Galactic Center62▲ 66×2 topics
- Solar Wind62▲ 32×2 topics
- X-Ray Spectroscopy61▲ 67×2 topics
- Nucleosynthesis61▲ 60×3 topics
- Gamma-Ray Bursts56▲ 101×1 topic
- Neutron Stars56▲ 101×1 topic
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations52▲ 58×2 topics
- fusion materials52▲ 135×1 topic
- radiation damage52▲ 135×1 topic
- Event Horizon Telescope50▲ 109×1 topic
- X-Ray Astronomy50▲ 109×1 topic
- Cosmic Rays49▲ 46×2 topics
- Neutrinos49▲ 46×2 topics
- Entanglement48▲ 15×4 topics
- Electron Acceleration48▲ 34×2 topics
- Quantum Information42▲ 17×3 topics
- Ionosphere40▲ 34×1 topic
- Magnetosphere40▲ 34×1 topic
- Negative Ion Sources37▲ 95×1 topic
- Superconducting Cavities37▲ 95×1 topic
What research is done in Garching?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Magnetic confinement fusion researchNuclear and High Energy Physics 103 works
- 2 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaAstronomy and Astrophysics 90 works
- 3 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstronomy and Astrophysics 86 works
- 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation StudiesAstronomy and Astrophysics 78 works
- 5 Astronomy and Astrophysical ResearchInstrumentation 67 works
- 6 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovaeAstronomy and Astrophysics 56 works
- 7 Fusion materials and technologiesMaterials Chemistry 52 works
- 8 Astrophysical Phenomena and ObservationsAstronomy and Astrophysics 50 works
- 9 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 40 works
- 10 Particle accelerators and beam dynamicsAerospace Engineering 37 works
Research output over time
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