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Research in Garching

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Garching, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum, European Southern Observatory and Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research.

Research institutions
13
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
33k
▼ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
976k
30.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
31.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Garching

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 Garching?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1European Southern ObservatoryResearch facility 3,547 #15,349
2Heinz Maier-Leibnitz ZentrumResearch facility 888 #10,104
3Bavarian Center for Applied Energy ResearchNonprofit 688 #17,366
4Excellence Cluster UniverseUniversity 436 #10,630 all time
5Isotopen Technologien München (Germany)Company 416 #8,054 all time
6Leibniz Supercomputing CentreResearch facility 302 #21,727
7Space Telescope European Coordinating FacilityResearch facility 202 #30,412 all time
8Vertilas (Germany)Company 83 not ranked
9SUSS MicroTec (Germany)Company 73 not ranked
10Caterpillar (Germany)Company 18 not ranked
11Nuclear Physics European Collaboration CommitteeInstitution 14 not ranked
12Vitec (Germany)Company 11 not ranked
13Garmin (Germany)Company 11 not ranked

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.

European Southern Observatory: 53.0%Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum: 13.3%Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research: 10.3%Excellence Cluster Universe: 6.5%9 others listed: 16.9%53%largest
European Southern Observatory3,547 · 53.0%Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum888 · 13.3%Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research688 · 10.3%Excellence Cluster Universe436 · 6.5%9 others listed1,130 · 16.9%

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

Which fields of science does Garching work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research in Garching is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (51%), Engineering (18%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,184 fractional works · 91.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,229 fractional works · 51.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 609 fractional works · 25.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 248 fractional works · 10.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 184 fractional works · 7.7% of its workInstrumentation: 93 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiation: 39 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 431 fractional works · 18.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 135 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 93 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 64 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 204 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 94 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 167 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 128 fractional works · 5.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 57 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 40 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 89 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 59 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 58 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedicine: 50 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGarching2,390fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences4%

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
    1. Physics and Astronomy1,22951.4%
    2. Engineering43118.0%
    3. Computer Science2048.6%
    4. Materials Science1677.0%
    5. Chemistry572.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences381.6%
    7. Environmental Science220.9%
    8. Mathematics210.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering80.3%
    10. Energy80.3%
    1. Social Sciences301.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting190.8%
    3. Decision Sciences130.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities130.5%
    5. Psychology90.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology361.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences130.6%
    3. Neuroscience70.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
    1. Medicine502.1%
    2. Health Professions70.3%
    3. Nursing10.0%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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).

  1. InstrumentationSubfield · 67.9 works65×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 538.5 works49×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 212.1 works32×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 1,069.0 works23×
  5. RadiationSubfield · 35.7 works12×
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 165.5 works11×
  7. SpectroscopySubfield · 38.5 works8.3×
← 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.

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.63× its world share, 54 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 186 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.21× its world share, 382 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.97× its world share, 144 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 22.91× its world share, 1,069 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 22.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy22.91×1,069 works
  2. Materials Science1.97×144 works
  3. Chemistry1.63×54 works
  4. Engineering1.21×382 works
  5. Computer Science1.14×186 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.03×34 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.92×7 works
  8. Mathematics0.72×18 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.61×12 works
  10. Energy0.35×7 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×31 works
  12. Veterinary0.27×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×18 works
  14. Environmental Science0.19×19 works
  15. Neuroscience0.17×6 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.17×10 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×12 works
  18. Health Professions0.12×6 works
  19. Psychology0.12×8 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×2 works
  21. Medicine0.11×43 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×5 works
  23. Nursing0.09×1 works
  24. Social Sciences0.09×23 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Garching?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Turbulence, Star Formation, Black Holes, Magnetic Fields, Accretion Disks, Dark Matter, Diagnostics and Tokamak.

▲ 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-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
  1. Turbulence213▲ 98×4 topics
  2. Star Formation193▲ 144×2 topics
  3. Black Holes165▲ 71×3 topics
  4. Magnetic Fields146▲ 92×3 topics
  5. Accretion Disks146▲ 122×2 topics
  6. Dark Matter128▲ 46×4 topics
  7. Diagnostics123▲ 65×3 topics
  8. Tokamak122▲ 237×1 topic
  9. Transport122▲ 160×1 topic
  10. Cosmology118▲ 73×3 topics
  11. Galaxies102▲ 147×1 topic
  12. Stellar Populations102▲ 147×1 topic
  13. Exoplanets98▲ 103×1 topic
  14. Stellar Astrophysics98▲ 103×1 topic
  15. Astronomical Instrumentation92▲ 119×1 topic
  16. Spectrograph92▲ 119×1 topic
  17. Gravitational Waves91▲ 67×2 topics
  18. Molecular Clouds91▲ 140×1 topic
  19. Protoplanetary Disks91▲ 140×1 topic
  20. Supernovae89▲ 46×2 topics
  21. Galactic Center71▲ 64×2 topics
  22. Solar Wind70▲ 32×2 topics
  23. X-Ray Spectroscopy67▲ 64×2 topics
  24. Nucleosynthesis66▲ 56×3 topics
  25. Molecular Dynamics Simulations63▲ 61×2 topics
  26. fusion materials63▲ 140×1 topic
  27. radiation damage63▲ 140×1 topic
  28. Gamma-Ray Bursts60▲ 95×1 topic
  29. Neutron Stars60▲ 95×1 topic
  30. Event Horizon Telescope55▲ 101×1 topic
  31. X-Ray Astronomy55▲ 101×1 topic
  32. Cosmic Rays55▲ 47×2 topics
  33. Neutrinos55▲ 47×2 topics
  34. Electron Acceleration53▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Entanglement52▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Quantum Information45▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Ionosphere44▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Magnetosphere44▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Negative Ion Sources44▲ 103×1 topic
  40. Superconducting Cavities44▲ 103×1 topic

What research is done in Garching?

Magnetic confinement fusion research: 103 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 90 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …86Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 86 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Fo…78Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 78 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 67 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 56 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…52Fusion materials and technologies: 52 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 50 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 40 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 37 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationMaterials Chemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 103 works
  2. 2 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 90 works
  3. 3 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 86 works
  4. 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 78 works
  5. 5 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 67 works
  6. 6 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 56 works
  7. 7 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 52 works
  8. 8 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 50 works
  9. 9 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 40 works
  10. 10 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 37 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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.

still counting20%40%Garching26.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.7% in 2013.

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