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Research in Giessen

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Giessen, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, German Center for Lung Research and Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg.

Research institutions
18
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
60k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.2%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Giessen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenUniversity 43,427 #899
2Universitätsklinikum Gießen und MarburgHospital / health system 4,846 #5,994
3Giessen School of TheologyUniversity 3,875 #11,893
4German Center for Lung ResearchResearch facility 2,377 #2,246
5Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche ProthetikHospital / health system 2,275 #26,323
6Technische Hochschule MittelhessenUniversity 1,465 #11,929
7Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung CenterUniversity 633 #10,427
8Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Kinderurologie und AndrologieHospital / health system 412 #30,572 all time
9Cardio-Pulmonary InstituteResearch facility 339 #7,743
10Hals- Nasen- und Ohrenklinik GießenHospital / health system 79 not ranked
11Pascoe (Germany)Company 58 not ranked
12TransMIT (Germany)Company 56 not ranked
13Center for Psychobiology and Behavioral MedicineUniversity 53 not ranked
14Biebertaler Blutegelzucht (Germany)Company 15 not ranked
15Institut für RegionalmanagementInstitution 4 not ranked
16Institut für alternative und nachhaltige ErnährungInstitution 3 not ranked
17Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kieferorthopädie e.VInstitution 1 not ranked
18KettenbachDental (Germany)Company 1 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.

Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen: 72.5%Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg: 8.1%Giessen School of Theology: 6.5%German Center for Lung Research: 4.0%14 others listed: 9.0%72%largest
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen43k · 72.5%Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg4,846 · 8.1%Giessen School of Theology3,875 · 6.5%German Center for Lung Research2,377 · 4.0%14 others listed5,394 · 9.0%

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What is Giessen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Giessen is most concentrated in Veterinary, Small Animals and Parasitology (9.2× the world share in Veterinary).

  1. VeterinaryField · 89.0 works9.2×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 72.8 works8.3×
  3. ParasitologySubfield · 39.7 works5.3×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 459.6 works4.2×
  5. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 167.4 works3.2×
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Which keywords describe research in Giessen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Pulmonary Hypertension, Echocardiography, Treatment Guidelines, Diagnosis, Chronic Kidney Disease and Endothelial Dysfunction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology402▲ 1.43×131 topics
  2. Inflammation276▲ 1.86×83 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress172▲ 1.47×61 topics
  4. Diagnosis169▲ 2.5×41 topics
  5. Climate Change165▼ 0.86×100 topics
  6. Treatment147▲ 1.70×51 topics
  7. Cancer136▲ 1.42×54 topics
  8. Pulmonary Hypertension125▲ 12×3 topics
  9. Management121▲ 2.2×33 topics
  10. Echocardiography116▲ 6.0×8 topics
  11. Identity114▲ 2.2×49 topics
  12. Treatment Guidelines107▲ 7.0×7 topics
  13. Chronic Kidney Disease96▲ 5.6×9 topics
  14. Gender95▲ 2.5×36 topics
  15. Genetics94▲ 1.88×27 topics
  16. Endothelial Dysfunction94▲ 5.7×8 topics
  17. Global Burden83▲ 2.2×12 topics
  18. Governance76▲ 3.2×13 topics
  19. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse72▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Right Heart Assessment70▲ 25×1 topic
  21. Survival Prediction70▲ 25×1 topic
  22. Fibrosis67▲ 5.1×8 topics
  23. Preterm Infants61▲ 6.9×4 topics
  24. Respiratory Distress Syndrome58▲ 9.8×2 topics
  25. Cortical Connectivity55▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia54▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Bildungsungleichheit53▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Ethnografisches Schreiben53▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Lung Stem Cells52▲ 12×1 topic
  30. Surfactant Proteins52▲ 12×1 topic
  31. TGF-ß51▲ 4.7×4 topics
  32. Respiratory51▲ 7.4×2 topics
  33. Neural Processing51▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition48▲ 7.2×3 topics
  35. Mechanical Ventilation47▲ 5.8×2 topics
  36. Interstitial Lung Disease47▲ 10×2 topics
  37. COPD46▲ 9.9×1 topic
  38. spirometry46▲ 9.9×1 topic
  39. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis44▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Myofibroblast44▲ 13×1 topic

What research is done in Giessen?

  1. 1 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 70 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 53 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 52 works
  4. 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 46 works
  5. 5 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 44 works
  6. 6 Visual perception and processing mechanismsCognitive Neuroscience 40 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 33 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 32 works
  9. 9 German Literature and Culture StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory 31 works
  10. 10 Physics and Engineering Research ArticlesComputational Mechanics 30 works

Research output over time

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