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Research in Göttingen

Science Explorer records 22 research institutions in Göttingen, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Göttingen, Institut Für Angewandte Kulturforschung and Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt.

Research institutions
22
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
100k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2M
32.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Göttingen

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 Göttingen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of GöttingenUniversity 77,531 #138
2Institut Für Angewandte KulturforschungNonprofit 694 #8,774
3Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche VersuchsanstaltResearch facility 494 #14,468
4Institut für NanophotonikResearch facility 468 #20,094 all time
5Nephrologisches Zentrum GoettingenResearch facility 434 #20,187
6Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain Cluster of Excellence 171 — DFG Research Center 103Research facility 342 #3,713 all time
7Evangelisches Krankenhaus Göttingen-WeendeHospital / health system 322 #19,346 all time
8Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience GöttingenGovernment institution 274 #5,920 all time
9Sartorius (Germany)Company 255 #25,653 all time
10Verbundzentrale des GBVInstitution 243 #17,325 all time
11European Neuroscience Institute GöttingenResearch facility 212 #9,434 all time
12Göttingen Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesUniversity 206 #22,191
13PFH Private University of Applied SciencesUniversity 158 #25,877 all time
14LaVision (Germany)Company 86 not ranked
15Institut für Wildbiologie Göttingen und DresdenNonprofit 79 not ranked
16Juno Therapeutics (Germany)Company 39 not ranked
17IBA LifesciencesResearch facility 16 not ranked
18Genevention (Germany)Company 12 not ranked
19Isogen (Germany)Company 7 not ranked
20Seratec (Germany)Company 3 not ranked
21German Council for Scientific Information InfrastructuresInstitution 2 not ranked
22Deutsche Initiative für NetzwerkinformationNonprofit 2 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.

University of Göttingen: 94.7%Institut Für Angewandte Kulturforschung: 0.8%Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt: 0.6%Institut für Nanophotonik: 0.6%18 others listed: 3.3%95%largest
University of Göttingen78k · 94.7%Institut Für Angewandte Kulturforschung694 · 0.8%Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt494 · 0.6%Institut für Nanophotonik468 · 0.6%18 others listed2,692 · 3.3%

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

Which fields of science does Göttingen work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research in Göttingen is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Social Sciences (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,215 fractional works · 29.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 702 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEcology: 210 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 170 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 112 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 569 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 175 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 532 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 219 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 118 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 397 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 167 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 324 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 191 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 226 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 224 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 120 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 166 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,963 fractional works · 27.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,307 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 529 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 233 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 156 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 791 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 161 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 139 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 87 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 380 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 142 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 198 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 150 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFinance: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 192 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 95 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2,370 fractional works · 21.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,129 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 653 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGenetics: 165 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStructural Biology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 734 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPlant Science: 257 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 150 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workForestry: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 390 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 160 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 114 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 91 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,250 fractional works · 20.8% of its workMedicine: 1,937 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSurgery: 222 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 159 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 153 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 142 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 128 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 121 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 109 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 104 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 93 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 188 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 210 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 139 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGöttingen11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences27%

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. Environmental Science7026.5%
    2. Engineering5695.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy5324.9%
    4. Computer Science3973.7%
    5. Chemistry3243.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2262.1%
    7. Materials Science2242.1%
    8. Mathematics1661.5%
    9. Energy510.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering240.2%
  2. Social Sciences2,96327.4%
    1. Social Sciences1,30712.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities7917.3%
    3. Psychology3803.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1981.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1921.8%
    6. Decision Sciences950.9%
  3. Life Sciences2,37021.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,12910.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7346.8%
    3. Neuroscience3903.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology910.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics270.2%
  4. Health Sciences2,25020.8%
    1. Medicine1,93717.9%
    2. Health Professions2101.9%
    3. Dentistry560.5%
    4. Veterinary260.2%
    5. Nursing210.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Göttingen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Göttingen is most concentrated in Classics, Religious studies and Nature and Landscape Conservation (7.9× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 44.5 works7.9×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 77.0 works4.9×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 101.7 works4.5×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 186.2 works3.8×
  5. BiophysicsSubfield · 39.5 works3.7×
← 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: 1.46× its world share, 654 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.98× its world share, 997 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 78 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.22× its world share, 341 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 23 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 21 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.91× its world share, 283 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 330 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 188 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 42 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 504 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 615 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 192 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 148 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.18× its world share, 457 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.06× its world share, 48 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 172 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 1,702 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.80× its world share, 23 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.49× its world share, 679 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 168 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 81 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 177 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 325 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 1,176 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.49×679 works
  2. Neuroscience2.22×341 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.18×457 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.98×997 works
  5. Chemistry1.91×283 works
  6. Veterinary1.80×23 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.46×654 works
  8. Mathematics1.33×148 works
  9. Environmental Science1.31×615 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.27×188 works
  11. Psychology1.13×325 works
  12. Dentistry1.06×48 works
  13. Social Sciences0.98×1,176 works
  14. Medicine0.94×1,702 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.89×81 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.88×177 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×78 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×23 works
  19. Health Professions0.69×172 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.63×21 works
  21. Materials Science0.58×192 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×168 works
  23. Energy0.49×42 works
  24. Computer Science0.45×330 works
  25. Nursing0.40×18 works
  26. Engineering0.36×504 works

Which keywords describe research in Göttingen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Identity, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Gender, Epidemiology, Ecosystem Functioning and History.

▲ 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. Climate Change517▲ 1.76×109 topics
  2. Epidemiology335▼ 0.78×132 topics
  3. Globalization228◆ 1.07×116 topics
  4. Biodiversity219▲ 2.7×34 topics
  5. Identity216▲ 2.8×51 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress176◆ 0.99×59 topics
  7. History159▲ 2.1×43 topics
  8. Invasive Species156▲ 3.4×21 topics
  9. Gender155▲ 2.7×45 topics
  10. Human Rights144▲ 1.31×64 topics
  11. Literature139▲ 2.4×44 topics
  12. Conservation130▲ 2.8×24 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation126▲ 3.1×18 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders124▲ 2.0×20 topics
  15. Governance110▲ 3.1×15 topics
  16. Religion108▲ 2.1×36 topics
  17. Ecosystem Functioning106▲ 4.8×7 topics
  18. Global Change106▲ 3.7×7 topics
  19. Nationalism103▲ 2.1×27 topics
  20. Evolution96▲ 3.3×18 topics
  21. Habitat Fragmentation93▲ 4.0×5 topics
  22. Solar Wind79▲ 8.0×2 topics
  23. Ecosystem Resilience78▲ 4.7×5 topics
  24. Biological Invasions73▲ 7.5×3 topics
  25. Narrative73▲ 4.3×14 topics
  26. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse71▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Cultural History68▲ 5.3×12 topics
  28. Altruism68▲ 7.5×5 topics
  29. Cooperation67▲ 9.6×4 topics
  30. Ecosystem61▲ 5.3×4 topics
  31. Bildung60▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Bildungsungleichheit58▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Ethnografisches Schreiben58▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Coronal Mass Ejections58▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Solar Dynamics Observatory58▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Social Behavior57▲ 9.1×3 topics
  37. Autorschaft52▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Literaturkritik52▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Species Richness52▲ 7.5×2 topics
  40. Functional Diversity49▲ 8.3×1 topic

What research is done in Göttingen?

Sociology and Education …54Sociology and Education Studies: 54 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…51Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 51 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 50 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 44 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 41 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 40 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 38 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…36Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 36 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 33 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 32 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAstronomy and AstrophysicsLiterature and Literary TheoryNature and Landscape Conservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 54 works
  2. 2 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 51 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 50 works
  4. 4 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 44 works
  5. 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 41 works
  6. 6 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 40 works
  7. 7 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 38 works
  8. 8 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 36 works
  9. 9 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 33 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 32 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%Göttingen20.1% 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 32.3% in 2016.

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