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Research in Göttingen

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Göttingen. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
414
▲ 2343% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
30.1%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Göttingen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary SciencesUniversity 380 #1,628
2Multiscale BioimagingUniversity 30 not ranked
3Copernicus.org (Germany)Company 4 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.

What is Göttingen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Göttingen is most concentrated in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (9.6× the world share in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics).

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 25.3 works9.6×
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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 Göttingen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molecular Dynamics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Translation, Ribosome, RNA Structure, Cancer Progression, Oxidative Stress and Alternative Splicing.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress18▲ 3.0×33 topics
  2. Molecular Dynamics16▲ 27×6 topics
  3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging16▲ 16×6 topics
  4. Translation13▲ 20×2 topics
  5. RNA Structure13▲ 64×1 topic
  6. Ribosome13▲ 64×1 topic
  7. Cancer Progression12▲ 17×7 topics
  8. Alternative Splicing11▲ 60×1 topic
  9. Cancer Therapy11▲ 5.5×16 topics
  10. RNA-Binding Proteins11▲ 60×1 topic
  11. Neurological Disorders11▲ 5.3×13 topics
  12. Neurodegeneration11▲ 9.9×8 topics
  13. Membrane Proteins10▲ 39×3 topics
  14. Gene Regulation10▲ 31×4 topics
  15. Image Processing10▲ 6.2×3 topics
  16. Super-Resolution Imaging9▲ 82×2 topics
  17. High-Resolution Imaging9▲ 51×2 topics
  18. Gene Expression Regulation9▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Structure Determination9▲ 81×2 topics
  20. RNA methylation9▲ 26×1 topic
  21. m6A-seq9▲ 26×1 topic
  22. Cryo-Electron Microscopy8▲ 144×1 topic
  23. Single-Particle Analysis8▲ 144×1 topic
  24. Protein8▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Enzyme Catalysis8▲ 53×2 topics
  26. Fluorescent Proteins8▲ 96×1 topic
  27. Single-Molecule Imaging8▲ 96×1 topic
  28. Synaptic Plasticity8▲ 9.8×5 topics
  29. Mitochondrial Dysfunction8▲ 7.2×8 topics
  30. Prediction8▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Innate Immunity8▲ 6.5×8 topics
  32. Ion Channels8▲ 19×5 topics
  33. Structure8▲ 47×2 topics
  34. Force Field8▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Homology Modeling8▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Neuronal Circuits7▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Dendritic Spines7▲ 24×2 topics
  38. NMR Spectroscopy7▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Astrocyte Function7▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Fluctuation Theorems7▲ 56×1 topic

What research is done in Göttingen?

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 13 works
  2. 2 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 11 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 9 works
  4. 4 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 8 works
  5. 5 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques Biophysics 8 works
  6. 6 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 8 works
  7. 7 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 7 works
  8. 8 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 7 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 6 works
  10. 10 Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 6 works

Research output over time

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