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Research in Hamburg
Science Explorer records 212 research institutions in Hamburg, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Universität Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY.
- Research institutions
- 212 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 192k ▲ 20% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 16.9% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Hamburg?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universität HamburgUniversity | 79,188 | #156 | |
| 2 | University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHospital / health system | 17,338 | #770 | |
| 3 | Hamburg University of TechnologyUniversity | 9,522 | #2,715 | |
| 4 | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESYResearch facility | 8,776 | #828 | |
| 5 | Helmut Schmidt UniversityUniversity | 5,661 | #3,990 | |
| 6 | HAW HamburgUniversity | 4,528 | #5,621 | |
| 7 | Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyResearch facility | 4,160 | #15,096 | |
| 8 | Philips (Germany)Company | 3,502 | #11,209 | |
| 9 | Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private LawResearch facility | 3,283 | #12,729 | |
| 10 | European Molecular Biology LaboratoryGovernment institution | 2,865 | #2,970 | |
| 11 | Institut für Hygiene und UmweltResearch facility | 2,669 | #26,723 | |
| 12 | Max Planck Institute for MeteorologyResearch facility | 2,539 | #2,613 | |
| 13 | Hamburg Institut (Germany)Company | 2,433 | #5,079 | |
| 14 | Asklepios Klinik St. GeorgHospital / health system | 2,072 | #20,101 | |
| 15 | Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical MedicineResearch facility | 2,058 | #6,178 | |
| 16 | Shell (Germany)Company | 1,433 | #12,028 all time | |
| 17 | Martini-KlinikHospital / health system | 1,418 | #18,714 | |
| 18 | MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical UniversityUniversity | 1,415 | #4,842 | |
| 19 | Berufsgenossenschaft für Gesundheitsdienst und WohlfahrtspflegeNonprofit | 1,262 | #25,156 | |
| 20 | Museum am RothenbaumArchive | 1,250 | #25,293 | |
| 21 | German Institute for Global and Area StudiesResearch facility | 1,233 | #10,819 | |
| 22 | Behörde für Gesundheit und VerbraucherschutzGovernment institution | 1,225 | #22,898 | |
| 23 | Airbus (Germany)Company | 1,152 | #9,885 | |
| 24 | BundeswehrkrankenhausHospital / health system | 1,119 | #24,306 | |
| 25 | Asklepios Klinik BarmbekHospital / health system | 1,116 | #23,892 | |
| 26 | Asklepios Klinik AltonaHospital / health system | 1,033 | #23,787 | |
| 27 | EndokrinologikumHospital / health system | 1,031 | #25,383 | |
| 28 | Bucerius Law SchoolUniversity | 951 | #24,868 | |
| 29 | HafenCity University HamburgUniversity | 851 | #14,350 | |
| 30 | Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV)Research facility | 832 | #9,062 | |
| 31 | Beiersdorf (Germany)Company | 825 | #19,118 | |
| 32 | Center for Free-Electron Laser ScienceResearch facility | 807 | #2,854 | |
| 33 | Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of MatterResearch facility | 781 | #1,419 | |
| 34 | Hamburg Institute of International EconomicsInstitution | 773 | #24,103 | |
| 35 | Marienkrankenhaus HamburgHospital / health system | 747 | #26,641 | |
| 36 | BG Klinikum HamburgHospital / health system | 735 | #22,685 | |
| 37 | Sasol (Germany)Company | 665 | #22,097 | |
| 38 | AsklepiosHospital / health system | 546 | #20,400 | |
| 39 | Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum Prof. Mathey, Prof. SchoferHospital / health system | 539 | #21,057 | |
| 40 | Jungheinrich (Germany)Company | 527 | #24,993 | |
| 41 | Hamburger Fern-HochschuleUniversity | 518 | #24,482 | |
| 42 | NXP (Germany)Company | 493 | #25,203 | |
| 43 | Schön Klinik Hamburg EilbekHospital / health system | 471 | #30,619 all time | |
| 44 | Hochschule für bildende KünsteUniversity | 458 | #27,765 | |
| 45 | German Climate Computing CentreResearch facility | 452 | #10,438 | |
| 46 | Altonaer KinderkrankenhausHospital / health system | 447 | #22,658 all time | |
| 47 | Hamburgische Investitions- und FörderbankInstitution | 440 | #24,449 all time | |
| 48 | Asklepios Klinikum HarburgHospital / health system | 433 | #34,056 all time | |
| 49 | University Cancer Center HamburgHospital / health system | 422 | #13,053 | |
| 50 | Kühne Logistics UniversityUniversity | 418 | #13,935 | |
| 51 | Hamburg School of Business AdministrationUniversity | 408 | #21,924 | |
| 52 | Dermatologikum HamburgHospital / health system | 398 | #26,007 | |
| 53 | Asklepios Kliniken HamburgHospital / health system | 391 | #22,814 | |
| 54 | GlaxoSmithKline (Germany)Company | 382 | #12,733 all time | |
| 55 | Albertinen DiakoniewerkHospital / health system | 373 | #34,439 all time | |
| 56 | Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of GermanyGovernment institution | 358 | #18,188 all time | |
| 57 | Helios Endo-Klinik HamburgHospital / health system | 356 | #26,549 | |
| 58 | Landesinstitut für Lehrerbildung und SchulentwicklungUniversity | 334 | #24,723 | |
| 59 | Hamburg Institute for Social ResearchInstitution | 323 | #16,370 all time | |
| 60 | Kinderkrebs-Zentrum HamburgResearch facility | 297 | #19,156 all time |
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.
Universität Hamburg79k · 43.3%University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf17k · 9.5%Hamburg University of Technology9,522 · 5.2%Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY8,776 · 4.8%56 others listed68k · 37.3%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Hamburg strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Hamburg is most concentrated in Structural Biology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation (8.3× the world share in Structural Biology).
- Structural BiologySubfield · 42.7 works8.3×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 623.4 works6.2×
- RadiationSubfield · 176.0 works4.0×
- DevelopmentSubfield · 125.0 works3.9×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 61.7 works3.6×
- ClassicsSubfield · 59.6 works3.1×
- MuseologySubfield · 117.9 works3.0×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Hamburg?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Global Governance, Human Rights, Democracy, Epidemiology, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Political Economy and Ethnic Conflict.
- High-Energy Collider
- Socioeconomic Status
- Healthcare Utilization
- Peacebuilding
- Ethnografisches Schreiben
- Corruption
- State Capacity
- Civil War
- Transitional Justice
- Protest
- Ethnic Conflict
- Religion
- Nationalism
- Political Economy
- Economic Growth
- Global Governance
- Sustainable Development
- Sustainability
- Governance
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Human Rights
- Globalization
- Public Health
- Democracy
- History
- Identity
- Gender
- Neoliberalism
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- International Law
- Authoritarianism
- Dark Matter
- Political Institutions
- Particle Physics
- Bildungsungleichheit
- Institutions
- NGOs
- Epidemiological Study
- Higgs Boson
▲ 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
- Epidemiology1,255◆ 0.99×137 topics
- Climate Change865◆ 1.00×113 topics
- Human Rights792▲ 2.4×77 topics
- Governance778▲ 7.3×18 topics
- Globalization742▲ 1.18×145 topics
- Sustainability737◆ 0.94×116 topics
- Public Health565▲ 1.21×70 topics
- Sustainable Development555◆ 1.09×91 topics
- Democracy524▲ 4.6×27 topics
- Global Governance498▲ 6.8×24 topics
- History486▲ 2.2×53 topics
- Economic Growth417▲ 1.53×30 topics
- Identity410▲ 1.76×68 topics
- Political Economy375▲ 4.5×17 topics
- Gender368▲ 2.1×50 topics
- Nationalism364▲ 2.5×32 topics
- Neoliberalism360▲ 3.1×26 topics
- Religion328▲ 2.2×40 topics
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse293▲ 22×2 topics
- Ethnic Conflict287▲ 20×4 topics
- International Law272▲ 2.8×29 topics
- Protest263▲ 21×3 topics
- Authoritarianism258▲ 9.1×5 topics
- Transitional Justice255▲ 9.8×6 topics
- Dark Matter255▲ 6.9×4 topics
- Civil War247▲ 25×2 topics
- Political Institutions241▲ 37×1 topic
- State Capacity241▲ 37×1 topic
- Particle Physics232▲ 9.6×2 topics
- Corruption228▲ 4.5×7 topics
- Bildungsungleichheit214▲ 23×1 topic
- Ethnografisches Schreiben214▲ 23×1 topic
- Institutions199▲ 7.8×5 topics
- Peacebuilding199▲ 9.5×6 topics
- NGOs192▲ 6.0×5 topics
- Healthcare Utilization183▲ 7.2×3 topics
- Epidemiological Study180▲ 8.4×4 topics
- Socioeconomic Status175▲ 10×4 topics
- Higgs Boson168▲ 10×1 topic
- High-Energy Collider168▲ 10×1 topic
What research is done in Hamburg?
Sociology and Political ScienceNuclear and High Energy PhysicsGeneral Health ProfessionsInformation Systems3 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 241 works
- 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 214 works
- 3 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 168 works
- 4 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 158 works
- 5 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 140 works
- 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 138 works
- 7 Corruption and Economic Development Sociology and Political Science 117 works
- 8 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 112 works
- 9 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 111 works
- 10 International Development and Aid Development 110 works
Research output over time
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.