Research in Leipzig
Science Explorer records 37 research institutions in Leipzig, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Leipzig University, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences and Leipzig Heart Institute.
- Research institutions
- 37 10 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 91k ▼ 9% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.1M 23.0 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 21.3% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Leipzig?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Leipzig work in?
In 2022-now, 30% of research in Leipzig is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (11%), Environmental Science (9%).
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
- Physical Sciences4,36929.9%
- Environmental Science1,3849.5%
- Engineering8866.1%
- Computer Science6534.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3392.3%
- Materials Science2681.8%
- Physics and Astronomy2561.7%
- Mathematics2521.7%
- Chemistry2171.5%
- Energy830.6%
- Chemical Engineering320.2%
- Health Sciences4,05027.7%
- Medicine3,51324.0%
- Health Professions3382.3%
- Dentistry940.6%
- Veterinary620.4%
- Nursing410.3%
- Social Sciences3,99227.3%
- Social Sciences1,65811.3%
- Arts and Humanities8225.6%
- Psychology7745.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting4172.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2071.4%
- Decision Sciences1150.8%
- Life Sciences2,22015.2%
What is Leipzig strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Leipzig is most concentrated in Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Classics (4.2× the world share in Ecological Modeling).
- Ecological ModelingSubfield · 40.4 works4.2×
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 103.8 works3.4×
- ClassicsSubfield · 24.2 works3.2×
- Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 175.9 works3.2×
- VeterinaryField · 51.8 works3.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Veterinary3.01×52 works
- Neuroscience2.20×451 works
- Arts and Humanities2.00×734 works
- Environmental Science1.76×1,107 works
- Psychology1.73×666 works
- Mathematics1.47×220 works
- Dentistry1.36×83 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.27×860 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.26×250 works
- Medicine1.26×3,077 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.18×150 works
- Chemistry0.97×193 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.93×381 works
- Social Sciences0.92×1,467 works
- Health Professions0.90×301 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.80×226 works
- Decision Sciences0.76×93 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×192 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×424 works
- Chemical Engineering0.67×30 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×28 works
- Energy0.61×71 works
- Nursing0.60×37 works
- Computer Science0.56×553 works
- Materials Science0.54×237 works
- Engineering0.41×787 works
Which keywords describe research in Leipzig?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Air Quality, Identity, Biodiversity, Global Change and Remote Sensing.
- Ethnografisches Schreiben
- Ice Nucleation
- Cooperation
- Neural Mechanisms
- Climate
- Satellite Observations
- Social Cognition
- Ecosystem Services
- Governance
- Heart Failure
- Air Quality
- Invasive Species
- Gender
- Obesity
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Biodiversity
- Public Health
- Remote Sensing
- Machine Learning
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Treatment
- Identity
- Depression
- History
- Nationalism
- Global Change
- Global Warming
- Conservation
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Hydrological Cycle
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Model Evaluation
- Altruism
- Aerosols
- Bildungsungleichheit
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
- Climate Change711▲ 1.79×105 topics
- Epidemiology633◆ 1.09×133 topics
- Inflammation358◆ 1.15×83 topics
- Machine Learning329▼ 0.68×80 topics
- Sustainability321◆ 0.90×97 topics
- Remote Sensing255▲ 1.43×36 topics
- Globalization249◆ 0.87×121 topics
- Public Health233◆ 1.09×59 topics
- Treatment222▲ 1.25×50 topics
- Biodiversity218▲ 1.96×31 topics
- Identity217▲ 2.0×67 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease208▲ 1.25×38 topics
- Depression191▲ 1.49×23 topics
- Obesity189▲ 1.68×25 topics
- History169▲ 1.66×53 topics
- Gender166▲ 2.1×49 topics
- Nationalism165▲ 2.5×30 topics
- Invasive Species162▲ 2.6×21 topics
- Global Change148▲ 3.8×7 topics
- Air Quality139▲ 5.0×6 topics
- Global Warming137▲ 2.2×15 topics
- Heart Failure136▲ 2.1×14 topics
- Conservation134▲ 2.1×23 topics
- Governance132▲ 2.8×16 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation129▲ 4.1×5 topics
- Ecosystem Services127▲ 2.2×13 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation124▲ 2.3×18 topics
- Social Cognition118▲ 4.5×9 topics
- Hydrological Cycle105▲ 7.1×2 topics
- Satellite Observations103▲ 7.1×3 topics
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse97▲ 17×2 topics
- Climate93▲ 6.6×2 topics
- Model Evaluation90▲ 4.8×2 topics
- Neural Mechanisms85▲ 5.8×4 topics
- Altruism81▲ 6.5×5 topics
- Cooperation79▲ 8.4×4 topics
- Aerosols71▲ 7.0×2 topics
- Ice Nucleation68▲ 11×2 topics
- Bildungsungleichheit68▲ 17×1 topic
- Ethnografisches Schreiben68▲ 17×1 topic
What research is done in Leipzig?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 61 works
- 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 55 works
- 3 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 50 works
- 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 45 works
- 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 44 works
- 6 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 43 works
- 7 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 43 works
- 8 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 42 works
- 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 40 works
- 10 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 40 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.8% in 2016.
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