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Research in Leipzig

Science Explorer records 53 research institutions in Leipzig, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Leipzig University, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Research institutions
53
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
91k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.3%
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 Leipzig?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Leipzig UniversityUniversity 46,274 #544
2Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearchResearch facility 7,308 #1,922
3University Hospital LeipzigHospital / health system 6,316 #3,070
4Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesResearch facility 4,970 #5,009
5Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und PsychotherapieHospital / health system 3,716 #15,293
6Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyResearch facility 3,575 #2,690
7Leipzig University of Applied SciencesUniversity 2,425 #8,341
8Leipzig Heart InstituteResearch facility 2,076 #12,657
9Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the SciencesResearch facility 1,770 #5,397
10Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric ResearchResearch facility 1,255 #3,113
11Klinikum St. GeorgHospital / health system 1,131 #19,427
12Leibniz Institute of Surface EngineeringResearch facility 1,107 #12,296
13German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity ResearchResearch facility 1,067 #4,094
14HHL Leipzig Graduate School of ManagementUniversity 1,052 #5,241
15Deutsches BiomasseforschungszentrumNonprofit 934 #17,362
16Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in LeipzigResearch facility 785 #16,299
17Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen-, OhrenheilkundeHospital / health system 725 #23,788
18Institute of Computer Vision and Applied Computer SciencesResearch facility 699 #23,702 all time
19Poliklinik für Zahnerhaltung und ParodontologieHospital / health system 569 #20,943 all time
20Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and ImmunologyResearch facility 543 #7,552
21Leibniz Institute for Regional GeographyResearch facility 398 #10,305
22IFB Adiposity DiseasesResearch facility 382 #16,282 all time
23Institut für Angewandte TrainingswissenschaftResearch facility 229 #24,052
24Helios Park-Klinikum LeipzigHospital / health system 200 #36,732 all time
25Hochschule für Telekommunikation LeipzigUniversity 187 #21,918 all time
26Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)Institution 183 #22,416
27Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon DubnowInstitution 153 #42,134 all time
28Institut für Nichtklassische ChemieResearch facility 151 #22,052 all time
29St. Elisabeth-Krankenhaus LeipzigHospital / health system 124 #42,340 all time
30Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge EconomyResearch facility 124 #37,560 all time
31Institut für Gebirgsmechanik (Germany)Company 103 not ranked
32University of Music and Theatre LeipzigUniversity 83 not ranked
33Saxon Institute for Applied BiotechnologyResearch facility 80 not ranked
34Gesellschaft für Materialforschung und Prüfungsanstalt für das Bauwesen (Germany)Company 75 not ranked
35Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst LeipzigUniversity 70 not ranked
36Ev. Diakonissenkrankenhaus LeipzigHospital / health system 60 not ranked
37European Alliance Against DepressionNonprofit 57 not ranked
38Institut für Stahlbau Leipzig (Germany)Company 55 not ranked
39Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik und WerkstoffkundeHospital / health system 42 not ranked
40Hochschuldidaktischen Zentrum SachsenUniversity 37 not ranked
41c-LEcta (Germany)Company 33 not ranked
42VNG (Germany)Company 24 not ranked
43Forward Pharma (Germany)Company 14 not ranked
44Acqua KlinikHospital / health system 14 not ranked
45Wild Chimpanzee FoundationNonprofit 13 not ranked
46Bach Archiv LeipzigArchive 10 not ranked
47Immutep (Germany)Company 8 not ranked
48Leipziger Institut für EnergieResearch facility 7 not ranked
49Stiftung Deutsche DepressionshilfeInstitution 7 not ranked
50Synexus (Germany)Company 3 not ranked
51Ebert Ingenieure (Germany)Company 2 not ranked
52Nuvo Pharmaceuticals (Germany)Company 1 not ranked
53Leipziger Institut für Angewandte WeiterbildungsforschungInstitution 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.

Leipzig University: 50.7%Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research: 8.0%University Hospital Leipzig: 6.9%Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences: 5.4%49 others listed: 28.9%51%largest
Leipzig University46k · 50.7%Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research7,308 · 8.0%University Hospital Leipzig6,316 · 6.9%Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences4,970 · 5.4%49 others listed26k · 28.9%

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

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).

  1. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 40.4 works4.2×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 103.8 works3.4×
  3. ClassicsSubfield · 24.2 works3.2×
  4. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 175.9 works3.2×
  5. VeterinaryField · 51.8 works3.0×
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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 Leipzig?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Identity, Biodiversity, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Climate Change560▲ 1.64×103 topics
  2. Epidemiology542◆ 1.08×132 topics
  3. Inflammation315▲ 1.19×83 topics
  4. Sustainability276◆ 0.89×90 topics
  5. Machine Learning267▼ 0.64×80 topics
  6. Globalization218◆ 0.88×110 topics
  7. Public Health203◆ 1.10×56 topics
  8. Identity199▲ 2.2×65 topics
  9. Treatment192▲ 1.25×50 topics
  10. Biodiversity188▲ 1.98×31 topics
  11. Remote Sensing185▲ 1.19×36 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease181▲ 1.29×38 topics
  13. Depression167▲ 1.50×23 topics
  14. Risk Factors167▲ 1.20×37 topics
  15. Obesity162▲ 1.69×25 topics
  16. Gender158▲ 2.3×45 topics
  17. Nationalism151▲ 2.6×30 topics
  18. History146▲ 1.65×51 topics
  19. Invasive Species146▲ 2.7×21 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders130▲ 1.80×19 topics
  21. Global Change128▲ 3.9×7 topics
  22. Governance120▲ 2.9×16 topics
  23. Conservation120▲ 2.2×23 topics
  24. Anxiety118▲ 1.97×12 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation117▲ 4.2×5 topics
  26. Heart Failure117▲ 2.1×14 topics
  27. Ecosystem Services116▲ 2.4×13 topics
  28. Biodiversity Conservation108▲ 2.3×17 topics
  29. Air Quality100▲ 4.3×6 topics
  30. Social Cognition96▲ 4.5×9 topics
  31. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse84▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Cognition75▲ 4.3×6 topics
  33. Satellite Observations73▲ 6.0×3 topics
  34. Altruism73▲ 6.8×5 topics
  35. Cooperation72▲ 8.8×4 topics
  36. Neural Mechanisms68▲ 5.8×4 topics
  37. Hydrological Cycle67▲ 5.6×2 topics
  38. Bildungsungleichheit61▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Ethnografisches Schreiben61▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Social Behavior57▲ 7.9×3 topics

What research is done in Leipzig?

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 61 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 55 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 50 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 45 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 44 works
  6. 6 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 43 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 43 works
  8. 8 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 42 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 40 works
  10. 10 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 40 works

Research output over time

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