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Research in Mainz

Science Explorer records 37 research institutions in Mainz, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University of Koblenz and Landau and University of Applied Sciences Mainz.

Research institutions
37
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
99k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7M
27.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.4%
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 Mainz?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Johannes Gutenberg University MainzUniversity 66,940 #178
2University of Applied Sciences MainzUniversity 5,595 #2,518
3University of Koblenz and LandauUniversity 4,911 #1,119
4Schott (Germany)Company 4,014 #3,250
5Institute of Molecular BiologyResearch facility 2,028 #3,921
6Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und JugendpsychiatrieHospital / health system 1,225 #14,476
7Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und PsychotherapieHospital / health system 833 #9,585
8BioNTech (Germany)Company 243 #8,743
9Catholic University of Applied SciencesUniversity 231 #19,734
10Academy of Sciences and LiteratureUniversity 213 #29,988 all time
11DILAS (Germany)Company 83 not ranked
12Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität MainzNonprofit 82 not ranked
13Rheinhessen-Fachklinik MainzHospital / health system 75 not ranked
14DRK Landesverband Rheinland-PfalzHospital / health system 60 not ranked
15Institut zur Förderung von Bildung und IntegrationUniversity 58 not ranked
16Molecular Microbiology and Genomics Consultants (Germany)Company 56 not ranked
17Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-PfalzGovernment institution 43 not ranked
18Polymer Standards Service (Germany)Company 41 not ranked
19ProteoSys (Germany)Company 38 not ranked
20Mainzer Zentrum für Digitalität in den Geistes- und KulturwissenschaftenUniversity 35 not ranked
21NanotecMARIN (Germany)Company 18 not ranked
22Bagilstein (Germany)Company 13 not ranked
23Mainzer Stadtwerke (Germany)Company 13 not ranked
24Institut für Sozialpädagogische Forschung MainzNonprofit 13 not ranked
25Wissenschaftliche Stadtbibliothek MainzArchive 13 not ranked
26Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie, Ernährung und Forsten Rheinland PfalzGovernment institution 8 not ranked
27Stadtarchiv MainzArchive 7 not ranked
28Stiftung Leben mit KrebsNonprofit 6 not ranked
29Ministerium für Soziales, Arbeit, Gesundheit und DemografieGovernment institution 5 not ranked
30Ministerium des Innern und für Sport Rheinland-PfalzGovernment institution 5 not ranked
31Clinlogix (Germany)Company 4 not ranked
32Boehringer Ingelheim FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
33Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Landwirtschaft und WeinbauGovernment institution 2 not ranked
34Boehringer Ingelheim FondsNonprofit 2 not ranked
35Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für InnovationGovernment institution 2 not ranked
36BIOTECmarin (Germany)Company 1 not ranked
37Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Weiterbildung und KulturGovernment institution 0 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.

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: 77.0%University of Applied Sciences Mainz: 6.4%University of Koblenz and Landau: 5.7%Schott (Germany): 4.6%32 others listed: 6.3%77%largest
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz67k · 77.0%University of Applied Sciences Mainz5,595 · 6.4%University of Koblenz and Landau4,911 · 5.7%Schott (Germany)4,014 · 4.6%32 others listed5,458 · 6.3%

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

Which fields of science does Mainz work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research in Mainz is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%).

Physical Sciences: 3,915 fractional works · 29.5% of its workEngineering: 811 fractional works · 6.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 232 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 232 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 692 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 268 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 236 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 509 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 262 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 490 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 202 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 466 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 115 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 94 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 344 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 179 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 340 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 196 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 159 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,814 fractional works · 28.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,630 fractional works · 12.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 624 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 291 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 183 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 104 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 129 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 987 fractional works · 7.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 210 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 200 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 135 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 111 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 695 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 271 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 188 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 130 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 306 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 101 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 127 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 100 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 70 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,637 fractional works · 27.4% of its workMedicine: 3,107 fractional works · 23.4% of its workSurgery: 375 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 250 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 222 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 213 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 210 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 192 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 186 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 157 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 94 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 84 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 70 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 222 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 386 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 227 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 109 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1,892 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,018 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 656 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGenetics: 130 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 111 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 397 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 165 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 91 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 223 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 210 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 184 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMainz13kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences29%

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. Engineering8116.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy6925.2%
    3. Materials Science5093.8%
    4. Computer Science4903.7%
    5. Environmental Science4663.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences3442.6%
    7. Chemistry3402.6%
    8. Mathematics1591.2%
    9. Energy630.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering410.3%
  1. Social Sciences3,81428.8%
    1. Social Sciences1,63012.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities9877.4%
    3. Psychology6955.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting3062.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1271.0%
    6. Decision Sciences700.5%
  2. Health Sciences3,63727.4%
    1. Medicine3,10723.4%
    2. Health Professions3862.9%
    3. Dentistry1090.8%
    4. Nursing280.2%
    5. Veterinary60.0%
  3. Life Sciences1,89214.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,0187.7%
    2. Neuroscience3973.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2231.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2101.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics430.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Mainz strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mainz is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Classics and Internal Medicine (6.7× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 247.5 works6.7×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 41.6 works6.0×
  3. Internal MedicineSubfield · 34.3 works4.8×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 65.3 works3.6×
  5. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 177.8 works3.5×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 199 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 861 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.58× its world share, 185 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.78× its world share, 337 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 38 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 36 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.66× its world share, 304 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 414 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 264 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 53 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 732 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 385 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.11× its world share, 452 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.02× its world share, 140 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.41× its world share, 626 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.65× its world share, 93 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 344 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 2,712 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.62× its world share, 884 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 282 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 60 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 119 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.74× its world share, 618 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 1,500 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.62×884 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.41×626 works
  3. Neuroscience1.78×337 works
  4. Psychology1.74×618 works
  5. Chemistry1.66×304 works
  6. Dentistry1.65×93 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.58×185 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.45×264 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.38×861 works
  10. Medicine1.21×2,712 works
  11. Health Professions1.12×344 works
  12. Materials Science1.11×452 works
  13. Mathematics1.02×140 works
  14. Social Sciences1.02×1,500 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.92×38 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.88×36 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×282 works
  18. Environmental Science0.66×385 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.53×60 works
  20. Energy0.50×53 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×119 works
  22. Computer Science0.46×414 works
  23. Nursing0.43×24 works
  24. Engineering0.42×732 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×199 works
  26. Veterinary0.32×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Mainz?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Inflammation, Identity, Gender, Governance, Dark Matter and Particle Physics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology513◆ 0.97×128 topics
  2. Inflammation367▲ 1.30×83 topics
  3. Climate Change285▼ 0.79×95 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress252◆ 1.15×61 topics
  5. Identity233▲ 2.4×59 topics
  6. Treatment232▲ 1.44×49 topics
  7. Public Health226▲ 1.17×60 topics
  8. Mental Health218◆ 1.15×44 topics
  9. Social Media216▲ 1.18×28 topics
  10. Cancer212▲ 1.19×58 topics
  11. Gender204▲ 2.9×48 topics
  12. Depression204▲ 1.75×25 topics
  13. Risk Factors190▲ 1.30×36 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications186▲ 1.19×36 topics
  15. Diagnosis174▲ 1.40×41 topics
  16. Governance165▲ 3.8×15 topics
  17. History158▲ 1.72×46 topics
  18. Literature152▲ 2.1×46 topics
  19. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse144▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Nationalism137▲ 2.3×33 topics
  21. Emotion Regulation124▲ 3.0×9 topics
  22. Self-Assembly123▲ 2.9×12 topics
  23. Dark Matter108▲ 7.0×4 topics
  24. Particle Physics100▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Air Quality99▲ 4.0×6 topics
  26. Bildungsungleichheit93▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Ethnografisches Schreiben93▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Bildung90▲ 21×3 topics
  29. Lattice QCD79▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Higgs Boson74▲ 11×1 topic
  31. High-Energy Collider74▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Language Variation72▲ 9.8×3 topics
  33. Autorschaft70▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Literaturkritik70▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Phraseology70▲ 7.4×3 topics
  36. Digital Communication69▲ 7.8×3 topics
  37. Multimodality69▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Political Communication69▲ 9.5×2 topics
  39. Socioeconomic Status67▲ 9.7×4 topics
  40. Communication Practices66▲ 25×1 topic

What research is done in Mainz?

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 89 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 70 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 68 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 61 works
  5. 5 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 58 works
  6. 6 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 49 works
  7. 7 Education Methods and Technologies Education 47 works
  8. 8 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 47 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 46 works
  10. 10 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 43 works

Research output over time

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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 counting10%20%30%Mainz19.4% 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 29.7% in 2016.

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