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Research in Mainz

Science Explorer records 47 research institutions in Mainz, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research.

Research institutions
47
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
99k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.4%
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 Mainz?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Johannes Gutenberg University MainzUniversity 60,311 #225
2University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzHospital / health system 6,596 #1,217
3Max Planck Institute for Polymer ResearchResearch facility 6,342 #1,362
4University of Applied Sciences MainzUniversity 5,595 #6,047
5University of Koblenz and LandauUniversity 4,911 #3,546
6Schott (Germany)Company 4,014 #5,187
7Max Planck Institute for ChemistryResearch facility 3,653 #2,011
8Institute of Molecular BiologyResearch facility 2,028 #5,804
9Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und JugendpsychiatrieHospital / health system 1,225 #26,682
10Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und PsychotherapieHospital / health system 833 #27,102
11Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and MicrosystemsResearch facility 727 #8,580 all time
12Leibniz Institute of European HistoryResearch facility 517 #23,559
13Helmholtz Institute MainzGovernment institution 486 #3,298
14Leibniz Institute for Resilience ResearchResearch facility 310 #12,990
15LEIZA - Leibniz-Zentrum für ArchäologieArchive 247 #11,786 all time
16Catholic University of Applied SciencesUniversity 231 #22,070
17Academy of Sciences and LiteratureUniversity 213 #27,452 all time
18BioNTech (Germany)Company 161 #6,661
19Novo Nordisk (Germany)Company 122 #36,442 all time
20DILAS (Germany)Company 83 not ranked
21Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität MainzNonprofit 82 not ranked
22Rheinhessen-Fachklinik MainzHospital / health system 75 not ranked
23DRK Landesverband Rheinland-PfalzHospital / health system 60 not ranked
24Institut zur Förderung von Bildung und IntegrationUniversity 58 not ranked
25Molecular Microbiology and Genomics Consultants (Germany)Company 56 not ranked
26Max Planck Graduate CenterResearch facility 44 not ranked
27Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-PfalzGovernment institution 43 not ranked
28Polymer Standards Service (Germany)Company 41 not ranked
29ProteoSys (Germany)Company 38 not ranked
30Mainzer Zentrum für Digitalität in den Geistes- und KulturwissenschaftenUniversity 35 not ranked
31NanotecMARIN (Germany)Company 18 not ranked
32Bagilstein (Germany)Company 13 not ranked
33Mainzer Stadtwerke (Germany)Company 13 not ranked
34Institut für Sozialpädagogische Forschung MainzNonprofit 13 not ranked
35Wissenschaftliche Stadtbibliothek MainzArchive 13 not ranked
36Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie, Ernährung und Forsten Rheinland PfalzGovernment institution 8 not ranked
37Stadtarchiv MainzArchive 7 not ranked
38Stiftung Leben mit KrebsNonprofit 6 not ranked
39Ministerium für Soziales, Arbeit, Gesundheit und DemografieGovernment institution 5 not ranked
40Ministerium des Innern und für Sport Rheinland-PfalzGovernment institution 5 not ranked
41Clinlogix (Germany)Company 4 not ranked
42Boehringer Ingelheim FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
43Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Landwirtschaft und WeinbauGovernment institution 2 not ranked
44Boehringer Ingelheim FondsNonprofit 2 not ranked
45Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für InnovationGovernment institution 2 not ranked
46BIOTECmarin (Germany)Company 1 not ranked
47Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Weiterbildung und KulturGovernment institution 0 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.

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: 60.8%University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: 6.6%Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research: 6.4%University of Applied Sciences Mainz: 5.6%42 others listed: 20.6%61%largest
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz60k · 60.8%University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz6,596 · 6.6%Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research6,342 · 6.4%University of Applied Sciences Mainz5,595 · 5.6%42 others listed20k · 20.6%

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

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×
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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 Mainz?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Identity, Inflammation, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology460◆ 1.00×127 topics
  2. Inflammation322▲ 1.32×83 topics
  3. Identity218▲ 2.6×56 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress214◆ 1.12×61 topics
  5. Treatment202▲ 1.43×49 topics
  6. Public Health201▲ 1.18×58 topics
  7. Social Media201▲ 1.20×28 topics
  8. Mental Health196◆ 1.15×43 topics
  9. Gender190▲ 3.0×45 topics
  10. Cancer186▲ 1.19×58 topics
  11. Depression180▲ 1.75×24 topics
  12. Risk Factors170▲ 1.32×36 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications166▲ 1.20×36 topics
  14. Governance158▲ 4.1×15 topics
  15. Diagnosis151▲ 1.40×41 topics
  16. History136▲ 1.66×42 topics
  17. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse136▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Nationalism130▲ 2.4×32 topics
  19. Literature129▲ 2.0×42 topics
  20. Self-Assembly110▲ 2.9×12 topics
  21. Emotion Regulation109▲ 3.0×9 topics
  22. Dark Matter101▲ 7.5×4 topics
  23. Particle Physics94▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Bildungsungleichheit89▲ 26×1 topic
  25. Ethnografisches Schreiben89▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Bildung86▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Lattice QCD74▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Higgs Boson70▲ 12×1 topic
  29. High-Energy Collider70▲ 12×1 topic
  30. Autorschaft68▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Literaturkritik68▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Language Variation66▲ 9.8×3 topics
  33. Political Communication65▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Phraseology65▲ 7.3×3 topics
  35. Digital Communication64▲ 7.7×3 topics
  36. Socioeconomic Status64▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Multimodality63▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Epidemiological Study61▲ 7.8×4 topics
  39. Communication Practices61▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Text Linguistics61▲ 25×1 topic

What research is done in Mainz?

  1. 1 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 89 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studiesNuclear and High Energy Physics 70 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory 68 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysisLanguage and Linguistics 61 works
  5. 5 Health and Medical StudiesGeneral Health Professions 58 works
  6. 6 Medical and Health Sciences ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 49 works
  7. 7 Education Methods and TechnologiesEducation 47 works
  8. 8 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsNuclear and High Energy Physics 47 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric Science 46 works
  10. 10 Psychology, Coaching, and TherapySocial Psychology 43 works

Research output over time

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