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Research in Marburg

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Marburg, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Philipps University of Marburg and Loewe Center for Synthetic Microbiology.

Research institutions
9
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
56k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4M
25.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Marburg

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 Marburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Philipps University of MarburgUniversity 59,073 #358
2Behringwerke (Germany)Company 1,356 #21,421 all time
3Loewe Center for Synthetic MicrobiologyUniversity 418 #5,536
4VitosHospital / health system 135 #32,856 all time
5Sterna Biologicals (Germany)Company 15 not ranked
6Rechenkraft.netNonprofit 12 not ranked
7Archives School MarburgUniversity 9 not ranked
8Norgine (Germany)Company 3 not ranked
9Von Behring-Röntgen-StiftungNonprofit 1 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.

Philipps University of Marburg: 96.8%Behringwerke (Germany): 2.2%Loewe Center for Synthetic Microbiology: 0.7%Vitos: 0.2%5 others listed: 0.1%97%largest
Philipps University of Marburg59k · 96.8%Behringwerke (Germany)1,356 · 2.2%Loewe Center for Synthetic Microbiology418 · 0.7%Vitos135 · 0.2%5 others listed40 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Marburg work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Marburg is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,948 fractional works · 32.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 822 fractional works · 13.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 362 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 183 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 470 fractional works · 7.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 81 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 75 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 71 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 367 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 119 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 100 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 96 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 171 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 69 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 86 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,684 fractional works · 27.9% of its workMedicine: 1,469 fractional works · 24.4% of its workSurgery: 181 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 138 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 94 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 92 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 76 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 67 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 64 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 58 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 110 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 164 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 103 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,307 fractional works · 21.7% of its workChemistry: 247 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 126 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 239 fractional works · 4.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 78 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 184 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 179 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 156 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPaleontology: 100 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 119 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 92 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,091 fractional works · 18.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 569 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 346 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGenetics: 92 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 268 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 165 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 152 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 63 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMarburg6,030fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences32%

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. Social Sciences1,94832.3%
    1. Social Sciences82213.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities4707.8%
    3. Psychology3676.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1712.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance861.4%
    6. Decision Sciences310.5%
  2. Health Sciences1,68427.9%
    1. Medicine1,46924.4%
    2. Health Professions1642.7%
    3. Dentistry370.6%
    4. Nursing110.2%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Chemistry2474.1%
    2. Engineering2394.0%
    3. Environmental Science1843.1%
    4. Computer Science1793.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1562.6%
    6. Materials Science1192.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy921.5%
    8. Mathematics601.0%
    9. Energy190.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering130.2%
  4. Life Sciences1,09118.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5699.4%
    2. Neuroscience2684.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1522.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology691.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics330.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Marburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Marburg is most concentrated in Classics, Inorganic Chemistry and History (7.5× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 23.7 works7.5×
  2. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 62.8 works4.7×
  3. HistorySubfield · 67.3 works3.9×
  4. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 147.7 works3.8×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 123 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.80× its world share, 511 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 59 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.77× its world share, 239 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.62× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.71× its world share, 226 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 156 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 222 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 157 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 110 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 54 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 84 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.16× its world share, 30 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 146 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 1,306 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.74× its world share, 420 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 166 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 80 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.10× its world share, 340 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 764 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.77×239 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.74×420 works
  3. Chemistry2.71×226 works
  4. Psychology2.10×340 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.80×511 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.62×30 works
  7. Medicine1.28×1,306 works
  8. Dentistry1.16×30 works
  9. Social Sciences1.14×764 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.10×59 works
  11. Health Professions1.04×146 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.97×166 works
  13. Mathematics0.86×54 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.71×84 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×80 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.63×12 works
  17. Environmental Science0.59×157 works
  18. Materials Science0.59×110 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×123 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.49×25 works
  21. Computer Science0.38×156 works
  22. Energy0.36×18 works
  23. Nursing0.33×9 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×26 works
  25. Engineering0.28×222 works
  26. Veterinary0.28×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Marburg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Identity, Epidemiology, Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben and Emotion Regulation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology276◆ 1.15×127 topics
  2. Gender150▲ 4.6×37 topics
  3. Identity146▲ 3.3×48 topics
  4. Inflammation140◆ 1.10×80 topics
  5. Quality of Life124▲ 1.43×49 topics
  6. Governance106▲ 5.4×15 topics
  7. History105▲ 2.5×42 topics
  8. Depression98▲ 1.86×23 topics
  9. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse88▲ 38×2 topics
  10. Catalysis86▲ 2.1×27 topics
  11. Emotion Regulation86▲ 4.5×9 topics
  12. Literature81▲ 2.5×34 topics
  13. Evolution79▲ 4.9×16 topics
  14. Nationalism79▲ 2.9×25 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders78▲ 2.3×20 topics
  16. Bildungsungleichheit67▲ 41×1 topic
  17. Ethnografisches Schreiben67▲ 41×1 topic
  18. Phylogenetic Analysis64▲ 3.4×12 topics
  19. Migration64▲ 3.1×23 topics
  20. Signal Transduction60▲ 6.3×7 topics
  21. Circadian Rhythms50▲ 7.7×2 topics
  22. Membrane Proteins49▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Bildung48▲ 25×3 topics
  24. Iron Metabolism47▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Gene Regulation46▲ 7.9×5 topics
  26. Art46▲ 8.4×10 topics
  27. Cretaceous45▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Marine Sediments44▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Biogeochemical Cycling44▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Paleoproductivity44▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Paleoredox44▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Chemistry43▲ 11×6 topics
  33. Organometallic Chemistry41▲ 15×5 topics
  34. Occupation40▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Cellular Homeostasis40▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Dinosaur40▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Paleontology40▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Autorschaft39▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Literaturkritik39▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Sexuality39▲ 8.9×3 topics

What research is done in Marburg?

Sociology and Education Studies: 66 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 36 fractional worksBiomedical and Chemical …35Biomedical and Chemical Research: 35 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and B…34Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 34 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 32 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 32 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, an…29Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 29 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Research: 29 fractional worksSynthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds: 23 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…22RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 22 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheorySurgeryGenetics6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 66 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 36 works
  3. 3 Biomedical and Chemical Research Surgery 35 works
  4. 4 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 34 works
  5. 5 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 32 works
  6. 6 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 32 works
  7. 7 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 29 works
  8. 8 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 29 works
  9. 9 Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds Inorganic Chemistry 23 works
  10. 10 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 22 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%Marburg12.3% 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 27.4% in 2016.

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