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Research in Münster

Science Explorer records 38 research institutions in Münster, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Münster, FH Münster and Orthopädische Praxis.

Research institutions
38
11 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
89k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1M
23.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.2%
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 Münster?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of MünsterUniversity 74,787 #143
2FH MünsterUniversity 3,047 #2,571
3Orthopädische PraxisHospital / health system 2,127 #4,976
4Institut für Soziale ArbeitNonprofit 1,619 #6,856
5European Association of Social PsychologyInstitution 1,173 #14,983
6St. Franziskus HospitalHospital / health system 1,142 #8,020
7CeNTechInstitution 518 #13,552
8Landschaftsverband Westfalen-LippeInstitution 487 #15,062
9Institut für Forensische GenetikResearch facility 395 #21,267 all time
10Fachklinik HornheideHospital / health system 389 #20,445
11Wehrwissenschaftliche Institut für SchutztechnologienResearch facility 326 #16,585 all time
12German Police UniversityUniversity 315 #18,706
13Clemenshospital MünsterHospital / health system 261 #25,271 all time
14Institut für Chemo- und BiosensorikResearch facility 252 #30,034 all time
15Landwirtschaftskammer Nordrhein-WestfalenInstitution 217 #13,805
16Atrial Fibrillation NETworkNonprofit 200 #17,374 all time
17Covance (Germany)Company 113 not ranked
18Raphaelsklinik MünsterHospital / health system 99 not ranked
19Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Münsterland-Emscher-LippeInstitution 96 not ranked
20Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule MünsterUniversity 90 not ranked
21Monasterium Laboratory Skin & Hair Research Solutions (Germany)Company 83 not ranked
22European Research ServicesCompany 51 not ranked
23Comenius-InstitutUniversity 49 not ranked
24Stadtwerke Münster (Germany)Company 43 not ranked
25George Huntington InstituteHospital / health system 38 not ranked
26Christoph-Dornier-Stiftung für Klinische PsychologieInstitution 33 not ranked
27IPS Elektroniklabor (Germany)Company 30 not ranked
28Eftas Remote Sensing Technology Transfer (Germany)Company 25 not ranked
2952°North Spatial Information ResearchCompany 23 not ranked
30Academy of Fine Arts MünsterUniversity 11 not ranked
31Gesellschaft für Bioanalytik MünsterNonprofit 9 not ranked
32Institut für Postfossile LogistikResearch facility 9 not ranked
33AestheticoHospital / health system 8 not ranked
34Netzwerk der Rehabilitationsforschung in Nordrhein-WestfalenResearch facility 3 not ranked
35European Society of Cutaneous Lupus ErythematosusResearch facility 1 not ranked
36Internationales Institut für Wald und HolzNonprofit 1 not ranked
37Species Conservation FoundationInstitution 0 not ranked
38Apothekerstiftung Westfalen-LippeNonprofit 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.

University of Münster: 84.9%FH Münster: 3.5%Orthopädische Praxis: 2.4%Institut für Soziale Arbeit: 1.8%32 others listed: 7.4%85%largest
University of Münster75k · 84.9%FH Münster3,047 · 3.5%Orthopädische Praxis2,127 · 2.4%Institut für Soziale Arbeit1,619 · 1.8%32 others listed6,490 · 7.4%

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

Which fields of science does Münster work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Münster is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,641 fractional works · 34.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,150 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 902 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 362 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 285 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLaw: 128 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 84 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 137 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,017 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPhilosophy: 195 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 187 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 139 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 100 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 98 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 98 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 650 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 230 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 185 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 116 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 481 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 139 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 137 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 209 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 145 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 134 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,588 fractional works · 26.8% of its workEngineering: 1,118 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 332 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 163 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 162 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 134 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 83 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 111 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 491 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 175 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 447 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 287 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 383 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 128 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 91 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 350 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 217 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 277 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 275 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 108 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 185 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 85 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,452 fractional works · 25.7% of its workMedicine: 3,007 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSurgery: 494 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 229 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 214 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 205 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 192 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 156 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 144 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 107 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 138 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 334 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 207 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,727 fractional works · 12.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 955 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 548 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 133 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 361 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 171 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 204 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 155 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 127 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKMünster13kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences35%

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 Sciences4,64134.6%
    1. Social Sciences2,15016.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities1,0177.6%
    3. Psychology6504.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting4813.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2091.6%
    6. Decision Sciences1341.0%
    1. Engineering1,1188.3%
    2. Computer Science4913.7%
    3. Chemistry4473.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy3832.9%
    5. Materials Science3502.6%
    6. Mathematics2772.1%
    7. Environmental Science2752.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1851.4%
    9. Energy380.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering250.2%
  2. Health Sciences3,45225.7%
    1. Medicine3,00722.4%
    2. Health Professions3342.5%
    3. Dentistry630.5%
    4. Nursing280.2%
    5. Veterinary190.1%
  3. Life Sciences1,72712.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9557.1%
    2. Neuroscience3612.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2041.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1551.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics530.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Münster strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Münster is most concentrated in Classics, History and Philosophy of Science and Religious studies (5.0× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 35.0 works5.0×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 85.3 works4.7×
  3. Religious studiesSubfield · 88.2 works4.4×
  4. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 62.7 works3.3×
  5. BiochemistrySubfield · 32.8 works3.3×
  6. PhilosophySubfield · 163.0 works3.2×
  7. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 263.8 works2.9×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 182 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 846 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.12× its world share, 134 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.61× its world share, 311 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 46 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.20× its world share, 410 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 432 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 155 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 34 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 1,001 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 239 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 312 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.77× its world share, 248 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.30× its world share, 345 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 55 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 300 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 2,643 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 15 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.61× its world share, 898 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 435 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 117 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 190 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.59× its world share, 576 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 1,930 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 Humanities2.61×898 works
  2. Chemistry2.20×410 works
  3. Mathematics1.77×248 works
  4. Neuroscience1.61×311 works
  5. Psychology1.59×576 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×846 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.30×345 works
  8. Social Sciences1.28×1,930 works
  9. Medicine1.16×2,643 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.14×435 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.12×134 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.11×46 works
  13. Decision Sciences1.02×117 works
  14. Health Professions0.96×300 works
  15. Dentistry0.95×55 works
  16. Veterinary0.95×15 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.83×155 works
  18. Materials Science0.75×312 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×190 works
  20. Engineering0.56×1,001 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.55×23 works
  22. Computer Science0.47×432 works
  23. Environmental Science0.40×239 works
  24. Nursing0.37×22 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×182 works
  26. Energy0.31×34 works

Which keywords describe research in Münster?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology509◆ 0.95×132 topics
  2. Inflammation293◆ 1.03×83 topics
  3. Governance269▲ 6.2×15 topics
  4. Identity267▲ 2.8×69 topics
  5. Education264◆ 1.14×96 topics
  6. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse238▲ 46×2 topics
  7. Gender235▲ 3.3×52 topics
  8. Sustainable Development228◆ 1.09×54 topics
  9. History198▲ 2.1×53 topics
  10. Ethics195▲ 2.9×50 topics
  11. Lithium-ion Batteries180▲ 3.2×3 topics
  12. Cathode Materials177▲ 3.4×3 topics
  13. Bildungsungleichheit175▲ 48×1 topic
  14. Ethnografisches Schreiben175▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Leadership174▲ 2.7×24 topics
  16. Philosophy165▲ 2.8×38 topics
  17. Digital Transformation156▲ 2.1×18 topics
  18. Literature154▲ 2.1×56 topics
  19. Thermal Management154▲ 3.5×8 topics
  20. Religion146▲ 2.4×41 topics
  21. Nationalism146▲ 2.4×31 topics
  22. Professional Development141▲ 5.1×13 topics
  23. Outcomes124▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Bildung120▲ 28×3 topics
  25. Fluid Dynamics109▲ 5.7×6 topics
  26. Digitalization108▲ 3.9×10 topics
  27. Supervision104▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Workplace100▲ 8.3×5 topics
  29. Emotional Regulation96▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Coaching95▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Psychodrama95▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Relationship95▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Mathematical Modeling93▲ 8.0×4 topics
  34. Materials Science92▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Engineering91▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Turbine Technology89▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Organizational Change89▲ 8.4×5 topics
  38. Autorschaft78▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Literaturkritik78▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Imperialism78▲ 7.5×8 topics

What research is done in Münster?

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 166 works
  2. 2 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 87 works
  3. 3 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 86 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 76 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 72 works
  6. 6 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 72 works
  7. 7 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 65 works
  8. 8 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 63 works
  9. 9 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 57 works
  10. 10 Education Methods and Technologies Education 56 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

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%Münster17.0% 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 26.3% in 2013.

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