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Research in Tübingen

Science Explorer records 25 research institutions in Tübingen, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Tübingen, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen and University Children's Hospital Tübingen.

Research institutions
25
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
108k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9M
26.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Tübingen

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 Tübingen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of TübingenUniversity 77,707 #192
2Universitäts FrauenklinikHospital / health system 10,561 #16,886
3University Children's Hospital TübingenHospital / health system 3,717 #2,858
4Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience TübingenGovernment institution 2,684 #1,409
5STZ eyetrialHospital / health system 1,623 #16,134
6BG Klinik TübingenHospital / health system 1,317 #14,373
7Institute for Applied Economic ResearchNonprofit 323 #16,018 all time
8Praxis für Humangenetik TübingenResearch facility 219 #29,163 all time
9Deutsche KnochenmarkspenderdateiNonprofit 106 not ranked
10Research Institute for Work, Technology and CultureNonprofit 99 not ranked
11Erbe Elektromedizin (Germany)Company 85 not ranked
12CeGaT (Germany)Company 72 not ranked
13CureVac (Germany)Company 67 not ranked
14Immatics Biotechnologies (Germany)Company 57 not ranked
15German Institute for Disaster MedicineInstitution 55 not ranked
16EMC Microcollections (Germany)Company 38 not ranked
17Synovo (Germany)Company 21 not ranked
18Kommission für Geschichte und Kultur der Deutschen in SüdosteuropaNonprofit 8 not ranked
19DAASI International (Germany)Company 6 not ranked
20Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik mit PropädeutikHospital / health system 4 not ranked
21Biametrics (Germany)Company 3 not ranked
22HighFinesse (Germany)Company 3 not ranked
23Synimmune (Germany)Company 3 not ranked
24Somfy (Germany)Company 1 not ranked
25European Group for Integrated Social ResearchInstitution 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.

University of Tübingen: 78.7%Universitäts Frauenklinik: 10.7%University Children's Hospital Tübingen: 3.8%Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen: 2.7%21 others listed: 4.2%79%largest
University of Tübingen78k · 78.7%Universitäts Frauenklinik11k · 10.7%University Children's Hospital Tübingen3,717 · 3.8%Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen2,684 · 2.7%21 others listed4,111 · 4.2%

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

Which fields of science does Tübingen work in?

In 2022-now, 28% of research in Tübingen is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 3,535 fractional works · 28.3% of its workMedicine: 3,206 fractional works · 25.7% of its workSurgery: 391 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 252 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 252 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 217 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 213 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 211 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 169 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 137 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 112 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 89 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 81 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 72 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 72 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 184 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 248 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 146 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,463 fractional works · 27.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,550 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 574 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 263 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 148 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 117 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 908 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 150 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 149 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 114 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 112 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 109 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 644 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 176 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 175 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 142 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 108 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 156 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 125 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 93 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,017 fractional works · 24.2% of its workComputer Science: 655 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 309 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 94 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 560 fractional works · 4.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 149 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 99 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 498 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 184 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 119 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 429 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 135 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 123 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 276 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPaleontology: 97 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 249 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 117 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 160 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 103 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 141 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2,470 fractional works · 19.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,188 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 685 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGenetics: 194 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 734 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 432 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 126 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 85 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 290 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 136 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 221 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 179 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKTübingen12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences28%

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. Health Sciences3,53528.3%
    1. Medicine3,20625.7%
    2. Health Professions2482.0%
    3. Dentistry370.3%
    4. Nursing350.3%
    5. Veterinary80.1%
  2. Social Sciences3,46327.7%
    1. Social Sciences1,55012.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities9087.3%
    3. Psychology6445.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1561.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1251.0%
    6. Decision Sciences800.6%
    1. Computer Science6555.2%
    2. Environmental Science5604.5%
    3. Engineering4984.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy4293.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2762.2%
    6. Chemistry2492.0%
    7. Materials Science1601.3%
    8. Mathematics1411.1%
    9. Energy330.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering150.1%
  4. Life Sciences2,47019.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,1889.5%
    2. Neuroscience7345.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2902.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2211.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics370.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tübingen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tübingen is most concentrated in Classics, Paleontology and Nature and Landscape Conservation (8.0× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 52.4 works8.0×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 85.5 works6.4×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 142.8 works5.4×
  4. BiochemistrySubfield · 45.5 works4.9×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 244 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 1,038 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 192 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.49× its world share, 624 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 33 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.30× its world share, 225 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 591 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 238 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 449 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 499 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 140 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.98× its world share, 127 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.54× its world share, 378 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 32 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 220 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 2,811 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.55× its world share, 812 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 143 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 68 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 114 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 565 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 1,397 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.49×624 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.55×812 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.77×1,038 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.73×192 works
  5. Psychology1.68×565 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.54×378 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.38×238 works
  8. Medicine1.33×2,811 works
  9. Chemistry1.30×225 works
  10. Social Sciences1.00×1,397 works
  11. Mathematics0.98×127 works
  12. Environmental Science0.91×499 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×33 works
  14. Health Professions0.76×220 works
  15. Computer Science0.69×591 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.64×68 works
  17. Dentistry0.59×32 works
  18. Nursing0.54×29 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×114 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×244 works
  21. Veterinary0.45×7 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×143 works
  23. Materials Science0.36×140 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.34×13 works
  25. Energy0.27×27 works
  26. Engineering0.27×449 works

Which keywords describe research in Tübingen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Landscape Management, Biosphere Reserves, Participatory Governance, Conservation, Gender and Identity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology528◆ 1.06×132 topics
  2. Inflammation344▲ 1.30×83 topics
  3. Machine Learning286▼ 0.69×72 topics
  4. Climate Change260▼ 0.77×95 topics
  5. Sustainable Development227▲ 1.16×54 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress222◆ 1.08×61 topics
  7. Identity206▲ 2.3×60 topics
  8. Immunotherapy201▲ 2.2×19 topics
  9. Cancer194▲ 1.16×54 topics
  10. Gender191▲ 2.8×46 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders186▲ 2.6×20 topics
  12. Treatment184▲ 1.21×50 topics
  13. Conservation179▲ 3.3×21 topics
  14. Virtual Reality178▲ 2.9×16 topics
  15. History166▲ 1.92×50 topics
  16. Ethics162▲ 2.6×47 topics
  17. Literature148▲ 2.2×53 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations135▲ 2.5×23 topics
  19. Philosophy128▲ 2.3×37 topics
  20. Governance124▲ 3.0×14 topics
  21. Landscape Management123▲ 56×2 topics
  22. Biosphere Reserves121▲ 79×1 topic
  23. Participatory Governance121▲ 79×1 topic
  24. Neurodegeneration107▲ 2.8×11 topics
  25. Emotion100▲ 3.8×12 topics
  26. Magnetic Resonance Imaging99▲ 3.1×8 topics
  27. Neural Mechanisms93▲ 7.4×4 topics
  28. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse86▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Functional Connectivity85▲ 5.0×3 topics
  30. Working Memory85▲ 7.6×3 topics
  31. Cancer Immunotherapy83▲ 4.4×3 topics
  32. Neuronal Oscillations79▲ 8.5×2 topics
  33. Bildung75▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Cortical Connectivity71▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Prefrontal Cortex70▲ 6.5×3 topics
  36. Bildungsungleichheit69▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Ethnografisches Schreiben69▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Neural Processing67▲ 8.9×2 topics
  39. Cognitive Functions64▲ 7.1×2 topics
  40. Perceptual Learning61▲ 9.8×2 topics

What research is done in Tübingen?

Ecology, Conservation, a…117Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 117 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 66 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 54 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 53 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 53 fractional worksVisual perception and processing mechanisms: 46 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …43Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 43 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 41 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 39 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Ps…38Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 38 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationSociology and Political ScienceCognitive NeuroscienceLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 117 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 66 works
  3. 3 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 54 works
  4. 4 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 53 works
  5. 5 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 53 works
  6. 6 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 46 works
  7. 7 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 43 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 41 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 39 works
  10. 10 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 38 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%Tübingen23.3% 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 28.6% in 2016.

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