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Bayer (Germany) vs Tilburg University

On research quality in 2022-now, Bayer (Germany) ranks #919 in the world and Tilburg University #921, of 22,385 institutions. Bayer (Germany) stands higher in 5 of the 14 fields both publish in, Tilburg University in 9.

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Bayer (Germany)

Germany · Leverkusen

World rank, 2022-now
#919
#1,159 all time
Works, 2022-now
2.5k
fractional
Top-10% rate
12.3%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
21%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Theoretical Computer Science, Chemical Health and Safety, General Decision Sciences.

Tilburg University

Netherlands · Tilburg

World rank, 2022-now
#921
#967 all time
Works, 2022-now
3.7k
fractional
Top-10% rate
14.3%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
56%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Medical Terminology, General Decision Sciences, Applied Psychology.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Tilburg University leads on 5 of 8 measures: output, top-10% rate, citations per work, open access and international co-authorship. Bayer (Germany) leads on 3 of 8 measures: research quality, citation excellence for its fields and growth.

Bayer (Germany) 35 Tilburg University
  1. #919Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#921
  2. 1.39×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.34×
  3. 2.5kOutputfractional works, 2022-now3.7k
  4. 12.3%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited14.3%
  5. 21.9Citations per workall time, per fractional work28.8
  6. 21%Open accessof its works free to read, all time56%
  7. 23%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time28%
  8. +4%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+0%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, citation excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Bayer (Germany) stands higher in 5 of 14 fields, Tilburg University in 9. Tilburg University leads most in Business, Management and Accounting (#369 against #1,724); Bayer (Germany) leads most in Medicine (#740 against #1,578). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Bayer (Germany) 59 Tilburg University
  1. #654Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. -Arts and Humanities#552
  3. #705Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-
  4. #1,724Business, Management and Accounting#369
  5. #2,552Computer Science#833
  6. -Decision Sciences#296
  7. -Economics, Econometrics and Finance#514
  8. #3,249Engineering#3,728
  9. #1,613Environmental Science-
  10. #984Health Professions#675
  11. #740Medicine#1,578
  12. -Neuroscience#589
  13. -Psychology#243
  14. #3,513Social Sciences#464

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Bayer (Germany) rankTilburg University rank Bayer (Germany) top 10%Tilburg University top 10% Bayer (Germany) worksTilburg University works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #654 - 11.2% - 227 -
Arts and Humanities - #552 - 20.3% - 202
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #705 - 16.2% - 223 -
Business, Management and Accounting #1,724 #369 2.5% 15.2% 118 372
Computer Science #2,552 #833 7.4% 11.6% 85 279
Decision Sciences - #296 - 12.0% - 111
Economics, Econometrics and Finance - #514 - 12.1% - 247
Engineering #3,249 #3,728 4.6% 11.6% 156 80
Environmental Science #1,613 - 4.9% - 115 -
Health Professions #984 #675 6.3% 11.1% 68 147
Medicine #740 #1,578 20.4% 13.2% 686 248
Neuroscience - #589 - 12.3% - 120
Psychology - #243 - 15.1% - 458
Social Sciences #3,513 #464 2.8% 15.5% 134 918

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world's share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Chemical Engineering0.6× 0.0×
  2. Materials Science0.4× 0.0×
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.9× 0.1×
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.9× 0.1×
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.3× 0.1×
  6. Veterinary2.0× 0.1×
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.1× 0.1×
  8. Chemistry1.1× 0.1×
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.5× 0.1×
  10. Medicine1.6× 0.4×
  11. Dentistry0.1× 0.0×
  12. Nursing1.0× 0.3×
  13. Engineering0.5× 0.2×
  14. Environmental Science1.0× 0.4×
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.5× 0.2×
  16. Mathematics1.2× 1.3×
  17. Energy0.4× 0.5×
  18. Health Professions1.1× 1.6×
  19. Computer Science0.5× 1.1×
  20. Business, Management and Accounting1.5× 3.3×
  21. Arts and Humanities0.8× 2.1×
  22. Decision Sciences1.0× 3.4×
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.0× 3.2×
  24. Neuroscience0.6× 2.2×
  25. Social Sciences0.4× 2.1×
  26. Psychology0.8× 4.5×
Bayer (Germany)Tilburg University

Location quotient in 2022-now: the share of each side's research in the field over the world's share. 1× is the world's balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where Bayer (Germany) leans further are at the top, Tilburg University's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Bayer (Germany)

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology97◆ 0.99×108 topics
  2. Inflammation80▲ 1.53×74 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease74▲ 2.6×36 topics
  4. Climate Change73◆ 1.09×78 topics
  5. Clinical Trials67▲ 4.1×16 topics
  6. Sustainable Development61▲ 1.58×34 topics
  7. Biomarkers60▲ 3.5×18 topics
  8. Big Data60▲ 2.5×20 topics
  9. Immunotherapy51▲ 2.9×17 topics
  10. Digital Transformation50▲ 3.8×12 topics
  11. Biodiversity45▲ 2.4×26 topics
  12. Hormone Therapy44▲ 21×3 topics
  13. Heart Failure43▲ 3.9×14 topics
  14. Genomic Profiling42▲ 17×2 topics
  15. Prostate Cancer41▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Invasive Species39▲ 3.7×18 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations38▲ 3.5×17 topics
  18. Targeted Therapy37▲ 6.8×5 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines35▲ 4.8×8 topics
  20. Food Safety34▲ 4.9×11 topics
  21. Breast Cancer33▲ 5.3×9 topics
  22. Chronic Diseases30▲ 4.7×8 topics
  23. Mobile Health29▲ 8.0×3 topics
  24. Pesticides28▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Androgen Receptor28▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Metastatic Prostate Cancer28▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Molecular Biology28▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Genetic Testing28▲ 9.7×4 topics
  29. Telemedicine27▲ 8.2×5 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Events26▲ 8.7×4 topics
  31. Phylogeny25▲ 6.1×17 topics
  32. Informed Consent25▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Customer Experience25▲ 6.2×3 topics
  34. Business Models24▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Technology Innovation24▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Omni-Channel Strategy24▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Organizational Change24▲ 12×6 topics
  38. Medical Ethics23▲ 7.5×5 topics
  39. End-of-Life Care23▲ 8.2×4 topics
  40. Patient Rights22▲ 13×2 topics

Tilburg University

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights186▲ 4.9×56 topics
  2. Mental Health170▲ 3.2×38 topics
  3. Globalization166▲ 2.3×99 topics
  4. Machine Learning119◆ 0.96×67 topics
  5. Social Media110▲ 2.1×33 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence110▲ 2.1×36 topics
  7. Depression103▲ 3.1×17 topics
  8. Ethics101▲ 5.3×39 topics
  9. Big Data86▲ 2.4×23 topics
  10. Corporate Governance82▲ 3.0×24 topics
  11. Economic Growth79▲ 2.6×25 topics
  12. Anxiety70▲ 3.9×10 topics
  13. International Law69▲ 5.9×24 topics
  14. Emotion Regulation68▲ 5.8×9 topics
  15. Emotion67▲ 8.6×11 topics
  16. Psychopathology63▲ 9.6×3 topics
  17. Global Governance63▲ 7.0×18 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis59▲ 2.7×18 topics
  19. Well-being58▲ 4.0×13 topics
  20. Social Capital58▲ 3.0×14 topics
  21. Resilience58▲ 3.1×14 topics
  22. Regulation55▲ 2.8×16 topics
  23. European Union54▲ 6.5×19 topics
  24. Neuroscience52▲ 4.5×13 topics
  25. Trust51▲ 4.9×10 topics
  26. Labor Market51▲ 4.9×13 topics
  27. Social Interaction51▲ 3.5×10 topics
  28. Personality Traits50▲ 10×8 topics
  29. Embodiment50▲ 7.1×6 topics
  30. Sovereignty49▲ 14×11 topics
  31. Accountability48▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Mental Disorders46▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Inclusion45▲ 8.2×7 topics
  34. Self-Regulation41▲ 6.1×6 topics
  35. Transnational Corporations39▲ 40×3 topics
  36. Fairness39▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Professionalism39▲ 6.2×6 topics
  38. Income Inequality37▲ 7.1×6 topics
  39. Neural Correlates36▲ 9.8×7 topics
  40. Network Analysis35▲ 8.1×4 topics

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Tilburg University has out-published Bayer (Germany) every year since 2016, when it overtook it.

still counting1k2kTilburg University831 in 2025Bayer (Germany)551 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.050%0.10%Tilburg University0.014% in 2025Bayer (Germany)0.0094% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting10%20%Tilburg University13.7% in 2025Bayer (Germany)12.7% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Which publishes more research, Bayer (Germany) or Tilburg University?

Tilburg University publishes 1.5× as much research as Bayer (Germany) in 2022-now (3.7k against 2.5k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Bayer (Germany) or Tilburg University?

14.3% of Tilburg University's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 12.3% for Bayer (Germany).

Is Bayer (Germany) or Tilburg University growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +4% against 2018-21 for Bayer (Germany), and +0% for Tilburg University.

Which has more open access research, Bayer (Germany) or Tilburg University?

56% of Tilburg University's research is free to read, against 21% of Bayer (Germany)'s.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Bayer (Germany)

  1. 1 Peter Kolkhof #14,970 worldwide 15k citations · 177 works
  2. 2 Ralf Nauen #16,364 worldwide 31k citations · 367 works
  3. 3 Anthonie W.A. Lensing #39,039 worldwide 17k citations · 128 works
  4. 4 Lothar Roessig #48,394 worldwide 6.7k citations · 114 works
  5. 5 Djork-Arné Clevert #58,394 worldwide 8.6k citations · 119 works

Tilburg University

  1. 1 Thorsten Beck #18,613 worldwide 36k citations · 310 works
  2. 2 Dorien T. A. M. Kooij #42,040 worldwide 7.3k citations · 127 works
  3. 3 Jelte M. Wicherts #45,873 worldwide 17k citations · 304 works
  4. 4 Mark John Brandt #49,289 worldwide 11k citations · 295 works
  5. 5 Jaap J. A. Denissen #68,180 worldwide 20k citations · 327 works