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Brigham and Women's Hospital vs Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

On research quality in 2022–now, Brigham and Women's Hospital ranks #104 in the world and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München #105, of 28,054 institutions. Brigham and Women's Hospital stands higher in 5 of the 14 fields both publish in, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 9.

Research profiles alike: 0.44similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

Brigham and Women's Hospital

United States · Boston

World rank, 2022–now
#104
#76 all time
Works, 2022–now
9k
fractional
Top-10% rate
24.0%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
41%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Transplantation.

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Germany · Munich

World rank, 2022–now
#105
#88 all time
Works, 2022–now
13k
fractional
Top-10% rate
21.1%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
38%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Classics, Equine, General Decision Sciences.

Who leads in each field?

Brigham and Women's Hospital stands higher in 5 of 14 fields, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 9. Each bar is that side’s standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Brigham and Women's Hospital 59 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  1. —Arts and Humanities#92
  2. #47Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#122
  3. —Business, Management and Accounting#409
  4. —Computer Science#135
  5. —Decision Sciences#33
  6. —Dentistry#43
  7. —Engineering#978
  8. #60Health Professions—
  9. #16Immunology and Microbiology#88
  10. #4Medicine#99
  11. #56Neuroscience#85
  12. —Physics and Astronomy#60
  13. —Psychology#55
  14. —Social Sciences#89

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.

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. Nursing1.6× 0.5×
  2. Medicine3.3× 1.4×
  3. Health Professions1.6× 0.8×
  4. Immunology and Microbiology3.4× 1.8×
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.3× 0.9×
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.0× 0.8×
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.8× 1.5×
  8. Neuroscience1.9× 2.4×
  9. Engineering0.2× 0.3×
  10. Psychology0.9× 1.5×
  11. Environmental Science0.2× 0.5×
  12. Decision Sciences0.3× 1.0×
  13. Mathematics0.4× 1.1×
  14. Dentistry0.5× 1.7×
  15. Materials Science0.1× 0.5×
  16. Computer Science0.1× 0.7×
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.1× 0.5×
  18. Social Sciences0.2× 1.1×
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.1× 0.6×
  20. Veterinary0.5× 3.9×
  21. Chemistry0.1× 1.2×
  22. Chemical Engineering0.0× 0.2×
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.1× 1.9×
  24. Energy0.0× 0.3×
  25. Arts and Humanities0.1× 2.8×
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.0× 1.2×
Brigham and Women's HospitalLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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 Brigham and Women's Hospital leans further are at the top, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München’s at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

2k4kLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München3,151 in 2025Brigham and Women's Hospital2,320 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, Brigham and Women's Hospital or Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München?

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München publishes 1.4× as much research as Brigham and Women's Hospital in 2022–now (13k against 9k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Brigham and Women's Hospital or Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München?

24.0% of Brigham and Women's Hospital's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 21.1% for Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.