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AiCuris (Germany)

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Research works
60
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
46.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
AiCuris (Germany)

Not ranked overall: AiCuris (Germany) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does AiCuris (Germany) work in?

In all years, 54% of research at AiCuris (Germany) is in Health Sciences, 38% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (22%), Immunology and Microbiology (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 32 fractional works · 53.7% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 53.0% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 26.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 8.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 37.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 21.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 10.4% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAiCuris (Germany)60fractional works, all years
Life Sciences38%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences54%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3253.0%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1321.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology610.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences35.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Chemistry12.1%
    2. Engineering11.6%
    3. Computer Science11.1%
    4. Energy00.8%
    5. Environmental Science00.6%
    6. Materials Science00.6%
    1. Social Sciences11.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.09× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.61× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.92× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.94× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 3.24× its world share, 6 worksMedicineSocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.92×0 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.61×0 works
  3. Medicine3.24×6 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.09×2 works
  5. Chemistry1.94×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.75×0 works
  8. Engineering0.27×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.16×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.11×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at AiCuris (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexander Birkmann, Peter Lischka and Helga Ruebsamen‐Schaeff lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AiCuris (Germany).

  1. 1 Alexander Birkmann Germany · #330,431 worldwide 2.5k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Peter Lischka Germany · #602,220 worldwide 2.9k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Helga Ruebsamen‐Schaeff Germany · #738,026 worldwide 1.5k citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Helga Rübsamen‐Schaeff Germany · #917,479 worldwide 1.3k citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Holger Zimmermann Germany · #951,842 worldwide 3.8k citations · 121 works
  6. 6 Andreas Urban Germany · #1,564,494 worldwide 798 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Dirk Kropeit Germany · #3,300,661 worldwide 379 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at AiCuris (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from AiCuris (Germany)?

The most cited paper from AiCuris (Germany) is "Letermovir for Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation" (Roy F. Chemaly, Andrew J. Ullmann, Susanne Stoelben et al., 2014), with 375 citations. Next come "The Novel Anticytomegalovirus Compound AIC246 (Letermovir) Inhibits Human Cytomegalovirus Replication through a Specific Antiviral Mechanism That Involves the Viral Terminase" (344) and "Definitions of Resistant and Refractory Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Recipients for Use in Clinical Trials" (247).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Letermovir for Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation Roy F. Chemaly, Andrew J. Ullmann, Susanne Stoelben et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 7 May 2014 375
2 The Novel Anticytomegalovirus Compound AIC246 (Letermovir) Inhibits Human Cytomegalovirus Replication through a Specific Antiviral Mechanism That Involves the Viral Terminase Thomas Goldner, Guy Hewlett, Nicole Ettischer et al. · Journal of Virology Open access 13 Jul 2011 344
3 Definitions of Resistant and Refractory Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Recipients for Use in Clinical Trials Roy F. Chemaly, Sunwen Chou, Hermann Einsele et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 17 Aug 2018 247
4 In Vitro and In Vivo Activities of the Novel Anticytomegalovirus Compound AIC246 Peter Lischka, Guy Hewlett, Tobias Wunberg et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Open access 5 Jan 2010 241
5 Structures of ClpP in complex with acyldepsipeptide antibiotics reveal its activation mechanism Byung‐Gil Lee, Eun Young Park, Kyung-Eun Lee et al. · Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 19 Mar 2010 235
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at AiCuris (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Vaccine, Antiviral Therapy, Encephalitis, Herpes Zoster, Herpesviruses and Vaccine Development.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Epidemiology14▲ 5.9×26 topics
  2. Immune Response12▲ 33×9 topics
  3. Vaccine11▲ 46×7 topics
  4. Antiviral Therapy8▲ 86×3 topics
  5. Encephalitis7▲ 214×2 topics
  6. Herpes Zoster7▲ 265×1 topic
  7. Herpesviruses7▲ 265×1 topic
  8. Vaccine Development7▲ 39×3 topics
  9. Infection7▲ 42×4 topics
  10. Immune Evasion7▲ 192×2 topics
  11. Transplant Recipients6▲ 124×2 topics
  12. Congenital Infection6▲ 222×1 topic
  13. Cytomegalovirus6▲ 222×1 topic
  14. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 27×4 topics
  15. Gene Therapy4▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Genomic Integration4▲ 60×2 topics
  17. AAV4▲ 91×1 topic
  18. Viral Vectors4▲ 91×1 topic
  19. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 13×8 topics
  20. Pathogenesis3▲ 9.3×10 topics
  21. Innate Immunity3▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Immune Modulation3▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Drug Resistance3▲ 14×5 topics
  24. Antimicrobial Peptides2▲ 69×2 topics
  25. Host Defense2▲ 52×2 topics
  26. HIV2▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Mechanisms of Action2▲ 104×1 topic
  28. Therapeutic Agents2▲ 104×1 topic
  29. Antibodies2▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Drug Discovery2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  31. ESKAPE Pathogens2▲ 56×1 topic
  32. HIV Infection2▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Hepatotoxicity2▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Immune Activation2▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Immunosuppression2▲ 25×3 topics
  36. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria2▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Adverse Effects2▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 11×7 topics
  39. Integrase Inhibitors2▲ 67×1 topic
  40. Nucleoside Analogues2▲ 67×1 topic

Which research topics does AiCuris (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Virus-based gene therapy research, Polyomavirus and related diseases, Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research.

Virus-based gene therapy…1Virus-based gene therapy research: 1 fractional worksPolyomavirus and related…1Polyomavirus and related diseases: 1 fractional worksParvovirus B19 Infection…1Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…1Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional worksHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…0HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 0 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasis Studies: 0 fractional worksCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research: 0 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 0 fractional works
GeneticsOncologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 1 works
  2. 2 Polyomavirus and related diseases Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.6%domestic only59.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has AiCuris (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is AiCuris (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000032% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%AiCuris (Germany)0.000026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of AiCuris (Germany) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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