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Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine

In research, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,781 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#5,511 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,955 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Microbiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Infectious Diseases is 21.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,178
of 28,054 · #4,719 all time
Rank in Germany
#259
of 1,178
Research works
2.1k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
31.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #2,781 of 7,800 26.7%72 #1903
MedicineField #5,511 of 10,443 28.9%115 #3880
Health SciencesDomain #6,955 of 11,982 27.6%126 #4887

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#1,903 #2,781
  2. Medicine#3,880 #5,511
  3. Health Sciences#4,887 #6,955
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 21.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 35.7 works21×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 31.5 works13×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 34.2 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.38× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.48× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 12.74× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.45× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.73× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Stephan Günther, Herbert Schmitz and Rolf D. Horstmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine.

  1. 1 Stephan Günther Germany · #13,380 worldwide 872 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Herbert Schmitz Germany · #17,311 worldwide 679 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Rolf D. Horstmann Germany · #128,760 worldwide 171 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Egbert Tannich Germany · #145,418 worldwide 169 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Jürgen May Germany · #205,676 worldwide 125 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Bernhard Fleischer Germany · #237,742 worldwide 225 citations · 92 works
  7. 7 Paul Rácz Germany · #252,217 worldwide 131 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Frank Ebert Germany · #290,382 worldwide 36 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 R. Garms Germany · #368,280 worldwide 41 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Gerd Burchard Germany · #395,284 worldwide 18 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Public Health, Vaccine, Vector Control, Immune Response and Arboviral Diseases.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology80▲ 8.2×73 topics
  2. Pathogenesis30▲ 24×18 topics
  3. Vaccine Development28▲ 46×8 topics
  4. Public Health27▲ 7.6×28 topics
  5. Vaccine23▲ 23×11 topics
  6. Vector Control22▲ 75×4 topics
  7. Immune Response20▲ 14×16 topics
  8. Arboviral Diseases14▲ 91×1 topic
  9. Zika Virus14▲ 91×1 topic
  10. Zoonotic Infections13▲ 95×2 topics
  11. Genome Sequence13▲ 61×4 topics
  12. Social Media12▲ 3.5×6 topics
  13. Global Burden11▲ 8.6×8 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity11▲ 10×8 topics
  15. Diagnosis11▲ 4.8×21 topics
  16. Pandemic11▲ 4.2×6 topics
  17. Insecticide Resistance11▲ 56×4 topics
  18. Immunity11▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Risk Perception11▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Transmission11▲ 82×2 topics
  21. Helminth Infections11▲ 113×2 topics
  22. SARS-CoV-210▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Infectious Diseases10▲ 12×8 topics
  24. Bunyavirus9▲ 85×1 topic
  25. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers9▲ 85×1 topic
  26. Drug Resistance9▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Health Behavior9▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Artemisinin Resistance9▲ 113×1 topic
  29. COVID-19 Vaccine9▲ 49×2 topics
  30. Plasmodium falciparum9▲ 113×1 topic
  31. Herd Immunity9▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Vaccine Hesitancy9▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Ebola Virus8▲ 127×1 topic
  34. Outbreak8▲ 95×1 topic
  35. Disease Burden8▲ 46×2 topics
  36. Immunomodulation8▲ 24×3 topics
  37. ACE2 Receptor7▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Immune Regulation7▲ 27×4 topics
  39. Host-Pathogen Interactions7▲ 34×3 topics
  40. Pathogen Transmission7▲ 43×3 topics

Which research topics does Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Viral Infections and Vectors, Malaria Research and Control and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 14 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 9 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…9Malaria Research and Control: 9 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…9Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 9 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 8 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 7 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …5SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 5 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 4 fractional worksTrypanosoma species research and implications: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesHealthParasitology1 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 9 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 9 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 8 works
  6. 6 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 7 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 5 works
  8. 8 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 4 works
  9. 9 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 4 works
  10. 10 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 4 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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