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BioNTech (Germany)

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,661
of 28,054 · #11,360 all time
Rank in Germany
#279
of 1,178
Research works
161
▲ 128% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.8k
54.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

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: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.61× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 13.40× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.63× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.36× its world share, 32 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at BioNTech (Germany)?

Ranked on the composite score, Uğur Şahin, Evelyna Derhovanessian and Alexander Muik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BioNTech (Germany).

  1. 1 Uğur Şahin Germany · #10,728 worldwide 1k citations · 105 works
  2. 2 Evelyna Derhovanessian Germany · #215,860 worldwide 177 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Alexander Muik Germany · #540,143 worldwide 88 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Federico Mensa Germany · #1,222,354 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at BioNTech (Germany)

Which keywords describe research at BioNTech (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunity, Vaccine, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, Coronavirus, Cancer Immunotherapy, ACE2 Receptor and Antigen Presentation.

▲ 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. Immunity11▲ 39×4 topics
  2. Vaccine11▲ 38×8 topics
  3. SARS-CoV-29▲ 38×5 topics
  4. Pandemic8▲ 11×5 topics
  5. Coronavirus8▲ 54×2 topics
  6. Cancer Immunotherapy8▲ 70×2 topics
  7. ACE2 Receptor7▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Epidemiology7▲ 2.7×23 topics
  9. Antigen Presentation6▲ 106×2 topics
  10. Viral Transmission6▲ 62×2 topics
  11. antibody6▲ 86×1 topic
  12. spike protein6▲ 86×1 topic
  13. Gene Therapy6▲ 47×3 topics
  14. Innate Immunity6▲ 25×6 topics
  15. Immunotherapy5▲ 10×12 topics
  16. Pathogenesis5▲ 13×9 topics
  17. Dendritic Cells4▲ 70×1 topic
  18. Tumor Antigen4▲ 102×1 topic
  19. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 14×6 topics
  20. Tumor Regression4▲ 54×2 topics
  21. Immune Response4▲ 10×11 topics
  22. Immune Checkpoint Blockade4▲ 52×1 topic
  23. PD-1 and PD-L14▲ 52×1 topic
  24. RNA Interference4▲ 64×1 topic
  25. siRNA Delivery4▲ 92×1 topic
  26. Monoclonal Antibodies4▲ 60×3 topics
  27. Glycosylation3▲ 44×3 topics
  28. Therapeutic Antibodies3▲ 68×2 topics
  29. CAR T Cells3▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Chimeric Antigen Receptor3▲ 61×1 topic
  31. Antibody Engineering3▲ 78×1 topic
  32. Fc Receptors3▲ 78×1 topic
  33. COVID-19 Vaccine2▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Epitope Prediction2▲ 114×1 topic
  35. Infection2▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Peptide-MHC Binding2▲ 114×1 topic
  37. Vaccine Hesitancy2▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Norovirus2▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Rotavirus2▲ 62×1 topic
  40. Targeted Therapy2▲ 12×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 6 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…4Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gen…4RNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 4 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 3 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinfor…2vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 2 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesImmunologyOncologyMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 6 works
  2. 2 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 4 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  7. 7 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  9. 9 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 2 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 available69.4%not open30.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.2%domestic only49.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 128% 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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