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Brain (Germany)

In research, Brain (Germany) stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,506 of 6,403 worldwide) and Neuroscience (#319 of 1,092 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience (Cognitive Neuroscience is 36.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,198
of 22,385 · #3,072 all time
Rank in Germany
#158
of 795
Research works
1.1k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
42k
39.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Brain (Germany)

What is Brain (Germany) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,506 of 6,403 11.5%110 #1618
NeuroscienceField #319 of 1,092 11.4%88 #403

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brain (Germany) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

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

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Brain (Germany) is in Life Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Neuroscience (38%), Medicine (17%), Computer Science (11%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 132 fractional works · 47.1% of its workNeuroscience: 106 fractional works · 37.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 73 fractional works · 26.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 19.6% of its workComputer Science: 30 fractional works · 10.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 5.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 5.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 51 fractional works · 18.4% of its workMedicine: 46 fractional works · 16.6% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPsychology: 29 fractional works · 10.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBrain (Germany)279fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences47%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences15%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience10637.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology186.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Computer Science3010.7%
    2. Engineering165.6%
    3. Environmental Science41.3%
    4. Materials Science20.6%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    7. Energy10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine4616.6%
    2. Health Professions31.2%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Psychology2910.3%
    2. Social Sciences62.1%
    3. Decision Sciences20.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Brain (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 36.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 73.5 works36×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 105.9 works23×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 23.37× its world share, 106 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.38× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.38× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 23.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience23.37×106 works
  2. Psychology3.38×29 works
  3. Computer Science1.38×30 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.23×18 works
  5. Veterinary1.20×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.92×2 works
  7. Medicine0.86×46 works
  8. Nursing0.77×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.45×3 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×6 works
  13. Engineering0.37×16 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.34×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.27×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.26×4 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.25×2 works
  18. Energy0.22×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.18×2 works
  21. Social Sciences0.16×6 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.14×1 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Brain (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Klaus Liebeton, Guido Meurer and Jürgen Eck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brain (Germany).

  1. 1 Klaus Liebeton Germany · #1,278,071 worldwide 1.9k citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Guido Meurer Germany · #1,464,420 worldwide 1.5k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Jürgen Eck Germany · #1,560,383 worldwide 1.8k citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Dieter K. Schneidewind Germany · #2,404,809 worldwide 66 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Michael Krohn Germany · #3,204,743 worldwide 885 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Torsten Fauth Germany · #3,915,073 worldwide 508 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Babette Möckel Germany · #4,289,610 worldwide 521 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 J. Eck Germany · #4,790,689 worldwide 327 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Brain (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from Brain (Germany) is "EfficientDet: Scalable and Efficient Object Detection" (Mingxing Tan, Ruoming Pang, Quoc Viet Le, 2020), with 9,034 citations. Next come "A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchitectonic maps and functional imaging data" (4,255) and "Deep learning with convolutional neural networks for EEG decoding and visualization" (3,759).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 EfficientDet: Scalable and Efficient Object Detection Mingxing Tan, Ruoming Pang, Quoc Viet Le Conference paper Jun 2020 9,034
2 A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchitectonic maps and functional imaging data Simon Bodo Eickhoff, Klaas Enno Stephan, Hartmut Mohlberg et al. · NeuroImage 22 Apr 2005 4,255
3 Deep learning with convolutional neural networks for EEG decoding and visualization Robin Tibor Schirrmeister, Jost Tobias Springenberg, Lukas D. J. Fiederer et al. · Human Brain Mapping Open access 7 Aug 2017 3,759
4 The Human Brainnetome Atlas: A New Brain Atlas Based on Connectional Architecture Lingzhong Fan, Hai Li, Junjie Zhuo et al. · Cerebral Cortex Open access 26 May 2016 3,288
5 Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism The DDD Study et al. · Nature Open access 29 Oct 2014 2,993
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Brain (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Functional Connectivity, Neural Mechanisms, Motor Imagery, Neuronal Oscillations, Brain-Computer Interfaces, EEG Analysis and Working Memory.

▲ 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-now 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. Neurological Disorders22▲ 14×15 topics
  2. Deep Learning16▲ 1.71×36 topics
  3. Functional Connectivity15▲ 39×3 topics
  4. Neural Mechanisms14▲ 49×4 topics
  5. Motor Imagery14▲ 39×2 topics
  6. Neuronal Oscillations13▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Brain-Computer Interfaces13▲ 50×1 topic
  8. EEG Analysis13▲ 50×1 topic
  9. Working Memory12▲ 49×3 topics
  10. Cortical Networks12▲ 75×1 topic
  11. Synchronization12▲ 35×1 topic
  12. Neural Networks11▲ 2.6×17 topics
  13. Prefrontal Cortex11▲ 46×3 topics
  14. Emotion Regulation11▲ 12×8 topics
  15. Default Mode Network10▲ 51×1 topic
  16. Resting-State fMRI10▲ 51×1 topic
  17. Neurobiology10▲ 14×9 topics
  18. Depression10▲ 3.9×16 topics
  19. Social Cognition9▲ 18×6 topics
  20. Neural Processing9▲ 55×2 topics
  21. Cortical Connectivity9▲ 74×2 topics
  22. Cognitive Control8▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Neuroscience8▲ 8.9×10 topics
  24. Decision Making7▲ 8.9×3 topics
  25. Perceptual Learning7▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Visual Perception7▲ 108×1 topic
  27. Synaptic Plasticity7▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Neural Circuits7▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Executive Functions7▲ 38×3 topics
  30. Neuroimaging Studies6▲ 41×3 topics
  31. Hippocampus6▲ 36×2 topics
  32. Neural Plasticity6▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Parkinson's Disease6▲ 9.2×7 topics
  34. Adolescent Brain Development6▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Attentional Networks6▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Electrical Stimulation6▲ 40×2 topics
  37. Neuronal Circuits6▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Electrode Arrays6▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Neural Stimulation6▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Memory5▲ 7.9×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neural dynamics and brain function, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies and Visual perception and processing mechanisms.

EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 13 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 12 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…10Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 10 fractional worksVisual perception and pr…7Visual perception and processing mechanisms: 7 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 6 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neural Engineering: 6 fractional worksFace Recognition and Per…4Face Recognition and Perception: 4 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 4 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 4 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceNeurology

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

  1. 1 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 13 works
  2. 2 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 12 works
  3. 3 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 10 works
  4. 4 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
  5. 5 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  6. 6 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 works
  7. 7 Face Recognition and Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  8. 8 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 4 works
  9. 9 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  10. 10 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 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 available51.7%not open48.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.0%domestic only51.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Brain (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00093% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Brain (Germany)0.00096% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Brain (Germany)13.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.8% in 2005.

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