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Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences

In research, Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,172 of 7,800 worldwide) and Neuroscience (#964 of 1,168 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience — Cognitive Neuroscience is 39.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,895
of 28,054 · #10,568 all time
Rank in Germany
#395
of 1,178
Research works
545
▲ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
28.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences 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 #4,172 of 7,800 21.6%84 #4551
NeuroscienceField #964 of 1,168 20.9%69 #1411

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences 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).

What does Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 39.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 43.7 works40×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 69.1 works28×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.52× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 28.25× its world share, 69 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.17× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.88× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 28.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Prefrontal Cortex, Neural Mechanisms, Emotion Regulation, Neuroimaging Studies, Decision Making, Neurobiology and Executive Functions.

▲ 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. Neurological Disorders13▲ 15×14 topics
  2. Prefrontal Cortex13▲ 106×3 topics
  3. Neural Mechanisms12▲ 89×4 topics
  4. Emotion Regulation11▲ 24×8 topics
  5. Neuroimaging Studies10▲ 123×3 topics
  6. Decision Making9▲ 19×2 topics
  7. Neurobiology9▲ 23×8 topics
  8. Executive Functions9▲ 101×2 topics
  9. Neuronal Oscillations9▲ 75×2 topics
  10. Cognitive Control8▲ 96×2 topics
  11. Adolescent Brain Development8▲ 156×1 topic
  12. Attentional Networks8▲ 156×1 topic
  13. Working Memory7▲ 54×3 topics
  14. Cortical Connectivity7▲ 108×2 topics
  15. Cortical Networks7▲ 77×1 topic
  16. Functional Connectivity7▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Synchronization7▲ 37×1 topic
  18. Neurodegeneration6▲ 14×9 topics
  19. Brain Development6▲ 24×6 topics
  20. Neuroinflammation6▲ 15×5 topics
  21. Hippocampus6▲ 67×2 topics
  22. Synaptic Plasticity6▲ 19×6 topics
  23. Dendritic Spines6▲ 49×2 topics
  24. Depression6▲ 4.4×14 topics
  25. Neural Processing6▲ 62×2 topics
  26. Neural Circuits6▲ 41×4 topics
  27. Memory6▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Neuronal Circuits6▲ 48×2 topics
  29. Navigation5▲ 95×2 topics
  30. Perceptual Learning5▲ 67×1 topic
  31. Visual Perception5▲ 136×1 topic
  32. Astrocyte Function5▲ 53×2 topics
  33. GABAergic5▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Neurotransmission5▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Neuroimaging5▲ 12×9 topics
  36. Motor Imagery4▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Brain-Computer Interfaces4▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Cytokines4▲ 10×4 topics
  39. EEG Analysis4▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Spatial Representation4▲ 72×2 topics

Which research topics does Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Neural dynamics and brain function, Visual perception and processing mechanisms and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 8 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 7 fractional worksVisual perception and pr…5Visual perception and processing mechanisms: 5 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…5Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 5 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 4 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 4 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechan…4Memory and Neural Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksStress Responses and Cortisol: 2 fractional worksFace Recognition and Perception: 2 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceNeurologyBehavioral Neuroscience

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

  1. 1 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  2. 2 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
  3. 3 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5 works
  5. 5 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  6. 6 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  7. 7 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  8. 8 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 3 works
  9. 9 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Face Recognition and Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available71.1%not open28.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.4%domestic only64.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% 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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