Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
In research, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin stands highest in Health Sciences (#79 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#78 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#176 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Immunology and Allergy (Transplantation is 6.4× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #260 of 22,385 · #326 all time
- Rank in Germany
- #24 of 795
- Research works
- 48k ▲ 6% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.3M 26.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 10.5% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.35× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 33% world 40%
- International
- 25% world 18%
What is Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #79 of 9,902 | 11.0% | 4,906 | #110 | |
| MedicineField | #78 of 8,541 | 10.7% | 4,376 | #108 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #176 of 6,403 | 9.7% | 1,332 | #212 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #54 of 1,532 | 9.2% | 698 | #68 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #88 of 1,895 | 10.6% | 398 | #128 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #555 of 9,585 | 10.4% | 837 | #714 | |
| NeuroscienceField | #65 of 1,092 | 8.3% | 446 | #93 | |
| General Health ProfessionsSubfield | #60 of 944 | 11.9% | 228 | #128 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #199 of 2,964 | 10.1% | 630 | #243 | |
| DentistryField | #29 of 405 | 23.8% | 77 | #48 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Health Sciences#110 #79
- Medicine#108 #78
- Life Sciences#212 #176
- Surgery#68 #54
- Health Professions#128 #88
- Social Sciences#714 #555
- Neuroscience#93 #65
- General Health Professions#128 #60
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#243 #199
- Dentistry#48 #29
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin work in?
In 2022-now, 65% of research at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Neuroscience (6%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences5,49965.5%
- Medicine4,90658.4%
- Health Professions4435.3%
- Dentistry891.1%
- Nursing530.6%
- Veterinary80.1%
- Life Sciences1,47317.5%
- Social Sciences93711.2%
- Psychology4705.6%
- Social Sciences2352.8%
- Arts and Humanities1311.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance390.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting350.4%
- Decision Sciences280.3%
- Physical Sciences4875.8%
- Engineering2282.7%
- Computer Science790.9%
- Environmental Science610.7%
- Chemistry330.4%
- Materials Science300.4%
- Mathematics250.3%
- Physics and Astronomy200.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences80.1%
- Energy30.0%
- Chemical Engineering10.0%
What does Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- TransplantationSubfield · 24.0 works6.4×
- Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 42.9 works6.0×
- Immunology and AllergySubfield · 39.0 works5.9×
- Sensory SystemsSubfield · 35.6 works5.5×
- RheumatologySubfield · 210.3 works5.5×
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 74.6 works4.9×
- Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 189.4 works4.5×
- NeurologySubfield · 208.4 works4.3×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Neuroscience3.59×490 works
- Medicine3.04×4,906 works
- Immunology and Microbiology2.48×210 works
- Dentistry2.19×89 works
- Health Professions2.00×442 works
- Psychology1.84×470 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.56×699 works
- Nursing1.29×53 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×26 works
- Veterinary0.74×8 works
- Arts and Humanities0.54×131 works
- Decision Sciences0.35×28 works
- Mathematics0.26×25 works
- Chemistry0.25×33 works
- Social Sciences0.22×234 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×39 works
- Engineering0.18×228 works
- Environmental Science0.15×61 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.13×35 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×49 works
- Computer Science0.12×79 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.11×20 works
- Materials Science0.10×30 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×8 works
- Energy0.03×2 works
- Chemical Engineering0.02×1 works
- Neuroscience 3.6×
- Medicine 3.0×
- Immunology and Microbiology 2.5×
- Dentistry 2.2×
- Health Professions 2.0×
- Psychology 1.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.6×
- Nursing 1.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.9×
- Veterinary 0.7×
- Arts and Humanities 0.5×
- Decision Sciences 0.3×
- Mathematics 0.3×
- Chemistry 0.2×
- Social Sciences 0.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Energy 0.0×
- Chemical Engineering 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin?
Ranked on the quality score, Florian Fischer, Stefan D. Anker and Falk Schwendicke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
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Florian Fischer
Germany · #2,310 worldwide 257k citations · 661 works
- 2
Stefan D. Anker
Germany · #2,834 worldwide 146k citations · 1,183 works
- 3
Falk Schwendicke
Germany · #5,223 worldwide 137k citations · 616 works
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Markus Ralser
Germany · #5,249 worldwide 29k citations · 411 works
- 5
Christian Drosten
Germany · #5,949 worldwide 135k citations · 789 works
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Victor M. Corman
Germany · #6,669 worldwide 50k citations · 414 works
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Stefan D. Anker
Germany · #8,544 worldwide 70k citations · 562 works
- 8
Marcel A. Müller
Germany · #9,492 worldwide 59k citations · 251 works
- 9
Michael Mülleder
Germany · #11,799 worldwide 6.7k citations · 161 works
- 10
Andreas L. Horn
Germany · #12,830 worldwide 16k citations · 382 works
Which keywords describe research at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Neurological Disorders, Treatment, Quality of Life, Autoantibodies and Management.
- Thermodynamics
- Physiology
- Circadian Rhythms
- Germany
- Socioeconomic Status
- Neurobiology
- Chronic Diseases
- Prognosis
- Anxiety
- Surgical Management
- Clinical Trials
- Genetics
- Immunotherapy
- Rehabilitation
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Management
- Neurological Disorders
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Treatment
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Quality of Life
- Diagnosis
- Public Health
- Oxidative Stress
- Depression
- Risk Factors
- Heart Failure
- Autoantibodies
- Chemotherapy
- Complications
- Genetic Mutations
- Guidelines
- Cardiovascular Risk
- Epidemiological Study
- Healthcare Utilization
- Data Collection
- Health Surveys
- Outcomes
- Patient Care
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
- Epidemiology868▲ 2.6×133 topics
- Inflammation486▲ 2.7×83 topics
- Quality of Life323▲ 2.7×52 topics
- Treatment314▲ 3.1×52 topics
- Diagnosis298▲ 3.8×41 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease252▲ 2.6×38 topics
- Public Health246▲ 2.0×55 topics
- Neurological Disorders246▲ 5.1×19 topics
- Oxidative Stress245▲ 1.77×61 topics
- Management230▲ 3.4×33 topics
- Depression196▲ 2.7×21 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome196▲ 2.9×23 topics
- Risk Factors181▲ 1.96×37 topics
- Rehabilitation171▲ 5.1×13 topics
- Heart Failure167▲ 4.5×14 topics
- Immunotherapy164▲ 2.7×19 topics
- Autoantibodies162▲ 8.2×8 topics
- Genetics160▲ 2.7×25 topics
- Chemotherapy157▲ 2.6×25 topics
- Clinical Trials151▲ 2.7×19 topics
- Complications144▲ 3.4×17 topics
- Surgical Management138▲ 4.0×20 topics
- Genetic Mutations134▲ 3.6×23 topics
- Anxiety132▲ 3.3×12 topics
- Guidelines128▲ 3.2×13 topics
- Prognosis119▲ 4.3×9 topics
- Cardiovascular Risk116▲ 4.4×9 topics
- Chronic Diseases114▲ 5.4×9 topics
- Epidemiological Study109▲ 19×4 topics
- Neurobiology106▲ 4.8×10 topics
- Healthcare Utilization102▲ 15×3 topics
- Socioeconomic Status97▲ 22×3 topics
- Data Collection95▲ 40×2 topics
- Germany94▲ 60×1 topic
- Health Surveys94▲ 60×1 topic
- Circadian Rhythms93▲ 10×2 topics
- Outcomes90▲ 13×2 topics
- Physiology86▲ 39×2 topics
- Patient Care84▲ 8.2×4 topics
- Thermodynamics83▲ 28×3 topics
Which research topics does Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Health and Medical Studies, Biomedical and Chemical Research, Medical Practices and Rehabilitation and Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 94 works
- 2 Biomedical and Chemical Research Surgery 82 works
- 3 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 68 works
- 4 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 52 works
- 5 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 48 works
- 6 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 45 works
- 7 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 45 works
- 8 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 44 works
- 9 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 42 works
- 10 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 39 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.028% in 2024.
Fractional works of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.7% in 2021.
Other research institutions in Berlin
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
- Leibniz Association
- Freie Universität Berlin
- Technische Universität Berlin
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing
- Robert Koch Institute
- Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationspolitik
Which institutions have research most like Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin's?
Among the world's leading institutions, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris has the research profile closest to Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin's, with both strong in Medicine.
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Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris
France · Both strong in Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, Health Professions 0.94 Compare
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Medical University of Vienna
Austria · Both strong in Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, Neuroscience 0.94 Compare
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University of California, San Francisco
United States · Both strong in Medicine, Neuroscience, Immunology and Microbiology 0.94 Compare
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Inserm
France · Both strong in Neuroscience, Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology 0.93 Compare
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University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
United States · Both strong in Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, Neuroscience 0.93 Compare
Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.
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