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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

In research, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,697 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,426
of 22,385 · #3,686 all time
Rank in Germany
#344
of 795
Research works
1.8k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

What is Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,697 of 9,585 10.9%64 #6375

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 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 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (17%), Engineering (14%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 70 fractional works · 38.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 18.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 12.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 13.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 38 fractional works · 21.0% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 17.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 12.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 7.8% of its workCancer Research: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft180fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences39%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3218.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities2212.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting63.4%
    4. Decision Sciences42.0%
    5. Psychology31.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    1. Engineering2513.9%
    2. Environmental Science116.2%
    3. Computer Science84.6%
    4. Materials Science21.3%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine3117.5%
    2. Health Professions63.3%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology147.8%
    2. Neuroscience42.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.34× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.34×22 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.06×4 works
  3. Neuroscience1.53×4 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.46×14 works
  5. Social Sciences1.42×32 works
  6. Health Professions1.25×6 works
  7. Environmental Science1.24×11 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.07×6 works
  9. Veterinary1.02×0 works
  10. Engineering0.93×25 works
  11. Medicine0.91×31 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.69×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.59×8 works
  15. Psychology0.50×3 works
  16. Materials Science0.37×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×3 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.28×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.26×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×1 works
  22. Nursing0.15×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  24. Energy0.10×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft?

Ranked on the quality score, Siegfried Gähler, Karl Eckhardt and M.-T. King lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

  1. 1 Siegfried Gähler Germany · #2,100,077 worldwide 1.4k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Karl Eckhardt Germany · #2,774,913 worldwide 834 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 M.-T. King Germany · #3,082,125 worldwide 983 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Nils Spitzer Germany · #3,179,234 worldwide 54 citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Joe Weingarten Germany · #3,619,106 worldwide 29 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Gerhard Oehler Germany · #3,831,833 worldwide 5 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Jörg Niessen Germany · #3,842,868 worldwide 8 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Pierre Weimerskirch Germany · #4,083,532 worldwide 23 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Johannes Fournier Germany · #4,258,641 worldwide 35 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Leonhard Rost Germany · #4,558,006 worldwide 117 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

What are the most cited papers from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft?

The most cited paper from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is "MicroRNA-21 contributes to myocardial disease by stimulating MAP kinase signalling in fibroblasts" (Thomas Thum et al., 2008), with 2,368 citations. Next come "ProTox 3.0: a webserver for the prediction of toxicity of chemicals" (1,540) and "Plasticity of cell migration: a multiscale tuning model" (1,380).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MicroRNA-21 contributes to myocardial disease by stimulating MAP kinase signalling in fibroblasts Thomas Thum et al. · Nature 30 Nov 2008 2,368
2 ProTox 3.0: a webserver for the prediction of toxicity of chemicals Priyanka Banerjee, Emanuel Kemmler, Mathias Dunkel et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 9 Apr 2024 1,540
3 Plasticity of cell migration: a multiscale tuning model Peter Friedl, Katarina Wolf · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access Dec 2009 1,380
4 Rapid Acidification of the Ocean During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum James C. Zachos, Ursula Röhl, Stephen A. Schellenberg et al. · Science Open access 9 Jun 2005 1,210
5 Practical recommendations for the management of diabetes in patients with COVID-19 Stefan Richard Bornstein, Francesco Rubino, Kamlesh K. Khunti et al. · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Open access 23 Apr 2020 996
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Which keywords describe research at Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Biomonitoring, DNA Damage, Environmental Monitoring, Comet Assay, Genotoxicity Testing, Health Effects and Prevention Guidelines.

▲ 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. Risk Assessment13▲ 11×4 topics
  2. Biomonitoring11▲ 74×2 topics
  3. DNA Damage11▲ 74×2 topics
  4. Environmental Monitoring11▲ 15×3 topics
  5. Comet Assay10▲ 338×1 topic
  6. Genotoxicity Testing10▲ 338×1 topic
  7. Sustainability10▲ 2.3×6 topics
  8. Health Effects9▲ 8.1×9 topics
  9. Prevention Guidelines8▲ 42×2 topics
  10. Occupational Asthma8▲ 471×1 topic
  11. Sustainable Development8▲ 2.9×12 topics
  12. Work-Related Exposure8▲ 471×1 topic
  13. Renewable Energy8▲ 2.9×6 topics
  14. Vibration Analysis7▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Governance6▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Identity6▲ 4.7×11 topics
  17. Engineering6▲ 70×1 topic
  18. Fluid Dynamics6▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Materials Science6▲ 80×1 topic
  20. Gender5▲ 5.5×9 topics
  21. Additive Manufacturing5▲ 9.0×2 topics
  22. Digitalization5▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Leadership4▲ 4.9×3 topics
  24. Renewable Resources4▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Environmental Exposure4▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Participation4▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Policy Change4▲ 178×1 topic
  28. Social Innovation4▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Structural Analysis4▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Automotive Engineering3▲ 222×1 topic
  31. Chronic Diseases3▲ 7.3×2 topics
  32. Lightweight Materials3▲ 222×1 topic
  33. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse3▲ 48×2 topics
  34. Bisphenol A3▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals3▲ 47×1 topic
  36. Narrative3▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Statistical Analysis3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Airborne Microorganisms3▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Digital Repositories3▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Hearing Loss3▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, Occupational exposure and asthma, Physics and Engineering Research Articles and Public Administration and Political Analysis.

Carcinogens and Genotoxi…10Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 10 fractional worksOccupational exposure and asthma: 8 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 6 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 4 fractional worksEngineering and Materials Science Studies: 3 fractional worksEffects and risks of end…3Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 3 fractional worksIndoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure: 3 fractional worksSports Science and Education: 2 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksLibraries and Information Services: 2 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthComputational MechanicsPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 10 works
  2. 2 Occupational exposure and asthma Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  3. 3 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 6 works
  4. 4 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  5. 5 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  7. 7 Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  8. 8 Sports Science and Education History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  9. 9 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  10. 10 Libraries and Information Services Museology 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.8%domestic only87.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft0.00074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft7.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.2% in 2011.

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