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DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance

In research, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,025 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,315 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,522 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,748
of 28,054 · #1,623 all time
Rank in Germany
#207
of 1,178
Research works
4.8k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
205k
43.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance 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 #2,025 of 7,800 34.4%85 #612
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,315 of 3,579 34.9%70 #504
MedicineField #6,522 of 10,443 15.3%98 #1545
Health SciencesDomain #8,135 of 11,982 15.5%104 #1998

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#612 #2,025
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#504 #1,315
  3. Medicine#1,545 #6,522
  4. Health Sciences#1,998 #8,135
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 46.7 works6.9×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.91× its world share, 70 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.47× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.30× its world share, 98 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance?

Ranked on the composite score, Harald zur Hausen, S. Ivanković and E. Hecker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance.

  1. 1 Harald zur Hausen Germany · #3,914 worldwide 920 citations · 115 works
  2. 2 S. Ivanković Germany · #60,186 worldwide 164 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 E. Hecker Germany · #170,062 worldwide 276 citations · 95 works
  4. 4 Annemarie Poustka Germany · #203,756 worldwide 106 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 K Goerttler Germany · #295,235 worldwide 41 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Claus Köhler Germany · #749,032 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Katrin Schaller Germany · #1,603,637 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Georg Sczakiel Germany · #1,615,255 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance

Which keywords describe research at DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Cancer Therapy, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Precision Medicine, Medical Imaging and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Cancer15▲ 5.0×39 topics
  2. Cancer Therapy12▲ 9.5×16 topics
  3. Immunotherapy11▲ 7.2×17 topics
  4. Epidemiology11▲ 1.27×60 topics
  5. Inflammation11▲ 2.4×52 topics
  6. Chemotherapy11▲ 7.1×19 topics
  7. Deep Learning10▲ 1.32×24 topics
  8. Machine Learning10▲ 1.38×18 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.5×40 topics
  10. Radiotherapy8▲ 9.7×11 topics
  11. Precision Medicine8▲ 7.5×7 topics
  12. Medical Imaging7▲ 6.5×8 topics
  13. Gene Expression7▲ 5.0×14 topics
  14. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 6.9×8 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors5▲ 5.6×14 topics
  16. Targeted Therapy5▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Innate Immunity5▲ 7.0×10 topics
  18. Quantitative Analysis4▲ 9.9×2 topics
  19. Predictive Modeling4▲ 7.1×2 topics
  20. Texture Analysis4▲ 8.4×3 topics
  21. Immunity4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  22. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  23. DNA Methylation4▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Genomic Instability4▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Cancer Progression4▲ 9.3×7 topics
  26. Cancer Risk4▲ 7.8×8 topics
  27. Molecular Characterization4▲ 9.7×6 topics
  28. Radiomics4▲ 15×1 topic
  29. Tumor Heterogeneity4▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Cell Death4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  31. Epigenetic Reprogramming4▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Cancer Epigenetics4▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Histone Modification4▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Molecular Classification3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  35. Glioblastoma3▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Temozolomide3▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Cancer Genomics3▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Cell-Free DNA3▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Mutational Signatures3▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Proteasome Inhibitors3▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Radiomics and Machine Le…4Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 4 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…4Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 4 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…3Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…3RNA modifications and cancer: 3 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 3 fractional worksMicrotubule and mitosis …2Microtubule and mitosis dynamics: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMolecular BiologyGeneticsCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  2. 2 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cell Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 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 available27.1%not open72.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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