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European Molecular Biology Laboratory

In research, European Molecular Biology Laboratory stands highest in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#252 of 3,579 worldwide), Life Sciences (#702 of 7,800 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#465 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 11.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,786
of 28,054 · #981 all time
Rank in Germany
#90
of 1,178
Research works
3.1k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
466k
150.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is European Molecular Biology Laboratory 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
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #252 of 3,579 36.9%145 #164
Life SciencesDomain #702 of 7,800 36.5%170 #338
Molecular BiologySubfield #465 of 2,175 36.8%98 #134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where European Molecular Biology Laboratory 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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#164 #252
  2. Life Sciences#338 #702
  3. Molecular Biology#134 #465
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 European Molecular Biology Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 98.3 works12×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 144.9 works9.7×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9.72× its world share, 145 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.31× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.49× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.18× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.14× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 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, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at European Molecular Biology Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Wolfgang Huber, Ernst H. K. Stelzer and Kai Simons lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Molecular Biology Laboratory.

  1. 1 Wolfgang Huber Germany · #4,047 worldwide 782 citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Ernst H. K. Stelzer Germany · #7,333 worldwide 1.2k citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Kai Simons Germany · #27,661 worldwide 931 citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Jan O. Korbel Germany · #28,642 worldwide 1.5k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Matthias W. Hentze Germany · #69,367 worldwide 374 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Jan Ellenberg Germany · #80,429 worldwide 296 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Vladimı́r Beneš Germany · #83,405 worldwide 431 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Tobias Rausch Germany · #118,239 worldwide 317 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Thomas Graf Germany · #135,176 worldwide 374 citations · 74 works
  10. 10 Wilhelm Ansorge Germany · #135,428 worldwide 215 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at European Molecular Biology Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Image Processing, Cancer, RNA-Seq, Gene Regulation, Stem Cells, Genomics and Cancer Progression.

▲ 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. Gene Expression16▲ 9.3×17 topics
  2. Cancer14▲ 3.8×37 topics
  3. Image Processing12▲ 10×4 topics
  4. RNA-Seq10▲ 32×2 topics
  5. Gene Regulation9▲ 36×4 topics
  6. Stem Cells9▲ 12×13 topics
  7. Cancer Therapy8▲ 5.0×15 topics
  8. Genomics8▲ 9.4×8 topics
  9. Cancer Progression8▲ 15×6 topics
  10. Alternative Splicing8▲ 52×1 topic
  11. RNA-Binding Proteins8▲ 52×1 topic
  12. High-Resolution Imaging7▲ 55×2 topics
  13. Structure Determination7▲ 90×2 topics
  14. Cryo-Electron Microscopy7▲ 162×1 topic
  15. Single-Particle Analysis7▲ 162×1 topic
  16. Data Integration7▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Translation7▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Genetic Code7▲ 34×2 topics
  19. RNA Structure7▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Ribosome7▲ 44×1 topic
  21. Chromatin6▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Single-Cell6▲ 52×1 topic
  23. Small-Angle Scattering6▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Transcriptomics6▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Transcription Factors6▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Enzyme Structure6▲ 86×2 topics
  27. Macromolecular Crystallography6▲ 119×1 topic
  28. Structure Solution6▲ 119×1 topic
  29. Membrane Proteins6▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Super-Resolution Imaging6▲ 66×2 topics
  31. Epigenetic Regulation6▲ 9.0×6 topics
  32. Transcriptional Regulation6▲ 12×8 topics
  33. Fluorescent Proteins5▲ 87×1 topic
  34. Single-Molecule Imaging5▲ 87×1 topic
  35. Protein5▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Prediction5▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Microscopy5▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Epigenetics5▲ 42×2 topics
  39. Histone Modifications5▲ 72×1 topic
  40. Transcription5▲ 72×1 topic

Which research topics does European Molecular Biology Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: RNA Research and Splicing, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

RNA Research and Splicing8RNA Research and Splicing: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Electron Micros…7Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 7 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 7 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …6Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 6 fractional worksEnzyme Structure and Fun…6Enzyme Structure and Function: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques: 5 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 5 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dy…4Protein Structure and Dynamics: 4 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 4 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Techniques: 4 fractional works
Molecular BiologyStructural BiologyMaterials ChemistryBiophysics

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

  1. 1 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 8 works
  2. 2 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 7 works
  3. 3 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 7 works
  4. 4 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 Enzyme Structure and Function Materials Chemistry 6 works
  6. 6 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques Biophysics 5 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 5 works
  8. 8 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 4 works
  9. 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 4 works
  10. 10 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 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 available55.7%not open44.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.7%domestic only60.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has European Molecular Biology Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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