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Excellence Cluster Origins

In research, Excellence Cluster Origins stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,217 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 96.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,374
of 28,054
Rank in Germany
#372
of 1,178
Research works
112
▲ 772% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
42.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Excellence Cluster Origins 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,217 of 12,888 43.7%71 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Excellence Cluster Origins 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 Excellence Cluster Origins specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 96.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 37.2 works96×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 57.7 works35×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 34.89× its world share, 58 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 34.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Excellence Cluster Origins?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Star Formation, Dark Matter, Black Holes, Cosmology, Supernovae, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields and Turbulence.

▲ 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. Star Formation13▲ 333×2 topics
  2. Dark Matter11▲ 123×3 topics
  3. Black Holes10▲ 136×3 topics
  4. Cosmology8▲ 165×3 topics
  5. Supernovae8▲ 125×2 topics
  6. Accretion Disks8▲ 216×2 topics
  7. Magnetic Fields8▲ 157×2 topics
  8. Turbulence7▲ 106×3 topics
  9. Galaxies7▲ 333×1 topic
  10. Stellar Populations7▲ 333×1 topic
  11. Molecular Clouds6▲ 333×1 topic
  12. Protoplanetary Disks6▲ 333×1 topic
  13. Exoplanets6▲ 198×1 topic
  14. Stellar Astrophysics6▲ 198×1 topic
  15. General Relativity4▲ 90×2 topics
  16. Cosmological Parameters4▲ 107×1 topic
  17. Dark Energy4▲ 92×1 topic
  18. Gravitational Waves4▲ 105×2 topics
  19. Solar System Abundances4▲ 120×1 topic
  20. Terrestrial Planets4▲ 120×1 topic
  21. Astronomical Instrumentation4▲ 221×1 topic
  22. Spectrograph4▲ 221×1 topic
  23. Cosmic Rays4▲ 105×2 topics
  24. Neutrinos4▲ 105×2 topics
  25. Particle Physics4▲ 67×2 topics
  26. Nucleosynthesis3▲ 95×3 topics
  27. Gamma-Ray Bursts3▲ 163×1 topic
  28. Neutron Stars3▲ 163×1 topic
  29. High-Energy Astrophysics3▲ 134×1 topic
  30. Lattice QCD3▲ 61×2 topics
  31. Particle Acceleration3▲ 134×1 topic
  32. Galactic Center3▲ 77×2 topics
  33. Higgs Boson2▲ 65×1 topic
  34. High-Energy Collider2▲ 65×1 topic
  35. Quantum Gravity2▲ 30×3 topics
  36. QCD2▲ 58×1 topic
  37. charmonium2▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Field Theories1▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Holographic1▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Quantum Entanglement1▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Excellence Cluster Origins publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories.

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 7 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 6 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …6Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 6 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…4Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 4 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 4 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 4 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…3Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 3 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 3 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 2 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy Physics

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

  1. 1 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  2. 2 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  3. 3 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  4. 4 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  5. 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  6. 6 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 4 works
  7. 7 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  8. 8 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  9. 9 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  10. 10 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 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 available85.9%not open14.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.0%domestic only46.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Excellence Cluster Origins's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 772% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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