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Excellence Cluster Universe

In research, Excellence Cluster Universe stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,570 of 17,446 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#638 of 2,917 worldwide) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (#323 of 954 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,630
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#521
of 1,603
Research works
436
▼ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
41.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Excellence Cluster Universe

What is Excellence Cluster Universe known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #3,570 of 17,446 16.8%400
Physics and AstronomyField #638 of 2,917 15.9%342
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #323 of 954 16.1%142
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #357 of 726 16.2%146

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Excellence Cluster Universe 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 Excellence Cluster Universe work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Excellence Cluster Universe is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (21%), Social Sciences (17%), Engineering (15%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 55.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 21.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 8.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 14.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 12.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 26.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 17.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKExcellenceCluster Universe25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences26%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy521.2%
    2. Engineering414.6%
    3. Computer Science312.4%
    4. Materials Science12.3%
    5. Environmental Science12.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.3%
    7. Chemistry00.9%
    8. Energy00.6%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences417.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities15.5%
    3. Psychology12.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    1. Neuroscience27.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.3%
    1. Medicine14.3%
    2. Health Professions00.6%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
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: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 4.77× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.52× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.52×5 works
  2. Neuroscience4.77×2 works
  3. Veterinary2.43×0 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.88×1 works
  5. Computer Science1.59×3 works
  6. Social Sciences1.34×4 works
  7. Engineering0.97×4 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×0 works
  9. Psychology0.73×1 works
  10. Materials Science0.67×1 works
  11. Energy0.65×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.57×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.53×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.45×1 works
  17. Medicine0.23×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.21×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Excellence Cluster Universe?

Ranked on the quality score, David M. Straub, Martin Emanuel Berger and J. E. Dale lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Excellence Cluster Universe.

  1. 1 David M. Straub Germany · #52,928 worldwide 5.7k citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Martin Emanuel Berger Germany · #278,782 worldwide 1.9k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 J. E. Dale Germany · #405,338 worldwide 4.1k citations · 96 works
  4. 4 Joana Wirth Germany · #1,036,136 worldwide 3k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 J. C. Berger-Chen Germany · #1,119,693 worldwide 1.5k citations · 68 works
  6. 6 Christoph Niehoff Germany · #1,182,283 worldwide 638 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Arno F. Muenster Germany · #4,398,461 worldwide 134 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Excellence Cluster Universe

What are the most cited papers from Excellence Cluster Universe?

The most cited paper from Excellence Cluster Universe is "SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python" (Pauli Virtanen et al., 2020), with 40,161 citations. Next come "The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package *" (7,690) and "THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III" (2,476).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python Pauli Virtanen et al. · Nature Methods Open access112 authors 3 Feb 2020 40,161
2 The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package * Adrian M. Price-Whelan et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access140 authors 23 Aug 2018 7,690
3 THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III Shadab Alam et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access304 authors 27 Jul 2015 2,476
4 Heavy quarkonium: progress, puzzles, and opportunities Nora Brambilla et al. · The European Physical Journal C Open access Feb 2011 1,795
5 The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra Romina Ahumada et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access314 authors 25 Jun 2020 1,392
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Excellence Cluster Universe?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Virtual Reality, Religion, Nationalism, Politics, Dark Matter, Public Sphere, Secularism and Teaching Methods.

▲ 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 10 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 10 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning2▲ 1.90×17 topics
  2. Religion2▲ 14×3 topics
  3. Virtual Reality2▲ 14×5 topics
  4. Nationalism1▲ 12×2 topics
  5. Politics1▲ 20×2 topics
  6. Dark Matter1▲ 36×3 topics
  7. Pedagogy1▲ 7.9×1 topic
  8. Public Sphere1▲ 71×1 topic
  9. Secularism1▲ 39×1 topic
  10. Teaching Methods1▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Excellence Cluster Universe publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religion and Society Interactions, Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies.

Religion and Society Interactions: 1 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…1Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 1 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…1Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 1 fractional worksTactile and Sensory Interactions: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Imaging Technologies: 0 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…0Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 0 fractional worksInteractive and Immersive Displays: 0 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 0 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and Education: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationHuman-Computer InteractionNuclear and High Energy Physics3 others

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

  1. 1 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 1 works
  3. 3 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  4. 4 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  5. 5 Tactile and Sensory Interactions Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies Media Technology 0 works
  7. 7 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  8. 8 Interactive and Immersive Displays Human-Computer Interaction 0 works
  9. 9 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  10. 10 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 0 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 available76.1%not open23.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.8%domestic only49.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Excellence Cluster Universe's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Excellence Cluster Universe as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000074% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Excellence Cluster Universe0.000097% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Excellence Cluster Universe 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.

10%20%30%Excellence Cluster Universe26.4% in 2019all institutions10.0% in 2019

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.4% in 2019.

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