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Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices

In research, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,354 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#10,010 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#8,279 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,013
of 28,054 · #17,340 all time
Rank in Germany
#672
of 1,178
Research works
694
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,354 of 20,462 15.7%348
MedicineField #10,010 of 17,978 16.0%307
Life SciencesDomain #8,279 of 14,347 10.2%205

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices 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).

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: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.79× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.04× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.64× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16.39× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.96× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.11× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.49× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.66× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 16.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices?

Ranked on the composite score, Karl Broich, Julia Stingl and P. Mayer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices.

  1. 1 Karl Broich Germany · #296,972 worldwide 81 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Julia Stingl Germany · #350,276 worldwide 97 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 P. Mayer Germany · #605,987 worldwide 40 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Bernhardt Sachs Germany · #673,794 worldwide 39 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Georg Schneider Germany · #700,230 worldwide 15 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Norbert Benda Germany · #873,507 worldwide 35 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Barbara Steinhoff Germany · #984,817 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Werner Knöß Germany · #1,303,645 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Christian Steffen Germany · #1,425,289 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices

Which keywords describe research at Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Adverse Drug Reactions, Clinical Trials, Healthcare Utilization, Quality of Life, Drug Development, Medication Adherence, Off-Label Drug Use and Pediatric Pharmacokinetics.

▲ 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. Adverse Drug Reactions6▲ 147×3 topics
  2. Clinical Trials5▲ 11×6 topics
  3. Quality of Life5▲ 4.5×6 topics
  4. Epidemiology4▲ 1.42×25 topics
  5. Healthcare Utilization4▲ 70×2 topics
  6. Drug Development4▲ 54×3 topics
  7. Medication Adherence3▲ 89×2 topics
  8. Public Health3▲ 3.3×9 topics
  9. Off-Label Drug Use3▲ 167×1 topic
  10. Pediatric Pharmacokinetics3▲ 167×1 topic
  11. Regulatory Challenges3▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Chronic Diseases3▲ 16×3 topics
  13. Cost-effectiveness Analysis3▲ 50×1 topic
  14. Health Utility Measures3▲ 50×1 topic
  15. Germany3▲ 199×1 topic
  16. Health Surveys3▲ 199×1 topic
  17. Literature3▲ 7.2×1 topic
  18. Museum3▲ 361×1 topic
  19. Depression3▲ 4.2×10 topics
  20. Data Mining3▲ 4.7×2 topics
  21. Pharmacovigilance2▲ 210×1 topic
  22. Signal Detection2▲ 210×1 topic
  23. Alternative Medicine2▲ 108×1 topic
  24. Complementary Medicine2▲ 108×1 topic
  25. Herbal Medicine2▲ 10×2 topics
  26. Ethical Issues2▲ 26×3 topics
  27. HLA-B*57012▲ 137×1 topic
  28. Neurological Disorders2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  29. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome2▲ 137×1 topic
  30. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  31. Regenerative Medicine2▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  33. Monoclonal Antibodies2▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Synaptic Plasticity2▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 8.9×7 topics
  36. Genetic Testing2▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Informed Consent2▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Medical Ethics2▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Pharmaceutical Industry1▲ 50×2 topics
  40. Telemedicine1▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmaceutical studies and practices, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Health and Medical Studies and Libraries and Information Services.

Pharmaceutical studies a…3Pharmaceutical studies and practices: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…3Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies3Health and Medical Studies: 3 fractional worksLibraries and Informatio…3Libraries and Information Services: 3 fractional worksPharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions: 2 fractional worksComplementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 2 fractional worksDrug-Induced Adverse Rea…2Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions: 2 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 1 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 1 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsMuseology5 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  3. 3 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Libraries and Information Services Museology 3 works
  5. 5 Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Toxicology 2 works
  6. 6 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions Pharmacology 2 works
  8. 8 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 1 works
  9. 9 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 1 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 available29.3%not open70.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower 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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