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Forschungszentrum Jülich

In research, Forschungszentrum Jülich stands highest in Physical Sciences (#208 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#348 of 6,636 worldwide) and Materials Science (#155 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter Physics — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#385
of 28,054 · #109 all time
Rank in Germany
#22
of 1,178
Research works
33k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
32.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Forschungszentrum Jülich 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 #208 of 12,888 15.6%3,284 #59
EngineeringField #348 of 6,636 17.1%1,137 #187
Materials ScienceField #155 of 2,468 12.6%533 #38
Physics and AstronomyField #144 of 1,646 18.4%501 #54
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #232 of 2,318 17.1%521 #197
Life SciencesDomain #1,105 of 7,800 16.2%644 #542
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #190 of 1,209 17.7%148 #99
Materials ChemistrySubfield #264 of 1,556 11.6%373 #41
Environmental ScienceField #730 of 3,551 18.5%304 #385
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #819 of 3,579 12.7%280 #417

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Forschungszentrum Jülich 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. Physical Sciences#59 #208
  2. Engineering#187 #348
  3. Materials Science#38 #155
  4. Physics and Astronomy#54 #144
  5. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#197 #232
  6. Life Sciences#542 #1,105
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences#99 #190
  8. Materials Chemistry#41 #264
  9. Environmental Science#385 #730
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#417 #819
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 Forschungszentrum Jülich specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 149.2 works11×
  2. ElectrochemistrySubfield · 30.2 works9.5×
  3. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 59.9 works8.6×
  4. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 36.4 works7.8×
  5. CatalysisSubfield · 45.4 works7.1×
  6. Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySubfield · 21.4 works6.2×
← 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: 0.86× its world share, 177 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 280 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.44× its world share, 172 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.48× its world share, 83 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.06× its world share, 140 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 244 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 148 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.27× its world share, 170 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.74× its world share, 1,137 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.41× its world share, 304 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.51× its world share, 533 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.18× its world share, 501 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 221 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich?

Ranked on the composite score, C. Hanhart, Ulf-G. Meißner and Regina Dittmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Forschungszentrum Jülich.

  1. 1 C. Hanhart Germany · #4,504 worldwide 2k citations · 95 works
  2. 2 Ulf-G. Meißner Germany · #11,819 worldwide 3.5k citations · 261 works
  3. 3 Regina Dittmann Germany · #17,791 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 P. H. Dederichs Germany · #21,331 worldwide 844 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 V. Philipps Germany · #21,636 worldwide 1.3k citations · 134 works
  6. 6 Robert Vaßen Germany · #23,434 worldwide 1.2k citations · 126 works
  7. 7 R. Zeller Germany · #30,836 worldwide 827 citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Hans Herzog Germany · #36,782 worldwide 310 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 K. Szot Germany · #42,979 worldwide 1k citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Christian Grefkes Germany · #42,998 worldwide 475 citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich

Which keywords describe research at Forschungszentrum Jülich?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cathode Materials, Energy Storage, Lithium-ion Batteries, Rechargeable Batteries, Electrocatalysis, Catalysts, Nanomaterials and Materials.

▲ 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. Energy Storage162▲ 5.7×12 topics
  2. Cathode Materials162▲ 9.5×3 topics
  3. Climate Change155▲ 1.32×74 topics
  4. Machine Learning152◆ 1.07×56 topics
  5. Nanomaterials133▲ 2.9×19 topics
  6. Renewable Energy132▲ 2.1×36 topics
  7. Nanoparticles129▲ 2.4×38 topics
  8. Lithium-ion Batteries128▲ 6.9×4 topics
  9. Catalysis98▲ 3.4×24 topics
  10. Rechargeable Batteries96▲ 8.1×2 topics
  11. Electrocatalysis94▲ 7.6×5 topics
  12. Catalysts92▲ 11×3 topics
  13. Metal-Organic Frameworks83▲ 4.6×6 topics
  14. Water Splitting81▲ 5.1×4 topics
  15. Materials79▲ 7.7×6 topics
  16. Battery Technology75▲ 6.0×3 topics
  17. Fuel Cells74▲ 11×2 topics
  18. Energy Conversion74▲ 8.2×4 topics
  19. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes72▲ 22×1 topic
  20. Proton Exchange Membranes72▲ 22×1 topic
  21. Sustainable Energy70▲ 8.9×4 topics
  22. Ionic Conductivity69▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries67▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Efficiency67▲ 5.1×6 topics
  25. Nanostructured Cathodes66▲ 12×1 topic
  26. Solid-State Electrolytes66▲ 12×1 topic
  27. Hydrogen Evolution66▲ 12×1 topic
  28. Oxygen Reduction66▲ 12×1 topic
  29. Battery Materials66▲ 9.0×1 topic
  30. Nanostructured Anodes66▲ 9.0×1 topic
  31. Superconductivity65▲ 8.7×9 topics
  32. Molecular Dynamics64▲ 8.9×6 topics
  33. Air Quality60▲ 7.5×6 topics
  34. Electronic Structure54▲ 6.9×8 topics
  35. Spintronics53▲ 9.4×4 topics
  36. Neuromorphic Computing52▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Carbon Dioxide50▲ 7.5×4 topics
  38. Battery Management Systems50▲ 7.5×1 topic
  39. Thermal Runaway50▲ 7.5×1 topic
  40. Metal Oxides49▲ 8.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Forschungszentrum Jülich publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fuel Cells and Related Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Advancements in Battery Materials.

Fuel Cells and Related M…72Fuel Cells and Related Materials: 72 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…66Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 66 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…66Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 66 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …66Advancements in Battery Materials: 66 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 50 fractional worksAdvancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: 45 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…39Perovskite Materials and Applications: 39 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neur…36Advanced Memory and Neural Computing: 36 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy …36Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 36 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry an…34Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 34 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentAutomotive EngineeringMaterials Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 72 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 66 works
  3. 3 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 66 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 66 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 50 works
  6. 6 Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Materials Chemistry 45 works
  7. 7 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 39 works
  8. 8 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 36 works
  9. 9 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 36 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 34 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 available39.0%not open61.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.9%domestic only72.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Forschungszentrum Jülich's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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