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Freie Universität Berlin

In research, Freie Universität Berlin stands highest in Social Sciences (#31 of 5,988 worldwide), Social Sciences (#56 of 9,585 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#9 of 1,187 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Veterinary and Museology (Classics is 8.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#147
of 22,385 · #179 all time
Rank in Germany
#13
of 795
Research works
75k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7M
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.27×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Freie Universität Berlin

What is Freie Universität Berlin known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesField #31 of 5,988 12.7%1,936 #105
Social SciencesDomain #56 of 9,585 11.9%3,764 #128
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #9 of 1,187 12.6%486 #45
Arts and HumanitiesField #16 of 1,896 9.9%928 #66
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #30 of 2,526 11.8%771 #84
Health SciencesDomain #179 of 9,902 15.4%1,303 #238
Life SciencesDomain #124 of 6,403 11.4%1,283 #188
MedicineField #187 of 8,541 15.6%1,049 #233
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #10 of 406 9.3%233 #56
Physical SciencesDomain #277 of 10,670 10.9%2,320 #260

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Freie Universität Berlin 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#105 #31
  2. Social Sciences#128 #56
  3. Political Science and International Relations#45 #9
  4. Arts and Humanities#66 #16
  5. Sociology and Political Science#84 #30
  6. Health Sciences#238 #179
  7. Life Sciences#188 #124
  8. Medicine#233 #187
  9. Literature and Literary Theory#56 #10
  10. Physical Sciences#260 #277
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Freie Universität Berlin work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Freie Universität Berlin is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (12%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,117 fractional works · 42.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,110 fractional works · 22.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 837 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 523 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEducation: 143 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 97 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 78 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 121 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,017 fractional works · 10.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 257 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 155 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 123 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 103 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 85 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 441 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 151 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 113 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 90 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 279 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 106 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 182 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 121 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,656 fractional works · 27.6% of its workComputer Science: 488 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 194 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 465 fractional works · 4.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 113 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 96 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 364 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 327 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 162 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 257 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 120 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 251 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 154 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 229 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeophysics: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 212 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,420 fractional works · 14.8% of its workMedicine: 1,136 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSurgery: 123 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 94 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 87 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 85 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 194 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 155 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 105 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 85 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEquine: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,418 fractional works · 14.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 620 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 354 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 92 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 414 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 115 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 110 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 204 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 107 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 130 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFreie UniversitätBerlin9,611fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences43%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4,11742.8%
    1. Social Sciences2,11022.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities1,01710.6%
    3. Psychology4414.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2792.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1821.9%
    6. Decision Sciences880.9%
    1. Computer Science4885.1%
    2. Engineering4654.8%
    3. Environmental Science3643.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy3273.4%
    5. Chemistry2572.7%
    6. Materials Science2512.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences2292.4%
    8. Mathematics2122.2%
    9. Energy380.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering250.3%
  3. Health Sciences1,42014.8%
    1. Medicine1,13611.8%
    2. Health Professions1551.6%
    3. Veterinary850.9%
    4. Nursing230.2%
    5. Dentistry220.2%
  4. Life Sciences1,41814.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6206.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4144.3%
    3. Neuroscience2042.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1301.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics500.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Freie Universität Berlin specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 46.2 works8.1×
  2. VeterinaryField · 85.0 works6.5×
  3. MuseologySubfield · 73.5 works6.2×
  4. Small AnimalsSubfield · 65.3 works5.5×
  5. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 256.8 works5.0×
  6. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 62.1 works4.2×
← 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: 0.91× its world share, 414 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 620 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 130 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 204 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 50 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 25 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.70× its world share, 257 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 488 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 229 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 38 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 465 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 364 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 251 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 212 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.53× its world share, 327 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 22 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 155 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 1,136 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.51× its world share, 85 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.66× its world share, 1,017 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 279 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 88 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 182 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 441 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 2,110 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.51×85 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.66×1,017 works
  3. Mathematics1.88×212 works
  4. Social Sciences1.74×2,110 works
  5. Chemistry1.70×257 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.53×327 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.52×229 works
  8. Psychology1.51×441 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.47×50 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.34×130 works
  11. Neuroscience1.31×204 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.21×620 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.94×88 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.91×414 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.90×279 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.88×182 works
  17. Environmental Science0.76×364 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.75×25 works
  19. Materials Science0.75×251 works
  20. Computer Science0.65×488 works
  21. Health Professions0.61×155 works
  22. Medicine0.61×1,136 works
  23. Nursing0.48×23 works
  24. Dentistry0.47×22 works
  25. Energy0.43×38 works
  26. Engineering0.32×465 works

Who are the top researchers at Freie Universität Berlin?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthias C. Rillig, Anika Lehmann and Jens Eisert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Freie Universität Berlin.

  1. 1 Matthias C. Rillig Germany · #721 worldwide 90k citations · 871 works
  2. 2 Anika Lehmann Germany · #3,569 worldwide 16k citations · 125 works
  3. 3 Jens Eisert Germany · #5,405 worldwide 36k citations · 619 works
  4. 4 Tanja A. Börzel Germany · #7,914 worldwide 15k citations · 317 works
  5. 5 Frank Noé Germany · #16,110 worldwide 26k citations · 399 works
  6. 6 Genia Kostka Germany · #25,073 worldwide 4.5k citations · 111 works
  7. 7 Thomas Risse Germany · #27,274 worldwide 24k citations · 263 works
  8. 8 Thomas Schmülling Germany · #27,546 worldwide 21k citations · 168 works
  9. 9 W. Helfrich Germany · #35,323 worldwide 21k citations · 159 works
  10. 10 Tina Romeis Germany · #37,707 worldwide 11k citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Freie Universität Berlin

What are the most cited papers from Freie Universität Berlin?

The most cited paper from Freie Universität Berlin is "SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor" (Markus Hoffmann, Hannah Kleine‐Weber, Simon Schroeder et al., 2020), with 21,493 citations. Next come "A revised European-American classification of lymphoid neoplasms: a proposal from the International Lymphoma Study Group [see comments]" (6,356) and "The Hydrogen Bond in the Solid State" (6,246).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor Markus Hoffmann, Hannah Kleine‐Weber, Simon Schroeder et al. · Cell Open access 8 Mar 2020 21,493
2 A revised European-American classification of lymphoid neoplasms: a proposal from the International Lymphoma Study Group [see comments] NL Harris, ES Jaffe, H Stein et al. · Blood Open access Sep 1994 6,356
3 The Hydrogen Bond in the Solid State Thomas Steiner · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2 Jan 2002 6,246
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
5 Biochar effects on soil biota – A review Johannes C. Lehmann, Matthias C. Rillig, Janice E. Thies et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry 22 May 2011 5,041
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Freie Universität Berlin?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Identity, Globalization, History, Literature, Governance, Nationalism and Human Rights.

▲ 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 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. Globalization379▲ 2.0×129 topics
  2. Identity349▲ 5.0×71 topics
  3. Gender323▲ 6.2×50 topics
  4. Epidemiology308▼ 0.81×132 topics
  5. Climate Change278◆ 1.07×99 topics
  6. History257▲ 3.9×56 topics
  7. Literature236▲ 4.5×58 topics
  8. Human Rights231▲ 2.4×61 topics
  9. Nationalism194▲ 4.5×32 topics
  10. Governance187▲ 6.0×16 topics
  11. Social Media183▲ 1.38×33 topics
  12. Ethics167▲ 3.4×49 topics
  13. Philosophy146▲ 3.4×39 topics
  14. Colonialism143▲ 3.1×47 topics
  15. Neoliberalism142▲ 4.1×27 topics
  16. Religion121▲ 2.7×37 topics
  17. Bildung120▲ 40×3 topics
  18. Narrative118▲ 8.0×14 topics
  19. Democracy116▲ 3.5×24 topics
  20. Cultural Studies113▲ 3.2×37 topics
  21. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse107▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Biogeography107▲ 4.0×20 topics
  23. Autorschaft99▲ 52×1 topic
  24. Literaturkritik99▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Migration98▲ 3.0×27 topics
  26. Art97▲ 11×14 topics
  27. Feminism97▲ 3.4×24 topics
  28. Memory96▲ 4.1×23 topics
  29. Political Economy94▲ 3.8×17 topics
  30. Society86▲ 4.7×22 topics
  31. Social History81▲ 10×8 topics
  32. Aesthetics79▲ 10×11 topics
  33. Bildungsungleichheit77▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Ethnografisches Schreiben77▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Occupation75▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Sexuality70▲ 9.9×6 topics
  37. Political Communication67▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Materiality65▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Photography60▲ 16×5 topics
  40. Authorship59▲ 22×3 topics

Which research topics does Freie Universität Berlin publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: German Literature and Culture Studies, Sociology and Education Studies, European history and politics and Libraries and Information Services.

German Literature and Culture Studies: 99 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 77 fractional worksEuropean history and pol…58European history and politics: 58 fractional worksLibraries and Informatio…57Libraries and Information Services: 57 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 46 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 44 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues36Economic and Social Issues: 36 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 35 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Movements: 32 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 30 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheorySociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsMuseology2 others

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

  1. 1 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 99 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 77 works
  3. 3 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 58 works
  4. 4 Libraries and Information Services Museology 57 works
  5. 5 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 46 works
  6. 6 Social Media and Politics Communication 44 works
  7. 7 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 36 works
  8. 8 Media Studies and Communication Communication 35 works
  9. 9 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 32 works
  10. 10 Education Methods and Technologies Education 30 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Freie Universität Berlin's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Freie Universität Berlin as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.036% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%Freie Universität Berlin0.032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Freie Universität Berlin 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.

still counting5%10%15%Freie Universität Berlin12.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.6% in 2006.

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Which institutions have research most like Freie Universität Berlin's?

Among the world's leading institutions, University of Edinburgh has the research profile closest to Freie Universität Berlin's, with both strong in Veterinary.

  1. 1 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Both strong in Veterinary, Arts and Humanities, Psychology 0.80 Compare
  2. 2 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Veterinary, Mathematics 0.75 Compare
  3. 3 University of TurinItaly · Both strong in Veterinary, Arts and Humanities, Physics and Astronomy 0.73 Compare
  4. 4 University of BolognaItaly · Both strong in Veterinary, Arts and Humanities, Physics and Astronomy 0.72 Compare
  5. 5 Leipzig UniversityGermany · Both strong in Veterinary, Arts and Humanities, Psychology 0.72 Compare

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