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Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

In research, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,268 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,765 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,519 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Infectious Diseases — Agronomy and Crop Science is 33.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,527
of 28,054 · #3,621 all time
Rank in Germany
#234
of 1,178
Research works
2.9k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
92k
31.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,268 of 7,800 24.4%252 #1302
Health SciencesDomain #4,765 of 11,982 26.7%205 #3549
MedicineField #4,519 of 10,443 27.6%180 #2858
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,935 of 3,409 32.8%127 #956
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #204 of 345 29.0%70 #168
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,382 of 3,579 15.1%70 #2395

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut 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. Life Sciences#1,302 #2,268
  2. Health Sciences#3,549 #4,765
  3. Medicine#2,858 #4,519
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#956 #1,935
  5. Infectious Diseases#168 #204
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,395 #2,382
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 Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 33.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 38.9 works34×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 23.1 works22×
  3. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 69.6 works21×
← 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: 5.47× its world share, 127 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.69× its world share, 70 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.50× its world share, 52 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.92× its world share, 180 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 28.60× its world share, 19 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 28.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Thomas Müller and Conrad M. Freuling lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut.

  1. 1 Thomas C. Mettenleiter Germany · #52,865 worldwide 584 citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Thomas Müller Germany · #66,483 worldwide 315 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Conrad M. Freuling Germany · #77,596 worldwide 270 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Konrad Sachse Germany · #104,375 worldwide 191 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Kristina Kadlec Germany · #119,274 worldwide 147 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Carola Sauter‐Louis Germany · #182,431 worldwide 61 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Barbara G. Klupp Germany · #226,752 worldwide 161 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Heiner Niemann Germany · #227,286 worldwide 327 citations · 97 works
  9. 9 Herbert Tomaso Germany · #228,493 worldwide 89 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Andrea T. Feßler Germany · #230,430 worldwide 135 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

Which keywords describe research at Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Vaccine, Genetic Characterization, Public Health, Immune Response, Viral Pathogenesis and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology196▲ 10×60 topics
  2. Pathogenesis113▲ 46×18 topics
  3. Vaccine62▲ 32×10 topics
  4. Genetic Characterization59▲ 259×2 topics
  5. Public Health54▲ 7.7×17 topics
  6. Immune Response50▲ 18×19 topics
  7. Viral Pathogenesis47▲ 153×3 topics
  8. Genetic Diversity40▲ 19×10 topics
  9. Vaccines40▲ 146×3 topics
  10. Vaccine Development39▲ 32×11 topics
  11. Climate Change37▲ 2.8×21 topics
  12. African Swine Fever33▲ 242×1 topic
  13. Foot-and-Mouth Disease33▲ 242×1 topic
  14. Zoonotic Infections28▲ 104×2 topics
  15. Bunyavirus28▲ 129×1 topic
  16. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers28▲ 129×1 topic
  17. Bluetongue Virus26▲ 285×1 topic
  18. Culicoides Biting Midges26▲ 285×1 topic
  19. Diagnosis25▲ 5.5×20 topics
  20. Infection22▲ 18×7 topics
  21. Zoonotic Transmission22▲ 62×5 topics
  22. Pandemic22▲ 4.1×5 topics
  23. Virus22▲ 46×3 topics
  24. Host-Pathogen Interactions21▲ 51×4 topics
  25. Antibiotic Resistance20▲ 11×11 topics
  26. Antimicrobial Resistance20▲ 21×9 topics
  27. Genomic Sequencing19▲ 34×3 topics
  28. Genomics19▲ 13×7 topics
  29. Coronavirus18▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Virulence Factors18▲ 25×8 topics
  31. Gut Microbiota15▲ 9.0×5 topics
  32. Vector Control15▲ 27×4 topics
  33. Animal Welfare15▲ 35×3 topics
  34. Metagenomics15▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Transmission15▲ 58×3 topics
  36. Pathogen Transmission15▲ 45×3 topics
  37. SARS-CoV-215▲ 9.2×4 topics
  38. Viral Transmission14▲ 19×4 topics
  39. Nipah Virus13▲ 134×1 topic
  40. Paramyxovirus13▲ 134×1 topic

Which research topics does Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Viral Infections and Vectors, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases and Virology and Viral Diseases.

Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 33 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 28 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 26 fractional worksVirology and Viral Diseases: 13 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 12 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 12 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 10 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 10 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 9 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 9 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceInfectious DiseasesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 33 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 28 works
  3. 3 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 26 works
  4. 4 Virology and Viral Diseases Epidemiology 13 works
  5. 5 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  6. 6 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 12 works
  7. 7 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 10 works
  8. 8 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 10 works
  9. 9 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 9 works
  10. 10 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 9 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 available57.1%not open42.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.9%domestic only66.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher 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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