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Friedrich Schiller University Jena

In research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena stands highest in Social Sciences (#342 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#634 of 12,888 worldwide) and Psychology (#128 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biophysics — Biophysics is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#528
of 28,054 · #398 all time
Rank in Germany
#26
of 1,178
Research works
36k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
962k
27.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Friedrich Schiller University Jena 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
Social SciencesDomain #342 of 10,521 23.7%1,275 #512
Physical SciencesDomain #634 of 12,888 17.6%1,777 #363
PsychologyField #128 of 2,181 28.9%191 #251
Social SciencesField #392 of 6,365 24.8%619 #655
Life SciencesDomain #580 of 7,800 27.8%608 #537
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #327 of 3,579 24.5%330 #362
Health SciencesDomain #1,193 of 11,982 21.8%546 #797
MedicineField #1,173 of 10,443 22.1%465 #694
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #339 of 2,578 24.1%286 #412
Environmental ScienceField #607 of 3,551 33.6%184 #569

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Friedrich Schiller University Jena 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. Social Sciences#512 #342
  2. Physical Sciences#363 #634
  3. Psychology#251 #128
  4. Social Sciences#655 #392
  5. Life Sciences#537 #580
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#362 #327
  7. Health Sciences#797 #1,193
  8. Medicine#694 #1,173
  9. Sociology and Political Science#412 #339
  10. Environmental Science#569 #607
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 Schiller University Jena specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biophysics takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. BiophysicsSubfield · 27.4 works5.7×
← 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: 0.72× its world share, 145 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 330 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 39 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 84 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.07× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.47× its world share, 163 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 223 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 88 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.99× its world share, 38 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 434 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 184 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.62× its world share, 237 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.18× its world share, 108 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.05× its world share, 285 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 465 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.60× its world share, 315 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 67 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 61 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 191 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 619 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Friedrich Schiller University Jena?

Ranked on the composite score, Stefan Lorkowski, J. Furthmüller and F. Bechstedt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

  1. 1 Stefan Lorkowski Germany · #2,425 worldwide 4.7k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 J. Furthmüller Germany · #6,184 worldwide 14k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 F. Bechstedt Germany · #17,194 worldwide 2.2k citations · 190 works
  4. 4 Armin Schöll Germany · #20,871 worldwide 498 citations · 117 works
  5. 5 Sebastiano Bernuzzi Germany · #24,274 worldwide 943 citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Bernd Brügmann Germany · #27,665 worldwide 941 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Joachim Denzler Germany · #42,458 worldwide 1.2k citations · 136 works
  8. 8 Michael Winkler Germany · #54,074 worldwide 76 citations · 74 works
  9. 9 Lennart Olsson Germany · #54,410 worldwide 290 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Manja Marz Germany · #60,683 worldwide 363 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Which keywords describe research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Nonlinear Optics, Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Nationalism, Fiber Lasers, Gender and Biosensors.

▲ 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. Climate Change108◆ 0.95×84 topics
  2. Machine Learning99▼ 0.72×66 topics
  3. Globalization99▲ 1.20×74 topics
  4. Identity98▲ 3.2×37 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications87▲ 1.75×33 topics
  6. Gender69▲ 3.0×27 topics
  7. Nationalism68▲ 3.5×24 topics
  8. Governance65▲ 4.7×14 topics
  9. Biosensors65▲ 3.0×12 topics
  10. History62▲ 2.1×34 topics
  11. Nonlinear Optics62▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Catalysis56▲ 1.99×27 topics
  13. Ethics55▲ 2.7×31 topics
  14. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse49▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Philosophy46▲ 2.5×27 topics
  16. Fiber Lasers45▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Neoliberalism45▲ 3.0×21 topics
  18. Optical Modulators41▲ 6.6×3 topics
  19. Molecular Dynamics38▲ 5.6×6 topics
  20. Sociology38▲ 6.6×13 topics
  21. Bildung38▲ 27×3 topics
  22. Bildungsungleichheit36▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Ethnografisches Schreiben36▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Photonic Crystals33▲ 6.5×5 topics
  25. Gender Studies32▲ 4.9×6 topics
  26. Social Innovation32▲ 4.9×5 topics
  27. Cultural Memory32▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Microresonators31▲ 9.1×3 topics
  29. Raman Lasers31▲ 6.4×2 topics
  30. Imperialism29▲ 8.7×5 topics
  31. Cultural Sociology28▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Microcavities27▲ 5.8×2 topics
  33. Microwave Photonics27▲ 7.3×2 topics
  34. Social Theory27▲ 23×4 topics
  35. Optical Frequency Combs26▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Ultrafast Lasers26▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Class Struggle25▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Autorschaft25▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Literaturkritik25▲ 28×1 topic
  40. X-Ray Spectroscopy24▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Friedrich Schiller University Jena publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Photonic and Optical Devices and German Literature and Culture Studies.

Sociology and Education …36Sociology and Education Studies: 36 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Tec…26Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 26 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…26Photonic and Optical Devices: 26 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…25German Literature and Culture Studies: 25 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 22 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 21 fractional worksLaser-Matter Interaction…18Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications: 18 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 17 fractional worksGerman Social Sciences and History: 17 fractional worksEuropean history and pol…16European history and politics: 16 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringLiterature and Literary Theory1 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 36 works
  2. 2 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 26 works
  3. 3 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 26 works
  4. 4 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 25 works
  5. 5 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  6. 6 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  7. 7 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 18 works
  8. 8 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 17 works
  9. 9 German Social Sciences and History Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  10. 10 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 16 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Friedrich Schiller University Jena's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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