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German Center for Infection Research

In research, German Center for Infection Research stands highest in Health Sciences (#302 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#366 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#407 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Hepatology and Immunology and Microbiology (Infectious Diseases is 22.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#860
of 22,385 · #632 all time
Rank in Germany
#58
of 795
Research works
1.9k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
77k
40.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.38×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
German Center for Infection Research

What is German Center for Infection Research 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
Health SciencesDomain #302 of 9,902 18.7%346 #220
MedicineField #366 of 8,541 18.8%330 #275
Life SciencesDomain #407 of 6,403 15.0%218 #299
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #44 of 421 17.3%104 #38
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #349 of 2,964 14.7%117 #276
Molecular BiologySubfield #329 of 1,880 13.1%70 #281
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #146 of 681 13.7%67 #91

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where German Center for Infection Research 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. Health Sciences#220 #302
  2. Medicine#275 #366
  3. Life Sciences#299 #407
  4. Infectious Diseases#38 #44
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#276 #349
  6. Molecular Biology#281 #329
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#91 #146
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 German Center for Infection Research work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at German Center for Infection Research is in Health Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (51%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Immunology and Microbiology (10%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 403 fractional works · 53.5% of its workMedicine: 383 fractional works · 50.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 115 fractional works · 15.2% of its workEpidemiology: 68 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 34 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHepatology: 27 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 254 fractional works · 33.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 137 fractional works · 18.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 81 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 78 fractional works · 10.4% of its workImmunology: 42 fractional works · 5.6% of its workParasitology: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVirology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGerman Center forInfection…753fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences54%Social Sciences5%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine38350.9%
    2. Health Professions91.3%
    3. Nursing50.7%
    4. Veterinary30.4%
    5. Dentistry20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13718.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology7810.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences233.1%
    4. Neuroscience121.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.5%
    1. Environmental Science212.8%
    2. Chemistry111.5%
    3. Engineering91.2%
    4. Mathematics70.9%
    5. Computer Science60.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    8. Energy20.2%
    9. Materials Science10.1%
    1. Psychology212.7%
    2. Social Sciences101.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    5. Decision Sciences10.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does German Center for Infection Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 22.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 114.6 works22×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 27.3 works19×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 78.3 works10×
← 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: 0.64× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.41× its world share, 137 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.32× its world share, 78 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.41× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.97× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.65× its world share, 383 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.98× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology10.32×78 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.41×137 works
  3. Veterinary2.98×3 works
  4. Medicine2.65×383 works
  5. Nursing1.42×5 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.41×4 works
  7. Neuroscience1.02×12 works
  8. Chemistry0.97×11 works
  9. Psychology0.90×21 works
  10. Mathematics0.74×7 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.64×23 works
  12. Environmental Science0.56×21 works
  13. Dentistry0.50×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.48×10 works
  15. Energy0.22×2 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×2 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.13×2 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.10×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.10×10 works
  20. Computer Science0.09×6 works
  21. Engineering0.08×9 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.08×2 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.04×1 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at German Center for Infection Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Ulrich Nübel, Andrea Rachow and Maja Reimann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Center for Infection Research.

  1. 1 Ulrich Nübel Germany · #154,286 worldwide 11k citations · 121 works
  2. 2 Andrea Rachow Germany · #250,659 worldwide 3.5k citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Maja Reimann Germany · #463,623 worldwide 1.2k citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Sebastian Julian Theobald Germany · #468,104 worldwide 1.5k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Matthias Steglich Germany · #541,126 worldwide 1.1k citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Carlos Lamsfus Calle Germany · #589,464 worldwide 1.2k citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Petra Clowes Germany · #757,450 worldwide 2.5k citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Lena M. Biehl Germany · #766,314 worldwide 1.6k citations · 66 works
  9. 9 Estefanía Rodríguez Germany · #768,213 worldwide 2.2k citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Javier Ibáñez Germany · #896,563 worldwide 1.3k citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at German Center for Infection Research

What are the most cited papers from German Center for Infection Research?

The most cited paper from German Center for Infection Research 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 "Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities" (5,395) and "The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health — The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China" (4,033).

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 Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities Atanas G. Atanasov et al. · Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ReviewOpen access 28 Jan 2021 5,395
3 The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health — The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China David S.C. Hui, Esam I. Azhar, Tariq A. Madani et al. · International Journal of Infectious Diseases Open access 14 Jan 2020 4,033
4 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
5 Host microbiota constantly control maturation and function of microglia in the CNS Daniel Erny, Anna Lena Hrabě de Angelis, Diego Adhemar Jaitin et al. · Nature Neuroscience Open access Jun 2015 3,611
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at German Center for Infection Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, Antibiotic Resistance and ACE2 Receptor.

▲ 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. Epidemiology184▲ 6.1×103 topics
  2. Immune Response86▲ 20×22 topics
  3. Vaccine86▲ 28×11 topics
  4. Pathogenesis50▲ 13×23 topics
  5. SARS-CoV-248▲ 21×6 topics
  6. Pandemic48▲ 6.4×9 topics
  7. Treatment47▲ 5.1×39 topics
  8. Antibiotic Resistance40▲ 13×14 topics
  9. Diagnosis40▲ 5.6×33 topics
  10. ACE2 Receptor39▲ 23×3 topics
  11. Vaccine Development36▲ 19×11 topics
  12. Immunity36▲ 12×10 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity31▲ 9.4×6 topics
  14. Coronavirus30▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Inflammation30▲ 1.87×72 topics
  16. Antiviral Therapy28▲ 39×3 topics
  17. Global Burden28▲ 6.8×11 topics
  18. Public Health28▲ 2.5×32 topics
  19. Viral Transmission28▲ 27×4 topics
  20. Drug Resistance25▲ 12×8 topics
  21. Mutation25▲ 18×5 topics
  22. antibody24▲ 33×1 topic
  23. spike protein24▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Liver Disease23▲ 34×3 topics
  25. Infectious Diseases20▲ 7.9×8 topics
  26. Helminth Infections20▲ 63×2 topics
  27. Antiretroviral Therapy19▲ 15×6 topics
  28. Hepatocellular Carcinoma18▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Infection18▲ 9.8×9 topics
  30. Antimicrobial Resistance18▲ 12×9 topics
  31. Thrombosis17▲ 8.0×7 topics
  32. Innate Immunity16▲ 6.5×11 topics
  33. Zoonotic Infections16▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Disease Burden15▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Mycobacterium tuberculosis15▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Host-Pathogen Interaction15▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Tuberculosis15▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Vector Control15▲ 17×4 topics
  39. Clinical Characteristics14▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Antiviral Treatment14▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does German Center for Infection Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Hepatitis B Virus Studies.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …24SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 24 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…15Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 15 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…14COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 14 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies12Hepatitis B Virus Studies: 12 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 12 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 11 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …11Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 11 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 10 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 10 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Produc…9Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 9 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyMolecular MedicineParasitology3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 24 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 15 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 14 works
  4. 4 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 12 works
  5. 5 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 12 works
  6. 6 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 11 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  8. 8 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 10 works
  9. 9 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  10. 10 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 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 available76.1%not open23.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.0%domestic only55.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has German Center for Infection Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is German Center for Infection Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%German Center for Infection Research0.0028% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of German Center for Infection Research 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 counting10%20%30%German Center for Infection Research16.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.2% in 2014.

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