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German Center for Infection Research

In research, German Center for Infection Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#855 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#1,809 of 10,443 worldwide) and Infectious Diseases (#70 of 345 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Hepatology and Immunology and Microbiology — Infectious Diseases is 23.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,110
of 28,054 · #2,708 all time
Rank in Germany
#109
of 1,178
Research works
1.9k
▲ 89% vs 2013–17
Citations
77k
40.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is German Center for Infection Research 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 #855 of 7,800 31.2%218 #1062
MedicineField #1,809 of 10,443 29.6%330 #2097
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #70 of 345 29.2%104 #147
Health SciencesDomain #2,508 of 11,982 29.3%346 #2706
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,101 of 3,579 31.5%117 #1340
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,074 of 2,175 32.1%70 #1383
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #430 of 682 29.2%67 #674

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 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#1,062 #855
  2. Medicine#2,097 #1,809
  3. Infectious Diseases#147 #70
  4. Health Sciences#2,706 #2,508
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,340 #1,101
  6. Molecular Biology#1,383 #1,074
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#674 #430
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 German Center for Infection Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 23.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 103.7 works24×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 24.1 works19×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 67.2 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: 0.68× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.42× its world share, 118 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.36× its world share, 67 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.56× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.04× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.67× its world share, 330 worksMedicineNursing: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.86× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Ulrich Nübel, Jan Heyckendorf and Clara Lehmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Center for Infection Research.

  1. 1 Ulrich Nübel Germany · #270,343 worldwide 179 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Jan Heyckendorf Germany · #325,413 worldwide 42 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Clara Lehmann Germany · #1,233,324 worldwide 24 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Melanie Stecher Germany · #1,378,063 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Matthias Willmann Germany · #1,623,841 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Matthias Marschal Germany · #1,631,850 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at German Center for Infection Research

Which keywords describe research at German Center for Infection Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, SARS-CoV-2, Pathogenesis, Pandemic, ACE2 Receptor and Antibiotic Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology159▲ 6.3×97 topics
  2. Vaccine77▲ 30×11 topics
  3. Immune Response76▲ 21×22 topics
  4. SARS-CoV-246▲ 22×6 topics
  5. Pandemic46▲ 6.6×9 topics
  6. Pathogenesis44▲ 13×22 topics
  7. Treatment41▲ 5.3×37 topics
  8. ACE2 Receptor37▲ 23×3 topics
  9. Diagnosis35▲ 5.8×33 topics
  10. Antibiotic Resistance34▲ 14×14 topics
  11. Immunity33▲ 13×10 topics
  12. Vaccine Development30▲ 19×11 topics
  13. Coronavirus29▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity27▲ 9.5×6 topics
  15. Viral Transmission27▲ 28×4 topics
  16. Antiviral Therapy25▲ 40×3 topics
  17. Mutation24▲ 20×5 topics
  18. Public Health24▲ 2.5×32 topics
  19. antibody24▲ 34×1 topic
  20. spike protein24▲ 34×1 topic
  21. Global Burden23▲ 6.6×10 topics
  22. COVID-1922▲ 2.5×18 topics
  23. Drug Resistance22▲ 12×8 topics
  24. Liver Disease20▲ 34×3 topics
  25. Antiretroviral Therapy17▲ 17×6 topics
  26. Helminth Infections17▲ 69×2 topics
  27. Infection17▲ 11×9 topics
  28. Infectious Diseases16▲ 7.8×8 topics
  29. Hepatocellular Carcinoma16▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Antimicrobial Resistance16▲ 12×9 topics
  31. Thrombosis15▲ 8.5×7 topics
  32. Zoonotic Infections14▲ 39×2 topics
  33. Pathophysiology14▲ 7.2×7 topics
  34. Antiviral Treatment13▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Clinical Characteristics13▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Cytokine Storm13▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Mycobacterium tuberculosis13▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Disease Burden13▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Host-Pathogen Interaction13▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Tuberculosis13▲ 39×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology and Hepatitis B Virus Studies.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …24SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 24 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 13 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…13Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 13 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies11Hepatitis B Virus Studies: 11 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 10 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 10 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research9Hepatitis C virus research: 9 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 9 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 8 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Produc…8Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 8 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 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 13 works
  3. 3 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 13 works
  4. 4 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 11 works
  5. 5 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 10 works
  7. 7 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 9 works
  8. 8 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  9. 9 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 8 works
  10. 10 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 8 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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