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German Center for Lung Research

In research, German Center for Lung Research stands highest in Health Sciences (#481 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#509 of 8,541 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#94 of 1,037 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Immunology and Microbiology (Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 17.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,625
of 22,385 · #1,089 all time
Rank in Germany
#79
of 795
Research works
2.4k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
61k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.23×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
German Center for Lung Research

What is German Center for Lung 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 #481 of 9,902 17.9%534 #353
MedicineField #509 of 8,541 17.9%507 #398
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #94 of 1,037 19.6%212 #70
Life SciencesDomain #1,040 of 6,403 12.8%165 #826
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #754 of 2,964 14.5%87 #777

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where German Center for Lung 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#353 #481
  2. Medicine#398 #509
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#70 #94
  4. Life Sciences#826 #1,040
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#777 #754
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 Lung Research work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at German Center for Lung Research is in Health Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 625 fractional works · 67.8% of its workMedicine: 594 fractional works · 64.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 249 fractional works · 27.0% of its workSurgery: 47 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOncology: 43 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhysiology: 40 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 36 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransplantation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 196 fractional works · 21.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 103 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 65 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 57 fractional works · 6.1% of its workImmunology: 51 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 28 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 65 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGerman Center forLung Research922fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences4%

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. Medicine59464.4%
    2. Health Professions242.6%
    3. Nursing60.6%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10311.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology576.1%
    3. Neuroscience283.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    1. Engineering242.6%
    2. Environmental Science141.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy111.2%
    4. Computer Science60.7%
    5. Chemistry40.5%
    6. Materials Science40.4%
    7. Mathematics10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences151.6%
    2. Psychology111.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities70.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does German Center for Lung Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 17.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 248.9 works18×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 51.1 works8.1×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 56.6 works6.1×
  4. PhysiologySubfield · 39.6 works4.9×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.10× its world share, 103 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.10× its world share, 57 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 594 worksMedicineNursing: 1.25× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology6.10×57 works
  2. Medicine3.35×594 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.10×103 works
  4. Neuroscience1.87×28 works
  5. Nursing1.25×6 works
  6. Health Professions0.97×24 works
  7. Veterinary0.59×1 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.52×11 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×2 works
  10. Psychology0.38×11 works
  11. Chemistry0.31×4 works
  12. Environmental Science0.31×14 works
  13. Dentistry0.28×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.28×7 works
  15. Engineering0.17×24 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×6 works
  17. Social Sciences0.13×15 works
  18. Materials Science0.12×4 works
  19. Mathematics0.12×1 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.10×1 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×2 works
  22. Computer Science0.08×6 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×1 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×1 works
  26. Energy0.01×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Marcus Alexander Mall, Simon Y. Graeber and Martin Reck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Center for Lung Research.

  1. 1 Marcus Alexander Mall Germany · #37,743 worldwide 28k citations · 1,222 works
  2. 2 Simon Y. Graeber Germany · #95,398 worldwide 3k citations · 93 works
  3. 3 Martin Reck Germany · #102,091 worldwide 61k citations · 635 works
  4. 4 Theodore S. Kapellos Germany · #153,176 worldwide 4.7k citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Mario Boehm Germany · #208,253 worldwide 954 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Thomas Jürgen Bahmer Germany · #217,979 worldwide 5.7k citations · 238 works
  7. 7 Mirjam Stahl Germany · #257,035 worldwide 3.6k citations · 222 works
  8. 8 Jennifer Quantius Germany · #303,466 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Mustafa Abdo Germany · #331,406 worldwide 723 citations · 104 works
  10. 10 Loreen Thürmann Germany · #361,136 worldwide 2.7k citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at German Center for Lung Research

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

The most cited paper from German Center for Lung Research is "Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy in Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer" (Leena Gandhi et al., 2018), with 6,764 citations. Next come "2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension" (3,956) and "Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2017 Report. GOLD Executive Summary" (3,296).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy in Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Leena Gandhi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Apr 2018 6,764
2 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension Marc Humbert et al. · European Heart Journal Open access 26 Aug 2022 3,956
3 Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2017 Report. GOLD Executive Summary Claus Franz Vogelmeier et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Open access Mar 2017 3,296
4 Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab in Lung Cancer with a High Tumor Mutational Burden Matthew David Hellmann et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Apr 2018 3,185
5 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at German Center for Lung Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Management, Treatment Guidelines, Global Burden and Respiratory.

▲ 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. Epidemiology94▲ 2.6×103 topics
  2. Inflammation76▲ 3.9×76 topics
  3. Diagnosis63▲ 7.3×36 topics
  4. Pulmonary Hypertension57▲ 44×3 topics
  5. Management54▲ 7.4×24 topics
  6. Treatment48▲ 4.3×34 topics
  7. Treatment Guidelines42▲ 21×6 topics
  8. Global Burden39▲ 7.8×12 topics
  9. Respiratory38▲ 42×2 topics
  10. COPD36▲ 59×1 topic
  11. spirometry36▲ 59×1 topic
  12. Fibrosis35▲ 20×8 topics
  13. Chemotherapy35▲ 5.3×22 topics
  14. Respiratory Distress Syndrome32▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Echocardiography32▲ 13×8 topics
  16. Preterm Infants32▲ 28×4 topics
  17. TGF-ß32▲ 22×4 topics
  18. Genetics31▲ 4.8×15 topics
  19. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition31▲ 35×3 topics
  20. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia31▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Lung Stem Cells31▲ 58×1 topic
  22. Surfactant Proteins31▲ 58×1 topic
  23. Endothelial Dysfunction31▲ 14×8 topics
  24. Asthma30▲ 33×3 topics
  25. Interstitial Lung Disease29▲ 48×2 topics
  26. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis28▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Myofibroblast28▲ 64×1 topic
  28. Chronic Kidney Disease27▲ 12×8 topics
  29. Targeted Therapy27▲ 13×5 topics
  30. Pulmonary Infections26▲ 47×2 topics
  31. Cystic Fibrosis26▲ 41×3 topics
  32. Microbiota25▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Right Heart Assessment25▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Survival Prediction25▲ 68×1 topic
  35. Immunology24▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Allergic Diseases24▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Eosinophils24▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Mutation Analysis24▲ 35×2 topics
  39. Bronchiectasis24▲ 89×1 topic
  40. CFTR24▲ 89×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…36Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 36 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…31Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 31 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…28Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 28 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…25Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 25 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 24 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 24 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…18Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 15 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 14 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 13 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiology

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 36 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 31 works
  3. 3 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 28 works
  4. 4 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 25 works
  5. 5 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 24 works
  6. 6 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 24 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  9. 9 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  10. 10 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 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 available57.5%not open42.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.8%domestic only60.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Lung Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%German Center for Lung Research0.0032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of German Center for Lung 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 Lung Research15.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.7% in 2013.

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