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German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

In research, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases stands highest in Life Sciences (#396 of 7,800 worldwide), Neurology (#32 of 336 worldwide) and Neuroscience (#136 of 1,168 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Neurology — Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 19.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,348
of 28,054 · #1,658 all time
Rank in Germany
#68
of 1,178
Research works
3k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
121k
40.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases 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 #396 of 7,800 30.4%353 #540
NeurologySubfield #32 of 336 34.3%103 #73
NeuroscienceField #136 of 1,168 27.6%181 #219
MedicineField #1,481 of 10,443 30.0%385 #1774
Health SciencesDomain #1,724 of 11,982 29.0%440 #1955
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #651 of 3,579 31.8%148 #932
Molecular BiologySubfield #810 of 2,175 33.0%98 #973
Social SciencesDomain #5,453 of 10,521 20.0%72 #6312
Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield #134 of 243 25.4%65 #331

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases 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#540 #396
  2. Neurology#73 #32
  3. Neuroscience#219 #136
  4. Medicine#1,774 #1,481
  5. Health Sciences#1,955 #1,724
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#932 #651
  7. Molecular Biology#973 #810
  8. Social Sciences#6,312 #5,453
  9. Psychiatry and Mental health#331 #134
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 Neurodegenerative Diseases specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 19.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 56.9 works20×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 103.3 works20×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 44.9 works18×
  4. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 65.3 works14×
  5. NeuroscienceField · 181.0 works12×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.02× its world share, 148 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.23× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 12.16× its world share, 181 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.08× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.18× its world share, 385 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases?

Ranked on the composite score, Frank Jessen, Gerd Kempermann and Anja Schneider lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases.

  1. 1 Frank Jessen Germany · #13,156 worldwide 721 citations · 123 works
  2. 2 Gerd Kempermann Germany · #13,991 worldwide 1.2k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Anja Schneider Germany · #19,911 worldwide 426 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Annika Spottke Germany · #78,086 worldwide 208 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Ingo Kilimann Germany · #96,374 worldwide 154 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Jochen René Thyrian Germany · #102,320 worldwide 122 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Klaus Fließbach Germany · #114,455 worldwide 272 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 André Fischer Germany · #123,870 worldwide 207 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Bernhard Michalowsky Germany · #138,341 worldwide 85 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Frederic Brosseron Germany · #138,696 worldwide 139 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Which keywords describe research at German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodegeneration, Oxidative Stress, Neurological Disorders, Neuroimaging, Aging, Neuroinflammation, Biomarkers and Mitochondrial Dysfunction.

▲ 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. Neurodegeneration122▲ 44×10 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress98▲ 6.5×43 topics
  3. Neurological Disorders84▲ 16×18 topics
  4. Neuroimaging74▲ 30×10 topics
  5. Aging72▲ 15×16 topics
  6. Neuroinflammation71▲ 27×6 topics
  7. Biomarkers65▲ 10×16 topics
  8. Mitochondrial Dysfunction64▲ 24×10 topics
  9. Parkinson's Disease62▲ 28×8 topics
  10. Alzheimer's Disease60▲ 23×9 topics
  11. Caregiver Burden54▲ 54×3 topics
  12. Cognitive Training54▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Cognitive Decline53▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Dementia53▲ 62×2 topics
  15. Mild Cognitive Impairment52▲ 68×1 topic
  16. Vascular Risk Factors52▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Inflammation51▲ 2.7×70 topics
  18. Brain Development47▲ 29×6 topics
  19. Diagnostic Criteria46▲ 22×8 topics
  20. Amyloid Hypothesis35▲ 65×1 topic
  21. Tau Pathology35▲ 65×1 topic
  22. Cancer34▲ 2.8×48 topics
  23. Genetics34▲ 5.3×16 topics
  24. Dopaminergic Neurons33▲ 57×2 topics
  25. Innate Immunity33▲ 11×10 topics
  26. Cytokines30▲ 12×7 topics
  27. Genetic Risk Factors30▲ 63×1 topic
  28. a-Synuclein30▲ 63×1 topic
  29. Microglia28▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Ischemic Stroke28▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Functional Connectivity26▲ 22×3 topics
  32. Cognitive Impairment24▲ 10×9 topics
  33. Synaptic Plasticity23▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Protein Aggregation22▲ 47×2 topics
  35. Astrocytes22▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Synaptic Pruning22▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Epilepsy21▲ 22×3 topics
  38. FUS/TLS21▲ 105×1 topic
  39. TDP-4321▲ 105×1 topic
  40. Neurodegenerative Diseases21▲ 14×6 topics

Which research topics does German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Dementia and Cognitive I…52Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 52 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 35 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…30Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 30 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Ne…22Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 22 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 21 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 18 fractional worksNeurological disorders a…16Neurological disorders and treatments: 16 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 16 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 15 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 12 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyNeurologyCognitive Neuroscience2 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 52 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 35 works
  3. 3 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 30 works
  4. 4 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 22 works
  5. 5 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 21 works
  6. 6 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 18 works
  7. 7 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 16 works
  8. 8 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 16 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 15 works
  10. 10 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 12 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 available70.1%not open29.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.8%domestic only57.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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