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German Primate Center

In research, German Primate Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,649 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Psychology — Social Psychology is 16.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,143
of 28,054 · #3,738 all time
Rank in Germany
#258
of 1,178
Research works
1.7k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
68k
40.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is German Primate Center 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 #2,649 of 7,800 21.5%83 #1219

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where German Primate Center 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).

What does German Primate Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Psychology takes 16.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social PsychologySubfield · 27.6 works17×
← 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: 1.68× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.28× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.70× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 9.39× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.38× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 6.45× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at German Primate Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian Roos, Eckhard W. Heymann and Markus Hoffmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Primate Center.

  1. 1 Christian Roos Germany · #109,310 worldwide 335 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Eckhard W. Heymann Germany · #168,730 worldwide 271 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Markus Hoffmann Germany · #208,252 worldwide 143 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Stefan Pöhlmann Germany · #226,841 worldwide 195 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Peter M. Kappeler Germany · #333,852 worldwide 283 citations · 72 works
  6. 6 Julia Fischer Germany · #412,089 worldwide 202 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Eberhard Fuchs Germany · #476,713 worldwide 74 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Stefan Treue Germany · #567,871 worldwide 103 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Kerstin Mätz‐Rensing Germany · #568,951 worldwide 48 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 J. K. Hodges Germany · #574,549 worldwide 63 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at German Primate Center

Which keywords describe research at German Primate Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Altruism, Cooperation, Social Behavior, Evolution, Cognition, Intelligence, Primates and Social Cognition.

▲ 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. Altruism26▲ 164×4 topics
  2. Cooperation26▲ 218×3 topics
  3. Social Behavior26▲ 242×2 topics
  4. Evolution24▲ 53×7 topics
  5. Cognition23▲ 91×3 topics
  6. Intelligence22▲ 307×1 topic
  7. Primates22▲ 664×1 topic
  8. Social Cognition10▲ 32×6 topics
  9. Evolutionary Dynamics9▲ 139×2 topics
  10. Vaccine9▲ 12×8 topics
  11. Adaptive Evolution9▲ 86×2 topics
  12. Genetic Variation9▲ 22×5 topics
  13. Natural Selection9▲ 85×2 topics
  14. SARS-CoV-28▲ 14×4 topics
  15. Behavioral Syndromes8▲ 173×1 topic
  16. Phenotypic Plasticity8▲ 173×1 topic
  17. Social Learning8▲ 171×2 topics
  18. Acoustic Communication8▲ 85×2 topics
  19. Evolutionary Biology8▲ 129×3 topics
  20. Pandemic8▲ 3.9×5 topics
  21. Population Dynamics8▲ 17×6 topics
  22. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Avian Vocal Communication7▲ 246×1 topic
  24. Birdsong7▲ 246×1 topic
  25. Neurobiology7▲ 14×6 topics
  26. Coronavirus7▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Immunity6▲ 8.5×5 topics
  28. Adaptation6▲ 12×8 topics
  29. Immune Response6▲ 5.3×11 topics
  30. Viral Transmission6▲ 20×4 topics
  31. Mutation5▲ 15×2 topics
  32. antibody5▲ 26×1 topic
  33. spike protein5▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Neuronal Oscillations5▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Working Memory5▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Cortical Networks5▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Gamma Rhythms5▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Oxytocin5▲ 53×2 topics
  39. Synchronization5▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Testosterone5▲ 58×2 topics

Which research topics does German Primate Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Primate Behavior and Ecology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Primate Behavior and Eco…22Primate Behavior and Ecology: 22 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Repr…8Animal Behavior and Reproduction: 8 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communicati…7Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 7 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …5SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 5 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…5Neural dynamics and brain function: 5 fractional worksEvolutionary Psychology …4Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior: 4 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior: 3 fractional worksEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation: 3 fractional worksChild and Animal Learning Development: 2 fractional works
Social PsychologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsDevelopmental BiologyInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 22 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  3. 3 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 7 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 5 works
  5. 5 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  6. 6 Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  8. 8 Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior Social Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Child and Animal Learning Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 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 available49.8%not open50.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.3%domestic only67.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has German Primate Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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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