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German Red Cross

In research, German Red Cross stands highest in Medicine (#3,438 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,656 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,366 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,198
of 28,054 · #8,667 all time
Rank in Germany
#408
of 1,178
Research works
980
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is German Red Cross known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #3,438 of 17,978 20.0%588
Health SciencesDomain #4,656 of 20,462 19.6%621
Life SciencesDomain #4,366 of 14,347 17.8%230
HematologySubfield #531 of 654 15.2%125
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #6,595 of 7,814 17.9%121

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

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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.52× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.42× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 4 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 Red Cross?

Ranked on the composite score, Torsten Tonn, Erhard Seifried and Thomas Müller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Red Cross.

  1. 1 Torsten Tonn Germany · #90,262 worldwide 225 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Erhard Seifried Germany · #443,213 worldwide 112 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Thomas Müller Germany · #466,803 worldwide 68 citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Christian Seidl Germany · #506,362 worldwide 80 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 K. Koerner Germany · #627,716 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Congcong Zhang Germany · #693,950 worldwide 62 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 H Lindner Germany · #721,452 worldwide 11 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at German Red Cross

Which keywords describe research at German Red Cross?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Anemia, Immunity, SARS-CoV-2, Inflammation, Thrombosis, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, ACE2 Receptor and Cancer Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.95×45 topics
  2. Inflammation7▲ 3.3×40 topics
  3. Anemia6▲ 59×4 topics
  4. Immunity5▲ 13×8 topics
  5. Cancer5▲ 3.7×19 topics
  6. Pandemic5▲ 4.5×6 topics
  7. SARS-CoV-25▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Thrombosis4▲ 16×7 topics
  9. Mesenchymal Stem Cells4▲ 40×3 topics
  10. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 17×2 topics
  11. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Hematopoietic Stem Cells4▲ 48×3 topics
  13. Immunotherapy4▲ 5.3×13 topics
  14. Blood Transfusion4▲ 85×3 topics
  15. Vaccine4▲ 9.1×10 topics
  16. Immune Response3▲ 6.0×12 topics
  17. Lymphoma3▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Viral Transmission3▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Critical Care3▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Pancreatic Cancer3▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Alloimmunization3▲ 117×1 topic
  22. Blood Groups3▲ 117×1 topic
  23. Coronavirus3▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Leukemia3▲ 34×2 topics
  25. NK Cell Recognition3▲ 44×1 topic
  26. Natural Killer Cells3▲ 44×1 topic
  27. Innate Immunity3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  28. Tumor Regression3▲ 25×2 topics
  29. CAR T Cells3▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Chimeric Antigen Receptor3▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Hemorrhage3▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Mutation3▲ 14×3 topics
  33. antibody2▲ 23×1 topic
  34. spike protein2▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Cardiac Surgery2▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Hemostasis2▲ 24×3 topics
  37. Stromal Cells2▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Differentiation2▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Red Blood Cell2▲ 117×1 topic
  40. Tranexamic Acid2▲ 117×1 topic

Which research topics does German Red Cross publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Blood groups and transfusion, CAR-T cell therapy research and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Immune Cell Function and…3Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 3 fractional worksBlood groups and transfu…3Blood groups and transfusion: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …2SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksBlood transfusion and ma…2Blood transfusion and management: 2 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 2 fractional worksMesenchymal stem cell research: 2 fractional worksErythrocyte Function and…2Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional works
ImmunologyHematologyOncologyInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 3 works
  2. 2 Blood groups and transfusion Hematology 3 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 2 works
  7. 7 Mesenchymal stem cell research Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology Physiology 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.9%domestic only70.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has German Red Cross's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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