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Goethe University Frankfurt

In research, Goethe University Frankfurt stands highest in Social Sciences (#116 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#165 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#100 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Hematology (Classics is 4.8× its share of world research).

uni-frankfurt.deROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#194
of 22,385 · #173 all time
Rank in Germany
#21
of 795
Research works
78k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8M
23.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.20×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Goethe University Frankfurt

What is Goethe University Frankfurt 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
Social SciencesDomain #116 of 9,585 11.5%3,337 #143
Health SciencesDomain #165 of 9,902 12.7%2,656 #137
Social SciencesField #100 of 5,988 11.7%1,645 #136
MedicineField #162 of 8,541 12.5%2,328 #123
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #54 of 2,526 12.0%725 #89
Life SciencesDomain #189 of 6,403 11.0%1,267 #150
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #49 of 1,187 11.7%353 #72
Physical SciencesDomain #443 of 10,670 10.1%2,005 #392
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #21 of 406 17.5%157 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #158 of 2,964 11.2%704 #134

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Goethe University Frankfurt 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. Social Sciences#143 #116
  2. Health Sciences#137 #165
  3. Social Sciences#136 #100
  4. Medicine#123 #162
  5. Sociology and Political Science#89 #54
  6. Life Sciences#150 #189
  7. Political Science and International Relations#72 #49
  8. Physical Sciences#392 #443
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#134 #158
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 Goethe University Frankfurt work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Goethe University Frankfurt is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,629 fractional works · 35.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,777 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 781 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 376 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 139 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 758 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 173 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 138 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 116 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 88 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 468 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 129 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 129 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 96 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 284 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 159 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 95 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 270 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,050 fractional works · 29.4% of its workMedicine: 2,684 fractional works · 25.9% of its workSurgery: 336 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 229 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 215 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 173 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 164 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 164 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 135 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 105 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 86 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 84 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 136 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 262 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 144 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,251 fractional works · 21.7% of its workComputer Science: 450 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 168 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 449 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 154 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 99 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 92 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 447 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 118 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 279 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 232 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeophysics: 89 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 137 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 119 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 116 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1,444 fractional works · 13.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 806 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 486 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 103 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 310 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 165 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 150 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 119 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 147 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGoethe UniversityFrankfurt10kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences35%

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. Social Sciences3,62935.0%
    1. Social Sciences1,77717.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities7587.3%
    3. Psychology4684.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2842.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2702.6%
    6. Decision Sciences720.7%
  2. Health Sciences3,05029.4%
    1. Medicine2,68425.9%
    2. Health Professions2622.5%
    3. Dentistry740.7%
    4. Nursing200.2%
    5. Veterinary100.1%
    1. Computer Science4504.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy4494.3%
    3. Engineering4474.3%
    4. Environmental Science2792.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2322.2%
    6. Mathematics1371.3%
    7. Chemistry1191.1%
    8. Materials Science1161.1%
    9. Energy180.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.0%
  4. Life Sciences1,44413.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8067.8%
    2. Neuroscience3103.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1501.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1471.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics300.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Goethe University Frankfurt specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 29.6 works4.8×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 153.7 works4.7×
  3. HematologySubfield · 105.5 works3.4×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 51.6 works3.2×
  5. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 172.7 works3.1×
  6. PhilosophySubfield · 137.6 works3.1×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 147 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 806 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 150 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.84× its world share, 310 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 119 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 450 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 232 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 447 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 279 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 116 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 137 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.94× its world share, 448 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.48× its world share, 74 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 262 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 2,684 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.53× its world share, 758 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 270 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 72 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 284 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 468 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 1,777 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.53×758 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy1.94×448 works
  3. Neuroscience1.84×310 works
  4. Dentistry1.48×74 works
  5. Psychology1.48×468 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.46×806 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.43×150 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.43×232 works
  9. Medicine1.35×2,684 works
  10. Social Sciences1.35×1,777 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.28×284 works
  12. Mathematics1.12×137 works
  13. Health Professions0.96×262 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×30 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×270 works
  16. Chemistry0.73×119 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.72×72 works
  18. Veterinary0.68×10 works
  19. Computer Science0.56×450 works
  20. Environmental Science0.54×279 works
  21. Nursing0.40×20 works
  22. Materials Science0.32×116 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×147 works
  24. Engineering0.29×447 works
  25. Energy0.19×18 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.14×5 works

Who are the top researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt?

Ranked on the quality score, P. Jacobs, Luciano Rezzolla and Stefanie Dimmeler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Goethe University Frankfurt.

  1. 1 P. Jacobs Germany · #1,485 worldwide 41k citations · 291 works
  2. 2 Luciano Rezzolla Germany · #3,315 worldwide 46k citations · 479 works
  3. 3 Stefanie Dimmeler Germany · #3,747 worldwide 100k citations · 926 works
  4. 4 Mareike Kunter Germany · #7,903 worldwide 23k citations · 261 works
  5. 5 T. Kollegger Germany · #8,720 worldwide 36k citations · 379 works
  6. 6 Andreas Michael Zeiher Germany · #8,918 worldwide 114k citations · 999 works
  7. 7 Alexandra Aicher Germany · #11,788 worldwide 25k citations · 146 works
  8. 8 Ivan Đikić Germany · #11,878 worldwide 74k citations · 505 works
  9. 9 P. G. Jones Germany · #13,172 worldwide 11k citations · 108 works
  10. 10 Carmen Urbich Germany · #13,561 worldwide 25k citations · 119 works
All ranked researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt

What are the most cited papers from Goethe University Frankfurt?

The most cited paper from Goethe University Frankfurt is "Geant4—a simulation toolkit" (Stefano Agostinelli et al., 2003), with 25,572 citations. Next come "Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma" (13,116) and "Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease" (10,980).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Geant4—a simulation toolkit Stefano Agostinelli et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access127 authors 21 Jun 2003 25,572
2 Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Josep Maria Llovet et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 23 Jul 2008 13,116
3 Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease Heiko Braak, Kelly Del Tredici, Udo Rüb et al. · Neurobiology of Aging 28 Dec 2002 10,980
4 The Amber biomolecular simulation programs David Andrew Case, Thomas E. Cheatham, Tom Darden et al. · Journal of Computational Chemistry Open access 30 Sep 2005 9,778
5 Evaluating the Fit of Structural Equation Models: Tests of Significance and Descriptive Goodness-of-Fit Measures Karin Schermelleh-Engel, Helfried Moosbrugger, Hans Georg Müller Open access 2003 9,050
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Goethe University Frankfurt?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Epidemiology, Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Gender, Globalization, Bildungsungleichheit and Ethnografisches Schreiben.

▲ 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. Epidemiology482▲ 1.17×128 topics
  2. Globalization296▲ 1.45×128 topics
  3. Inflammation263▲ 1.19×83 topics
  4. Identity253▲ 3.4×62 topics
  5. Gender186▲ 3.3×44 topics
  6. Governance183▲ 5.4×17 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress174◆ 1.02×60 topics
  8. History171▲ 2.4×47 topics
  9. Treatment169▲ 1.34×49 topics
  10. Cancer167▲ 1.19×55 topics
  11. Literature164▲ 2.9×49 topics
  12. Human Rights160▲ 1.50×60 topics
  13. Quality of Life158◆ 1.05×53 topics
  14. Neoliberalism147▲ 3.9×28 topics
  15. Nationalism146▲ 3.1×29 topics
  16. Ethics145▲ 2.8×47 topics
  17. Immunotherapy135▲ 1.81×19 topics
  18. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse133▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Diagnosis129▲ 1.33×38 topics
  20. Philosophy111▲ 2.4×38 topics
  21. Bildungsungleichheit111▲ 39×1 topic
  22. Ethnografisches Schreiben111▲ 39×1 topic
  23. Prognostic Factors102▲ 2.3×14 topics
  24. Religion98▲ 2.0×36 topics
  25. Colonialism96▲ 1.95×44 topics
  26. Lattice QCD89▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Cultural Studies88▲ 2.3×29 topics
  28. Narrative77▲ 4.8×14 topics
  29. Bildung75▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Imperialism68▲ 8.5×7 topics
  31. Income Inequality64▲ 4.4×7 topics
  32. Class Struggle59▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Autorschaft58▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Literaturkritik58▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Cultural Sociology57▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Social History57▲ 6.7×8 topics
  37. Social Theory53▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Cultural Memory51▲ 9.4×5 topics
  39. Capitalism50▲ 7.6×6 topics
  40. Renormalization Group48▲ 8.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Goethe University Frankfurt publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, High-Energy Particle Collisions Research and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions.

Sociology and Education …111Sociology and Education Studies: 111 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 58 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 47 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 42 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 42 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 42 fractional worksMedical Practices and Re…39Medical Practices and Rehabilitation: 39 fractional worksEuropean history and pol…34European history and politics: 34 fractional worksGerman Social Sciences a…33German Social Sciences and History: 33 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 33 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryNuclear and High Energy PhysicsComputational Mechanics3 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 111 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 58 works
  3. 3 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 47 works
  4. 4 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 42 works
  5. 5 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 42 works
  6. 6 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 42 works
  7. 7 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 39 works
  8. 8 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 34 works
  9. 9 German Social Sciences and History Sociology and Political Science 33 works
  10. 10 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 33 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 available30.6%not open69.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.1%domestic only78.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Goethe University Frankfurt's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Goethe University Frankfurt as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.040% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Goethe University Frankfurt0.036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Goethe University Frankfurt 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 counting5%10%15%Goethe University Frankfurt11.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.0% in 2018.

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Which institutions have research most like Goethe University Frankfurt's?

Among the world's leading institutions, University of Cologne has the research profile closest to Goethe University Frankfurt's, with both strong in Arts and Humanities.

  1. 1 University of CologneGermany · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Neuroscience, Psychology 0.91 Compare
  2. 2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Physics and Astronomy, Neuroscience 0.86 Compare
  3. 3 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Neuroscience, Physics and Astronomy 0.84 Compare
  4. 4 University of OsloNorway · Both strong in Neuroscience, Arts and Humanities, Psychology 0.84 Compare
  5. 5 University of GenevaSwitzerland · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Physics and Astronomy, Neuroscience 0.82 Compare

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