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Heidelberg University

In research, Heidelberg University stands highest in Health Sciences (#31 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#29 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#71 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Instrumentation and Radiation (Genetics is 4.8× its share of world research).

uni-heidelberg.deROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#77
of 22,385 · #74 all time
Rank in Germany
#5
of 795
Research works
137k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9M
28.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.38×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Heidelberg University

What is Heidelberg University 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 #31 of 9,902 14.0%7,499 #28
MedicineField #29 of 8,541 14.0%6,874 #25
Social SciencesDomain #71 of 9,585 11.3%2,910 #111
Life SciencesDomain #57 of 6,403 12.6%2,671 #42
Arts and HumanitiesField #19 of 1,896 11.8%542 #59
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #42 of 2,964 13.0%1,709 #31
SurgerySubfield #22 of 1,532 14.0%981 #27
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #15 of 1,037 13.6%770 #19
OncologySubfield #13 of 755 12.7%643 #18
Social SciencesField #116 of 5,988 10.1%1,274 #124

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Heidelberg University 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#28 #31
  2. Medicine#25 #29
  3. Social Sciences#111 #71
  4. Life Sciences#42 #57
  5. Arts and Humanities#59 #19
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#31 #42
  7. Surgery#27 #22
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#19 #15
  9. Oncology#18 #13
  10. Social Sciences#124 #116
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 Heidelberg University work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Heidelberg University is in Health Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 8,638 fractional works · 47.2% of its workMedicine: 7,915 fractional works · 43.2% of its workSurgery: 1,112 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 882 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOncology: 736 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 556 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 504 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 501 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 409 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 292 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 246 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 242 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 214 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 179 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 172 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 162 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 159 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 153 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 141 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 123 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 122 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 75 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 218 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 522 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 322 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 92 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 109 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,330 fractional works · 18.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 866 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 261 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 194 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 176 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 107 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 709 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 348 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 163 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 149 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 506 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 236 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 97 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 117 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 325 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 195 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 293 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 100 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 225 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 145 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 197 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 174 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 22 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,225 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,399 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 556 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 314 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 85 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 171 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 762 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 335 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 168 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 136 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 604 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhilosophy: 127 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 94 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 132 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 201 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 161 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 171 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 3,107 fractional works · 17.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,972 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,161 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGenetics: 245 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 222 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 125 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 531 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 200 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 135 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 112 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 392 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 338 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 163 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHeidelbergUniversity18kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences18%

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. Health Sciences8,63847.2%
    1. Medicine7,91543.2%
    2. Health Professions5222.9%
    3. Dentistry1090.6%
    4. Nursing770.4%
    5. Veterinary150.1%
    1. Physics and Astronomy8664.7%
    2. Engineering7093.9%
    3. Computer Science5062.8%
    4. Chemistry3251.8%
    5. Environmental Science2931.6%
    6. Materials Science2251.2%
    7. Mathematics1971.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1740.9%
    9. Energy220.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering140.1%
  3. Social Sciences3,22517.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,3997.6%
    2. Psychology7624.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities6043.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2011.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1710.9%
    6. Decision Sciences890.5%
  4. Life Sciences3,10717.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,97210.8%
    2. Neuroscience5312.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology3922.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1630.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics490.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Heidelberg University specialise in?

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

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 242.2 works4.8×
  2. InstrumentationSubfield · 43.0 works4.7×
  3. RadiationSubfield · 107.5 works4.3×
  4. OncologySubfield · 736.3 works3.6×
  5. TransplantationSubfield · 28.7 works3.5×
  6. HepatologySubfield · 122.2 works3.5×
  7. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 556.3 works3.4×
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 881.9 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: 0.19× its world share, 163 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.02× its world share, 1,972 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.13× its world share, 392 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.79× its world share, 531 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 49 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 325 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 506 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 174 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 709 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 293 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 225 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 197 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.13× its world share, 866 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.22× its world share, 108 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 522 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.25× its world share, 7,915 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 77 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 15 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 604 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 171 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 89 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 201 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 762 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1,398 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.25×7,915 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.13×392 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.13×866 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.02×1,972 works
  5. Neuroscience1.79×531 works
  6. Psychology1.37×762 works
  7. Dentistry1.22×108 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.14×604 works
  9. Chemistry1.13×325 works
  10. Health Professions1.08×522 works
  11. Mathematics0.91×197 works
  12. Nursing0.86×77 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×49 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×174 works
  15. Veterinary0.60×15 works
  16. Social Sciences0.60×1,398 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×201 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.50×89 works
  19. Computer Science0.36×506 works
  20. Materials Science0.35×225 works
  21. Environmental Science0.32×293 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×171 works
  23. Engineering0.26×709 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.22×14 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×163 works
  26. Energy0.13×22 works

Who are the top researchers at Heidelberg University?

Ranked on the quality score, Stefan M. Pfister, Axel Dreher and Volker Hovestadt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Heidelberg University.

  1. 1 Stefan M. Pfister Germany · #1,589 worldwide 131k citations · 2,084 works
  2. 2 Axel Dreher Germany · #1,880 worldwide 26k citations · 436 works
  3. 3 Volker Hovestadt Germany · #2,222 worldwide 49k citations · 372 works
  4. 4 Jakob Nikolas Kather Germany · #3,109 worldwide 22k citations · 653 works
  5. 5 Bernd Bukau Germany · #3,219 worldwide 47k citations · 397 works
  6. 6 Andreas von Deimling Germany · #3,319 worldwide 170k citations · 1,781 works
  7. 7 Marcel Kool Germany · #4,677 worldwide 87k citations · 953 works
  8. 8 Andrey Korshunov Germany · #5,443 worldwide 75k citations · 826 works
  9. 9 Felix Sahm Germany · #5,592 worldwide 44k citations · 1,057 works
  10. 10 Julio Sáez-Rodríguez Germany · #6,434 worldwide 47k citations · 671 works
All ranked researchers at Heidelberg University

What are the most cited papers from Heidelberg University?

The most cited paper from Heidelberg University is "SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python" (Pauli Virtanen et al., 2020), with 40,161 citations. Next come "A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder" (32,782) and "PD-1 and PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Blockade to Treat Breast Cancer" (30,915).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python Pauli Virtanen et al. · Nature Methods Open access112 authors 3 Feb 2020 40,161
2 A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder Robert L. Spitzer, Kurt Kroenke, Janet B. W. Williams et al. · Archives of Internal Medicine 22 May 2006 32,782
3 PD-1 and PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Blockade to Treat Breast Cancer Andreas Daniel Hartkopf, Florin‐Andrei Taran, Markus Wallwiener et al. · Breast Care Open access 2016 30,915
4 An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome Ian Dunham et al. · Nature Open access442 authors Sep 2012 19,751
5 STRING v11: protein–protein association networks with increased coverage, supporting functional discovery in genome-wide experimental datasets Damian Szklarczyk, Annika L. Gable, David B. Lyon et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 16 Nov 2018 19,535
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Heidelberg University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Cancer, Radiotherapy, Prognostic Factors and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,211▲ 1.66×133 topics
  2. Inflammation760▲ 1.95×83 topics
  3. Immunotherapy584▲ 4.4×19 topics
  4. Cancer535▲ 2.2×55 topics
  5. Chemotherapy454▲ 3.5×25 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress440▲ 1.46×60 topics
  7. Treatment419▲ 1.88×51 topics
  8. Quality of Life397▲ 1.50×56 topics
  9. Risk Factors359▲ 1.78×37 topics
  10. Radiotherapy349▲ 4.8×13 topics
  11. Diagnosis346▲ 2.0×41 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors315▲ 4.0×14 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease307▲ 1.47×38 topics
  14. Public Health304◆ 1.14×63 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment291▲ 3.5×8 topics
  16. Depression290▲ 1.81×24 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines289▲ 2.9×14 topics
  18. Management282▲ 1.93×33 topics
  19. Clinical Trials263▲ 2.1×19 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations260▲ 3.2×23 topics
  21. Biomarkers257▲ 2.0×18 topics
  22. Guidelines253▲ 2.9×13 topics
  23. Precision Medicine242▲ 2.7×8 topics
  24. Gene Expression235▲ 2.0×19 topics
  25. Heart Failure232▲ 2.8×13 topics
  26. Cancer Therapy227▲ 2.2×19 topics
  27. Medical Imaging215▲ 2.2×9 topics
  28. Global Burden211▲ 2.1×12 topics
  29. Mortality209▲ 2.0×13 topics
  30. Surgical Management202▲ 2.7×20 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy195▲ 4.5×5 topics
  32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging184▲ 4.0×8 topics
  33. Prognosis180▲ 3.0×9 topics
  34. Targeted Therapy180▲ 4.4×5 topics
  35. Angiogenesis178▲ 2.9×16 topics
  36. Molecular Classification176▲ 6.3×4 topics
  37. Echocardiography162▲ 3.2×8 topics
  38. Glioblastoma150▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Temozolomide150▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Genetic Testing128▲ 6.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Heidelberg University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 150 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 96 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 80 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 78 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 74 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 67 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…66Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 66 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 55 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 55 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…54Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 54 fractional works
GeneticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 150 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 96 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 80 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 78 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 74 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 67 works
  7. 7 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 66 works
  8. 8 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 55 works
  9. 9 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 55 works
  10. 10 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 54 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 available32.3%not open67.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Heidelberg University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% 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 Heidelberg University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.070% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Heidelberg University0.067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Heidelberg University 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%Heidelberg University12.5% 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 14.3% in 2013.

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Which institutions have research most like Heidelberg University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Université Paris Cité has the research profile closest to Heidelberg University's, with both strong in Medicine.

  1. 1 Université Paris CitéFrance · Both strong in Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, Neuroscience 0.90 Compare
  2. 2 Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael · Both strong in Medicine, Neuroscience, Immunology and Microbiology 0.89 Compare
  3. 3 University of IowaUnited States · Both strong in Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, Neuroscience 0.89 Compare
  4. 4 University of RochesterUnited States · Both strong in Medicine, Physics and Astronomy, Neuroscience 0.88 Compare
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.88 Compare

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What is Heidelberg University known for in research?

In research, Heidelberg University stands highest in Health Sciences (#31 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#29 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#71 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Instrumentation and Radiation (Genetics is 4.8× its share of world research).

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