Question 1

What is Heidelberg University known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Heidelberg University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Heidelberg University ranks #77 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#74 all time), and #5 of 795 in Germany.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Heidelberg University?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Heidelberg University?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Heidelberg University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Heidelberg University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Heidelberg University work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Heidelberg University's?

Accepted Answer

Université Paris Cité has the research profile closest to Heidelberg University's (similarity 0.90 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Medicine, followed by Tel Aviv University and University of Iowa.

Question 9

Is Heidelberg University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.