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Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

In research, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,019 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#3,403 of 10,443 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,188 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pharmacology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases — Pharmacology is 12.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,642
of 28,054 · #2,206 all time
Rank in Germany
#132
of 1,178
Research works
3.8k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
149k
38.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research 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 #1,019 of 7,800 28.5%233 #813
MedicineField #3,403 of 10,443 23.2%158 #2668
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,188 of 3,579 28.6%152 #823
Health SciencesDomain #4,623 of 11,982 23.0%168 #3452
Molecular BiologySubfield #906 of 2,175 28.7%95 #751

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#813 #1,019
  2. Medicine#2,668 #3,403
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#823 #1,188
  4. Health Sciences#3,452 #4,623
  5. Molecular Biology#751 #906
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pharmacology takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PharmacologySubfield · 24.1 works12×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 31.9 works9.8×
  3. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 28.6 works8.9×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 40.2 works8.5×
← 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: 1.20× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.07× its world share, 152 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.50× its world share, 40 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.46× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.24× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.75× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Marc Stadler, Kenneth N. Timmis and H. Häuser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research.

  1. 1 Marc Stadler Germany · #2,966 worldwide 1.8k citations · 110 works
  2. 2 Kenneth N. Timmis Germany · #15,170 worldwide 771 citations · 72 works
  3. 3 H. Häuser Germany · #33,551 worldwide 608 citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Robert Geffers Germany · #39,283 worldwide 401 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Alice C. McHardy Germany · #45,094 worldwide 747 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Helmut Blöcker Germany · #45,644 worldwide 448 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Dietmar H. Pieper Germany · #148,345 worldwide 288 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Mark Brönstrup Germany · #155,065 worldwide 212 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Ursula Rinas Germany · #156,812 worldwide 191 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Jochen Huehn Germany · #176,752 worldwide 177 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

Which keywords describe research at Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antibiotic Resistance, Endophytic Fungi, Vaccine, Phylogenetic Analysis, Immune Response, Immunity and Marine Natural Products.

▲ 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. Epidemiology61▲ 3.3×75 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 2.5×65 topics
  3. Antibiotic Resistance22▲ 12×9 topics
  4. Endophytic Fungi21▲ 47×2 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis20▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Vaccine20▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Immune Response20▲ 7.3×19 topics
  8. Cancer19▲ 3.0×42 topics
  9. Immunity19▲ 9.8×10 topics
  10. Marine Natural Products17▲ 89×2 topics
  11. Pathogenesis17▲ 7.3×19 topics
  12. Drug Discovery17▲ 16×10 topics
  13. Secondary Metabolites17▲ 49×4 topics
  14. Antibiotics16▲ 41×3 topics
  15. Microbial Communities16▲ 7.7×8 topics
  16. Genome Sequencing15▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Natural Products15▲ 21×5 topics
  18. Innate Immunity14▲ 9.7×11 topics
  19. Microbial Metabolites14▲ 86×1 topic
  20. Nonribosomal Peptides14▲ 106×1 topic
  21. SARS-CoV-213▲ 8.6×6 topics
  22. Cancer Therapy12▲ 4.6×18 topics
  23. RNA-Seq12▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Infectious Diseases12▲ 7.8×8 topics
  25. Metagenomics12▲ 27×3 topics
  26. Genomics12▲ 8.3×8 topics
  27. Quality Assessment11▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Gut Microbiota11▲ 6.7×6 topics
  29. ACE2 Receptor11▲ 9.4×2 topics
  30. genome annotation11▲ 36×1 topic
  31. sequence alignment11▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Inflammatory Diseases11▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Vaccine Development10▲ 8.8×9 topics
  34. Biological Activities10▲ 13×6 topics
  35. Coronavirus10▲ 9.7×3 topics
  36. Evolution10▲ 8.2×6 topics
  37. Immune Responses10▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Metabolic Health9▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Metagenomic Analysis9▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Short-Chain Fatty Acids9▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Gut microbiota and health and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Microbial Natural Produc…14Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 14 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…11Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 11 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 9 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 7 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 7 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 7 fractional worksFungal Biology and Appli…7Fungal Biology and Applications: 7 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 7 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 6 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…6Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 6 fractional works
PharmacologyMolecular BiologyInfectious DiseasesMolecular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 14 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 11 works
  3. 3 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 9 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  5. 5 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 7 works
  7. 7 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 7 works
  8. 8 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 7 works
  9. 9 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 6 works
  10. 10 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 6 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 available52.4%not open47.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.6%domestic only67.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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