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Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland

In research, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,694 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,859
of 28,054 · #13,168 all time
Rank in Germany
#357
of 1,178
Research works
497
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
31.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland 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 #4,694 of 7,800 25.6%68 #6262

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland 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: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.90× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.13× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9.94× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 6.89× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland?

Ranked on the composite score, Anna K. H. Hirsch, Jennifer Herrmann and Alexander Titz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland.

  1. 1 Anna K. H. Hirsch Germany · #168,397 worldwide 320 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Jennifer Herrmann Germany · #169,299 worldwide 143 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Alexander Titz Germany · #269,136 worldwide 181 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Brigitta Loretz Germany · #383,025 worldwide 157 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Martin Empting Germany · #450,609 worldwide 160 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 洋徳 嶋田 Germany · #940,477 worldwide 1 citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Nicole Schneider‐Daum Germany · #1,525,404 worldwide 36 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Rolf Mueller Germany · #1,539,722 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland

Which keywords describe research at Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Drug Discovery, Marine Natural Products, Antibiotics, Secondary Metabolites, Natural Products, Endophytic Fungi, Genome Sequencing and Microbial Metabolites.

▲ 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. Drug Discovery13▲ 43×7 topics
  2. Marine Natural Products12▲ 216×2 topics
  3. Antibiotics11▲ 98×3 topics
  4. Secondary Metabolites11▲ 106×2 topics
  5. Natural Products10▲ 53×3 topics
  6. Endophytic Fungi10▲ 83×2 topics
  7. Genome Sequencing10▲ 49×3 topics
  8. Microbial Metabolites10▲ 215×1 topic
  9. Nonribosomal Peptides10▲ 266×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology9▲ 1.66×42 topics
  11. Cancer8▲ 4.2×26 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance8▲ 15×9 topics
  13. Nanoparticles7▲ 3.9×14 topics
  14. Pharmacology5▲ 14×9 topics
  15. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Enantioselective Synthesis4▲ 47×6 topics
  17. RNA-Seq4▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Microbial Communities4▲ 6.6×3 topics
  19. Metagenomics4▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Innate Immunity3▲ 8.0×8 topics
  21. genome annotation3▲ 39×1 topic
  22. sequence alignment3▲ 39×1 topic
  23. Metabolic Engineering3▲ 25×3 topics
  24. Industrial Applications3▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Genomics3▲ 7.6×8 topics
  26. Medicinal Chemistry3▲ 8.0×8 topics
  27. Synthesis3▲ 5.8×11 topics
  28. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Infectious Diseases3▲ 6.0×4 topics
  30. Natural Product Synthesis3▲ 94×2 topics
  31. Polymerization3▲ 21×2 topics
  32. RNA Regulation3▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Biological Activities3▲ 12×6 topics
  34. ESKAPE Pathogens3▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria3▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Olefin Metathesis3▲ 122×1 topic
  37. Ruthenium Catalysts3▲ 122×1 topic
  38. Biogenesis2▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Immune Modulation2▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Membrane Proteins2▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.

Microbial Natural Produc…10Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 10 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 3 fractional worksSynthetic Organic Chemistry Methods: 3 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 3 fractional worksPlant biochemistry and biosynthesis: 2 fractional worksCarbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis: 2 fractional worksMarine Sponges and Natural Products: 2 fractional worksBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing: 2 fractional worksAntimicrobial Peptides and Activities: 2 fractional worksBiochemical and Structural Characterization: 2 fractional works
PharmacologyMolecular BiologyOrganic ChemistryMolecular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 10 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods Organic Chemistry 3 works
  4. 4 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis Organic Chemistry 2 works
  7. 7 Marine Sponges and Natural Products Biotechnology 2 works
  8. 8 Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities Microbiology 2 works
  10. 10 Biochemical and Structural Characterization Molecular Biology 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 available64.9%not open35.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.9%domestic only61.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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