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Helmholtz Zentrum München

In research, Helmholtz Zentrum München stands highest in Life Sciences (#327 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#241 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#914 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Molecular Biology — Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#957
of 28,054 · #1,142 all time
Rank in Germany
#48
of 1,178
Research works
6.5k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
264k
40.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Helmholtz Zentrum München 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 #327 of 7,800 32.6%445 #421
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #241 of 3,579 31.6%310 #414
MedicineField #914 of 10,443 28.2%421 #749
Health SciencesDomain #1,205 of 11,982 27.8%455 #951
Molecular BiologySubfield #245 of 2,175 30.2%199 #336
Physical SciencesDomain #3,162 of 12,888 25.7%247 #2954
Environmental ScienceField #2,006 of 3,551 27.6%75 #1045

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Helmholtz Zentrum München 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#421 #327
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#414 #241
  3. Medicine#749 #914
  4. Health Sciences#951 #1,205
  5. Molecular Biology#336 #245
  6. Physical Sciences#2,954 #3,162
  7. Environmental Science#1,045 #2,006
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 Zentrum München specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 41.2 works6.6×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 198.6 works5.6×
← 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: 0.86× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.94× its world share, 310 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.88× its world share, 46 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.02× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.97× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 52 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 75 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.86× its world share, 421 worksMedicineNursing: 1.97× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian Gieger, Thomas Meitinger and Martina Müller‐Nurasyid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Helmholtz Zentrum München.

  1. 1 Christian Gieger · #1,128 worldwide 3.1k citations · 123 works
  2. 2 Thomas Meitinger · #1,430 worldwide 2.4k citations · 120 works
  3. 3 Martina Müller‐Nurasyid · #8,417 worldwide 1k citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Harald Grallert · #8,798 worldwide 929 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Christa Meisinger · #9,134 worldwide 1.2k citations · 115 works
  6. 6 Klaus Mayer · #9,803 worldwide 908 citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Joachim Heinrich · #12,372 worldwide 1.5k citations · 190 works
  8. 8 Konstantin Strauch · #14,055 worldwide 803 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Annette Peters · #14,494 worldwide 2.4k citations · 298 works
  10. 10 Angela Döring · #19,330 worldwide 929 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München

Which keywords describe research at Helmholtz Zentrum München?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Cancer, Gene Expression, Cardiovascular Disease, Epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress86▲ 4.5×58 topics
  2. Inflammation83▲ 3.4×81 topics
  3. Epidemiology73▲ 1.56×102 topics
  4. Cancer60▲ 3.8×50 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease55▲ 4.2×36 topics
  6. Machine Learning51▲ 1.33×43 topics
  7. Gene Expression46▲ 6.3×17 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome40▲ 4.1×22 topics
  9. Immunotherapy38▲ 4.5×18 topics
  10. Obesity32▲ 3.6×22 topics
  11. Mortality32▲ 4.6×12 topics
  12. Public Health31▲ 1.79×29 topics
  13. Health Effects30▲ 4.3×17 topics
  14. Genetics28▲ 3.5×22 topics
  15. Biomarkers28▲ 3.5×17 topics
  16. Insulin Resistance27▲ 5.1×10 topics
  17. Mitochondrial Dysfunction27▲ 7.7×12 topics
  18. Cancer Therapy25▲ 3.8×18 topics
  19. Precision Medicine24▲ 4.5×8 topics
  20. Diabetes23▲ 4.0×20 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders23▲ 3.4×18 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment22▲ 4.2×8 topics
  23. Particulate Matter22▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Metabolic Regulation21▲ 10×5 topics
  25. Type 1 Diabetes20▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Cell Death20▲ 7.3×6 topics
  27. Air Pollution20▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Global Burden of Disease19▲ 6.7×4 topics
  29. Autoimmunity19▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Exposure Assessment19▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Fine Particulate Air Pollution19▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Type 2 Diabetes18▲ 7.1×6 topics
  33. RNA-Seq18▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Mass Spectrometry18▲ 9.7×6 topics
  35. Cancer Progression16▲ 7.3×8 topics
  36. Weight Loss16▲ 8.2×4 topics
  37. Transcription Factors15▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Transcriptional Regulation15▲ 7.9×9 topics
  39. Glycemic Control14▲ 7.9×4 topics
  40. Gene Regulation14▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Helmholtz Zentrum München publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Diabetes and associated disorders and RNA modifications and cancer.

Air Quality and Health I…19Air Quality and Health Impacts: 19 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …13Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 13 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 13 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 12 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 11 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 11 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 10 fractional worksPancreatic function and …10Pancreatic function and diabetes: 10 fractional worksPhotoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging: 10 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 10 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisMolecular BiologyGeneticsPhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health ImpactsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 19 works
  2. 2 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomicsMolecular Biology 13 works
  3. 3 Diabetes and associated disordersGenetics 13 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancerMolecular Biology 12 works
  5. 5 Genomics and Chromatin DynamicsMolecular Biology 11 works
  6. 6 Adipose Tissue and MetabolismPhysiology 11 works
  7. 7 Epigenetics and DNA MethylationMolecular Biology 10 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic function and diabetesSurgery 10 works
  9. 9 Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic ImagingBiomedical Engineering 10 works
  10. 10 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesMolecular Biology 10 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.0%domestic only57.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Helmholtz Zentrum München's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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