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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

In research, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin stands highest in Arts and Humanities (#10 of 1,896 worldwide), Social Sciences (#53 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#57 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Classics and History and Philosophy of Science (Museology is 7.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#132
of 22,385 · #235 all time
Rank in Germany
#10
of 795
Research works
52k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2M
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.39×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

What is Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 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
Arts and HumanitiesField #10 of 1,896 11.9%793 #36
Social SciencesDomain #53 of 9,585 13.2%3,141 #85
Social SciencesField #57 of 5,988 14.0%1,541 #94
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #26 of 2,526 14.3%631 #81
Health SciencesDomain #128 of 9,902 17.6%1,439 #243
LawSubfield #6 of 445 18.0%85 #26
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #18 of 1,187 13.7%343 #50
MedicineField #134 of 8,541 17.7%1,224 #240
Life SciencesDomain #118 of 6,403 12.7%1,109 #148
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #69 of 3,157 15.1%305 #148

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 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. Arts and Humanities#36 #10
  2. Social Sciences#85 #53
  3. Social Sciences#94 #57
  4. Sociology and Political Science#81 #26
  5. Health Sciences#243 #128
  6. Law#26 #6
  7. Political Science and International Relations#50 #18
  8. Medicine#240 #134
  9. Life Sciences#148 #118
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#148 #69
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 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (17%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,529 fractional works · 41.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,698 fractional works · 19.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 689 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 371 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 140 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 91 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 896 fractional works · 10.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 170 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 158 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 133 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 107 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 531 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 162 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 157 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 116 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 159 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 113 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 150 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 95 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,102 fractional works · 24.4% of its workComputer Science: 471 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 163 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 102 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 390 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 112 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 367 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 116 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 95 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 108 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 292 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 106 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 75 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 171 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 119 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 158 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 126 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 74 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,708 fractional works · 19.9% of its workMedicine: 1,462 fractional works · 17.0% of its workSurgery: 169 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 98 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 97 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 90 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 80 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 72 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 72 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 176 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 172 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 113 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,260 fractional works · 14.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 464 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 260 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 80 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 344 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 116 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 324 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 202 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 103 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 84 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHumboldt-Universitätzu Berlin8,600fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences41%

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. Social Sciences3,52941.0%
    1. Social Sciences1,69819.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities89610.4%
    3. Psychology5316.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1591.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1501.7%
    6. Decision Sciences951.1%
    1. Computer Science4715.5%
    2. Environmental Science3904.5%
    3. Engineering3674.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2923.4%
    5. Materials Science1712.0%
    6. Mathematics1581.8%
    7. Chemistry1261.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences740.9%
    9. Energy400.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering130.1%
  3. Health Sciences1,70819.9%
    1. Medicine1,46217.0%
    2. Health Professions1722.0%
    3. Dentistry410.5%
    4. Nursing230.3%
    5. Veterinary100.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,26014.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4645.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3444.0%
    3. Neuroscience3243.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1031.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics250.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 81.1 works7.7×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 31.9 works6.2×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 67.2 works5.1×
  4. PhilosophySubfield · 158.1 works4.3×
  5. HistorySubfield · 106.8 works3.9×
← 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: 0.84× its world share, 344 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 464 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 103 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.32× its world share, 324 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 25 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 126 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 471 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 74 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 40 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 367 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 390 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 171 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.56× its world share, 158 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.52× its world share, 292 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.99× its world share, 41 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 172 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.88× its world share, 1,462 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.61× its world share, 896 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 150 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 95 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 159 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 531 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 1,698 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.61×896 works
  2. Neuroscience2.32×324 works
  3. Psychology2.03×531 works
  4. Mathematics1.56×158 works
  5. Social Sciences1.56×1,698 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.52×292 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.19×103 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.14×95 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.01×464 works
  10. Dentistry0.99×41 works
  11. Chemistry0.94×126 works
  12. Environmental Science0.91×390 works
  13. Medicine0.88×1,462 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×159 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.84×344 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×25 works
  17. Veterinary0.83×10 works
  18. Health Professions0.76×172 works
  19. Computer Science0.70×471 works
  20. Materials Science0.57×171 works
  21. Nursing0.56×24 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×74 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×150 works
  24. Energy0.50×40 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.42×13 works
  26. Engineering0.28×367 works

Who are the top researchers at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin?

Ranked on the quality score, Tobias Kuemmerle, Patrick Hostert and Dagmar Haase lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

  1. 1 Tobias Kuemmerle Germany · #3,101 worldwide 29k citations · 376 works
  2. 2 Patrick Hostert Germany · #4,285 worldwide 27k citations · 348 works
  3. 3 Dagmar Haase Germany · #9,002 worldwide 39k citations · 551 works
  4. 4 P. Berghaus Germany · #12,310 worldwide 20k citations · 173 works
  5. 5 Nadja Kabisch Germany · #12,676 worldwide 17k citations · 125 works
  6. 6 S. Hickford Germany · #16,968 worldwide 18k citations · 234 works
  7. 7 Heike Klüver Germany · #18,930 worldwide 4.7k citations · 120 works
  8. 8 Christian Levers Germany · #19,832 worldwide 5.9k citations · 94 works
  9. 9 Matthias Baumann Germany · #22,234 worldwide 7.9k citations · 133 works
  10. 10 Kerstin Kaufmann Germany · #24,179 worldwide 10k citations · 147 works
All ranked researchers at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

What are the most cited papers from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin?

The most cited paper from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is "SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python" (Pauli Virtanen et al., 2020), with 40,161 citations. Next come "SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor" (21,493) and "Collinearity: a review of methods to deal with it and a simulation study evaluating their performance" (11,040).

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 SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor Markus Hoffmann, Hannah Kleine‐Weber, Simon Schroeder et al. · Cell Open access 8 Mar 2020 21,493
3 Collinearity: a review of methods to deal with it and a simulation study evaluating their performance Carsten F. Dormann, Jane Elith, Sven Bacher et al. · Ecography Open access 18 May 2012 11,040
4 Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC G. Aad et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,932 authors 14 Aug 2012 10,856
5 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative Daniel Aletaha et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Open access 10 Aug 2010 9,731
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, History, Globalization, Climate Change, Literature, Nationalism and Governance.

▲ 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. Climate Change300▲ 1.28×107 topics
  2. Globalization289▲ 1.71×120 topics
  3. Epidemiology283▼ 0.82×132 topics
  4. Identity255▲ 4.1×63 topics
  5. Gender230▲ 5.0×48 topics
  6. History209▲ 3.5×49 topics
  7. Sustainability186◆ 0.88×89 topics
  8. Human Rights175▲ 1.99×63 topics
  9. Literature164▲ 3.5×46 topics
  10. Ethics153▲ 3.5×49 topics
  11. Nationalism150▲ 3.9×30 topics
  12. Mental Health145▲ 1.18×43 topics
  13. Governance134▲ 4.8×18 topics
  14. Colonialism115▲ 2.8×42 topics
  15. Neoliberalism113▲ 3.6×24 topics
  16. Philosophy111▲ 2.9×37 topics
  17. Religion109▲ 2.7×35 topics
  18. Cultural Studies104▲ 3.3×27 topics
  19. Narrative99▲ 7.5×14 topics
  20. Art88▲ 11×11 topics
  21. Bildung86▲ 32×3 topics
  22. Migration84▲ 2.9×26 topics
  23. Materiality84▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse82▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Autorschaft72▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Literaturkritik72▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Authorship71▲ 29×3 topics
  28. Social History70▲ 10×8 topics
  29. Exhibition69▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Museum69▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Bildungsungleichheit68▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Ethnografisches Schreiben68▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Occupation58▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Sexuality58▲ 9.3×6 topics
  35. Neural Mechanisms58▲ 6.6×4 topics
  36. Cultural History56▲ 5.4×15 topics
  37. Imperialism54▲ 8.2×7 topics
  38. Cultural Memory50▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Forced Laborers48▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Nazi Propaganda48▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: German Literature and Culture Studies, Libraries and Information Services, Sociology and Education Studies and European history and politics.

German Literature and Culture Studies: 72 fractional worksLibraries and Information Services: 69 fractional worksSociology and Education …68Sociology and Education Studies: 68 fractional worksEuropean history and pol…48European history and politics: 48 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 36 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 31 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues30Economic and Social Issues: 30 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 28 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 27 fractional worksLaw and Political Science: 27 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryMuseologySociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 72 works
  2. 2 Libraries and Information Services Museology 69 works
  3. 3 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 68 works
  4. 4 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 48 works
  5. 5 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 36 works
  6. 6 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 31 works
  7. 7 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  8. 8 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 28 works
  9. 9 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  10. 10 Law and Political Science Law 27 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.1%domestic only76.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.032% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin0.033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 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 counting10%20%Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin13.5% 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 15.2% in 2020.

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Which institutions have research most like Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's?

Among the world's leading institutions, University of Tübingen has the research profile closest to Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's, with both strong in Arts and Humanities.

  1. 1 University of TübingenGermany · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Neuroscience, Psychology 0.81 Compare
  2. 2 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Neuroscience, Social Sciences 0.80 Compare
  3. 3 Universidad de GranadaSpain · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Psychology, Mathematics 0.78 Compare
  4. 4 University of CologneGermany · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Neuroscience, Psychology 0.77 Compare
  5. 5 Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Psychology, Social Sciences 0.76 Compare

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