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Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt

In research, Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,961 of 11,023 worldwide), Health Sciences (#9,142 of 16,688 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#3,263 of 5,801 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,911
of 22,385 · #10,888 all time
Rank in Germany
#482
of 795
Research works
2.7k
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt

What is Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #4,961 of 11,023 3.6%917
Health SciencesDomain #9,142 of 16,688 4.7%1,168
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,263 of 5,801 4.1%410
MedicineField #8,869 of 14,558 4.1%948
Health ProfessionsField #2,235 of 3,315 7.9%171
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,658 of 3,729 3.5%139
EpidemiologySubfield #1,424 of 1,970 3.9%164
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #714 of 964 4.8%162
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #1,205 of 1,587 3.1%227
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,029 of 5,126 3.2%230

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt 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 fields of science does Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt is in Health Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (15%), Health Professions (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 38 fractional works · 36.5% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 23.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 8.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 30.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 17.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 16.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut fürHygiene und…105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences30%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2423.3%
    2. Health Professions1211.4%
    3. Veterinary11.1%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences1615.3%
    2. Psychology65.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities54.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting43.5%
    5. Decision Sciences11.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology76.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology44.2%
    4. Neuroscience11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Environmental Science76.8%
    2. Computer Science54.8%
    3. Engineering32.9%
    4. Chemistry10.8%
    5. Mathematics00.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.17× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.33× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.20× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.57× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary8.20×1 works
  2. Health Professions4.33×12 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology4.17×4 works
  4. Psychology1.76×6 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.57×5 works
  6. Environmental Science1.37×7 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.35×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.21×7 works
  9. Medicine1.21×24 works
  10. Social Sciences1.21×16 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.17×6 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting1.09×4 works
  13. Dentistry0.66×0 works
  14. Nursing0.66×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.63×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.62×5 works
  17. Chemistry0.54×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.38×0 works
  19. Engineering0.19×3 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  22. Energy0.09×0 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt?

Ranked on the quality score, Ulrich Schillinger, Matthias Kist and Sigrid Baumgarte lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt.

  1. 1 Ulrich Schillinger Germany · #476,835 worldwide 12k citations · 105 works
  2. 2 Matthias Kist Germany · #1,321,113 worldwide 1.2k citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Sigrid Baumgarte Germany · #2,211,209 worldwide 1.4k citations · 26 works
  4. 4 H. Bitter Germany · #3,182,808 worldwide 422 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Henning Rüden Germany · #3,619,083 worldwide 9.7k citations · 329 works
  6. 6 Leo Liebermann Germany · #3,723,236 worldwide 373 citations · 69 works
  7. 7 K. Weist Germany · #3,777,668 worldwide 1.8k citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Karl Schultze Germany · #3,853,482 worldwide 93 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 S Aleksić Germany · #4,026,333 worldwide 892 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Th. Weyl Germany · #4,032,269 worldwide 191 citations · 97 works
All ranked researchers at Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt

What are the most cited papers from Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt?

The most cited paper from Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt is "How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review" (Axel Krämer, Ingeborg Schwebke, Günter Kampf, 2006), with 2,546 citations. Next come "Determination of microbial diversity in environmental samples: pitfalls of PCR-based rRNA analysis" (2,060) and "Deciphering the evolution and metabolism of an anammox bacterium from a community genome" (1,384).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review Axel Krämer, Ingeborg Schwebke, Günter Kampf · BMC Infectious Diseases ReviewOpen access 16 Aug 2006 2,546
2 Determination of microbial diversity in environmental samples: pitfalls of PCR-based rRNA analysis Friedrich von Wintzingerode, Ulf Berthold Göbel, Erko Stackebrandt · FEMS Microbiology Reviews Open access Nov 1997 2,060
3 Deciphering the evolution and metabolism of an anammox bacterium from a community genome Marc Strous et al. · Nature Apr 2006 1,384
4 Lactic acid bacteria of foods and their current taxonomy Michael E. Stiles, Wilhelm Heinrich Holzapfel · International Journal of Food Microbiology Apr 1997 1,102
5 Epidemiologic Background of Hand Hygiene and Evaluation of the Most Important Agents for Scrubs and Rubs Günter Kampf, Axel Krämer · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access Oct 2004 769
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Chronic Diseases, Epidemiological Study, Germany, Health Surveys, Epidemiology, Healthcare-Associated Infections and Feminism.

▲ 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. Public Health10▲ 6.4×16 topics
  2. Epidemiology9▲ 2.1×51 topics
  3. Chronic Diseases5▲ 20×2 topics
  4. Epidemiological Study5▲ 71×3 topics
  5. Germany5▲ 249×1 topic
  6. Health Surveys5▲ 249×1 topic
  7. Healthcare-Associated Infections4▲ 34×5 topics
  8. Feminism4▲ 14×4 topics
  9. Infection3▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Infectious Diseases3▲ 9.8×6 topics
  11. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse3▲ 83×2 topics
  12. Healthcare Workers3▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Food Safety3▲ 10×6 topics
  14. History3▲ 4.1×5 topics
  15. Digital Transformation3▲ 5.2×4 topics
  16. Teacher Education3▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Prevention Strategies3▲ 26×2 topics
  18. Transmission3▲ 48×3 topics
  19. Curriculum2▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Environmental Contamination2▲ 65×2 topics
  21. Guidelines2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  22. Infection Control2▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Learning2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  24. Outbreak2▲ 62×2 topics
  25. Risk Assessment2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  26. Competence2▲ 200×1 topic
  27. DNA Barcoding2▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Disinfection2▲ 232×1 topic
  29. Endoscope2▲ 232×1 topic
  30. Teaching2▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Hand Hygiene2▲ 125×1 topic
  32. Hospital Surfaces2▲ 125×1 topic
  33. Islamic reform2▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Middle East2▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Respiratory Infections2▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Risk Perception2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  37. Vaccine Development2▲ 7.1×7 topics
  38. Mass Gatherings2▲ 159×1 topic
  39. Travelers' Diarrhea2▲ 159×1 topic
  40. Elderly Care2▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Medical Studies, Education Methods and Technologies, Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection and Infection Control in Healthcare.

Health and Medical Studies5Health and Medical Studies: 5 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 2 fractional worksMedical Device Steriliza…2Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection: 2 fractional worksInfection Control in Hea…2Infection Control in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 2 fractional worksTravel-related health issues: 2 fractional worksFood Safety and Hygiene2Food Safety and Hygiene: 2 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 2 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 1 fractional worksNosocomial Infections in ICU: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEducationMicrobiologyInfectious Diseases6 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 5 works
  2. 2 Education Methods and Technologies Education 2 works
  3. 3 Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection Microbiology 2 works
  4. 4 Infection Control in Healthcare Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Travel-related health issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Food Safety and Hygiene Food Science 2 works
  8. 8 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Nosocomial Infections in ICU Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 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 available10.1%not open89.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Institut für Hygiene und Umwelt7.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.1% in 1996.

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