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Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

In research, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz stands highest in Medicine (#177 of 10,443 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#226 of 12,888 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#227 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Classics and Language and Linguistics — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#225
of 28,054 · #168 all time
Rank in Germany
#7
of 1,178
Research works
60k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6M
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 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
MedicineField #177 of 10,443 20.0%1,467 #195
Physical SciencesDomain #226 of 12,888 23.6%1,696 #167
Health SciencesDomain #227 of 11,982 20.1%1,684 #223
Social SciencesDomain #296 of 10,521 22.9%1,940 #362
Social SciencesField #276 of 6,365 27.4%885 #390
Physics and AstronomyField #74 of 1,646 34.6%421 #106
Life SciencesDomain #379 of 7,800 22.6%830 #203
Arts and HumanitiesField #138 of 1,998 15.1%577 #190
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #87 of 1,201 26.4%164 —
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #197 of 2,578 28.4%328 #254

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 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. Medicine#195 #177
  2. Physical Sciences#167 #226
  3. Health Sciences#223 #227
  4. Social Sciences#362 #296
  5. Social Sciences#390 #276
  6. Physics and Astronomy#106 #74
  7. Life Sciences#203 #379
  8. Arts and Humanities#190 #138
  9. Sociology and Political Science#254 #197
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 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 197.7 works10×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 24.9 works6.8×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 128.6 works4.8×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 41.5 works4.4×
  5. CommunicationSubfield · 73.2 works4.4×
  6. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 125.5 works3.8×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 94 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 447 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 92 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.73× its world share, 173 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.12× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.04× its world share, 197 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 223 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 135 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 244 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 139 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 177 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.61× its world share, 116 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.08× its world share, 421 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.62× its world share, 48 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 155 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.24× its world share, 1,467 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.25× its world share, 577 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 105 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 63 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 282 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 885 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz?

Ranked on the composite score, Matthias Neubert, Alfred Kröner and Stavros Konstantinides lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

  1. 1 Matthias Neubert Germany · #2,891 worldwide 2.4k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Alfred Kröner Germany · #3,562 worldwide 2.3k citations · 105 works
  3. 3 Stavros Konstantinides Germany · #5,653 worldwide 882 citations · 100 works
  4. 4 Peter Vaupel Germany · #5,683 worldwide 754 citations · 86 works
  5. 5 Heinz Schmidberger Germany · #7,758 worldwide 718 citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Peter R. Galle Germany · #8,260 worldwide 3.3k citations · 424 works
  7. 7 L. Tiator Germany · #8,685 worldwide 1.8k citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Ulrich Förstermann Germany · #12,259 worldwide 786 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Özlem Türeci Germany · #12,983 worldwide 778 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Peter van Loock Germany · #13,963 worldwide 989 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Which keywords describe research at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Bildung and Social Media.

▲ 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. Epidemiology239◆ 0.98×125 topics
  2. Inflammation169▲ 1.32×82 topics
  3. Identity151▲ 3.4×54 topics
  4. Globalization142▲ 1.17×96 topics
  5. Social Media138▲ 1.57×27 topics
  6. Gender129▲ 3.9×43 topics
  7. Treatment107▲ 1.44×49 topics
  8. Cancer99▲ 1.19×57 topics
  9. Risk Factors91▲ 1.35×36 topics
  10. History89▲ 2.1×38 topics
  11. Literature88▲ 2.6×41 topics
  12. Nationalism86▲ 3.0×30 topics
  13. Dark Matter85▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Particle Physics79▲ 17×2 topics
  15. Governance76▲ 3.7×14 topics
  16. Ethics72▲ 2.4×36 topics
  17. Bildung62▲ 31×3 topics
  18. Cultural Studies61▲ 2.6×27 topics
  19. Higgs Boson57▲ 18×1 topic
  20. High-Energy Collider57▲ 18×1 topic
  21. Sociolinguistics57▲ 4.9×9 topics
  22. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse56▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Lattice QCD54▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Political Communication53▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Autorschaft48▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Literaturkritik48▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Language Variation42▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Phraseology42▲ 9.1×3 topics
  29. Content Analysis42▲ 5.4×4 topics
  30. Multimodality40▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Digital Communication40▲ 9.2×3 topics
  32. Renormalization Group39▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Bildungsungleichheit38▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Ethnografisches Schreiben38▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Communication Practices38▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Text Linguistics38▲ 31×1 topic
  37. News Media38▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Aesthetics37▲ 8.1×8 topics
  39. QCD35▲ 17×1 topic
  40. charmonium35▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, Sociology and Education Studies and Linguistic research and analysis.

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 57 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 48 fractional worksSociology and Education …38Sociology and Education Studies: 38 fractional worksLinguistic research and …38Linguistic research and analysis: 38 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 35 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 32 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics25Social Media and Politics: 25 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 22 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 21 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Movements: 21 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceLanguage and Linguistics2 others

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 57 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 48 works
  3. 3 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 38 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 38 works
  5. 5 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 35 works
  6. 6 Media Studies and Communication Communication 32 works
  7. 7 Social Media and Politics Communication 25 works
  8. 8 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 22 works
  9. 9 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 21 works
  10. 10 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 21 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.3%domestic only80.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher 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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