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Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

In research, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen stands highest in Health Sciences (#892 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#963 of 12,888 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#255 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Veterinary, Small Animals and Parasitology — Veterinary is 13.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#899
of 28,054 · #449 all time
Rank in Germany
#44
of 1,178
Research works
43k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
1M
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen 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
Health SciencesDomain #892 of 11,982 17.3%1,109 #415
Physical SciencesDomain #963 of 12,888 19.6%1,111 #495
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #255 of 3,409 30.4%342 #206
Life SciencesDomain #662 of 7,800 21.6%1,068 #356
Social SciencesDomain #1,087 of 10,521 19.5%1,219 #632
MedicineField #1,137 of 10,443 16.8%880 #529
EngineeringField #1,021 of 6,636 20.7%284 #854
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #708 of 3,579 18.2%403 #320
Social SciencesField #1,276 of 6,365 18.7%587 #878
Environmental ScienceField #803 of 3,551 24.9%212 #605

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen 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. Health Sciences#415 #892
  2. Physical Sciences#495 #963
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#206 #255
  4. Life Sciences#356 #662
  5. Social Sciences#632 #1,087
  6. Medicine#529 #1,137
  7. Engineering#854 #1,021
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#320 #708
  9. Social Sciences#878 #1,276
  10. Environmental Science#605 #803
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 Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Veterinary takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VeterinaryField · 84.9 works14×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 68.8 works12×
  3. ParasitologySubfield · 36.7 works7.7×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 45.6 works4.3×
  5. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 136.3 works4.2×
← 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: 1.60× its world share, 342 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 403 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.53× its world share, 115 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.71× its world share, 198 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.81× its world share, 128 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 133 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 284 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 212 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 99 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 48 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.39× its world share, 139 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.43× its world share, 53 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 67 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 880 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 13.87× its world share, 85 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.93× its world share, 252 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 89 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 78 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 196 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 587 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 13.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen?

Ranked on the composite score, Joel Stein, Trinad Chakraborty and Ingwer Borg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen.

  1. 1 Joel Stein · #711 worldwide 2.4k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Trinad Chakraborty · #7,439 worldwide 910 citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Ingwer Borg · #11,831 worldwide 1k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Edmund Landau · #13,166 worldwide 350 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Andreas Günther · #17,757 worldwide 637 citations · 120 works
  6. 6 John A. Hawley · #21,942 worldwide 378 citations · 78 works
  7. 7 Jan Helgerud · #25,231 worldwide 400 citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Christian Albrecht · #31,253 worldwide 635 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 R. Rott · #35,145 worldwide 373 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Martin D. Bootman · #38,529 worldwide 381 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Which keywords describe research at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Identity, Gender, Climate Change, Oxidative Stress and Cathode Materials.

▲ 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. Epidemiology218▲ 1.22×128 topics
  2. Climate Change144▲ 1.18×97 topics
  3. Inflammation142▲ 1.52×82 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress115▲ 1.57×58 topics
  5. Globalization95◆ 1.08×94 topics
  6. Sustainability94▼ 0.86×68 topics
  7. Identity92▲ 2.8×46 topics
  8. Gender79▲ 3.2×34 topics
  9. Cathode Materials68▲ 3.9×3 topics
  10. Human Rights68▲ 1.46×48 topics
  11. Diagnosis68▲ 1.61×40 topics
  12. Literature62▲ 2.6×31 topics
  13. Governance59▲ 4.0×13 topics
  14. Biodiversity58▲ 1.72×26 topics
  15. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse56▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Lithium-ion Batteries55▲ 2.9×3 topics
  17. Neoliberalism50▲ 3.1×21 topics
  18. Cortical Connectivity48▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Bildungsungleichheit44▲ 33×1 topic
  20. Ethnografisches Schreiben44▲ 33×1 topic
  21. Neural Processing42▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Social Cognition36▲ 4.8×9 topics
  23. Emotion36▲ 3.9×11 topics
  24. Neural Mechanisms36▲ 8.8×4 topics
  25. Perceptual Learning36▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Sensory Integration35▲ 32×1 topic
  27. Visual Perception35▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Narrative34▲ 4.8×11 topics
  29. Animal Welfare34▲ 8.5×4 topics
  30. Ionic Conductivity34▲ 5.5×2 topics
  31. Dairy Cattle32▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Battery Materials32▲ 4.3×1 topic
  33. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries32▲ 4.9×2 topics
  34. Nanostructured Cathodes31▲ 5.7×1 topic
  35. Solid-State Electrolytes31▲ 5.7×1 topic
  36. Bildung29▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Energy Balance27▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Autorschaft26▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Literaturkritik26▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Neuronal Oscillations25▲ 7.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Advancements in Battery Materials and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies.

Sociology and Education …44Sociology and Education Studies: 44 fractional worksVisual perception and pr…35Visual perception and processing mechanisms: 35 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …32Advancements in Battery Materials: 32 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…31Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 31 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 26 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 22 fractional worksLinguistic research and …20Linguistic research and analysis: 20 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…19Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 19 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering …18Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 18 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 18 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceCognitive NeuroscienceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 44 works
  2. 2 Visual perception and processing mechanismsCognitive Neuroscience 35 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 32 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 31 works
  5. 5 German Literature and Culture StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory 26 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgronomy and Crop Science 22 works
  7. 7 Linguistic research and analysisLanguage and Linguistics 20 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 19 works
  9. 9 Physics and Engineering Research ArticlesComputational Mechanics 18 works
  10. 10 Economic and Social IssuesSociology and Political Science 18 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 available27.5%not open72.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.3%domestic only83.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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