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Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV)

In research, Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV) stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,947 of 14,347 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#3,117 of 7,814 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,301 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,062
of 28,054 · #5,278 all time
Rank in Germany
#365
of 1,178
Research works
832
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
46.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV) 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 #1,947 of 14,347 29.1%437
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,117 of 7,814 29.5%279
MedicineField #7,301 of 17,978 31.5%326
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,363 of 4,961 28.2%182
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #945 of 1,980 27.7%121
Health SciencesDomain #9,781 of 20,462 31.4%331

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV) 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).

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: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.95× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 13.73× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.13× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 13.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV)?

Ranked on the composite score, Carol Stocking, Adam Grundhoff and Wolfram Ostertag lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV).

  1. 1 Carol Stocking Germany · #79,058 worldwide 272 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Adam Grundhoff Germany · #112,477 worldwide 222 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Wolfram Ostertag Germany · #114,721 worldwide 243 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Joachim Hauber Germany · #200,504 worldwide 221 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Rudolph Reimer Germany · #207,115 worldwide 212 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 F. Lehmann-Grube Germany · #210,455 worldwide 83 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Hans Will Germany · #279,344 worldwide 133 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Thomas Dobner Germany · #482,487 worldwide 82 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Jürgen Löhler Germany · #513,187 worldwide 85 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Charlotte Uetrecht Germany · #555,770 worldwide 61 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV)

Which keywords describe research at Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Gene Therapy, Infection and AAV.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 4.8×34 topics
  2. Immune Response8▲ 20×14 topics
  3. Vaccine8▲ 27×8 topics
  4. Inflammation5▲ 3.4×33 topics
  5. Pathogenesis5▲ 14×11 topics
  6. Vaccine Development5▲ 28×5 topics
  7. Gene Therapy4▲ 33×3 topics
  8. Infection4▲ 24×3 topics
  9. AAV4▲ 142×1 topic
  10. Viral Vectors4▲ 142×1 topic
  11. Cancer4▲ 4.2×18 topics
  12. Innate Immunity4▲ 16×8 topics
  13. Pandemic3▲ 4.4×7 topics
  14. Transplant Recipients3▲ 81×2 topics
  15. Antiviral Therapy3▲ 44×3 topics
  16. Immune Evasion3▲ 96×2 topics
  17. Immunity3▲ 11×7 topics
  18. SARS-CoV-23▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Congenital Infection3▲ 136×1 topic
  20. Cytomegalovirus3▲ 136×1 topic
  21. Coronavirus3▲ 18×2 topics
  22. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Viral Infection2▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 19×4 topics
  25. Metagenomics2▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Antibodies2▲ 50×2 topics
  27. Herpes Zoster2▲ 93×1 topic
  28. Herpesviruses2▲ 93×1 topic
  29. Viral Transmission2▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Genetic Diversity2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  31. Pattern Recognition Receptors2▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  33. Mutation2▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Genomics2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  36. Interferon Signaling2▲ 61×1 topic
  37. Thrombosis2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. cGAS-STING Pathway2▲ 61×1 topic
  39. NK Cell Recognition1▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Natural Killer Cells1▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Virus-based gene therapy research, Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments and interferon and immune responses.

Virus-based gene therapy…4Virus-based gene therapy research: 4 fractional worksCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research: 3 fractional worksHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksinterferon and immune responses: 2 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 1 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…1Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 1 fractional works
GeneticsEpidemiologyImmunologyAnimal Science and Zoology3 others

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

  1. 1 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 4 works
  2. 2 Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 interferon and immune responses Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  6. 6 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 1 works
  7. 7 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 1 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 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 available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.1%domestic only70.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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