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Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors

In research, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,640 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience — Cognitive Neuroscience is 31.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,337
of 28,054 · #15,287 all time
Rank in Germany
#552
of 1,178
Research works
704
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
33.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,640 of 7,800 22.5%64 #6857

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors 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).

What does Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 31.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 30.0 works32×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 45.3 works21×
← 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: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.51× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 21.49× its world share, 45 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.12× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.66× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 21.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Functional Connectivity, Emotion Regulation, Neural Mechanisms, Prefrontal Cortex, Executive Functions, Cognitive Control, Decision Making and Neuroimaging Studies.

▲ 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. Functional Connectivity10▲ 60×3 topics
  2. Emotion Regulation10▲ 24×6 topics
  3. Neural Mechanisms9▲ 76×4 topics
  4. Prefrontal Cortex9▲ 84×3 topics
  5. Executive Functions8▲ 113×2 topics
  6. Cognitive Control8▲ 103×2 topics
  7. Decision Making8▲ 20×2 topics
  8. Neuroimaging Studies8▲ 113×2 topics
  9. Adolescent Brain Development8▲ 163×1 topic
  10. Attentional Networks8▲ 163×1 topic
  11. Neural Plasticity7▲ 32×3 topics
  12. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation7▲ 185×1 topic
  13. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation7▲ 185×1 topic
  14. Neurological Disorders6▲ 7.8×13 topics
  15. Motor Imagery5▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.6×28 topics
  17. Neuronal Oscillations5▲ 53×2 topics
  18. Brain-Computer Interfaces5▲ 38×1 topic
  19. EEG Analysis5▲ 38×1 topic
  20. Depression4▲ 3.9×12 topics
  21. Neurobiology4▲ 13×8 topics
  22. Quality of Life4▲ 2.3×13 topics
  23. Working Memory4▲ 34×3 topics
  24. Neural Correlates4▲ 29×4 topics
  25. Neural Processing4▲ 44×2 topics
  26. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.2×10 topics
  27. Cortical Connectivity3▲ 61×2 topics
  28. Cortical Networks3▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Risk Assessment3▲ 3.8×6 topics
  30. Synchronization3▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Cerebellum3▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Motor Control3▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Neural Basis3▲ 27×4 topics
  34. Default Mode Network3▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Resting-State fMRI3▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Feedback Control2▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Sensorimotor Learning2▲ 114×1 topic
  38. Olfactory System2▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Anosmia2▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Hippocampus2▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces and Neural dynamics and brain function.

Neural and Behavioral Ps…8Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 8 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 7 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 5 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 3 fractional worksMotor Control and Adapta…2Motor Control and Adaptation: 2 fractional worksOlfactory and Sensory Function Studies: 2 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 2 fractional worksMultisensory perception and integration: 2 fractional worksCarcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 2 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceNeurologySensory SystemsImmunology2 others

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

  1. 1 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  2. 2 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 7 works
  3. 3 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  4. 4 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  6. 6 Motor Control and Adaptation Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies Sensory Systems 2 works
  8. 8 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 2 works
  9. 9 Multisensory perception and integration Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 2 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 available48.0%not open52.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.4%domestic only69.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017.

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