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Leipzig University

In research, Leipzig University stands highest in Social Sciences (#169 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#267 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#252 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Veterinary, Language and Linguistics and Small Animals (Veterinary is 4.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#294
of 22,385 · #449 all time
Rank in Germany
#27
of 795
Research works
54k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
1M
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Leipzig University

What is Leipzig University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #169 of 9,585 12.4%2,266 #310
Health SciencesDomain #267 of 9,902 10.3%2,550 #303
MedicineField #252 of 8,541 10.2%2,224 #281
Social SciencesField #206 of 5,988 11.3%1,004 #363
Life SciencesDomain #333 of 6,403 10.6%1,033 #438
Arts and HumanitiesField #105 of 1,896 11.9%520 #186
PsychologyField #123 of 2,121 15.7%406 #220
Physical SciencesDomain #622 of 10,670 8.8%1,483 #711
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #164 of 2,526 11.3%417 #308
Environmental ScienceField #243 of 3,334 15.7%218 #405

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leipzig University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#310 #169
  2. Health Sciences#303 #267
  3. Medicine#281 #252
  4. Social Sciences#363 #206
  5. Life Sciences#438 #333
  6. Arts and Humanities#186 #105
  7. Psychology#220 #123
  8. Physical Sciences#711 #622
  9. Sociology and Political Science#308 #164
  10. Environmental Science#405 #243
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Leipzig University work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Leipzig University is in Health Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,908 fractional works · 34.8% of its workMedicine: 2,529 fractional works · 30.3% of its workSurgery: 385 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 210 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 176 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 175 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 154 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 138 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 130 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 112 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 75 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 73 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 69 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 241 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 147 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,539 fractional works · 30.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,127 fractional works · 13.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 470 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 203 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 112 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 576 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 139 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 111 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 76 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClassics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 466 fractional works · 5.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 161 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 132 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 200 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 114 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 79 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,725 fractional works · 20.6% of its workComputer Science: 350 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 161 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 334 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 125 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 283 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 108 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 179 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 173 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 113 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 146 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 113 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 109 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,182 fractional works · 14.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 619 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 348 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 98 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 75 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 267 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 131 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 143 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 131 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 79 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKLeipzigUniversity8,354fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences35%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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences2,90834.8%
    1. Medicine2,52930.3%
    2. Health Professions2412.9%
    3. Dentistry610.7%
    4. Veterinary510.6%
    5. Nursing260.3%
  2. Social Sciences2,53930.4%
    1. Social Sciences1,12713.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities5766.9%
    3. Psychology4665.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2002.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1141.4%
    6. Decision Sciences570.7%
    1. Computer Science3504.2%
    2. Engineering3344.0%
    3. Environmental Science2833.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1792.1%
    5. Materials Science1732.1%
    6. Chemistry1461.7%
    7. Mathematics1131.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1091.3%
    9. Energy210.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering170.2%
  4. Life Sciences1,18214.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6197.4%
    2. Neuroscience2673.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1431.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1311.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics220.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Leipzig University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Veterinary takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VeterinaryField · 51.0 works4.5×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 139.0 works3.8×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 37.8 works3.7×
  4. Religious studiesSubfield · 49.9 works3.6×
  5. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 26.3 works3.2×
  6. Applied PsychologySubfield · 37.8 works3.2×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 143 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 619 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 130 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.97× its world share, 267 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.11× its world share, 146 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 350 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 110 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 334 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 283 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 173 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 113 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.97× its world share, 179 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.51× its world share, 61 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 241 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.57× its world share, 2,529 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.49× its world share, 51 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.39× its world share, 576 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 200 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 57 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 114 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 466 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1,127 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.49×51 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.39×576 works
  3. Neuroscience1.97×267 works
  4. Psychology1.83×466 works
  5. Medicine1.57×2,529 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.55×130 works
  7. Dentistry1.51×61 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.39×619 works
  9. Mathematics1.15×113 works
  10. Chemistry1.11×146 works
  11. Health Professions1.09×241 works
  12. Social Sciences1.07×1,127 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.97×179 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×110 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.75×22 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.74×200 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.70×57 works
  18. Environmental Science0.68×283 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×114 works
  20. Nursing0.63×26 works
  21. Materials Science0.59×173 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.57×17 works
  23. Computer Science0.54×350 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×143 works
  25. Energy0.28×21 works
  26. Engineering0.27×334 works

Who are the top researchers at Leipzig University?

Ranked on the quality score, Fons van der Plas, Hannes Zacher and Alexandra Weigelt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leipzig University.

  1. 1 Fons van der Plas Germany · #7,690 worldwide 15k citations · 154 works
  2. 2 Hannes Zacher Germany · #8,796 worldwide 23k citations · 529 works
  3. 3 Alexandra Weigelt Germany · #12,363 worldwide 25k citations · 346 works
  4. 4 Christian Wirth Germany · #12,396 worldwide 35k citations · 440 works
  5. 5 Cort W. Rudolph Germany · #18,677 worldwide 12k citations · 264 works
  6. 6 Markus W. Loeffler Germany · #29,943 worldwide 60k citations · 790 works
  7. 7 Ingo Bechmann Germany · #39,661 worldwide 29k citations · 312 works
  8. 8 Markus Kreuz Germany · #47,956 worldwide 19k citations · 206 works
  9. 9 Anke Tönjes Germany · #51,254 worldwide 52k citations · 410 works
  10. 10 Christoph Engel Germany · #52,731 worldwide 38k citations · 688 works
All ranked researchers at Leipzig University

What are the most cited papers from Leipzig University?

The most cited paper from Leipzig University is "Advanced capabilities for materials modelling with Q uantum ESPRESSO" (P Giannozzi et al., 2017), with 7,842 citations. Next come "Thrombolysis with Alteplase 3 to 4.5 Hours after Acute Ischemic Stroke" (6,735) and "Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer" (6,117).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Advanced capabilities for materials modelling with Q uantum ESPRESSO P Giannozzi et al. · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter Open access 27 Sep 2017 7,842
2 Thrombolysis with Alteplase 3 to 4.5 Hours after Acute Ischemic Stroke Werner Hacke, Markku Kaste, Erich Bluhmki et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 24 Sep 2008 6,735
3 Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer Rolf Sauer, Heinz Becker, Werner Hohenberger et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 20 Oct 2004 6,117
4 Epidemiology, Patterns of Care, and Mortality for Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Intensive Care Units in 50 Countries Giacomo Bellani, John Gerard Laffey, Tài Pham et al. · JAMA Open access 22 Feb 2016 6,014
5 Diagnosis and management of AML in adults: 2017 ELN recommendations from an international expert panel Hartmut Döhner et al. · Blood Open access 28 Nov 2016 5,972
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Leipzig University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Identity, Nationalism, Gender, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Depression and Governance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology472▲ 1.42×129 topics
  2. Inflammation274▲ 1.54×81 topics
  3. Climate Change188▼ 0.83×91 topics
  4. Globalization171◆ 1.04×96 topics
  5. Identity165▲ 2.7×61 topics
  6. Treatment165▲ 1.62×50 topics
  7. Public Health153▲ 1.26×54 topics
  8. Depression147▲ 2.0×23 topics
  9. Quality of Life145▲ 1.20×51 topics
  10. Mental Health143▲ 1.19×40 topics
  11. Obesity137▲ 2.1×24 topics
  12. Nationalism134▲ 3.6×29 topics
  13. Cancer132▲ 1.18×51 topics
  14. Gender132▲ 2.9×43 topics
  15. Risk Factors130▲ 1.42×37 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease130▲ 1.36×37 topics
  17. Diagnosis123▲ 1.58×41 topics
  18. Immunotherapy118▲ 1.96×19 topics
  19. History118▲ 2.0×53 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome108▲ 1.59×23 topics
  21. Chemotherapy107▲ 1.80×25 topics
  22. Governance102▲ 3.8×15 topics
  23. Genetics101▲ 1.71×26 topics
  24. Anxiety98▲ 2.5×12 topics
  25. Literature93▲ 2.0×51 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines89▲ 1.94×14 topics
  27. Global Burden89▲ 1.96×12 topics
  28. Religion86▲ 2.2×32 topics
  29. Prognostic Factors85▲ 2.3×14 topics
  30. Cultural Studies80▲ 2.6×30 topics
  31. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse76▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Radiotherapy75▲ 2.3×13 topics
  33. Adolescents73▲ 2.4×9 topics
  34. Emotion Regulation69▲ 2.6×9 topics
  35. Bildungsungleichheit54▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Ethnografisches Schreiben54▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Cultural Memory46▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Bildung46▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Political Communication42▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Language Variation40▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Leipzig University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, German legal, social, and political studies and Health and Medical Studies.

Sociology and Education …54Sociology and Education Studies: 54 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…36German Literature and Culture Studies: 36 fractional worksGerman legal, social, an…35German legal, social, and political studies: 35 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies33Health and Medical Studies: 33 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 31 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 28 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…25Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 25 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 24 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 23 fractional worksLinguistic Education and…23Linguistic Education and Pedagogy: 23 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryGeneral Health ProfessionsLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 54 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 36 works
  3. 3 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 35 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 33 works
  5. 5 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 31 works
  6. 6 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 28 works
  7. 7 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 25 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 24 works
  9. 9 Media Studies and Communication Communication 23 works
  10. 10 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 23 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Leipzig University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Leipzig University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.031% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Leipzig University0.031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Leipzig University 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%Leipzig University10.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.1% in 2022.

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Which institutions have research most like Leipzig University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, University of Zurich has the research profile closest to Leipzig University's, with both strong in Veterinary.

  1. 1 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Both strong in Veterinary, Neuroscience, Psychology 0.89 Compare
  2. 2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Both strong in Veterinary, Arts and Humanities, Neuroscience 0.89 Compare
  3. 3 University of BaselSwitzerland · Both strong in Veterinary, Neuroscience, Arts and Humanities 0.87 Compare
  4. 4 University of BernSwitzerland · Both strong in Veterinary, Neuroscience, Arts and Humanities 0.87 Compare
  5. 5 University of WürzburgGermany · Both strong in Veterinary, Neuroscience, Arts and Humanities 0.84 Compare

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