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Leipzig University

In research, Leipzig University stands highest in Social Sciences (#280 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#672 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#371 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, Veterinary and Religious studies — Language and Linguistics is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#544
of 28,054 · #422 all time
Rank in Germany
#27
of 1,178
Research works
46k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
907k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Leipzig University 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
Social SciencesDomain #280 of 10,521 22.7%2,154 #343
Health SciencesDomain #672 of 11,982 18.3%1,303 #492
Social SciencesField #371 of 6,365 22.8%979 #500
Life SciencesDomain #459 of 7,800 20.8%805 #469
Physical SciencesDomain #771 of 12,888 17.4%1,403 #484
PsychologyField #140 of 2,181 32.4%348 #170
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #172 of 2,578 22.9%407 #316
MedicineField #770 of 10,443 17.8%1,066 #551
Arts and HumanitiesField #184 of 1,998 14.2%510 #225
Environmental ScienceField #345 of 3,551 36.1%209 #578

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 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. Social Sciences#343 #280
  2. Health Sciences#492 #672
  3. Social Sciences#500 #371
  4. Life Sciences#469 #459
  5. Physical Sciences#484 #771
  6. Psychology#170 #140
  7. Sociology and Political Science#316 #172
  8. Medicine#551 #770
  9. Arts and Humanities#225 #184
  10. Environmental Science#578 #345
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 Leipzig University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 127.3 works5.1×
  2. VeterinaryField · 39.2 works5.1×
  3. Religious studiesSubfield · 46.1 works4.9×
  4. Small AnimalsSubfield · 27.6 works4.0×
  5. Applied PsychologySubfield · 28.8 works3.5×
  6. CommunicationSubfield · 54.7 works3.5×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 121 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 402 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 73 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.09× its world share, 192 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.42× its world share, 126 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 291 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 80 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 261 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 209 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 149 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.47× its world share, 98 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.23× its world share, 155 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.42× its world share, 39 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 143 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 1,066 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.09× its world share, 39 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.12× its world share, 510 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 173 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 45 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 100 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 348 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 978 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leipzig University?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Stümvoll, Matthias C. Angermeyer and Herbert Matschinger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leipzig University.

  1. 1 Michael Stümvoll Germany · #5,122 worldwide 1.6k citations · 156 works
  2. 2 Matthias C. Angermeyer Germany · #7,773 worldwide 903 citations · 67 works
  3. 3 Herbert Matschinger Germany · #9,182 worldwide 778 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Anke Tönjes Germany · #10,440 worldwide 824 citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Christian Wittekind Germany · #11,558 worldwide 1.1k citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Joseph Claßen Germany · #17,470 worldwide 709 citations · 92 works
  7. 7 Markus Loeffler Germany · #18,228 worldwide 746 citations · 95 works
  8. 8 Dietger Niederwieser Germany · #27,976 worldwide 537 citations · 94 works
  9. 9 Wolfgang Ostwald Germany · #29,484 worldwide 252 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Péter Kovács Germany · #31,162 worldwide 917 citations · 140 works
All ranked researchers at Leipzig University

Which keywords describe research at Leipzig University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Nationalism, Gender, Epidemiology, Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, History and Globalization.

▲ 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. Epidemiology229◆ 1.02×126 topics
  2. Identity151▲ 3.7×59 topics
  3. Globalization149▲ 1.34×92 topics
  4. Climate Change137◆ 0.90×88 topics
  5. Inflammation133◆ 1.13×78 topics
  6. Nationalism123▲ 4.7×28 topics
  7. Gender123▲ 4.0×40 topics
  8. Mental Health110▲ 1.33×38 topics
  9. History103▲ 2.6×51 topics
  10. Depression99▲ 1.99×22 topics
  11. Social Media99▲ 1.22×31 topics
  12. Governance90▲ 4.8×15 topics
  13. Literature80▲ 2.6×50 topics
  14. Religion79▲ 3.0×32 topics
  15. Cultural Studies74▲ 3.4×29 topics
  16. Anxiety66▲ 2.5×12 topics
  17. Colonialism65▲ 2.4×39 topics
  18. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse63▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Ethics60▲ 2.2×41 topics
  20. Neoliberalism59▲ 2.9×21 topics
  21. Migration52▲ 2.7×23 topics
  22. Emotion Regulation52▲ 2.9×9 topics
  23. Sociolinguistics47▲ 4.3×9 topics
  24. Bildungsungleichheit46▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Ethnografisches Schreiben46▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Bildung43▲ 24×3 topics
  27. Gender Studies43▲ 4.9×10 topics
  28. Cultural Memory42▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Narrative41▲ 4.5×13 topics
  30. Political Communication39▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Language Variation36▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Autorschaft34▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Literaturkritik34▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Phraseology34▲ 8.0×3 topics
  35. Identity Politics33▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Social History33▲ 7.0×7 topics
  37. Multimodality32▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Digital Communication32▲ 7.9×3 topics
  39. Antisemitism32▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Right-Wing Extremism32▲ 58×1 topic

Which research topics does Leipzig University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, German legal, social, and political studies and Linguistic research and analysis.

Sociology and Education …46Sociology and Education Studies: 46 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…34German Literature and Culture Studies: 34 fractional worksGerman legal, social, an…32German legal, social, and political studies: 32 fractional worksLinguistic research and …28Linguistic research and analysis: 28 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 25 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 22 fractional worksEuropean history and pol…21European history and politics: 21 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 20 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and Education: 19 fractional worksNatural Language Process…19Natural Language Processing Techniques: 19 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryLanguage and LinguisticsPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 46 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 34 works
  3. 3 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 28 works
  5. 5 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 25 works
  6. 6 Media Studies and Communication Communication 22 works
  7. 7 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 21 works
  8. 8 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 20 works
  9. 9 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 19 works
  10. 10 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 19 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 available30.3%not open69.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leipzig University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.