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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

In research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München stands highest in Social Sciences (#72 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#106 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#99 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, History and Philosophy of Science and Veterinary — Classics is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#105
of 28,054 · #88 all time
Rank in Germany
#2
of 1,178
Research works
105k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8M
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 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 #72 of 10,521 21.2%3,912 #181
Health SciencesDomain #106 of 11,982 18.2%3,788 #83
MedicineField #99 of 10,443 17.9%3,308 #78
Physical SciencesDomain #153 of 12,888 23.3%2,987 #86
Social SciencesField #89 of 6,365 23.8%1,712 #205
Life SciencesDomain #119 of 7,800 22.9%2,065 #77
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #25 of 1,201 25.6%353 #80
PsychologyField #55 of 2,181 26.5%580 —
Computer ScienceField #135 of 4,667 26.0%709 #232
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #122 of 3,579 22.9%1,022 #81

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 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#181 #72
  2. Health Sciences#83 #106
  3. Medicine#78 #99
  4. Physical Sciences#86 #153
  5. Social Sciences#205 #89
  6. Life Sciences#77 #119
  7. Political Science and International Relations#80 #25
  8. Computer Science#232 #135
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#81 #122
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 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 60.2 works7.9×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 77.5 works4.0×
  3. VeterinaryField · 67.7 works3.9×
  4. Small AnimalsSubfield · 56.8 works3.6×
← 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, 274 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 1,022 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.76× its world share, 226 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.43× its world share, 503 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 39 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.21× its world share, 242 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 709 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 249 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 493 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 333 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 216 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 173 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.85× its world share, 525 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.72× its world share, 107 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 272 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 3,308 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 33 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.91× its world share, 68 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.83× its world share, 1,042 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 254 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 118 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 206 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 580 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 1,712 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München?

Ranked on the composite score, Y. Doi, T. Dohmae and A. Khodinov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

  1. 1 Y. Doi Germany · #40 worldwide 3.4k citations · 345 works
  2. 2 T. Dohmae Germany · #229 worldwide 4.2k citations · 150 works
  3. 3 A. Khodinov Germany · #236 worldwide 5.6k citations · 184 works
  4. 4 T. Doherty Germany · #245 worldwide 4.9k citations · 140 works
  5. 5 F. Berghaus Germany · #248 worldwide 5.2k citations · 145 works
  6. 6 J. E. Derkaoui Germany · #249 worldwide 5.5k citations · 177 works
  7. 7 Ph. Gris Germany · #251 worldwide 4.9k citations · 161 works
  8. 8 E. Musto Germany · #265 worldwide 5.1k citations · 139 works
  9. 9 E. Górnicki Germany · #270 worldwide 5.5k citations · 164 works
  10. 10 Fr. Pastore Germany · #277 worldwide 5.8k citations · 177 works
All ranked researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Which keywords describe research at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Gender, Identity, History, Inflammation, Ethics, Bildung and Philosophy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology608▲ 1.20×130 topics
  2. Inflammation358▲ 1.35×83 topics
  3. Machine Learning298▼ 0.71×79 topics
  4. Climate Change267▼ 0.78×99 topics
  5. Identity258▲ 2.8×64 topics
  6. Globalization249◆ 0.99×124 topics
  7. Gender241▲ 3.5×47 topics
  8. History238▲ 2.7×54 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress223◆ 1.07×60 topics
  10. Ethics203▲ 3.3×45 topics
  11. Treatment201▲ 1.30×50 topics
  12. Cancer197◆ 1.15×55 topics
  13. Immunotherapy196▲ 2.2×19 topics
  14. Public Health191◆ 1.03×60 topics
  15. Quality of Life176◆ 0.96×52 topics
  16. Literature175▲ 2.5×52 topics
  17. Philosophy175▲ 3.1×38 topics
  18. Diagnosis168▲ 1.42×41 topics
  19. Nationalism158▲ 2.7×31 topics
  20. Risk Factors156◆ 1.11×36 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders154▲ 2.1×20 topics
  22. Human Rights152▲ 1.16×56 topics
  23. Religion145▲ 2.4×41 topics
  24. Clinical Trials135▲ 1.58×19 topics
  25. Governance125▲ 3.0×15 topics
  26. Bildung116▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations110▲ 2.0×23 topics
  28. Emotion Regulation95▲ 2.4×9 topics
  29. Autorschaft82▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Literaturkritik82▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Emotion82▲ 3.1×11 topics
  32. Cultural History81▲ 5.2×16 topics
  33. Aesthetics77▲ 8.0×9 topics
  34. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse71▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Social History65▲ 6.1×7 topics
  36. Art63▲ 5.7×14 topics
  37. Metaphysics55▲ 9.9×5 topics
  38. Thermal Decomposition55▲ 9.6×2 topics
  39. Bildungsungleichheit52▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Ethnografisches Schreiben52▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: German Literature and Culture Studies, Sociology and Education Studies, Medical and Health Sciences Research and Health and Medical Studies.

German Literature and Culture Studies: 82 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 52 fractional worksMedical and Health Scien…46Medical and Health Sciences Research: 46 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 41 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 37 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 36 fractional worksVestibular and auditory …34Vestibular and auditory disorders: 34 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 32 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 32 fractional worksLinguistic research and …31Linguistic research and analysis: 31 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheorySociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 82 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 52 works
  3. 3 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 46 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 41 works
  5. 5 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 37 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 36 works
  7. 7 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 34 works
  8. 8 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 32 works
  9. 9 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 32 works
  10. 10 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 31 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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