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Max Delbrück Center

In research, Max Delbrück Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#762 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#682 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,514 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Immunology — Molecular Biology is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,016
of 28,054 · #1,114 all time
Rank in Germany
#101
of 1,178
Research works
5k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
338k
68.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Max Delbrück Center 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 #762 of 7,800 27.0%242 #331
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #682 of 3,579 27.2%174 #355
MedicineField #2,514 of 10,443 25.4%189 #1219
Molecular BiologySubfield #593 of 2,175 27.4%126 #271
Health SciencesDomain #3,337 of 11,982 25.2%198 #1593

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Max Delbrück Center 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. Life Sciences#331 #762
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#355 #682
  3. Medicine#1,219 #2,514
  4. Molecular Biology#271 #593
  5. Health Sciences#1,593 #3,337
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 Max Delbrück Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 126.0 works8.7×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 23.7 works7.2×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.83× its world share, 174 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.20× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.69× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 189 worksMedicineNursing: 1.79× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Max Delbrück Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Wei Chen, Nikolaus Rajewsky and Helmut Kettenmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Max Delbrück Center.

  1. 1 Wei Chen Germany · #10,877 worldwide 916 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Nikolaus Rajewsky Germany · #30,666 worldwide 616 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Helmut Kettenmann Germany · #33,706 worldwide 722 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Friedrich C. Luft Germany · #43,428 worldwide 1.3k citations · 227 works
  5. 5 Carmen Birchmeier Germany · #49,270 worldwide 396 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu Germany · #52,659 worldwide 636 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Walter Birchmeier Germany · #55,727 worldwide 559 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Sofia K. Forslund Germany · #59,168 worldwide 723 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Martin Lipp Germany · #59,366 worldwide 405 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Emanuel Wyler Germany · #102,823 worldwide 550 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Max Delbrück Center

Which keywords describe research at Max Delbrück Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Gene Expression, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, RNA-Seq, Data Integration, Innate Immunity and Single-Cell.

▲ 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. Inflammation43▲ 4.3×71 topics
  2. Cancer25▲ 3.8×43 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress24▲ 3.1×43 topics
  4. Gene Expression24▲ 8.2×17 topics
  5. Epidemiology22▲ 1.17×86 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 3.1×29 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 3.7×18 topics
  8. RNA-Seq14▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Cancer Therapy14▲ 5.1×15 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders14▲ 5.0×15 topics
  11. Data Integration13▲ 17×4 topics
  12. Immunotherapy13▲ 3.8×16 topics
  13. Heart Failure13▲ 6.1×12 topics
  14. Innate Immunity12▲ 8.2×10 topics
  15. Single-Cell12▲ 58×1 topic
  16. Transcriptomics12▲ 58×1 topic
  17. Immunity12▲ 6.0×9 topics
  18. Mitochondrial Dysfunction11▲ 7.7×9 topics
  19. Cognitive Impairment11▲ 8.8×7 topics
  20. Neurodegeneration11▲ 7.4×10 topics
  21. Brain Development10▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Cytokines10▲ 7.7×7 topics
  23. Transcriptional Regulation10▲ 13×9 topics
  24. Diagnostic Criteria10▲ 9.5×7 topics
  25. Hypertension10▲ 7.1×13 topics
  26. Cancer Immunotherapy10▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Magnetic Resonance Imaging9▲ 7.7×7 topics
  28. Cell Signaling9▲ 12×10 topics
  29. Cancer Progression9▲ 10×8 topics
  30. Ion Channels9▲ 17×5 topics
  31. Stem Cells9▲ 7.3×13 topics
  32. Neuroinflammation8▲ 6.3×6 topics
  33. Mass Spectrometry8▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Fibrosis8▲ 8.6×7 topics
  35. Genome Engineering7▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Metabolic Regulation7▲ 9.2×4 topics
  37. RNA-Guided7▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Lymphoma7▲ 9.2×4 topics
  39. Pluripotent Stem Cells7▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Translation7▲ 8.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Max Delbrück Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies and RNA Research and Splicing.

Single-cell and spatial …12Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 12 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…7CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 7 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Resea…7Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 7 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing7RNA Research and Splicing: 7 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 6 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 6 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…6RNA modifications and cancer: 6 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells Research: 5 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksDiet and metabolism stud…5Diet and metabolism studies: 5 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPathology and Forensic MedicineOncologyNeurology1 others

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

  1. 1 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 12 works
  2. 2 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 7 works
  3. 3 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 7 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 6 works
  6. 6 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 6 works
  7. 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 6 works
  8. 8 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 5 works
  9. 9 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 5 works
  10. 10 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 5 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.0%domestic only66.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Max Delbrück Center'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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