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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

In research, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,028 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#810 of 6,365 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,180 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology — Social Psychology is 11.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,690
of 28,054 · #1,240 all time
Rank in Germany
#133
of 1,178
Research works
3.6k
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
193k
53.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
42.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology 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 #1,028 of 10,521 47.2%224 #444
Social SciencesField #810 of 6,365 54.7%91 #328
Life SciencesDomain #2,180 of 7,800 38.5%95 #708
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,004 of 3,579 40.0%61 #310
PsychologyField #1,064 of 2,181 38.9%87 #396
Physical SciencesDomain #6,644 of 12,888 38.6%79 #3385

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology 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#444 #1,028
  2. Social Sciences#328 #810
  3. Life Sciences#708 #2,180
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#310 #1,004
  5. Psychology#396 #1,064
  6. Physical Sciences#3,385 #6,644
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 Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Psychology takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social PsychologySubfield · 44.2 works12×
  2. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 23.0 works11×
← 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: 1.01× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.69× its world share, 61 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.84× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.06× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.26× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.76× its world share, 87 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 91 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology?

Ranked on the composite score, Martín Haspelmath, Sahra Talamo and Svante Pääbo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

  1. 1 Martín Haspelmath Germany · #2,398 worldwide 900 citations · 88 works
  2. 2 Sahra Talamo Germany · #7,637 worldwide 1.5k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Svante Pääbo Germany · #11,132 worldwide 808 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Michael Tomasello Germany · #14,436 worldwide 1.6k citations · 166 works
  5. 5 Michael P. Richards Germany · #27,211 worldwide 606 citations · 106 works
  6. 6 Bernard Comrie Germany · #37,205 worldwide 390 citations · 114 works
  7. 7 Mark Stoneking Germany · #63,964 worldwide 306 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Harold L. Dibble Germany · #67,351 worldwide 275 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Shara E. Bailey Germany · #82,252 worldwide 186 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Elena Lieven Germany · #95,951 worldwide 350 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Which keywords describe research at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Altruism, Cooperation, Cognition, Evolution, Social Cognition, Social Behavior, Cultural Evolution and Intelligence.

▲ 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. Altruism46▲ 127×3 topics
  2. Cooperation46▲ 168×3 topics
  3. Cognition36▲ 63×4 topics
  4. Evolution35▲ 33×7 topics
  5. Social Cognition33▲ 47×6 topics
  6. Social Behavior32▲ 134×3 topics
  7. Cultural Evolution32▲ 152×2 topics
  8. Intelligence30▲ 178×2 topics
  9. Communication30▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Primates29▲ 376×1 topic
  11. Tool Use29▲ 376×1 topic
  12. Evolutionary Dynamics29▲ 190×2 topics
  13. Language25▲ 24×6 topics
  14. Social Learning24▲ 227×2 topics
  15. Social Interaction19▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Child Development18▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Linguistic Diversity18▲ 183×2 topics
  18. Phylogenetics18▲ 93×3 topics
  19. Adaptation18▲ 14×8 topics
  20. Cumulative Culture17▲ 439×1 topic
  21. Human Adaptation17▲ 439×1 topic
  22. Genomic Analysis17▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Language Development17▲ 33×5 topics
  24. Hominin Genetics16▲ 178×1 topic
  25. Paleolithic Archaeology16▲ 178×1 topic
  26. Microbial Communities16▲ 8.7×6 topics
  27. Ancient DNA15▲ 69×4 topics
  28. Social Networks15▲ 14×6 topics
  29. Infant Understanding15▲ 242×1 topic
  30. Theory of Mind15▲ 242×1 topic
  31. Natural Selection15▲ 64×3 topics
  32. Evolutionary Games14▲ 166×1 topic
  33. Indirect Reciprocity14▲ 166×1 topic
  34. Human Evolution14▲ 157×2 topics
  35. Adaptive Evolution14▲ 59×2 topics
  36. Genetic Variation13▲ 14×5 topics
  37. Population Dynamics13▲ 12×8 topics
  38. Age Estimation12▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Population Genetics12▲ 21×5 topics
  40. Sex Determination12▲ 74×2 topics

Which research topics does Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Primate Behavior and Ecology, Language and cultural evolution, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Child and Animal Learning Development.

Primate Behavior and Ecology: 29 fractional worksLanguage and cultural evolution: 17 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…16Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 16 fractional worksChild and Animal Learnin…15Child and Animal Learning Development: 15 fractional worksEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation: 14 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 12 fractional worksForensic and Genetic Res…12Forensic and Genetic Research: 12 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 11 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 11 fractional worksEvolutionary Psychology …10Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior: 10 fractional works
Social PsychologyCultural StudiesAnthropologyDevelopmental and Educational Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 29 works
  2. 2 Language and cultural evolution Cultural Studies 17 works
  3. 3 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 16 works
  4. 4 Child and Animal Learning Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 15 works
  5. 5 Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  6. 6 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 12 works
  7. 7 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 12 works
  8. 8 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 11 works
  9. 9 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 works
  10. 10 Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 10 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.4%domestic only62.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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