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Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research

In research, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,209 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,976 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,726
of 28,054 · #3,672 all time
Rank in Germany
#313
of 1,178
Research works
2k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
91k
46.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research 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 #3,209 of 7,800 25.5%64 #1612
Health SciencesDomain #7,976 of 11,982 24.3%61 #1808

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research 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).

What does Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 35.1 works9.0×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.11× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.26× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.81× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.39× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksNursingPsychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 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, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Stefan Offermanns, Jutta Schaper and Soni Savai Pullamsetti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research.

  1. 1 Stefan Offermanns Germany · #60,156 worldwide 681 citations · 87 works
  2. 2 Jutta Schaper Germany · #68,343 worldwide 370 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Soni Savai Pullamsetti Germany · #77,653 worldwide 264 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Sawa Kostin Germany · #90,871 worldwide 283 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Thomas Braun Germany · #124,974 worldwide 405 citations · 87 works
  6. 6 Werner Risau Germany · #126,538 worldwide 429 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Wolfgang Schäper Germany · #159,205 worldwide 413 citations · 111 works
  8. 8 E. Dodt Germany · #214,817 worldwide 171 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Nina Wettschureck Germany · #250,884 worldwide 171 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 David C. Taylor Germany · #276,915 worldwide 95 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research

Which keywords describe research at Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Pulmonary Hypertension, Oxidative Stress, Cancer Progression, Metabolism, Stem Cells and Gene Expression.

▲ 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. Inflammation15▲ 5.6×51 topics
  2. Cancer12▲ 7.0×37 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.8×29 topics
  4. Pulmonary Hypertension6▲ 32×3 topics
  5. Cancer Progression5▲ 22×8 topics
  6. Gene Expression5▲ 6.5×14 topics
  7. Metabolism5▲ 7.8×12 topics
  8. Stem Cells5▲ 14×11 topics
  9. Wnt Signaling4▲ 35×3 topics
  10. Obesity4▲ 4.3×11 topics
  11. Cardiomyocyte Renewal4▲ 153×1 topic
  12. Diagnosis4▲ 3.4×16 topics
  13. Heart Regeneration4▲ 153×1 topic
  14. Fibrosis4▲ 17×6 topics
  15. Heart Failure4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  16. Aging4▲ 5.7×8 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy4▲ 5.2×13 topics
  18. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 13×6 topics
  19. Angiogenesis4▲ 8.9×12 topics
  20. Echocardiography4▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Hypertension4▲ 9.3×7 topics
  22. Epigenetic Regulation3▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Immunity3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  24. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 17×9 topics
  25. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Alternative Splicing3▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Preterm Infants3▲ 20×2 topics
  29. RNA-Binding Proteins3▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia3▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Lung Stem Cells3▲ 40×1 topic
  32. RNA methylation3▲ 26×1 topic
  33. m6A-seq3▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Apoptosis3▲ 7.5×10 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 9.5×3 topics
  36. Right Heart Assessment3▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Survival Prediction3▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Cell Signaling3▲ 13×9 topics
  39. Macrophages3▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Epigenetic Reprogramming2▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital heart defects research, RNA Research and Splicing, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research and RNA modifications and cancer.

Congenital heart defects…4Congenital heart defects research: 4 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing3RNA Research and Splicing: 3 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…3Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 3 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…3RNA modifications and cancer: 3 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 3 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…2Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications: 2 fractional worksMuscle Physiology and Disorders: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCell Biology

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

  1. 1 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 4 works
  2. 2 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications Cell Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Muscle Physiology and Disorders Molecular Biology 2 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 available27.2%not open72.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.4%domestic only78.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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