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Max Planck Institute for Human Development

In research, Max Planck Institute for Human Development stands highest in Social Sciences (#345 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,959 of 6,365 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,692 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience — Cognitive Neuroscience is 14.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,134
of 28,054 · #1,304 all time
Rank in Germany
#110
of 1,178
Research works
4k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
164k
41.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Max Planck Institute for Human Development 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 #345 of 10,521 32.7%238 #118
Social SciencesField #1,959 of 6,365 36.1%106 #829
Life SciencesDomain #2,692 of 7,800 44.7%64 #2944

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Max Planck Institute for Human Development 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#118 #345
  2. Social Sciences#829 #1,959
  3. Life Sciences#2,944 #2,692
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 Human Development specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 14.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 40.5 works15×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 8.46× its world share, 52 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.02× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.48× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.11× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 106 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Max Planck Institute for Human Development?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul B. Baltes, Jürgen Baumert and Gerd Gigerenzer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Max Planck Institute for Human Development.

  1. 1 Paul B. Baltes Germany · #783 worldwide 2.1k citations · 147 works
  2. 2 Jürgen Baumert Germany · #4,606 worldwide 1k citations · 160 works
  3. 3 Gerd Gigerenzer Germany · #11,966 worldwide 1.5k citations · 169 works
  4. 4 Karl Ulrich Mayer Germany · #12,634 worldwide 417 citations · 115 works
  5. 5 Margret M. Baltes Germany · #26,029 worldwide 749 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Ursula M. Staudinger Germany · #34,198 worldwide 483 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Ulman Lindenberger Germany · #42,440 worldwide 807 citations · 113 works
  8. 8 Stefan Krauß Germany · #55,773 worldwide 258 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Petra Stanat Germany · #97,329 worldwide 190 citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Odette Wegwarth Germany · #118,288 worldwide 126 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Which keywords describe research at Max Planck Institute for Human Development?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Emotion, Gender, Decision Making, Social Media, Ethics, Social Cognition, Risk Aversion and Time Discounting.

▲ 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. Emotion26▲ 33×7 topics
  2. Gender23▲ 11×15 topics
  3. Globalization20▲ 2.7×32 topics
  4. Social Media19▲ 3.5×16 topics
  5. Decision Making18▲ 16×5 topics
  6. History14▲ 5.1×12 topics
  7. Ethics13▲ 7.3×8 topics
  8. Identity13▲ 4.6×22 topics
  9. Social Cognition12▲ 19×7 topics
  10. Risk Aversion12▲ 172×1 topic
  11. Time Discounting12▲ 172×1 topic
  12. Nationalism12▲ 6.6×16 topics
  13. Sexuality12▲ 42×2 topics
  14. Social History11▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Cultural Studies11▲ 7.6×6 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis11▲ 4.8×9 topics
  17. Occupation10▲ 42×2 topics
  18. Altruism10▲ 31×5 topics
  19. Emotion Regulation10▲ 8.2×8 topics
  20. Polarization10▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Prefrontal Cortex10▲ 32×3 topics
  22. Forced Laborers10▲ 127×1 topic
  23. Nazi Propaganda10▲ 127×1 topic
  24. Politics9▲ 9.0×6 topics
  25. Cooperation9▲ 37×3 topics
  26. Fairness9▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Neural Mechanisms9▲ 26×4 topics
  28. Self-Regulation9▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Psychology9▲ 18×6 topics
  30. Memory9▲ 9.2×5 topics
  31. Colonialism8▲ 4.7×14 topics
  32. Society8▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Medicine8▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Working Memory8▲ 24×3 topics
  35. Evolution8▲ 8.6×3 topics
  36. Neuroscience8▲ 6.9×9 topics
  37. Trust8▲ 7.3×9 topics
  38. Emotions7▲ 40×5 topics
  39. Language Development7▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Disgust7▲ 62×1 topic

Which research topics does Max Planck Institute for Human Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, European history and politics, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment and History of Emotions Research.

Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics: 12 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 10 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 7 fractional worksHistory of Emotions Research: 6 fractional worksBehavioral Health and Interventions: 6 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 6 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…6Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 6 fractional worksChild and Animal Learning Development: 6 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 5 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Ps…5Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 5 fractional works
General Decision SciencesPolitical Science and International RelationsCognitive NeuroscienceHistory3 others

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

  1. 1 Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics General Decision Sciences 12 works
  2. 2 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  3. 3 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
  4. 4 History of Emotions Research History 6 works
  5. 5 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 6 works
  6. 6 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  8. 8 Child and Animal Learning Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 6 works
  9. 9 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  10. 10 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available41.4%not open58.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.7%domestic only77.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Max Planck Institute for Human Development's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher 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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