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Max Planck Institute for Informatics

In research, Max Planck Institute for Informatics stands highest in Computer Science (#96 of 4,667 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,537 of 12,888 worldwide) and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (#200 of 941 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence — Computational Theory and Mathematics is 16.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,621
of 28,054 · #1,412 all time
Rank in Germany
#129
of 1,178
Research works
3.6k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
138k
38.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Max Planck Institute for Informatics 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
Computer ScienceField #96 of 4,667 30.9%231 #69
Physical SciencesDomain #1,537 of 12,888 30.6%299 #1039
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #200 of 941 43.8%66 #84
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,119 of 1,884 26.0%77 #213

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Max Planck Institute for Informatics 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. Computer Science#69 #96
  2. Physical Sciences#1,039 #1,537
  3. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#84 #200
  4. Artificial Intelligence#213 #1,119
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 Informatics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Theory and Mathematics takes 16.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 24.3 works16×
  2. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 65.6 works15×
  3. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 77.0 works9.0×
  4. Computer ScienceField · 230.8 works8.4×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 7 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 8.38× its world share, 231 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Max Planck Institute for Informatics?

Ranked on the composite score, Bernt Schiele, Gerard Pons‐Moll and Zeynep Akata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Max Planck Institute for Informatics.

  1. 1 Bernt Schiele Germany · #159 worldwide 6.9k citations · 215 works
  2. 2 Gerard Pons‐Moll Germany · #7,063 worldwide 1.5k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Zeynep Akata Germany · #10,106 worldwide 1.3k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Hans‐Peter Seidel Germany · #27,080 worldwide 1.9k citations · 212 works
  5. 5 Christian Theobalt Germany · #29,158 worldwide 2.1k citations · 217 works
  6. 6 Michael Zollhöfer Germany · #48,899 worldwide 388 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Weipeng Xu Germany · #62,015 worldwide 453 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Lisa Anne Hendricks Germany · #72,209 worldwide 636 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Yongqin Xian Germany · #81,535 worldwide 557 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Harald Ganzinger Germany · #107,438 worldwide 258 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Which keywords describe research at Max Planck Institute for Informatics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Convolutional Networks, Unsupervised Learning, Machine Learning, Approximation Algorithms, Convolutional Neural Networks and 3D Reconstruction.

▲ 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. Deep Learning99▲ 8.2×59 topics
  2. Neural Networks42▲ 7.7×24 topics
  3. Machine Learning33▲ 2.8×41 topics
  4. Convolutional Networks25▲ 50×3 topics
  5. Unsupervised Learning24▲ 47×3 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks16▲ 6.0×11 topics
  7. Approximation Algorithms15▲ 59×5 topics
  8. 3D Reconstruction14▲ 42×2 topics
  9. Point Clouds14▲ 42×2 topics
  10. Depth Estimation14▲ 45×2 topics
  11. Representation Learning14▲ 28×3 topics
  12. Simulation12▲ 14×4 topics
  13. Optical Flow12▲ 68×1 topic
  14. Stereo Vision12▲ 68×1 topic
  15. Mesh Segmentation12▲ 115×1 topic
  16. Pose Estimation12▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Semi-Supervised Learning12▲ 30×3 topics
  18. Shape Representation12▲ 115×1 topic
  19. Algorithmic Applications12▲ 95×2 topics
  20. Information Retrieval11▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Computer Graphics11▲ 122×1 topic
  22. Visualization11▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Topic Modeling10▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Text Classification10▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Action Recognition10▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Spatiotemporal Features10▲ 58×1 topic
  27. Machine Translation10▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Word Representation10▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Model Checking10▲ 62×3 topics
  30. Image Classification9▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Meta-Learning9▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Anomaly Detection9▲ 9.0×3 topics
  33. Virtual Reality9▲ 5.0×6 topics
  34. Corpus Linguistics9▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Neural Machine Translation8▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Statistical Machine Translation8▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Transfer Learning8▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Complexity Theory8▲ 42×2 topics
  39. Combinatorial Optimization7▲ 151×1 topic
  40. Graph Algorithms7▲ 151×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Vision and Imaging, 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis, Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques and Human Pose and Action Recognition.

Advanced Vision and Imag…12Advanced Vision and Imaging: 12 fractional works3D Shape Modeling and An…123D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 12 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 11 fractional worksHuman Pose and Action Re…10Human Pose and Action Recognition: 10 fractional worksTopic Modeling10Topic Modeling: 10 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 8 fractional worksComplexity and Algorithms in Graphs: 7 fractional worksDomain Adaptation and Fe…7Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 7 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 6 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputational MechanicsComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignArtificial Intelligence1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 12 works
  2. 2 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 12 works
  3. 3 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 11 works
  4. 4 Human Pose and Action Recognition Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 10 works
  5. 5 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  6. 6 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  7. 7 Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs Computational Theory and Mathematics 7 works
  8. 8 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  9. 9 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 7 works
  10. 10 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.9%domestic only64.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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