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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

In research, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,878 of 10,521 worldwide), Psychology (#952 of 2,181 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,644 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology — Developmental and Educational Psychology is 32.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,818
of 28,054 · #3,745 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#51
of 237
Research works
4k
▼ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
138k
34.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics 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 #2,878 of 10,521 33.4%135 #824
PsychologyField #952 of 2,181 37.8%84 #392
Life SciencesDomain #4,644 of 7,800 30.0%70 #3507

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics 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#824 #2,878
  2. Psychology#392 #952
  3. Life Sciences#3,507 #4,644
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 Psycholinguistics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Developmental and Educational Psychology takes 32.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 38.2 works32×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 51.4 works27×
  3. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 32.8 works27×
  4. NeuroscienceField · 53.3 works13×
← 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 12.71× its world share, 53 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.53× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.07× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 10.60× its world share, 84 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Penelope Brown, Ardi Roelofs and Michael Dunn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics.

  1. 1 Penelope Brown Netherlands · #21,036 worldwide 695 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Ardi Roelofs Netherlands · #34,920 worldwide 808 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Michael Dunn Netherlands · #38,526 worldwide 555 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Jan‐Mathijs Schoffelen Netherlands · #41,203 worldwide 1.3k citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Colin Brown Netherlands · #76,826 worldwide 159 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Clyde Francks Netherlands · #77,467 worldwide 320 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Stephen C. Levinson Netherlands · #77,849 worldwide 720 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 N. J. Enfield Netherlands · #80,033 worldwide 310 citations · 85 works
  9. 9 Stephen C. Levinson Netherlands · #87,452 worldwide 460 citations · 110 works
  10. 10 Xiangzhen Kong Netherlands · #97,760 worldwide 318 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

Which keywords describe research at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Bilingualism, Neural Basis, Language, Syntax, Language Development, Cognitive Control, Embodiment and Social Interaction.

▲ 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. Bilingualism40▲ 114×4 topics
  2. Neural Basis37▲ 169×3 topics
  3. Language30▲ 47×8 topics
  4. Syntax28▲ 155×3 topics
  5. Language Development25▲ 81×5 topics
  6. Cognitive Control25▲ 164×2 topics
  7. Embodiment23▲ 48×4 topics
  8. Social Interaction23▲ 22×8 topics
  9. Cognition22▲ 64×5 topics
  10. Language Processing22▲ 356×1 topic
  11. Semantic Memory22▲ 356×1 topic
  12. Social Cognition17▲ 39×6 topics
  13. Neural Mechanisms16▲ 68×4 topics
  14. Metaphor15▲ 141×1 topic
  15. Time15▲ 128×1 topic
  16. Neural Correlates14▲ 59×5 topics
  17. Language Acquisition14▲ 46×4 topics
  18. Pragmatics14▲ 32×6 topics
  19. Reading Comprehension12▲ 87×2 topics
  20. Corpus Linguistics12▲ 21×5 topics
  21. Social Learning11▲ 172×2 topics
  22. Neuronal Oscillations10▲ 51×2 topics
  23. Sign Language10▲ 64×2 topics
  24. Cognitive Development10▲ 30×4 topics
  25. Neural Plasticity10▲ 22×4 topics
  26. Early Intervention10▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Speech and Language Disorder9▲ 187×1 topic
  28. Statistical Learning9▲ 187×1 topic
  29. Dyslexia9▲ 136×1 topic
  30. Reading Acquisition9▲ 136×1 topic
  31. Deaf Children9▲ 129×1 topic
  32. Gesture9▲ 129×1 topic
  33. Second Language Learning8▲ 36×3 topics
  34. Neural Circuits8▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Acoustic Communication8▲ 59×2 topics
  36. Action Observation8▲ 151×1 topic
  37. Mirror Neuron System8▲ 151×1 topic
  38. Speech Perception7▲ 34×3 topics
  39. Evolutionary Dynamics7▲ 78×2 topics
  40. Cultural Evolution7▲ 56×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Language, Metaphor, and Cognition, Language Development and Disorders and Reading and Literacy Development.

Neurobiology of Language…22Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism: 22 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 15 fractional worksLanguage Development and Disorders: 9 fractional worksReading and Literacy Development: 9 fractional worksHearing Impairment and Communication: 9 fractional worksAction Observation and Synchronization: 8 fractional worksSyntax, Semantics, Lingu…7Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation: 7 fractional worksLanguage and cultural evolution: 7 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 6 fractional worksSpeech and dialogue systems: 6 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Cognitive Neuroscience 22 works
  2. 2 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 15 works
  3. 3 Language Development and Disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology 9 works
  4. 4 Reading and Literacy Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 9 works
  5. 5 Hearing Impairment and Communication Developmental and Educational Psychology 9 works
  6. 6 Action Observation and Synchronization Social Psychology 8 works
  7. 7 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 7 works
  8. 8 Language and cultural evolution Cultural Studies 7 works
  9. 9 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 6 works
  10. 10 Speech and dialogue systems Artificial Intelligence 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 available52.5%not open47.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors75.0%domestic only25.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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