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Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

In research, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology stands highest in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,245 of 3,579 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,769 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 10.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,795
of 28,054 · #2,767 all time
Rank in Germany
#244
of 1,178
Research works
1.4k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
106k
74.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology 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
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,245 of 3,579 36.4%81 #918
Life SciencesDomain #2,769 of 7,800 37.5%98 #1647

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology 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 Terrestrial Microbiology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 48.9 works11×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 80.6 works9.9×
← 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: 1.86× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9.86× its world share, 81 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.51× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.74× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.50× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 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, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology?

Ranked on the composite score, Ralf Conrad, Regine Kahmann and Michael W. Friedrich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology.

  1. 1 Ralf Conrad Germany · #15,740 worldwide 1.4k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Regine Kahmann Germany · #71,425 worldwide 376 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Michael W. Friedrich Germany · #100,754 worldwide 243 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Andreas Brune Germany · #110,969 worldwide 274 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Werner Liesack Germany · #125,970 worldwide 275 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Tobias J. Erb Germany · #238,428 worldwide 193 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Pengfei Liu Germany · #274,570 worldwide 117 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Seigo Shima Germany · #487,016 worldwide 127 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Lotte Søgaard‐Andersen Germany · #800,660 worldwide 55 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Victor Sourjik Germany · #1,011,334 worldwide 62 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

Which keywords describe research at Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antibiotic Resistance, Signal Transduction, Membrane Proteins, RNA Regulation, Gene Regulation, Bacterial Physiology, Cellular Homeostasis and Genomics.

▲ 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. Antibiotic Resistance19▲ 32×6 topics
  2. Signal Transduction15▲ 67×4 topics
  3. Membrane Proteins14▲ 125×2 topics
  4. RNA Regulation14▲ 83×2 topics
  5. Gene Regulation13▲ 97×4 topics
  6. Bacterial Physiology13▲ 418×1 topic
  7. Cellular Homeostasis13▲ 236×1 topic
  8. Genomics11▲ 25×7 topics
  9. Evolution9▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Nanoparticles8▲ 4.4×5 topics
  11. Metabolic Engineering8▲ 53×5 topics
  12. Microbiome8▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Microbial Communities7▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Synthetic Biology7▲ 77×2 topics
  15. Metagenomics7▲ 49×2 topics
  16. Ecology7▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Bacteriophage7▲ 93×1 topic
  18. Virus7▲ 46×1 topic
  19. RNA Structure7▲ 81×1 topic
  20. Ribosome7▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Translation7▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Constraint-Based Models6▲ 93×1 topic
  23. Genome-Scale Models6▲ 93×1 topic
  24. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Bacterial Diversity6▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Microbial Ecology6▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Marine Microbes5▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Microbial Biogeography5▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Virulence5▲ 55×3 topics
  30. Drug Discovery5▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Bacterial Pathogenesis4▲ 71×2 topics
  32. Microbiota4▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Molecular Catalysis4▲ 58×2 topics
  34. RNA-Seq4▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Functional Genomics4▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Bacteria4▲ 53×2 topics
  37. Extracellular Matrix4▲ 14×2 topics
  38. genome annotation4▲ 39×1 topic
  39. sequence alignment4▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Biofilms4▲ 47×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction.

Bacterial Genetics and B…13Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 13 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 7 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…7RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 7 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolic Engi…6Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 6 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 5 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 4 fractional worksBacterial biofilms and q…4Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing: 4 fractional worksVibrio bacteria research studies: 3 fractional worksMetalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins: 3 fractional worksEnzyme Structure and Function: 3 fractional works
GeneticsEcologyMolecular BiologyEndocrinology2 others

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

  1. 1 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 13 works
  2. 2 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 7 works
  3. 3 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 7 works
  4. 4 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 5 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 Vibrio bacteria research studies Endocrinology 3 works
  9. 9 Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  10. 10 Enzyme Structure and Function Materials Chemistry 3 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 available56.6%not open43.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.9%domestic only71.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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