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Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

In research, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry stands highest in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#228 of 3,579 worldwide), Life Sciences (#613 of 7,800 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#421 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,525
of 28,054 · #467 all time
Rank in Germany
#81
of 1,178
Research works
7.2k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
558k
77.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry 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 #228 of 3,579 41.3%152 #87
Life SciencesDomain #613 of 7,800 39.9%183 #168
Molecular BiologySubfield #421 of 2,175 43.6%109 #96

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry 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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#87 #228
  2. Life Sciences#168 #613
  3. Molecular Biology#96 #421
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 of Biochemistry specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 108.6 works13×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 152.4 works10×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10.21× its world share, 152 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.97× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.67× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.33× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.18× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× 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, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry?

Ranked on the composite score, Matthias Mann, Rupert Timpl and Robert Huber lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.

  1. 1 Matthias Mann Germany · #116 worldwide 5.1k citations · 154 works
  2. 2 Rupert Timpl Germany · #3,832 worldwide 1.4k citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Robert Huber Germany · #6,601 worldwide 1.3k citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Adolf Butenandt Germany · #17,352 worldwide 460 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Axel Ullrich Germany · #27,074 worldwide 640 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 A. Ullrich Germany · #34,252 worldwide 499 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Wolfgang Baumeister Germany · #38,685 worldwide 592 citations · 83 works
  8. 8 Günther Gerisch Germany · #47,177 worldwide 362 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Erich A. Nigg Germany · #53,418 worldwide 433 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Jürgen Cox Germany · #60,264 worldwide 1.9k citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Which keywords describe research at Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Therapy, Mass Spectrometry, Cancer, Cancer Progression, Proteomics, Image Processing, High-Resolution Imaging and Cryo-Electron Microscopy.

▲ 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. Cancer Therapy18▲ 12×13 topics
  2. Cancer17▲ 4.4×32 topics
  3. Inflammation14▲ 2.4×41 topics
  4. Mass Spectrometry14▲ 32×4 topics
  5. Cancer Progression12▲ 23×4 topics
  6. Proteomics12▲ 69×2 topics
  7. Image Processing11▲ 8.7×4 topics
  8. Nanoparticles10▲ 2.8×11 topics
  9. High-Resolution Imaging9▲ 67×2 topics
  10. Cryo-Electron Microscopy9▲ 201×1 topic
  11. Single-Particle Analysis9▲ 201×1 topic
  12. Quantitative Analysis9▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Translation9▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Genetic Code9▲ 44×2 topics
  15. RNA Structure9▲ 58×1 topic
  16. Ribosome9▲ 58×1 topic
  17. Extracellular Matrix8▲ 17×5 topics
  18. Tandem Mass Spectrometry8▲ 57×2 topics
  19. Phosphoproteomics8▲ 174×1 topic
  20. Protein Identification8▲ 174×1 topic
  21. Angiogenesis8▲ 8.6×11 topics
  22. Proteasome Inhibitors8▲ 40×2 topics
  23. Proteasome8▲ 78×1 topic
  24. Ubiquitin8▲ 78×1 topic
  25. Alternative Splicing8▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Innate Immunity8▲ 8.4×10 topics
  27. RNA-Binding Proteins8▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Immunity7▲ 6.4×9 topics
  29. Self-Assembly7▲ 7.6×7 topics
  30. Apoptosis7▲ 7.8×9 topics
  31. Transcriptional Regulation7▲ 15×8 topics
  32. Gene Expression Regulation6▲ 22×2 topics
  33. RNA methylation6▲ 26×1 topic
  34. m6A-seq6▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Genomics6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  36. Gene Regulation6▲ 24×4 topics
  37. Gene Therapy6▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Membrane Proteins6▲ 30×3 topics
  39. Stem Cells6▲ 8.2×10 topics
  40. Super-Resolution Imaging6▲ 65×2 topics

Which research topics does Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways.

Advanced Electron Micros…9Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 9 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…9RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Tech…8Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 8 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome…8Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways: 8 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 8 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Fluorescence Mi…5Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques: 5 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 5 fractional worksLipid Membrane Structure and Behavior: 4 fractional worksCellular Mechanics and Interactions: 4 fractional works
Structural BiologyMolecular BiologySpectroscopyBiophysics1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 9 works
  2. 2 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 9 works
  3. 3 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 8 works
  4. 4 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 8 works
  5. 5 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 8 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 6 works
  7. 7 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques Biophysics 5 works
  8. 8 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 5 works
  9. 9 Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior Molecular Biology 4 works
  10. 10 Cellular Mechanics and Interactions Cell Biology 4 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 available38.3%not open61.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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