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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

In research, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,118 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 15.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,048
of 28,054 · #1,189 all time
Rank in Germany
#219
of 1,178
Research works
6k
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
261k
43.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,118 of 7,800 26.6%79 #422

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 15.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 43.1 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.61× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 15.30× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.87× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 15.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Bertram Müller‐Myhsok, Susanne Lucae and Karl‐Martin Pirke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry.

  1. 1 Bertram Müller‐Myhsok Germany · #11,796 worldwide 922 citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Susanne Lucae Germany · #33,932 worldwide 459 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Karl‐Martin Pirke Germany · #34,209 worldwide 780 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Christoph W. Turck Germany · #47,445 worldwide 357 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Elisabeth B. Binder Germany · #53,199 worldwide 672 citations · 110 works
  6. 6 Albert Herz Germany · #57,403 worldwide 356 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Marianne B. Müller Germany · #75,901 worldwide 133 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 A. Herz Germany · #79,453 worldwide 576 citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Carsten T. Wotjak Germany · #83,420 worldwide 305 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Detlev Ploog Germany · #85,338 worldwide 191 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

Which keywords describe research at Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Neurobiology, Stress, Hippocampus, Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation, Immune System and Adaptation.

▲ 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. Depression28▲ 18×16 topics
  2. Neurobiology18▲ 40×8 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress13▲ 4.7×20 topics
  4. Stress13▲ 20×6 topics
  5. Hippocampus11▲ 104×2 topics
  6. Neuroinflammation10▲ 21×4 topics
  7. Immune System10▲ 24×7 topics
  8. Adaptation10▲ 20×3 topics
  9. Cytokines10▲ 20×4 topics
  10. Brain10▲ 140×1 topic
  11. Cortisol10▲ 140×1 topic
  12. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 6.6×11 topics
  13. Microglia9▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Emotion Regulation9▲ 17×8 topics
  15. Schizophrenia8▲ 45×4 topics
  16. Immune Activation8▲ 58×2 topics
  17. Maternal Immune Activation8▲ 85×1 topic
  18. Tryptophan Metabolism8▲ 85×1 topic
  19. Psychopathology7▲ 24×3 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders7▲ 6.9×14 topics
  21. Genetics6▲ 5.3×11 topics
  22. Gene Expression6▲ 5.9×12 topics
  23. Anxiety6▲ 7.3×9 topics
  24. Adolescents6▲ 8.5×7 topics
  25. Anxiety Disorders6▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Mental Disorders6▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Memory5▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Brain Development5▲ 16×6 topics
  29. Synaptic Plasticity5▲ 13×5 topics
  30. DNA Methylation4▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Social Behavior4▲ 45×3 topics
  32. Epigenetic Reprogramming4▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Functional Connectivity4▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Neuropeptides4▲ 62×2 topics
  35. Social Cognition4▲ 15×6 topics
  36. Cancer Epigenetics4▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Empathy4▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Histone Modification4▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Neuroimaging4▲ 9.0×6 topics
  40. Attachment4▲ 27×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Stress Responses and Cortisol, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Stress Responses and Cor…10Stress Responses and Cortisol: 10 fractional worksTryptophan and brain disorders: 8 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 4 fractional worksNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior: 4 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 4 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 4 fractional worksBirth, Development, and …4Birth, Development, and Health: 4 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 3 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 3 fractional worksTreatment of Major Depression: 3 fractional works
Behavioral NeuroscienceBiological PsychiatryMolecular BiologySocial Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 10 works
  2. 2 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 8 works
  3. 3 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior Social Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  7. 7 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  8. 8 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 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 available17.7%not open82.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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