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Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany)

In research, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany) stands highest in Medicine (#3,146 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,353 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,346 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,993
of 28,054 · #3,032 all time
Rank in Germany
#216
of 1,178
Research works
3.8k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
98k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany) 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
MedicineField #3,146 of 10,443 18.6%208 #1654
Life SciencesDomain #2,353 of 7,800 23.0%138 #2439
Health SciencesDomain #4,346 of 11,982 19.1%220 #2176
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,666 of 3,579 24.0%91 #2172
Physical SciencesDomain #6,335 of 12,888 17.2%141 #3143
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,713 of 2,175 22.4%65 #1898

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany) 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. Medicine#1,654 #3,146
  2. Life Sciences#2,439 #2,353
  3. Health Sciences#2,176 #4,346
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,172 #1,666
  5. Physical Sciences#3,143 #6,335
  6. Molecular Biology#1,898 #1,713
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 Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 40.1 works6.7×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.19× its world share, 91 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.92× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.55× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.22× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 58 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.17× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.04× its world share, 208 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.31× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany)?

Ranked on the composite score, Kevin M. Chin, Christopher Stroh and Roland Kellner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany).

  1. 1 Kevin M. Chin Germany · #152,998 worldwide 247 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Christopher Stroh Germany · #172,933 worldwide 162 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Roland Kellner Germany · #184,231 worldwide 210 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 P. Koralewski Germany · #191,213 worldwide 187 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Siegfried Neumann Germany · #246,459 worldwide 11 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Rolf Bruns Germany · #307,064 worldwide 122 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Patrice Verpillat Germany · #329,658 worldwide 85 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Anja von Heydebreck Germany · #340,375 worldwide 86 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Nikolai V. Ignat’ev Germany · #364,355 worldwide 98 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Stephan Fischer Germany · #372,551 worldwide 90 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany)

Which keywords describe research at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Monoclonal Antibodies, Glycosylation, Therapeutic Antibodies, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Molecular Characterization and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy34▲ 9.1×16 topics
  2. Monoclonal Antibodies26▲ 54×3 topics
  3. Glycosylation24▲ 41×3 topics
  4. Immunotherapy24▲ 6.3×15 topics
  5. Therapeutic Antibodies22▲ 61×2 topics
  6. Targeted Therapy20▲ 17×5 topics
  7. Cancer20▲ 2.8×37 topics
  8. Clinical Trials18▲ 5.0×9 topics
  9. Molecular Characterization17▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors16▲ 7.0×9 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment16▲ 6.6×7 topics
  12. Cancer Therapy15▲ 4.8×15 topics
  13. Monoclonal Antibody14▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Antibody Engineering14▲ 47×1 topic
  15. Fc Receptors14▲ 47×1 topic
  16. Biopharmaceuticals13▲ 48×3 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy13▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Medicinal Chemistry13▲ 8.7×9 topics
  19. Guidelines12▲ 4.9×5 topics
  20. Immunogenicity12▲ 53×2 topics
  21. Cell Culture11▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Resistance Mechanisms11▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Bladder Cancer11▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Urothelial Carcinoma11▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Genomic Profiling10▲ 19×2 topics
  26. ALK Inhibitors10▲ 31×1 topic
  27. EGFR Mutations10▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Treatment Guidelines10▲ 9.0×2 topics
  29. Recombinant Proteins10▲ 60×2 topics
  30. Genomic Instability10▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Metastatic10▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Protein Aggregation9▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Stability9▲ 7.4×2 topics
  34. Chromatography9▲ 112×1 topic
  35. Refolding9▲ 112×1 topic
  36. Pharmacokinetics9▲ 6.3×5 topics
  37. Biopharmaceutical Production8▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Mammalian Cells8▲ 64×1 topic
  39. Recombinant Protein8▲ 64×1 topic
  40. PET Imaging8▲ 8.6×5 topics

Which research topics does Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Protein purification and stability.

Monoclonal and Polyclona…14Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 14 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…11Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 11 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…10Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 10 fractional worksProtein purification and…9Protein purification and stability: 9 fractional worksViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 8 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 8 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…7Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 7 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 6 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…6Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 6 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 14 works
  2. 2 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 11 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 9 works
  5. 5 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 8 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 7 works
  8. 8 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 6 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.9%domestic only66.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher 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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