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MSB Medical School Berlin

In research, MSB Medical School Berlin stands highest in Psychology (#963 of 2,121 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,299 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,603 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology, Psychology and Social Psychology (Clinical Psychology is 11.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,642
of 22,385 · #8,903 all time
Rank in Germany
#249
of 795
Research works
790
▲ 69% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
MSB Medical School Berlin

What is MSB Medical School Berlin known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
PsychologyField #963 of 2,121 13.3%77 #1573
Health SciencesDomain #5,299 of 9,902 10.4%77 #4458
Social SciencesDomain #5,603 of 9,585 11.1%132 #9288

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where MSB Medical School Berlin 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Psychology#1,573 #963
  2. Health Sciences#4,458 #5,299
  3. Social Sciences#9,288 #5,603
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does MSB Medical School Berlin work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at MSB Medical School Berlin is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (30%), Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 158 fractional works · 52.0% of its workPsychology: 90 fractional works · 29.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 38 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 26 fractional works · 8.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 4.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 91 fractional works · 30.1% of its workMedicine: 72 fractional works · 23.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 41 fractional works · 13.6% of its workNeuroscience: 25 fractional works · 8.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMSB MedicalSchool Berlin303fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences52%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology9029.8%
    2. Social Sciences4414.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting144.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities61.9%
    5. Decision Sciences31.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    1. Medicine7223.6%
    2. Health Professions175.7%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    1. Neuroscience258.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology124.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering41.2%
    2. Computer Science31.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy20.6%
    4. Environmental Science10.5%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Mathematics10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does MSB Medical School Berlin specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 37.6 works12×
  2. PsychologyField · 90.2 works9.8×
  3. Social PsychologySubfield · 25.6 works9.6×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.09× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.18× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.23× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.40× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 9.77× its world share, 90 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 44 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology9.77×90 works
  2. Neuroscience5.09×25 works
  3. Health Professions2.18×17 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.40×14 works
  5. Medicine1.23×72 works
  6. Social Sciences1.15×44 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.08×3 works
  8. Dentistry0.95×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×3 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×12 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.67×6 works
  12. Nursing0.52×1 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.25×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.23×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.13×3 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.10×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.10×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  22. Engineering0.08×4 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works

Who are the top researchers at MSB Medical School Berlin?

Ranked on the quality score, Birgit Wagner, Lisa Marie Warner and Timo Lorenz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MSB Medical School Berlin.

  1. 1 Birgit Wagner Germany · #740,443 worldwide 5.7k citations · 248 works
  2. 2 Lisa Marie Warner Germany · #946,642 worldwide 6.7k citations · 171 works
  3. 3 Timo Lorenz Germany · #1,103,819 worldwide 978 citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Eva‐Marie Kessler Germany · #1,382,626 worldwide 1.9k citations · 100 works
  5. 5 Laura Hofmann Germany · #1,919,710 worldwide 410 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Anja Kühnel Germany · #2,716,029 worldwide 476 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Holger von der Lippe Germany · #2,849,764 worldwide 579 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Rebecca Gruzman Germany · #3,030,703 worldwide 129 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Sören Enge Germany · #3,096,062 worldwide 1.4k citations · 82 works
  10. 10 Robert Lehmann Germany · #3,339,307 worldwide 652 citations · 87 works
All ranked researchers at MSB Medical School Berlin

What are the most cited papers from MSB Medical School Berlin?

The most cited paper from MSB Medical School Berlin is "Frailty Consensus: A Call to Action" (John Edward Morley, Bruno J. Vellas, Gabor Abellán van Kan et al., 2013), with 4,166 citations. Next come "A practical guide to the selection of independent components of the electroencephalogram for artifact correction" (918) and "Stress-related and basic determinants of hair cortisol in humans: A meta-analysis" (871).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Frailty Consensus: A Call to Action John Edward Morley, Bruno J. Vellas, Gabor Abellán van Kan et al. · Journal of the American Medical Directors Association Open access Jun 2013 4,166
2 A practical guide to the selection of independent components of the electroencephalogram for artifact correction Maximilien Chaumon, Dorothy Bishop, Niko A. Busch · Journal of Neuroscience Methods 18 Mar 2015 918
3 Stress-related and basic determinants of hair cortisol in humans: A meta-analysis Tobias Stalder, Susann Steudte‐Schmiedgen, Nina Alexander et al. · Psychoneuroendocrinology Review 10 Jan 2017 871
4 Diverse stimuli engage different neutrophil extracellular trap pathways Elaine F. Kenny, Alf Herzig, Renate Krüger et al. · eLife Open access 2 Jun 2017 833
5 Widespread, hypoxia‐inducible expression of HIF‐2α in distinct cell populations of different organs Michael Sean Wiesener, Jan Steffen Jürgensen, Christian Rosenberger et al. · The FASEB Journal 17 Dec 2002 746
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at MSB Medical School Berlin?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Emotion Regulation, Depression, Anxiety, Leadership, Adolescents, Epidemiology and Psychopathology.

▲ 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-now 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. Mental Health30▲ 6.9×28 topics
  2. Epidemiology21▲ 1.74×65 topics
  3. Emotion Regulation20▲ 21×8 topics
  4. Depression18▲ 6.7×15 topics
  5. Anxiety13▲ 9.2×9 topics
  6. Leadership12▲ 8.3×11 topics
  7. Public Health12▲ 2.8×23 topics
  8. Adolescents11▲ 9.7×7 topics
  9. Risk Factors10▲ 3.1×19 topics
  10. Resilience10▲ 6.7×6 topics
  11. Psychopathology10▲ 18×3 topics
  12. Meta-Analysis9▲ 5.1×12 topics
  13. Treatment9▲ 2.5×22 topics
  14. Well-being9▲ 7.3×11 topics
  15. Mental Disorders9▲ 25×3 topics
  16. Self-Efficacy8▲ 9.9×6 topics
  17. Neurobiological Correlates8▲ 25×3 topics
  18. Psychological Impact8▲ 7.8×8 topics
  19. Personality Traits7▲ 18×7 topics
  20. Prevalence7▲ 5.7×8 topics
  21. Social Support7▲ 4.2×12 topics
  22. Neural Mechanisms7▲ 22×4 topics
  23. Workplace7▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Anxiety Disorders6▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Socioeconomic Status6▲ 41×3 topics
  26. Governance6▲ 6.4×3 topics
  27. Psychological Distress6▲ 8.4×5 topics
  28. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse6▲ 51×2 topics
  29. Emotional Regulation6▲ 78×2 topics
  30. Outcomes6▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Professional Development6▲ 9.1×2 topics
  32. Coaching6▲ 104×1 topic
  33. Psychodrama6▲ 97×1 topic
  34. Subjective Well-Being6▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Chronic Diseases6▲ 7.1×4 topics
  36. Developmental Trajectories5▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Organizational Change5▲ 22×5 topics
  38. Social Relationships5▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Children5▲ 7.3×5 topics
  40. Prefrontal Cortex5▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does MSB Medical School Berlin publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, Sociology and Education Studies and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior.

Psychology, Coaching, an…6Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 6 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders …5Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 5 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 4 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 4 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 4 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 4 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 3 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies3Health and Medical Studies: 3 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 3 fractional worksAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes: 3 fractional works
Social PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental healthSociology and Political ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 6 works
  2. 2 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  3. 3 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  5. 5 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  6. 6 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 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 available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has MSB Medical School Berlin's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 69% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is MSB Medical School Berlin as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%MSB Medical School Berlin0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of MSB Medical School Berlin over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025MSB Medical School Berlin9.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.1% in 2005.

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