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MSB Medical School Berlin

In research, MSB Medical School Berlin stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,100 of 10,521 worldwide), Psychology (#654 of 2,181 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,011 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology, Psychology and Social Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,034
of 28,054 · #13,814 all time
Rank in Germany
#442
of 1,178
Research works
790
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is MSB Medical School Berlin 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,100 of 10,521 24.6%132 #4677
PsychologyField #654 of 2,181 26.4%77 #1321
Health SciencesDomain #10,011 of 11,982 16.3%77 #9310

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 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. Social Sciences#4,677 #3,100
  2. Psychology#1,321 #654
  3. Health Sciences#9,310 #10,011
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 MSB Medical School Berlin specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 31.9 works12×
  2. PsychologyField · 76.5 works9.8×
  3. Social PsychologySubfield · 21.6 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.18× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.39× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.29× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 9.83× its world share, 76 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 38 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.

Who are the top researchers at MSB Medical School Berlin?

Ranked on the composite score, Birgit Wagner, Lea s. and Lisa M. Warner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MSB Medical School Berlin.

  1. 1 Birgit Wagner Germany · #234,472 worldwide 102 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Lea s. Germany · #469,163 worldwide 15 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Lisa M. Warner Germany · #821,630 worldwide 44 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Sebastian Wolf Germany · #838,356 worldwide 2 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at MSB Medical School Berlin

Which keywords describe research at MSB Medical School Berlin?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Emotion Regulation, Depression, Anxiety, Adolescents, Leadership, Psychopathology and Well-being.

▲ 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. Mental Health26▲ 6.9×28 topics
  2. Emotion Regulation18▲ 22×8 topics
  3. Epidemiology17▲ 1.68×59 topics
  4. Depression14▲ 6.3×15 topics
  5. Public Health12▲ 3.2×23 topics
  6. Anxiety11▲ 9.0×8 topics
  7. Adolescents10▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Leadership10▲ 8.3×10 topics
  9. Risk Factors10▲ 3.4×19 topics
  10. Meta-Analysis9▲ 5.8×12 topics
  11. Resilience8▲ 6.9×6 topics
  12. Treatment8▲ 2.6×21 topics
  13. Psychopathology8▲ 17×3 topics
  14. Well-being8▲ 8.2×11 topics
  15. Mental Disorders7▲ 23×3 topics
  16. Psychological Impact7▲ 8.0×7 topics
  17. Neurobiological Correlates6▲ 26×3 topics
  18. Self-Efficacy6▲ 8.9×5 topics
  19. Socioeconomic Status6▲ 45×3 topics
  20. Anxiety Disorders6▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Personality Traits6▲ 17×7 topics
  22. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse6▲ 56×2 topics
  23. Prevalence6▲ 5.5×8 topics
  24. Chronic Diseases6▲ 8.3×4 topics
  25. Governance6▲ 6.5×3 topics
  26. Workplace5▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Subjective Well-Being5▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Developmental Trajectories5▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Neural Mechanisms5▲ 21×4 topics
  30. Psychological Distress5▲ 7.7×5 topics
  31. Social Relationships5▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Children5▲ 7.7×5 topics
  33. Interoception5▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Somatic Symptoms5▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Emotional Regulation4▲ 76×2 topics
  36. Outcomes4▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Professional Development4▲ 8.9×2 topics
  38. Emotion4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  39. Coaching4▲ 100×1 topic
  40. Psychodrama4▲ 93×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Sociology and Education Studies and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies.

Psychosomatic Disorders …5Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 5 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, an…4Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 4 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 4 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…4Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 4 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…4Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 4 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 3 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 3 fractional worksBehavioral Health and In…3Behavioral Health and Interventions: 3 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 3 fractional worksAging and Gerontology Research: 3 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthSocial PsychologySociology and Political ScienceClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  2. 2 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  6. 6 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  8. 8 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% 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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