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MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University

In research, MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#2,393 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,935 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,663 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology — Cognitive Neuroscience is 12.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,842
of 28,054 · #8,335 all time
Rank in Germany
#208
of 1,178
Research works
1.4k
▲ 115% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University 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 #2,393 of 10,443 27.4%142 #3474
Health SciencesDomain #2,935 of 11,982 25.5%181 #4359
Life SciencesDomain #2,663 of 7,800 17.4%122 #4805
Social SciencesDomain #3,758 of 10,521 20.1%206 #4757
PsychologyField #1,444 of 2,181 21.4%117 #1726
NeuroscienceField #906 of 1,168 17.8%65 #2234

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University 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#3,474 #2,393
  2. Health Sciences#4,359 #2,935
  3. Life Sciences#4,805 #2,663
  4. Social Sciences#4,757 #3,758
  5. Psychology#1,726 #1,444
  6. Neuroscience#2,234 #906
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 MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 12.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 50.2 works12×
  2. Social PsychologySubfield · 42.1 works8.7×
  3. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 20.4 works7.8×
  4. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 43.3 works7.5×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 7.27× its world share, 65 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.86× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.44× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.34× its world share, 142 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.91× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.98× its world share, 117 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 59 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Insa Sjurts, Erich Kasten and Stephan Weichert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University.

  1. 1 Insa Sjurts Germany · #268,893 worldwide 11 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Erich Kasten Germany · #520,039 worldwide 44 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Stephan Weichert Germany · #560,025 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Dietmar J. Wetzel Germany · #626,351 worldwide 6 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Tilo Strobach Germany · #651,717 worldwide 60 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Erich Hesse Germany · #740,664 worldwide 19 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Karsten Hollander Germany · #745,423 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Henning Budde Germany · #1,006,542 worldwide 27 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Thomas Schnell Germany · #1,354,215 worldwide 14 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University

Which keywords describe research at MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Emotion Regulation, Mental Health, Genetic Influences, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Brain Lateralization, Handedness 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 Health34▲ 4.3×29 topics
  2. Epidemiology32▲ 1.44×75 topics
  3. Emotion Regulation29▲ 17×9 topics
  4. Genetic Influences22▲ 86×3 topics
  5. Public Health21▲ 2.7×22 topics
  6. Cognitive Neuroscience21▲ 123×2 topics
  7. Neurodevelopmental Disorders21▲ 29×5 topics
  8. Brain Lateralization20▲ 710×1 topic
  9. Handedness20▲ 710×1 topic
  10. Depression20▲ 4.1×20 topics
  11. Risk Factors17▲ 2.7×24 topics
  12. Well-being16▲ 7.4×12 topics
  13. Self-Efficacy14▲ 9.6×6 topics
  14. Outcomes13▲ 30×2 topics
  15. Professional Development13▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Workplace13▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Emotional Regulation13▲ 103×2 topics
  18. Anxiety13▲ 5.0×12 topics
  19. Coaching13▲ 134×1 topic
  20. Psychodrama13▲ 125×1 topic
  21. Supervision13▲ 74×2 topics
  22. Resilience12▲ 4.6×9 topics
  23. Neural Mechanisms12▲ 23×4 topics
  24. Prevalence11▲ 5.0×12 topics
  25. Neurobiology11▲ 7.7×9 topics
  26. Psychopathology11▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Adolescents10▲ 5.0×9 topics
  28. Food Authentication10▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Rehabilitation10▲ 4.5×11 topics
  30. Mental Disorders9▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Social Cognition9▲ 10×6 topics
  32. Prefrontal Cortex9▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Cognitive Control8▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Neurobiological Correlates8▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Neuroimaging Studies8▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Anxiety Disorders8▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse8▲ 35×2 topics
  38. DNA Barcoding8▲ 8.7×2 topics
  39. Executive Functions8▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Personality Traits8▲ 10×6 topics

Which research topics does MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience, Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies and Identification and Quantification in Food.

Hemispheric Asymmetry in…20Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience: 20 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, an…13Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 13 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Ps…7Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 7 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 7 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 6 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies5Health and Medical Studies: 5 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 5 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 5 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 4 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceSocial PsychologyMolecular BiologySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience 20 works
  2. 2 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 13 works
  3. 3 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
  4. 4 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 7 works
  5. 5 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 5 works
  7. 7 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 works
  8. 8 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.8%domestic only78.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 115% 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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