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Philipps University of Marburg

In research, Philipps University of Marburg stands highest in Social Sciences (#516 of 10,521 worldwide), Medicine (#636 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#731 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Inorganic Chemistry and Cognitive Neuroscience — Classics is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#805
of 28,054 · #253 all time
Rank in Germany
#39
of 1,178
Research works
52k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2M
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Philipps University of Marburg 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 #516 of 10,521 17.3%1,737 #500
MedicineField #636 of 10,443 12.4%1,261 #322
Health SciencesDomain #731 of 11,982 12.7%1,441 #330
Physical SciencesDomain #1,071 of 12,888 14.7%979 #236
Life SciencesDomain #691 of 7,800 18.8%759 #270
Social SciencesField #586 of 6,365 19.2%741 #649
PsychologyField #282 of 2,181 23.6%330 #427
ChemistryField #192 of 1,330 14.7%220 #49
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #593 of 3,579 18.8%343 #225
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #434 of 2,578 20.7%327 #410

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Philipps University of Marburg 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#500 #516
  2. Medicine#322 #636
  3. Health Sciences#330 #731
  4. Physical Sciences#236 #1,071
  5. Life Sciences#270 #691
  6. Social Sciences#649 #586
  7. Psychology#427 #282
  8. Chemistry#49 #192
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#225 #593
  10. Sociology and Political Science#410 #434
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 Philipps University of Marburg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 23.2 works7.9×
  2. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 60.3 works4.9×
  3. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 145.8 works4.1×
  4. HistorySubfield · 61.5 works3.9×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 101 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 344 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 52 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.92× its world share, 233 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.68× its world share, 29 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.85× its world share, 220 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 151 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 208 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 126 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 100 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.93× its world share, 54 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 79 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.25× its world share, 30 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 141 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 1,261 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.81× its world share, 398 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 164 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 79 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.20× its world share, 330 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 741 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Philipps University of Marburg?

Ranked on the composite score, Hans‐Dieter Klenk, Bernhard Seeger and Miguel Beato lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Philipps University of Marburg.

  1. 1 Hans‐Dieter Klenk Germany · #5,989 worldwide 1.3k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Bernhard Seeger Germany · #7,729 worldwide 1k citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Miguel Beato Germany · #8,472 worldwide 749 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Wolfgang J. Parak Germany · #11,883 worldwide 1.3k citations · 84 works
  5. 5 Rudolf K. Thauer Germany · #13,850 worldwide 988 citations · 83 works
  6. 6 Markus Luster Germany · #21,726 worldwide 407 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Siegfried Großmann Germany · #21,779 worldwide 647 citations · 77 works
  8. 8 H. Bäßler Germany · #21,930 worldwide 1.6k citations · 110 works
  9. 9 Wolfgang H. Oertel Germany · #22,340 worldwide 709 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Stephan Becker Germany · #23,045 worldwide 1.2k citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Philipps University of Marburg

Which keywords describe research at Philipps University of Marburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Identity, Epidemiology, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben and Emotion Regulation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology231▲ 1.19×122 topics
  2. Gender130▲ 4.9×35 topics
  3. Identity125▲ 3.5×45 topics
  4. Inflammation115◆ 1.13×79 topics
  5. Quality of Life112▲ 1.59×47 topics
  6. Governance103▲ 6.4×15 topics
  7. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse86▲ 43×2 topics
  8. Depression85▲ 1.97×22 topics
  9. History83▲ 2.4×41 topics
  10. Human Rights79▲ 1.56×47 topics
  11. Emotion Regulation78▲ 5.1×9 topics
  12. Diagnosis77▲ 1.68×39 topics
  13. Catalysis74▲ 2.3×25 topics
  14. Nationalism70▲ 3.1×24 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders67▲ 2.4×19 topics
  16. Bildungsungleichheit65▲ 45×1 topic
  17. Ethnografisches Schreiben65▲ 45×1 topic
  18. Literature62▲ 2.3×33 topics
  19. Migration58▲ 3.5×21 topics
  20. Learning51▲ 3.5×5 topics
  21. Memory50▲ 4.2×15 topics
  22. Neurobiology49▲ 3.9×9 topics
  23. Circadian Rhythms48▲ 9.6×2 topics
  24. Bildung42▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Chemistry41▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Cultural History38▲ 6.3×8 topics
  27. Organometallic Chemistry37▲ 17×5 topics
  28. Thermodynamics36▲ 21×3 topics
  29. Occupation36▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Epidemiological Study36▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Autorschaft35▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Literaturkritik35▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Physiology35▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Healthcare Utilization35▲ 8.9×3 topics
  35. Anaesthesia34▲ 88×1 topic
  36. Medical Gases34▲ 88×1 topic
  37. Socioeconomic Status34▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Social History34▲ 8.2×5 topics
  39. Art33▲ 7.8×8 topics
  40. Sexuality32▲ 9.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Philipps University of Marburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, Biomedical and Chemical Research and Health and Medical Studies.

Sociology and Education …65Sociology and Education Studies: 65 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 35 fractional worksBiomedical and Chemical …34Biomedical and Chemical Research: 34 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 31 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Research: 29 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 28 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, an…27Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 27 fractional worksSynthesis and characteri…23Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds: 23 fractional worksMental Health Research T…22Mental Health Research Topics: 22 fractional worksEducation Methods and Te…21Education Methods and Technologies: 21 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheorySurgeryGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 65 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 35 works
  3. 3 Biomedical and Chemical Research Surgery 34 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 31 works
  5. 5 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 29 works
  6. 6 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 28 works
  7. 7 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 27 works
  8. 8 Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds Inorganic Chemistry 23 works
  9. 9 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 22 works
  10. 10 Education Methods and Technologies Education 21 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 available23.5%not open76.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Philipps University of Marburg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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