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Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center

In research, Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,306 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,911 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,890
of 28,054 · #4,222 all time
Rank in Germany
#360
of 1,178
Research works
2.1k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
80k
38.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center 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 #5,306 of 10,443 22.4%66 #2509
Health SciencesDomain #6,911 of 11,982 22.0%70 #3387

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center 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).

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: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.29× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 12.35× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.67× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.88× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Johannes Gerdes, Sabine Rüsch–Gerdes and Stefan Niemann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center.

  1. 1 Johannes Gerdes Germany · #19,010 worldwide 925 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Sabine Rüsch–Gerdes Germany · #43,631 worldwide 296 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Stefan Niemann Germany · #44,755 worldwide 281 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Ulrich Zähringer Germany · #51,847 worldwide 313 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Buko Lindner Germany · #85,884 worldwide 197 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Elvira Richter Germany · #108,733 worldwide 140 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Christoph Lange Germany · #117,460 worldwide 292 citations · 103 works
  8. 8 Max Schlaak Germany · #141,395 worldwide 213 citations · 85 works
  9. 9 Klaus Brandenburg Germany · #151,966 worldwide 195 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Helmut Brade Germany · #183,926 worldwide 184 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center

Which keywords describe research at Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immune Response, Vaccine, Drug Resistance, Genetic Diversity and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 7.0×56 topics
  2. Diagnosis24▲ 20×21 topics
  3. Treatment24▲ 15×20 topics
  4. Immune Response15▲ 20×17 topics
  5. Vaccine14▲ 26×9 topics
  6. Drug Resistance13▲ 36×7 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity12▲ 22×2 topics
  8. Host-Pathogen Interaction12▲ 128×1 topic
  9. Mycobacterium tuberculosis12▲ 170×2 topics
  10. Tuberculosis12▲ 180×1 topic
  11. Inflammation10▲ 3.8×43 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance10▲ 20×10 topics
  13. Cystic Fibrosis7▲ 78×3 topics
  14. Crohn's Disease6▲ 64×2 topics
  15. Genomic Studies6▲ 74×2 topics
  16. Mycobacterium avium6▲ 147×1 topic
  17. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria6▲ 147×1 topic
  18. Vaccine Development5▲ 14×9 topics
  19. Disease Burden4▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.7×16 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.2×7 topics
  22. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 17×6 topics
  23. Management4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  24. Immunity3▲ 6.5×9 topics
  25. Pattern Recognition Receptors3▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Immune Regulation3▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Innate Immunity3▲ 7.7×7 topics
  28. Inflammatory Diseases3▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Pathogen Recognition3▲ 49×2 topics
  30. Toll-like Receptors3▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Global Epidemiology3▲ 52×2 topics
  32. Asthma3▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Helminth Infections3▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Schistosomiasis3▲ 82×1 topic
  35. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 10×6 topics
  36. Cytokine-Mediated Link3▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Innate Antiviral Responses3▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Abdominal Tuberculosis2▲ 102×1 topic
  39. Diagnostic Challenges2▲ 102×1 topic
  40. PCR Diagnosis2▲ 85×2 topics

Which research topics does Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Parasites and Host Interactions and Immune Response and Inflammation.

Tuberculosis Research an…12Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 12 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 6 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 3 fractional worksImmune Response and Inflammation: 3 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 2 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyParasitologyImmunology5 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 12 works
  2. 2 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 6 works
  3. 3 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 3 works
  4. 4 Immune Response and Inflammation Immunology 3 works
  5. 5 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 1 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.