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Robert Koch Institute

In research, Robert Koch Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,587 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,983 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,242 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 14.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,511
of 28,054 · #1,826 all time
Rank in Germany
#165
of 1,178
Research works
6.4k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
191k
30.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Robert Koch Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,587 of 7,800 23.2%160 #856
Health SciencesDomain #2,983 of 11,982 20.1%431 #1161
MedicineField #3,242 of 10,443 21.3%305 #1372
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,432 of 3,579 24.5%85 #811
Health ProfessionsField #931 of 1,928 16.9%117 #443
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #461 of 916 14.8%100 #102
Social SciencesDomain #5,768 of 10,521 22.5%139 #3140
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #200 of 345 25.3%78 #118
EpidemiologySubfield #566 of 976 23.5%72 #330
Physical SciencesDomain #7,679 of 12,888 22.4%76 #8184

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Robert Koch Institute 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. Life Sciences#856 #1,587
  2. Health Sciences#1,161 #2,983
  3. Medicine#1,372 #3,242
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#811 #1,432
  5. Health Professions#443 #931
  6. General Health Professions#102 #461
  7. Social Sciences#3,140 #5,768
  8. Infectious Diseases#118 #200
  9. Epidemiology#330 #566
  10. Physical Sciences#8,184 #7,679
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 Robert Koch Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 77.9 works14×
← 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: 0.65× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.97× its world share, 85 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.56× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.90× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.51× its world share, 117 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.97× its world share, 305 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.68× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 50 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 59 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Robert Koch Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Gert Mensink, Guido Werner and Peter Lasch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Robert Koch Institute.

  1. 1 Gert Mensink Germany · #13,084 worldwide 864 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Guido Werner Germany · #30,423 worldwide 406 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Peter Lasch Germany · #38,054 worldwide 263 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Wolfgang Witte Germany · #76,163 worldwide 232 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Christina Frank Germany · #78,520 worldwide 243 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Dieter Naumann Germany · #91,223 worldwide 237 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Georg Pauli Germany · #101,900 worldwide 115 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Ole Wichmann Germany · #102,903 worldwide 192 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Hannelore Neuhauser Germany · #114,731 worldwide 135 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Max Hartmann Germany · #131,333 worldwide 143 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Robert Koch Institute

Which keywords describe research at Robert Koch Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Healthcare Utilization, Chronic Diseases, Socioeconomic Status, Epidemiological Study, Data Collection and Germany.

▲ 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. Epidemiology172▲ 5.4×96 topics
  2. Public Health145▲ 12×39 topics
  3. Healthcare Utilization64▲ 100×2 topics
  4. Chronic Diseases61▲ 30×6 topics
  5. COVID-1960▲ 5.5×19 topics
  6. Socioeconomic Status58▲ 137×2 topics
  7. Epidemiological Study58▲ 107×3 topics
  8. Data Collection58▲ 251×2 topics
  9. Germany57▲ 354×1 topic
  10. Health Surveys57▲ 354×1 topic
  11. Vaccine56▲ 17×10 topics
  12. Pathogenesis53▲ 13×20 topics
  13. Pandemic51▲ 5.9×8 topics
  14. Immune Response45▲ 9.8×15 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases44▲ 17×8 topics
  16. Mental Health43▲ 3.6×21 topics
  17. SARS-CoV-235▲ 13×6 topics
  18. Depression30▲ 4.2×13 topics
  19. Vaccine Development27▲ 13×10 topics
  20. Antibiotic Resistance26▲ 8.5×12 topics
  21. Healthcare Workers24▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Health Disparities23▲ 11×8 topics
  23. ACE2 Receptor22▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Anxiety22▲ 5.6×8 topics
  25. Infection22▲ 11×9 topics
  26. Viral Transmission21▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Psychological Distress20▲ 9.8×3 topics
  28. Primary Care19▲ 6.4×10 topics
  29. Antimicrobial Resistance18▲ 12×9 topics
  30. Public Health Interventions18▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Coronavirus18▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Psychological Impact18▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Health Equity17▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Modeling17▲ 8.3×2 topics
  35. Quarantine17▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Social Isolation17▲ 10×1 topic
  37. Virulence Factors17▲ 14×8 topics
  38. Social Distancing16▲ 15×1 topic
  39. transmission dynamics16▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Genomic Analysis16▲ 8.1×8 topics

Which research topics does Robert Koch Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Medical Studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Health and Medical Studies57Health and Medical Studies: 57 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 17 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 16 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 15 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 13 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…10Respiratory viral infections research: 10 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 10 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 9 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 9 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 8 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsClinical PsychologyModeling and SimulationInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 57 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 17 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 16 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 15 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 13 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 10 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 10 works
  8. 8 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 9 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 9 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomes Health 8 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Robert Koch Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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