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Sartorius (Germany)

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World rank, all time
#25,653
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,239
of 1,603
Research works
255
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Sartorius (Germany)

Which fields of science does Sartorius (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Sartorius (Germany) is in Life Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (44%), Engineering (20%), Medicine (11%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 35 fractional works · 48.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 44.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 34.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 38.3% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 20.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 11.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 10.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSartorius(Germany)72fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences48%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3244.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering1520.5%
    2. Chemistry56.4%
    3. Environmental Science44.8%
    4. Computer Science22.5%
    5. Materials Science11.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    8. Energy00.4%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Medicine810.5%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences11.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sartorius (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 25.2 works12×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 32.1 works8.3×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.30× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.46× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.06× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.37× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.30×32 works
  2. Chemistry4.06×5 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.46×2 works
  4. Engineering1.37×15 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.32×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.28×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.97×4 works
  8. Veterinary0.68×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.62×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.55×0 works
  11. Medicine0.55×8 works
  12. Materials Science0.47×1 works
  13. Energy0.46×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.33×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.33×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sartorius (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Christoph Zehe, Piergiuseppe Nestola and Julia Niemann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sartorius (Germany).

  1. 1 Christoph Zehe Germany · #1,784,222 worldwide 1.4k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Piergiuseppe Nestola Germany · #1,873,921 worldwide 451 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Julia Niemann Germany · #2,008,449 worldwide 398 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Jonas Austerjost Germany · #2,282,714 worldwide 320 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Armin Hauk Germany · #2,416,836 worldwide 2.3k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Rafael Machleid Germany · #3,365,574 worldwide 161 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Karl B. Pflanz Germany · #3,503,464 worldwide 348 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Alexander Tappe Germany · #3,513,706 worldwide 233 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Franziska Bollmann Germany · #3,638,492 worldwide 243 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Martin Saballus Germany · #3,667,909 worldwide 364 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Sartorius (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Sartorius (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Sartorius (Germany) is "Single-use disposable technologies for biopharmaceutical manufacturing" (Abhinav A Shukla, Uwe Gottschalk, 2012), with 263 citations. Next come "Bioseparation in Antibody Manufacturing: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" (189) and "Reduced astrocytic NF-κB activation by laquinimod protects from cuprizone-induced demyelination" (176).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Single-use disposable technologies for biopharmaceutical manufacturing Abhinav A Shukla, Uwe Gottschalk · Trends in biotechnology Review 21 Nov 2012 263
2 Bioseparation in Antibody Manufacturing: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Uwe Gottschalk · Biotechnology Progress Open access 29 Apr 2008 189
3 Reduced astrocytic NF-κB activation by laquinimod protects from cuprizone-induced demyelination Wolfgang Brück, Ramona Pförtner, Trinh Pham et al. · Acta Neuropathologica Open access 5 Jul 2012 176
4 Neutral proteinases of human spleen. Purification and criteria for homogeneity of elastase and cathepsin G P M Starkey, A. John Barrett · Biochemical Journal Open access May 1976 161
5 Membrane formation via non-solvent induced phase separation using sustainable solvents: A comparative study Catharina Kahrs, Jan Schwellenbach · Polymer 7 Dec 2019 160
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sartorius (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Glycosylation, Cell Culture, Mammalian Cells, Recombinant Protein, Monoclonal Antibodies, Therapeutic Antibodies, Biopharmaceuticals and Recombinant Proteins.

▲ 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-now 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. Glycosylation16▲ 204×2 topics
  2. Cell Culture16▲ 184×3 topics
  3. Mammalian Cells13▲ 806×1 topic
  4. Recombinant Protein13▲ 806×1 topic
  5. Monoclonal Antibodies11▲ 163×3 topics
  6. Therapeutic Antibodies10▲ 207×2 topics
  7. Biopharmaceuticals8▲ 217×3 topics
  8. Recombinant Proteins8▲ 347×2 topics
  9. Immunogenicity8▲ 248×2 topics
  10. Protein Aggregation8▲ 196×1 topic
  11. Stability8▲ 47×1 topic
  12. Gene Therapy5▲ 38×4 topics
  13. Lab-on-a-Chip4▲ 45×3 topics
  14. Machine Learning4▲ 1.61×7 topics
  15. AAV4▲ 126×1 topic
  16. Viral Vectors4▲ 126×1 topic
  17. Antibody Engineering3▲ 73×1 topic
  18. Fc Receptors3▲ 73×1 topic
  19. Microfluidic Devices3▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Machine Vision3▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Microfluidics3▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Fault Detection2▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Process Monitoring2▲ 37×1 topic
  24. Regenerative Medicine2▲ 13×5 topics
  25. Tissue Engineering2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  26. Hydrogels2▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Multivariate Calibration2▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy2▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Bioinks2▲ 49×1 topic
  30. Bioprinting2▲ 49×1 topic
  31. Point-of-Care Diagnostics2▲ 35×2 topics
  32. Infection2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Acoustic Manipulation2▲ 93×1 topic
  34. Particle Separation2▲ 93×1 topic
  35. 3D Printing2▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Biomedical Research2▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Poly(dimethylsiloxane)2▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Tumor Regression2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Vaccine2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  40. Liquid Chromatography2▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Sartorius (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects, Protein purification and stability, Virus-based gene therapy research and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Viral Infectious Disease…13Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 13 fractional worksProtein purification and stability: 8 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 4 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 3 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 2 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 2 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies: 2 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications: 2 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyGeneticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingControl and Systems Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 13 works
  2. 2 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 8 works
  3. 3 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 4 works
  4. 4 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  5. 5 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 2 works
  7. 7 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.8%domestic only75.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sartorius (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sartorius (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Sartorius (Germany)0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sartorius (Germany) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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