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Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center

In research, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,115 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,308 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 19.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,427
of 28,054 · #10,698 all time
Rank in Germany
#417
of 1,178
Research works
633
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
28.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Universities of Giessen and Marburg 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 #4,115 of 10,443 28.7%94 #4515
Health SciencesDomain #5,308 of 11,982 28.6%97 #6043

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universities of Giessen and Marburg 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).

What does Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 19.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 43.4 works19×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.86× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.34× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.33× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.37× its world share, 94 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, Susanne Herold and Henning Gall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center.

  1. 1 Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani Germany · #172,375 worldwide 442 citations · 165 works
  2. 2 Susanne Herold Germany · #225,629 worldwide 130 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Henning Gall Germany · #383,017 worldwide 56 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Manuel J. Richter Germany · #516,458 worldwide 42 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Chrysanthi Skevaki Germany · #628,916 worldwide 57 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Wilhelm Bertrams Germany · #1,076,554 worldwide 36 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 István Vadász Germany · #1,155,563 worldwide 35 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Andreas Guenther Germany · #1,294,783 worldwide 7 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Djuro Kosanovic Germany · #1,300,899 worldwide 41 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Ekaterina Krauss Germany · #1,374,390 worldwide 8 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center

Which keywords describe research at Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pulmonary Hypertension, Echocardiography, Endothelial Dysfunction, Treatment Guidelines, Chronic Kidney Disease, Right Heart Assessment, Survival Prediction and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Pulmonary Hypertension21▲ 101×3 topics
  2. Echocardiography17▲ 43×5 topics
  3. Endothelial Dysfunction15▲ 45×7 topics
  4. Treatment Guidelines14▲ 46×3 topics
  5. Chronic Kidney Disease14▲ 40×7 topics
  6. Inflammation14▲ 4.5×53 topics
  7. Right Heart Assessment14▲ 234×1 topic
  8. Survival Prediction14▲ 234×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology12▲ 2.1×53 topics
  10. Cancer10▲ 4.9×35 topics
  11. Diagnosis9▲ 6.7×20 topics
  12. Fibrosis8▲ 28×6 topics
  13. Preterm Infants7▲ 41×3 topics
  14. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia7▲ 73×1 topic
  15. Lung Stem Cells7▲ 81×1 topic
  16. Heart Failure7▲ 11×10 topics
  17. Management7▲ 6.0×12 topics
  18. TGF-ß6▲ 29×3 topics
  19. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition6▲ 45×3 topics
  20. Global Burden6▲ 7.8×7 topics
  21. Interstitial Lung Disease6▲ 66×2 topics
  22. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis6▲ 89×1 topic
  23. Myofibroblast6▲ 89×1 topic
  24. Respiratory6▲ 43×2 topics
  25. Treatment6▲ 3.3×21 topics
  26. Obesity5▲ 4.8×11 topics
  27. COPD5▲ 54×1 topic
  28. spirometry5▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Immunity5▲ 8.7×8 topics
  30. Mechanical Ventilation4▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Metabolism4▲ 5.6×11 topics
  32. Acute Lung Injury4▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome4▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Cancer Progression4▲ 15×6 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 8.0×4 topics
  36. Apoptosis3▲ 7.5×14 topics
  37. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Chamber Quantification3▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Diastolic Function3▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Gene Expression Regulation3▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research.

Pulmonary Hypertension R…14Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 14 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…7Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 7 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…6Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 6 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 5 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …3Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 3 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 3 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 2 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineMolecular BiologySurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 2 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 available50.2%not open49.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.7%domestic only63.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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