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University Medical Center Freiburg

In research, University Medical Center Freiburg stands highest in Medicine (#551 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#642 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#496 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology, Genetics and Neurology — Hematology is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,341
of 28,054 · #1,067 all time
Rank in Germany
#67
of 1,178
Research works
19k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
467k
24.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is University Medical Center Freiburg 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 #551 of 10,443 15.5%1,418 #338
Health SciencesDomain #642 of 11,982 15.9%1,547 #358
Life SciencesDomain #496 of 7,800 19.5%507 #434
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #989 of 3,579 18.4%251 #592
SurgerySubfield #521 of 1,816 13.0%184 #305
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #366 of 1,144 12.6%154 #230
NeuroscienceField #471 of 1,168 19.5%136 #566
Molecular BiologySubfield #895 of 2,175 21.2%125 #729
Social SciencesDomain #4,342 of 10,521 22.8%154 #3037
Physical SciencesDomain #5,638 of 12,888 17.3%138 #4804

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Medical Center Freiburg 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. Medicine#338 #551
  2. Health Sciences#358 #642
  3. Life Sciences#434 #496
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#592 #989
  5. Surgery#305 #521
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#230 #366
  7. Neuroscience#566 #471
  8. Molecular Biology#729 #895
  9. Social Sciences#3,037 #4,342
  10. Physical Sciences#4,804 #5,638
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 University Medical Center Freiburg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 49.3 works6.9×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 40.2 works6.3×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 76.8 works5.7×
  4. HepatologySubfield · 25.4 works5.6×
  5. ImmunologySubfield · 82.6 works5.1×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.01× its world share, 251 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.10× its world share, 97 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.58× its world share, 136 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 69 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.05× its world share, 35 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 82 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.14× its world share, 1,418 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 78 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Medical Center Freiburg?

Ranked on the composite score, Harald Walach, K. Musshoff and Janbernd Kirschner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Medical Center Freiburg.

  1. 1 Harald Walach Germany · #4,900 worldwide 973 citations · 117 works
  2. 2 K. Musshoff Germany · #8,866 worldwide 802 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Janbernd Kirschner Germany · #24,331 worldwide 542 citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Joachim Müller–Quernheim Germany · #28,291 worldwide 255 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Wolfgang Kasper Germany · #28,373 worldwide 413 citations · 70 works
  6. 6 H. Just Germany · #29,208 worldwide 292 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Klaus Warnatz Germany · #33,421 worldwide 252 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Stefan Fichtner‐Feigl Germany · #34,180 worldwide 322 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Marcus Panning Germany · #47,257 worldwide 636 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Manfred Olschewski Germany · #47,847 worldwide 296 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at University Medical Center Freiburg

Which keywords describe research at University Medical Center Freiburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognostic Factors, Neurological Disorders and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology240▲ 2.6×124 topics
  2. Inflammation134▲ 2.7×79 topics
  3. Treatment87▲ 3.1×49 topics
  4. Diagnosis83▲ 3.8×39 topics
  5. Immunotherapy83▲ 5.0×18 topics
  6. Quality of Life81▲ 2.4×47 topics
  7. Management66▲ 3.6×28 topics
  8. Cancer66▲ 2.1×48 topics
  9. Chemotherapy65▲ 4.0×25 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors62▲ 6.0×14 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders61▲ 4.6×19 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress58▲ 1.52×51 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations55▲ 5.4×23 topics
  14. Surgical Management54▲ 5.5×20 topics
  15. Risk Factors53▲ 2.0×32 topics
  16. Radiotherapy49▲ 5.4×13 topics
  17. Clinical Trials49▲ 3.1×19 topics
  18. Genetics48▲ 3.0×22 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines44▲ 3.4×14 topics
  20. Angiogenesis36▲ 4.7×16 topics
  21. Immune Response36▲ 2.7×21 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment36▲ 3.4×8 topics
  23. Heart Failure35▲ 3.5×13 topics
  24. Thrombosis35▲ 5.3×7 topics
  25. Magnetic Resonance Imaging34▲ 5.7×8 topics
  26. Rehabilitation34▲ 3.7×13 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines32▲ 4.7×9 topics
  28. Surgery31▲ 3.7×12 topics
  29. Autoantibodies30▲ 5.4×8 topics
  30. Targeted Therapy28▲ 5.4×5 topics
  31. Rituximab28▲ 7.8×4 topics
  32. Health-related Quality of Life28▲ 5.0×6 topics
  33. Epilepsy25▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Immunosuppressive Therapy25▲ 5.8×8 topics
  35. Hearing Loss24▲ 9.0×4 topics
  36. Hematopoietic Stem Cells24▲ 12×3 topics
  37. TGF-ß24▲ 6.7×4 topics
  38. Molecular Classification24▲ 6.7×4 topics
  39. Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks24▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Anticoagulant Therapy23▲ 8.0×4 topics

Which research topics does University Medical Center Freiburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research.

Mechanical Circulatory S…15Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 15 fractional worksNeurosurgical Procedures…14Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications: 14 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 13 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 12 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 12 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 12 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Aut…12Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 12 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 12 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 11 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringNeurologyGeneticsHematology3 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  2. 2 Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications Neurology 14 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 14 works
  4. 4 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 13 works
  5. 5 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  6. 6 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 12 works
  7. 7 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 12 works
  8. 8 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 12 works
  9. 9 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 12 works
  10. 10 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 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 available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Medical Center Freiburg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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.

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