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University of Bonn

In research, University of Bonn stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#68 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#299 of 12,888 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#197 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Mathematical Physics — Classics is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#280
of 28,054 · #156 all time
Rank in Germany
#13
of 1,178
Research works
70k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8M
26.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is University of Bonn 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #68 of 3,409 38.8%551 #72
Physical SciencesDomain #299 of 12,888 23.6%2,490 #140
Life SciencesDomain #197 of 7,800 30.2%1,379 #159
Social SciencesDomain #355 of 10,521 18.6%2,091 #276
Plant ScienceSubfield #65 of 1,395 44.9%238 #89
Social SciencesField #369 of 6,365 19.5%996 #396
Computer ScienceField #277 of 4,667 20.6%471 #103
MathematicsField #66 of 1,053 21.6%290 #49
Environmental ScienceField #251 of 3,551 28.3%404 #202
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #272 of 3,579 23.2%563 #174

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Bonn 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#72 #68
  2. Physical Sciences#140 #299
  3. Life Sciences#159 #197
  4. Social Sciences#276 #355
  5. Plant Science#89 #65
  6. Social Sciences#396 #369
  7. Computer Science#103 #277
  8. Mathematics#49 #66
  9. Environmental Science#202 #251
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#174 #272
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 of Bonn specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 32.7 works8.0×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 160.2 works7.4×
  3. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 80.4 works7.4×
  4. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 72.9 works6.5×
  5. Religious studiesSubfield · 67.8 works5.9×
  6. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 21.3 works4.8×
← 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: 1.68× its world share, 550 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 563 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 67 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.62× its world share, 181 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.64× its world share, 178 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 471 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 179 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 363 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 404 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 103 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.58× its world share, 290 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.95× its world share, 452 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 27 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 82 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 765 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 37 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.92× its world share, 18 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.79× its world share, 555 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 126 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 67 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 169 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 179 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 996 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Bonn?

Ranked on the composite score, Sven Cichon, M. Warsinsky and Eicke Latz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Bonn.

  1. 1 Sven Cichon Germany · #1,564 worldwide 2.3k citations · 119 works
  2. 2 M. Warsinsky Germany · #3,745 worldwide 3.3k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Eicke Latz Germany · #5,700 worldwide 1.3k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 E. Klempt Germany · #6,073 worldwide 1.7k citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Stefan Grimme Germany · #6,878 worldwide 1.8k citations · 134 works
  6. 6 U. Thoma Germany · #7,924 worldwide 1.7k citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Reinhard Selten Germany · #12,115 worldwide 950 citations · 67 works
  8. 8 Andreas Hoeft Germany · #12,660 worldwide 564 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Franziska Degenhardt Germany · #12,974 worldwide 1.2k citations · 47 works
  10. 10 H. Kowalski Germany · #13,077 worldwide 776 citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at University of Bonn

Which keywords describe research at University of Bonn?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Ethics, Dark Matter, Identity, Lattice QCD, Machine Learning and Gender.

▲ 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. Climate Change330▲ 1.78×97 topics
  2. Machine Learning213◆ 0.94×72 topics
  3. Deep Learning203▼ 0.86×70 topics
  4. Globalization191▲ 1.41×108 topics
  5. Sustainability172◆ 1.02×82 topics
  6. Inflammation158◆ 1.10×81 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress119◆ 1.06×58 topics
  8. Identity119▲ 2.4×53 topics
  9. Ethics112▲ 3.4×43 topics
  10. Human Rights111▲ 1.57×52 topics
  11. Gender104▲ 2.8×41 topics
  12. History103▲ 2.1×43 topics
  13. Remote Sensing97◆ 1.14×32 topics
  14. Religion92▲ 2.8×33 topics
  15. Innovation88▲ 1.21×44 topics
  16. Literature79▲ 2.1×44 topics
  17. Philosophy77▲ 2.5×36 topics
  18. Nationalism75▲ 2.4×29 topics
  19. Dark Matter66▲ 8.4×4 topics
  20. Global Warming65▲ 2.3×14 topics
  21. Lattice QCD65▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Conservation64▲ 2.2×22 topics
  23. Governance62▲ 2.7×15 topics
  24. Social Networks59▲ 3.2×9 topics
  25. Particle Physics52▲ 10×2 topics
  26. Hydrological Modeling52▲ 3.2×5 topics
  27. Renormalization Group50▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Bildung48▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Drug Discovery48▲ 3.1×12 topics
  30. Vulnerability48▲ 3.1×7 topics
  31. Higgs Boson45▲ 13×1 topic
  32. High-Energy Collider45▲ 13×1 topic
  33. QCD42▲ 18×1 topic
  34. charmonium42▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Cultural History40▲ 4.8×13 topics
  36. Sustainable Behavior37▲ 9.1×2 topics
  37. Symplectic Geometry35▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Autorschaft34▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Literaturkritik34▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Religious Practices32▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Bonn publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, German Literature and Culture Studies and Religion, Theology, and Education.

Particle physics theoret…45Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 45 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…42Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 42 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…34German Literature and Culture Studies: 34 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and …30Religion, Theology, and Education: 30 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 28 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 26 fractional worksLaw and Political Science24Law and Political Science: 24 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 24 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 24 fractional worksMedical and Health Scien…23Medical and Health Sciences Research: 23 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsLiterature and Literary TheoryReligious studiesAerospace Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 45 works
  2. 2 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 42 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 34 works
  4. 4 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 30 works
  5. 5 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 28 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 26 works
  7. 7 Law and Political Science Law 24 works
  8. 8 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 24 works
  9. 9 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 24 works
  10. 10 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 23 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 available29.9%not open70.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Bonn's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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