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University of Göttingen

In research, University of Göttingen stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#13 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#160 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#310 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Religious studies — Classics is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#254
of 28,054 · #127 all time
Rank in Germany
#9
of 1,178
Research works
64k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1M
32.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is University of Göttingen 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 #13 of 3,409 43.3%539 #11
Life SciencesDomain #160 of 7,800 33.5%1,228 #139
Physical SciencesDomain #310 of 12,888 25.2%1,922 #123
Social SciencesDomain #338 of 10,521 22.2%1,684 #320
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #118 of 3,579 27.3%502 #121
Environmental ScienceField #135 of 3,551 35.2%475 #107
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield #11 of 255 43.7%104 #21
ChemistryField #73 of 1,330 28.5%247 #12
Organic ChemistrySubfield #34 of 615 34.4%158 #10
Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield #5 of 72 43.7%81 #19

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Göttingen 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#11 #13
  2. Life Sciences#139 #160
  3. Physical Sciences#123 #310
  4. Social Sciences#320 #338
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#121 #118
  6. Environmental Science#107 #135
  7. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics#21 #11
  8. Chemistry#12 #73
  9. Organic Chemistry#10 #34
  10. Nature and Landscape Conservation#19 #5
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 Göttingen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 29.8 works9.0×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 81.0 works6.1×
  3. Religious studiesSubfield · 38.0 works4.1×
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 104.1 works4.0×
← 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: 2.04× its world share, 539 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.69× its world share, 502 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 139 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.83× its world share, 247 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 220 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 140 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 34 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 291 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.72× its world share, 475 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 144 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.85× its world share, 122 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.90× its world share, 236 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 70 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 619 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.44× its world share, 18 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.84× its world share, 457 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 135 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 50 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 141 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 166 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 734 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Göttingen?

Ranked on the composite score, David Hilbert, Walter Paulus and Heinz Becker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Göttingen.

  1. 1 David Hilbert Germany · #2,136 worldwide 666 citations · 113 works
  2. 2 Walter Paulus Germany · #4,039 worldwide 1.5k citations · 137 works
  3. 3 Heinz Becker Germany · #6,921 worldwide 752 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Teja Tscharntke Germany · #7,856 worldwide 1.7k citations · 83 works
  5. 5 Alexander Knohl Germany · #8,352 worldwide 1.3k citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Kurt Jungermann Germany · #13,604 worldwide 647 citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Jörg Behler Germany · #13,710 worldwide 1.4k citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Hans Grauert Germany · #13,854 worldwide 427 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Lorenz Trümper Germany · #16,244 worldwide 446 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Matin Qaim Germany · #16,764 worldwide 813 citations · 96 works
All ranked researchers at University of Göttingen

Which keywords describe research at University of Göttingen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Identity, Invasive Species, Gender, Global Change, Governance and Conservation.

▲ 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 Change333▲ 2.2×97 topics
  2. Biodiversity164▲ 3.9×32 topics
  3. Identity139▲ 3.4×35 topics
  4. Globalization137▲ 1.25×91 topics
  5. Sustainability127◆ 0.94×77 topics
  6. Environmental Impact117▲ 1.24×50 topics
  7. Invasive Species113▲ 4.8×21 topics
  8. Gender105▲ 3.5×34 topics
  9. History100▲ 2.6×32 topics
  10. Conservation91▲ 3.8×24 topics
  11. Governance87▲ 4.7×13 topics
  12. Biodiversity Conservation86▲ 4.2×16 topics
  13. Human Rights84▲ 1.46×53 topics
  14. Global Change82▲ 5.6×7 topics
  15. Literature74▲ 2.5×30 topics
  16. Habitat Fragmentation71▲ 5.8×5 topics
  17. Ecosystem Functioning70▲ 6.7×7 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services68▲ 3.1×13 topics
  19. Religion64▲ 2.4×31 topics
  20. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse52▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Bildung50▲ 27×3 topics
  22. Biological Invasions49▲ 9.8×3 topics
  23. Ecosystem Resilience48▲ 5.9×5 topics
  24. Bildungsungleichheit45▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Ethnografisches Schreiben45▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Ecosystem45▲ 7.5×4 topics
  27. Narrative44▲ 4.9×9 topics
  28. Biomass Estimation44▲ 5.2×3 topics
  29. Autorschaft44▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Literaturkritik44▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Organic Synthesis44▲ 6.8×9 topics
  32. Transition Metal Catalysis41▲ 8.9×4 topics
  33. Species Richness40▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Cultural History40▲ 5.9×10 topics
  35. Community Ecology40▲ 8.4×2 topics
  36. Soil Carbon Sequestration39▲ 9.3×2 topics
  37. Transition Metal Complexes39▲ 7.9×4 topics
  38. Functional Diversity38▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions36▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Photography34▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Göttingen publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Sociology and Education …45Sociology and Education Studies: 45 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…44German Literature and Culture Studies: 44 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 38 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 33 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 29 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 28 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 27 fractional worksLiterature and Cultural …27Literature and Cultural Memory: 27 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 25 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 25 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryNature and Landscape ConservationSoil Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 45 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 44 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 38 works
  4. 4 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 33 works
  5. 5 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 29 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 28 works
  7. 7 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 27 works
  8. 8 Literature and Cultural Memory Literature and Literary Theory 27 works
  9. 9 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 25 works
  10. 10 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 25 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Göttingen's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.