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ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,418
of 28,054 · #40,794 all time
Rank in Germany
#1,085
of 1,178
Research works
188
▲ 93% vs 2013–17
Citations
738
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
world 28%

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: 2.60× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 4.54× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 26.05× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 26.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Leyla Jael Castro and Ursula Arning lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences.

  1. 1 Leyla Jael Castro Germany · #246,621 worldwide 106 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Ursula Arning Germany · #794,831 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences

Which keywords describe research at ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Data Sharing, Digital Repositories, Ecology, Open Science, Scientific Data Management, Bioinformatics, Big Data and Ontologies.

▲ 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. Data Sharing15▲ 927×2 topics
  2. Digital Repositories14▲ 841×2 topics
  3. Ecology14▲ 150×2 topics
  4. Open Science14▲ 1099×1 topic
  5. Scientific Data Management14▲ 1099×1 topic
  6. Bioinformatics11▲ 164×4 topics
  7. Big Data10▲ 17×7 topics
  8. Ontologies9▲ 282×2 topics
  9. Reproducibility9▲ 417×1 topic
  10. Scientific Workflows9▲ 417×1 topic
  11. Workflow Management9▲ 210×2 topics
  12. Data Integration8▲ 72×3 topics
  13. Machine Learning5▲ 2.6×16 topics
  14. Semantic Web5▲ 80×3 topics
  15. Knowledge Management4▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Natural Language Processing4▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Biomedical Ontologies3▲ 220×1 topic
  18. Text Mining3▲ 42×1 topic
  19. Data Cleaning3▲ 172×1 topic
  20. Record Linkage3▲ 172×1 topic
  21. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 3.1×4 topics
  22. Genomics2▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Curriculum2▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Education2▲ 2.1×2 topics
  25. Parallel Computing2▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Training2▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Undergraduate2▲ 120×1 topic
  28. Literature2▲ 5.3×1 topic
  29. Museum2▲ 264×1 topic
  30. Statistical Modeling2▲ 71×2 topics
  31. Data Visualization2▲ 59×1 topic
  32. R language2▲ 380×1 topic
  33. Statistical Analysis2▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Interdisciplinary Research2▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  36. Open Access1▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Research Methodology1▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Cybersecurity1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  39. Ethical Challenges1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  40. Linked Data1▲ 47×2 topics

Which research topics does ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Research Data Management Practices, Scientific Computing and Data Management, Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies and Data Quality and Management.

Research Data Management…14Research Data Management Practices: 14 fractional worksScientific Computing and…9Scientific Computing and Data Management: 9 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining a…3Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 3 fractional worksData Quality and Managem…3Data Quality and Management: 3 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics…2Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksLibraries and Information Services: 2 fractional worksData Analysis with R: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 1 fractional worksDigitalization, Law, and Regulation: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsInformation Systems and ManagementMolecular BiologyManagement Science and Operations Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 14 works
  2. 2 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 9 works
  3. 3 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  5. 5 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Libraries and Information Services Museology 2 works
  7. 7 Data Analysis with R Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  9. 9 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  10. 10 Digitalization, Law, and Regulation Law 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 available88.8%not open11.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 93% 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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