Max Planck Society

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.

Germany
Time frame: 1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Max Planck Society's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Max Planck Society is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Germany
Overall 10 1
NPO/NGO 1 1

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Germany
Biological sciences 5 1
Chemistry 17 1
Earth & environmental sciences 45 2
Health sciences 98 3
Physical sciences 9 1

Research

Max Planck Society has the following research output in the current window (1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 2946 737.58

Overall Count and Share for 'Max Planck Society' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 1090 280.30
Chemistry 754 229.50
Earth & environmental sciences 215 40.06
Health sciences 210 26.49
Physical sciences 1441 343.24

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area, as a result the sum of the subject research outputs may not equal the overall research outputs.

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Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), Max Planck Society published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

Topics Count Share
Astronomical Sciences 283 57.54
Astronomical Sciences 283 57.54
Physical Chemistry 159 54.18
Physical Chemistry 159 54.18
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry 134 37.23
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry 134 37.23
Particle and High Energy Physics 214 36.82
Particle and High Energy Physics 214 36.82
Biochemistry and Cell Biology 111 35.53
Biochemistry and Cell Biology 111 35.53

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Overall 794 781 700 651 752
Biological sciences 310 313 257 245 285
Chemistry 240 232 193 209 235
Earth & environmental sciences 33 36 25 29 47
Health sciences 0 0 20 24 31
Physical sciences 330 336 314 283 350
Natural sciences 0 0 695 645 744
Nature & Science 48 39 41 34 49

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Max Planck Society.

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (4105 institutions) 70.6%
Domestic (419 institutions) 29.4%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with Max Planck Society by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres 90.88 / 66.17 157.05
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) 45.21 / 43.94 89.16
Leibniz Association 50.84 / 33.40 84.23
TU Dresden 40.11 / 39.04 79.15
Technical University of Munich (TUM) 39.62 / 34.71 74.33
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Top 5 international collaborators with Max Planck Society by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 59.11 / 31.40 90.51
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 18.40 / 38.59 56.98
Harvard University 22.75 / 22.76 45.51
University of Oxford 23.38 / 18.92 42.30
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) 20.49 / 14.13 34.62
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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for Max Planck Society. All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.