University of Potsdam

Universität Potsdam

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 University of Potsdam's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where University of Potsdam is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Germany
Overall 609 41
Academic 521 38

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Germany
Biological sciences 486 39
Chemistry 794 49
Earth & environmental sciences 228 10
Health sciences 1112 67
Physical sciences 563 42

Research

University of Potsdam 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 227 28.38

Overall Count and Share for 'University of Potsdam' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 92 7.62
Chemistry 38 6.09
Earth & environmental sciences 88 10.01
Health sciences 29 1.12
Physical sciences 47 9.90

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), University of Potsdam published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

Topics Count Share
Geoinformatics 16 2.70
Astronomical Sciences 12 2.11
Ecology 15 1.93
Electronics, Sensors and Digital Hardware 4 1.55
Analytical Chemistry 3 1.55
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry 4 1.46
Biochemistry and Cell Biology 7 1.30
Climate Change Science 7 1.29
Quantum Physics 2 1.17
Clinical Sciences 20 1.03

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Overall 26 28 33 25 29
Biological sciences 9 7 5 5 8
Chemistry 6 6 9 7 9
Earth & environmental sciences 7 9 9 9 8
Health sciences 0 0 2 1 1
Physical sciences 10 8 12 8 9
Natural sciences 0 0 33 25 29
Nature & Science 1 1 1 1 1

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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 University of Potsdam.

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (1381 institutions) 60.3%
Domestic (179 institutions) 39.7%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with University of Potsdam by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres 7.11 / 21.81 28.92
Leibniz Association 5.44 / 12.63 18.07
Max Planck Society 5.05 / 6.40 11.45
Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin) 3.50 / 7.05 10.55
Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin) 2.82 / 6.65 9.46
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Top 5 international collaborators with University of Potsdam by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 1.18 / 6.40 7.58
Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) 0.59 / 3.17 3.77
University of Cambridge 0.85 / 2.49 3.34
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 1.38 / 1.47 2.85
Harvard University 0.80 / 1.59 2.39
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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for University of Potsdam. 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.