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Foundation: 1386

Mission: Firmly rooted in its history, the University is committed to expanding and disseminating our knowledge about all aspects of humanity and nature through research and education. The University upholds the principle of freedom of research and education, acknowledging its responsibility to humanity, society, and nature. According to its motto »Semper apertus« (»Always open«) Heidelberg University, in a spirit of open-mindedness and tolerance toward individuals and ideas, aspires to generate and harness knowledge and skills for the benefit of today’s and future generations. Heidelberg University’s identity as a comprehensive university has grown out of its academic history, its commitment to the present, and its role in shaping the future. The research and educational efforts of the university are devoted to pursuing the central questions confronting humanity, concentrating on fundamental research and its application, and empowering Heidelberg’s students to participate in this scientific and academic endeavour at an early stage.

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History: www.uni-heidelberg.de

5th
Overall percentile
4th
Research percentile
15th
Innovation percentile
4th
Societal percentile

Evolution of the institution

The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.

Compared to its context

The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.

Compared to All sectors (percentiles)
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)

Ranks by Subject areas/categories

We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.

 
AreaWorldWestern EuropeEU-27OECDGermany
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +496th172nd144th346th41st
Arts and Humanities +249th104th73rd224th12th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 200th50th37th148th10th
Business, Management and Accounting 1209th439th359th804th69th
Chemistry 837th278th217th585th69th
Computer Science 477th136th102nd307th28th
Dentistry 237th94th79th168th16th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +402nd123rd89th231st18th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 657th250th191st433rd37th
Energy 1554th450th398th898th73rd
Engineering +597th156th116th376th28th
Environmental Science 1224th369th298th712th66th
Mathematics 547th157th125th342nd39th
Medicine +231st63rd49th183rd9th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 276th72nd61st177th11th
Physics and Astronomy 436th121st92nd292nd30th
Psychology 195th64th40th180th5th
Social Sciences +431st147th103rd324th15th

Publishing profile

These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.

This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.

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