TU Dresden

Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden)

Germany

Time frame: 1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen 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 TU Dresden's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where TU Dresden is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Germany
Overall 253 15
Academic 232 13

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Germany
Applied sciences 184 5
Health sciences 324 24
Natural sciences 261 19
Biological sciences 253 20
Chemistry 220 14
Earth & environmental sciences 862 38
Physical sciences 183 14
Social sciences 729 51

Research

TU Dresden has the following research output in the current window (1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 634 109.65

Overall Count and Share for 'TU Dresden' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 125 33.87
Biological sciences 91 12.70
Chemistry 104 27.18
Earth & environmental sciences 7 1.31
Health sciences 172 15.29
Physical sciences 126 18.43
Social sciences 9 0.88

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Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), TU Dresden published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
Topics Count Share
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry 41 11.27
Physical Chemistry 31 9.47
Quantum Physics 49 8.34
Biomedical Engineering 18 4.50
Particle and High Energy Physics 45 4.14
Nanotechnology 15 3.68
Chemical Engineering 13 3.66
Condensed Matter Physics 19 3.66

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 95 94 86 124 114
Applied sciences 27 20 18 36 35
Health sciences 11 21 15 16 18
Natural sciences 57 53 53 71 60
Biological sciences 10 13 14 15 11
Chemistry 29 26 19 33 26
Earth & environmental sciences 2 1 3 1 2
Physical sciences 17 13 18 23 21
Social sciences 1 0 0 1 1
Nature & Science 1 2 1 1 2

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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 TU Dresden.

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (71 institutions) 12.1%
Domestic (75 institutions) 87.9%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with TU Dresden by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Max Planck Society 32.95 / 40.17 73.13
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres 26.78 / 38.80 65.57
Leibniz Association 22.58 / 30.52 53.10
Cluster of Excellence - Complexity, Topology and Dynamics in Quantum Matter (ctd.qmat) 14.90 / 24.62 39.52
University of Würzburg (JMU) 16.93 / 22.37 39.29
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Top 5 international collaborators with TU Dresden by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 5.76 / 4.01 9.78
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 2.39 / 6.01 8.40
Peking University (PKU) 3.38 / 1.11 4.49
Utrecht University (UU) 3.29 / 0.77 4.06
Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WRUT) 1.67 / 1.38 3.05
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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for TU Dresden. 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.