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2026-08-31 · Research focus · Leipzig University · Germany

What drives Leipzig University's research

Ask where Leipzig University's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 48,974 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 79 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Species Distribution and Climate Change; Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies; Semantic Web and Ontologies.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 2.75, against a world average of 1.0.

The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, publishes its first full edition on Tuesday 15 September at 09:00 UK.

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