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Research in Bielefeld

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Bielefeld, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Bielefeld University, Hochschule Bielefeld and Klinikum Bielefeld.

Research institutions
15
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
39k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
790k
20.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Bielefeld

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Bielefeld?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Bielefeld UniversityUniversity 32,951 #623
2Hochschule BielefeldUniversity 3,001 #1,888
3Klinikum BielefeldHospital / health system 961 #12,959
4Evangelisches Krankenhaus BielefeldHospital / health system 871 #14,643
5Dr. August Wolff (Germany)Company 220 #16,167 all time
6Fachhochschule des MittelstandsUniversity 132 #30,295 all time
7Francis HospitalHospital / health system 116 not ranked
8v. Bodelschwing Foundation BethelInstitution 103 not ranked
9Fachhochschule der DiakonieUniversity 70 not ranked
10Kantar (Germany)Company 69 not ranked
11Apocare Pharma (Germany)Company 26 not ranked
12DMG Mori (Germany)Company 10 not ranked
13Evangelical Church of WestphaliaInstitution 8 not ranked
14axios Pharma (Germany)Company 2 not ranked
15Heimer StiftungInstitution 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Bielefeld University: 85.5%Hochschule Bielefeld: 7.8%Klinikum Bielefeld: 2.5%Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bielefeld: 2.3%11 others listed: 2.0%85%largest
Bielefeld University33k · 85.5%Hochschule Bielefeld3,001 · 7.8%Klinikum Bielefeld961 · 2.5%Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bielefeld871 · 2.3%11 others listed757 · 2.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Bielefeld work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Bielefeld is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (11%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,152 fractional works · 46.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,550 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 708 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 252 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 174 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLaw: 73 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 66 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 553 fractional works · 8.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 125 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 92 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 90 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 524 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 175 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 149 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 107 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 258 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 110 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 71 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 166 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 110 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 101 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,782 fractional works · 26.2% of its workComputer Science: 443 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 223 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 382 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 75 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 246 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 218 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 86 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 178 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 148 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 87 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 104 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,085 fractional works · 16.0% of its workMedicine: 768 fractional works · 11.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 88 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 76 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 290 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 212 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 774 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 351 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 211 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 228 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 160 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 146 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBielefeld6,792fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences46%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3,15246.4%
    1. Social Sciences1,55022.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities5538.1%
    3. Psychology5247.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2583.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1662.4%
    6. Decision Sciences1011.5%
    1. Computer Science4436.5%
    2. Engineering3825.6%
    3. Mathematics2463.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2183.2%
    5. Environmental Science1782.6%
    6. Chemistry1482.2%
    7. Materials Science1041.5%
    8. Energy300.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences240.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.1%
  3. Health Sciences1,08516.0%
    1. Medicine76811.3%
    2. Health Professions2904.3%
    3. Dentistry130.2%
    4. Nursing110.2%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3515.2%
    2. Neuroscience2283.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1462.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology300.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bielefeld strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bielefeld is most concentrated in Mathematical Physics, History and Philosophy of Science and Biochemistry (5.9× the world share in Mathematical Physics).

  1. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 56.3 works5.9×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 47.2 works5.1×
  3. BiochemistrySubfield · 21.7 works4.3×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 75.7 works4.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 128 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 307 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.10× its world share, 206 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.44× its world share, 137 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 390 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 351 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 153 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 93 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.99× its world share, 213 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.43× its world share, 192 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 266 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 666 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.71× its world share, 472 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 240 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 89 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 153 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.50× its world share, 460 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 1,402 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics2.99×213 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.71×472 works
  3. Psychology2.50×460 works
  4. Neuroscience2.10×206 works
  5. Social Sciences1.83×1,402 works
  6. Health Professions1.67×266 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.52×89 works
  8. Chemistry1.44×137 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.43×192 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.23×240 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.19×153 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×307 works
  13. Computer Science0.83×390 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×15 works
  15. Medicine0.57×666 works
  16. Energy0.51×28 works
  17. Environmental Science0.51×153 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×128 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.44×9 works
  20. Materials Science0.44×93 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×25 works
  22. Engineering0.39×351 works
  23. Dentistry0.39×12 works
  24. Nursing0.31×9 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×20 works
  26. Veterinary0.21×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Bielefeld?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Identity, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben, Gender, Leadership and Globalization.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization214▲ 1.60×103 topics
  2. Governance209▲ 9.5×14 topics
  3. Identity202▲ 4.1×54 topics
  4. Mental Health187▲ 1.92×41 topics
  5. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse185▲ 70×2 topics
  6. Gender167▲ 4.6×41 topics
  7. Education159▲ 1.36×86 topics
  8. Public Health148▲ 1.50×50 topics
  9. Leadership134▲ 4.1×21 topics
  10. Bildungsungleichheit134▲ 72×1 topic
  11. Ethnografisches Schreiben134▲ 72×1 topic
  12. Human Rights129▲ 1.86×51 topics
  13. Ethics116▲ 3.4×41 topics
  14. History109▲ 2.3×37 topics
  15. Nationalism100▲ 3.3×26 topics
  16. Digital Transformation99▲ 2.7×15 topics
  17. Literature96▲ 2.6×36 topics
  18. Cultural Studies84▲ 3.3×24 topics
  19. Social Innovation70▲ 6.7×9 topics
  20. Organizational Change66▲ 12×6 topics
  21. Complex Systems66▲ 9.2×6 topics
  22. Bildung65▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Digitalization65▲ 4.7×8 topics
  24. Professional Development64▲ 4.5×12 topics
  25. Socioeconomic Status61▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Teacher Education60▲ 6.9×7 topics
  27. Lattice QCD58▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Narrative58▲ 5.5×12 topics
  29. Curriculum58▲ 8.3×7 topics
  30. Teaching55▲ 6.2×6 topics
  31. Art55▲ 8.9×8 topics
  32. Healthcare Utilization53▲ 9.7×2 topics
  33. Data Collection52▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Didactics52▲ 8.2×3 topics
  35. Participation52▲ 8.1×5 topics
  36. Autorschaft52▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Competence52▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Literaturkritik52▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Cultural Memory51▲ 15×5 topics
  40. Epidemiological Study51▲ 11×4 topics

What research is done in Bielefeld?

Sociology and Education …127Sociology and Education Studies: 127 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 47 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 46 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 45 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 45 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 39 fractional worksLaw and Political Science37Law and Political Science: 37 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 35 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 35 fractional worksGerman legal, social, an…33German legal, social, and political studies: 33 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryPolitical Science and International RelationsEducation4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 127 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 47 works
  3. 3 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 46 works
  4. 4 Education Methods and Technologies Education 45 works
  5. 5 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 45 works
  6. 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 39 works
  7. 7 Law and Political Science Law 37 works
  8. 8 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 35 works
  9. 9 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 35 works
  10. 10 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 33 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Bielefeld17.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.9% in 2007.

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