Research in Cologne
Science Explorer records 91 research institutions in Cologne, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Cologne, TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences and German Sport University Cologne.
- Research institutions
- 91 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 153k ▼ 19% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.8M 18.4 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 17.3% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Cologne?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Cologne work in?
In 2022-now, 35% of research in Cologne is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Engineering (16%), Social Sciences (12%).
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
- Physical Sciences9,11635.4%
- Engineering4,13516.1%
- Computer Science1,3285.2%
- Environmental Science9953.9%
- Physics and Astronomy7753.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences6682.6%
- Materials Science3781.5%
- Mathematics2871.1%
- Chemistry2511.0%
- Energy1990.8%
- Chemical Engineering990.4%
- Social Sciences7,31528.4%
- Social Sciences3,18012.3%
- Arts and Humanities1,4355.6%
- Psychology1,1504.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting7502.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance5122.0%
- Decision Sciences2871.1%
- Health Sciences6,72326.1%
- Medicine5,80322.5%
- Health Professions7863.1%
- Dentistry660.3%
- Nursing560.2%
- Veterinary130.1%
- Life Sciences2,60410.1%
What is Cologne strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Cologne is most concentrated in Classics, Aging and Aerospace Engineering (4.7× the world share in Classics).
- ClassicsSubfield · 63.5 works4.7×
- AgingSubfield · 21.2 works3.9×
- Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 939.4 works3.6×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 122.8 works3.5×
- Computational MechanicsSubfield · 388.6 works3.0×
- Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 49.7 works2.8×
- MuseologySubfield · 75.7 works2.7×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities2.00×1,307 works
- Psychology1.46×1,003 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.36×684 works
- Neuroscience1.29×475 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.27×450 works
- Health Professions1.19×710 works
- Medicine1.17×5,068 works
- Chemical Engineering1.12×89 works
- Decision Sciences1.10×241 works
- Engineering1.08×3,657 works
- Social Sciences1.01×2,887 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×1,190 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×472 works
- Mathematics0.94×250 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.94×684 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.91×208 works
- Energy0.85×178 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×62 works
- Environmental Science0.75×840 works
- Computer Science0.66×1,153 works
- Chemistry0.63×223 works
- Dentistry0.50×55 works
- Nursing0.45×50 works
- Materials Science0.43×336 works
- Veterinary0.37×11 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×329 works
Which keywords describe research in Cologne?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Governance, Large-Eddy Simulation, Epidemiology, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben, Identity and Air Quality.
- Turbulence Modeling
- Alternative Fuels
- Autorschaft
- High-Order Schemes
- Health Surveys
- Data Collection
- Socioeconomic Status
- Bildung
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Ethnografisches Schreiben
- Air Quality
- History
- Heat Transfer
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Renewable Energy
- Governance
- Identity
- Inflammation
- Deep Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Public Health
- Sustainable Development
- Remote Sensing
- Gender
- Big Data
- Large-Eddy Simulation
- Digital Transformation
- Bildungsungleichheit
- Emissions
- Collision Avoidance
- Healthcare Utilization
- Epidemiological Study
- Germany
- Adaptive Mesh Refinement
- Informed Consent
- Literaturkritik
- Shock-Wave Interactions
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
- Epidemiology888◆ 0.87×135 topics
- Climate Change673◆ 0.96×105 topics
- Machine Learning602▼ 0.70×89 topics
- Deep Learning587▼ 0.66×81 topics
- Sustainability477▼ 0.76×102 topics
- Inflammation454▼ 0.83×82 topics
- Public Health432◆ 1.15×67 topics
- Identity417▲ 2.2×62 topics
- Sustainable Development410◆ 1.02×80 topics
- Governance410▲ 4.9×19 topics
- Remote Sensing395▲ 1.26×37 topics
- Renewable Energy374◆ 1.00×49 topics
- Gender350▲ 2.5×47 topics
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse335▲ 33×2 topics
- Big Data328▲ 1.33×29 topics
- Heat Transfer325▲ 2.6×20 topics
- Large-Eddy Simulation317▲ 6.6×5 topics
- History284▲ 1.58×49 topics
- Digital Transformation262▲ 1.88×26 topics
- Air Quality256▲ 5.3×6 topics
- Bildungsungleichheit251▲ 36×1 topic
- Ethnografisches Schreiben251▲ 36×1 topic
- Emissions202▲ 4.0×6 topics
- Autonomous Vehicles194▲ 3.6×5 topics
- Collision Avoidance174▲ 3.7×4 topics
- Bildung149▲ 18×3 topics
- Healthcare Utilization147▲ 7.1×4 topics
- Socioeconomic Status147▲ 11×4 topics
- Epidemiological Study147▲ 8.3×4 topics
- Data Collection140▲ 19×3 topics
- Germany135▲ 28×1 topic
- Health Surveys135▲ 28×1 topic
- Adaptive Mesh Refinement129▲ 8.0×2 topics
- High-Order Schemes129▲ 8.0×2 topics
- Informed Consent126▲ 6.6×3 topics
- Autorschaft116▲ 23×1 topic
- Literaturkritik116▲ 23×1 topic
- Alternative Fuels114▲ 11×2 topics
- Shock-Wave Interactions114▲ 11×1 topic
- Turbulence Modeling114▲ 11×1 topic
What research is done in Cologne?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 236 works
- 2 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 126 works
- 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 111 works
- 4 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 102 works
- 5 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 98 works
- 6 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 97 works
- 7 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 94 works
- 8 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 87 works
- 9 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 82 works
- 10 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 81 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.5% in 2016.
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