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Research in Dortmund

Science Explorer records 32 research institutions in Dortmund, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are TU Dortmund University, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts and Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Research institutions
32
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
49k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
895k
18.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Dortmund

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 Dortmund?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1TU Dortmund UniversityUniversity 35,606 #344
2Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and ArtsUniversity 1,545 #3,495
3Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and HealthHospital / health system 1,518 #7,837
4Klinikum DortmundHospital / health system 944 #14,664
5International School of ManagementUniversity 609 #8,155
6Feuerwehr DortmundGovernment institution 574 #10,992
7St.-Johannes-Hospital DortmundHospital / health system 469 #17,367 all time
8Forschungsinstitut für KinderernährungUniversity 415 #17,528 all time
9ILS – Research Institute for Regional and Urban DevelopmentNonprofit 314 #18,872
10Bundesverband Glaukom-SelbsthilfeInstitution 218 #23,463 all time
11Materialprüfungsamt Nordrhein-WestfalenCompany 179 #24,715 all time
12Klinikum Westfalen (Germany)Company 152 #29,057 all time
13TE Connectivity (Germany)Company 103 not ranked
14Innolume (Germany)Company 90 not ranked
15Institut für Forschung und TransferInstitution 84 not ranked
16Lead Discovery Center (Germany)Company 82 not ranked
17Research Institute for Telecommunication CooperationGovernment institution 78 not ranked
18Protagen (Germany)Company 65 not ranked
19Spiekermann and WegenerResearch facility 59 not ranked
20Raith (Germany)Company 57 not ranked
21Institut InputInstitution 51 not ranked
22Measurement Specialties (Germany)Company 50 not ranked
23Elmos Semiconductor (Germany)Company 47 not ranked
24Erich-Brost-InstitutUniversity 32 not ranked
25Wilo (Germany)Company 22 not ranked
26PRO DV (Germany)Company 22 not ranked
27CellAct Pharma (Germany)Company 7 not ranked
28IX-Factory (Germany)Company 4 not ranked
29Zydolab - Institut für Zytologie und ImmunzytochemieResearch facility 3 not ranked
30Thyssengas (Germany)Company 2 not ranked
31Verein zur Förderung Innovativer Verfahren in der LogistikInstitution 2 not ranked
32GeoMobile (Germany)Company 2 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.

TU Dortmund University: 82.0%Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts: 3.6%Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: 3.5%Klinikum Dortmund: 2.2%28 others listed: 8.7%82%largest
TU Dortmund University36k · 82.0%Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts1,545 · 3.6%Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health1,518 · 3.5%Klinikum Dortmund944 · 2.2%28 others listed3,792 · 8.7%

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

Which fields of science does Dortmund work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Dortmund is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Social Sciences (15%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,863 fractional works · 45.0% of its workEngineering: 1,777 fractional works · 20.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 302 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 261 fractional works · 3.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 227 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 202 fractional works · 2.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 170 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 149 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 104 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 95 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 823 fractional works · 9.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 278 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 109 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 102 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 101 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 89 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 265 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 108 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 262 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 128 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 252 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 163 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 216 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 171 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,089 fractional works · 36.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,305 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 538 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEducation: 236 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 149 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrban Studies: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 651 fractional works · 7.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 176 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 148 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 135 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 72 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 395 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 92 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 80 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 380 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 148 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 75 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 184 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 97 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 174 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 114 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 912 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMedicine: 638 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSurgery: 73 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 190 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 257 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 177 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 720 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 397 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 257 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiochemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 191 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 127 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 74 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKDortmund8,583fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences36%

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. Engineering1,77720.7%
    2. Computer Science8239.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy2653.1%
    4. Chemistry2623.0%
    5. Materials Science2522.9%
    6. Environmental Science2162.5%
    7. Mathematics1712.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering520.6%
    9. Energy260.3%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences210.2%
  2. Social Sciences3,08936.0%
    1. Social Sciences1,30515.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting6517.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities3954.6%
    4. Psychology3804.4%
    5. Decision Sciences1842.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1742.0%
    1. Medicine6387.4%
    2. Health Professions2573.0%
    3. Nursing80.1%
    4. Veterinary40.0%
    5. Dentistry40.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3974.6%
    2. Neuroscience1912.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences740.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology360.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics230.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Dortmund strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Dortmund is most concentrated in Management of Technology and Innovation, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biochemistry (5.5× the world share in Management of Technology and Innovation).

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 127.9 works5.5×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 209.8 works5.3×
  3. BiochemistrySubfield · 27.5 works4.3×
  4. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 65.3 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: 0.18× its world share, 66 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 345 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.36× its world share, 169 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.78× its world share, 48 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.92× its world share, 232 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 738 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.42× its world share, 1,636 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 189 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 223 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.68× its world share, 151 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.37× its world share, 234 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 227 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 534 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.59× its world share, 352 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.41× its world share, 597 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 162 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 163 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 328 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 1,172 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.41×597 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.19×162 works
  3. Chemistry1.92×232 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.78×48 works
  5. Mathematics1.68×151 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.59×352 works
  7. Engineering1.42×1,636 works
  8. Psychology1.40×328 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.37×234 works
  10. Neuroscience1.36×169 works
  11. Computer Science1.24×738 works
  12. Social Sciences1.21×1,172 works
  13. Health Professions1.12×227 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.99×163 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×345 works
  16. Materials Science0.83×223 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×22 works
  18. Environmental Science0.50×189 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×32 works
  20. Medicine0.36×534 works
  21. Veterinary0.36×4 works
  22. Energy0.32×23 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×66 works
  24. Nursing0.18×7 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×18 works
  26. Dentistry0.09×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Dortmund?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Digital Transformation, Big Data, Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Governance, Customer Experience and Bildungsungleichheit.

▲ 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. Sustainability345▲ 1.65×88 topics
  2. Sustainable Development301▲ 2.2×61 topics
  3. Machine Learning268◆ 0.94×84 topics
  4. Deep Learning265◆ 0.90×77 topics
  5. Big Data258▲ 3.1×27 topics
  6. Digital Transformation214▲ 4.6×20 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence183▲ 1.49×44 topics
  8. Education178▲ 1.21×73 topics
  9. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse170▲ 51×2 topics
  10. Governance161▲ 5.8×14 topics
  11. Leadership149▲ 3.6×23 topics
  12. E-commerce115▲ 2.4×7 topics
  13. Customer Experience114▲ 8.1×4 topics
  14. Bildungsungleichheit113▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Ethnografisches Schreiben113▲ 48×1 topic
  16. Organizational Change101▲ 15×7 topics
  17. Social Innovation99▲ 7.5×6 topics
  18. Business Models96▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Mobile Health96▲ 7.7×3 topics
  20. Fluid Dynamics89▲ 7.3×6 topics
  21. Technology Innovation86▲ 30×2 topics
  22. Omni-Channel Strategy86▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Professional Development84▲ 4.7×13 topics
  24. Customer Relationship Management79▲ 6.6×2 topics
  25. Investment Decisions77▲ 7.3×3 topics
  26. Software Engineering77▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Industrial Automation74▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Socio-Technical Systems72▲ 34×3 topics
  29. Flexible Automation72▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems72▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Mathematical Modeling71▲ 9.6×4 topics
  32. Digital Capital71▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Value Chains71▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Innovation Ecosystems70▲ 8.1×2 topics
  35. Agility70▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Generation Management70▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Engineering69▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Materials Science69▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Curriculum68▲ 7.8×7 topics
  40. Turbine Technology68▲ 46×1 topic

What research is done in Dortmund?

Sociology and Education Studies: 103 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 81 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…69Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 69 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…66Corporate Governance and Management: 66 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 66 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 65 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …53Innovation, Technology, and Society: 53 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 51 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 41 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…41Digital Transformation in Industry: 41 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceManagement of Technology and InnovationIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 103 works
  2. 2 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 81 works
  3. 3 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 69 works
  4. 4 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 66 works
  5. 5 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 66 works
  6. 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 65 works
  7. 7 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 53 works
  8. 8 Education Methods and Technologies Education 51 works
  9. 9 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 41 works
  10. 10 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 41 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

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 counting10%20%30%Dortmund15.1% 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 26.3% in 2007.

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