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Research in Essen

Science Explorer records 44 research institutions in Essen, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Duisburg-Essen, FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management and West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen.

Research institutions
44
12 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
75k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4M
18.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.0%
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 Essen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Duisburg-EssenUniversity 54,133 #267
2Folkwang University of the ArtsUniversity 5,242 #7,351
3Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und EpidemiologieResearch facility 2,319 #10,295
4FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and ManagementUniversity 2,296 #2,791
5RuhrlandklinikHospital / health system 1,877 #8,852
6West German Heart and Vascular Center EssenHospital / health system 1,320 #6,222
7ThyssenKrupp (Germany)Company 1,211 #14,262
8Evonik (Germany)Company 1,204 #7,013
9Alfried Krupp HospitalHospital / health system 1,008 #20,111
10Elisabeth-Krankenhaus EssenHospital / health system 560 #12,016 all time
11RWE (Germany)Company 508 #17,738
12StifterverbandInstitution 490 #15,695
13Heinz Nixdorf StiftungNonprofit 451 #21,040
14Deutsche Montan Technologie (Germany)Company 269 #25,873 all time
15Gas- und Wärme-Institut EssenResearch facility 257 #21,240 all time
16Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance ImagingResearch facility 247 #11,565 all time
17Ruhrverband (Germany)Company 228 #20,193 all time
18Atlas Copco (Germany)Company 144 #28,373 all time
19STEAG (Germany)Company 124 #33,527 all time
20Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach FoundationFunder 112 not ranked
21Katholisches Klinikum EssenHospital / health system 91 not ranked
22Hochtief (Germany)Company 90 not ranked
23Gesellschaft für Nuklear Service (Germany)Company 88 not ranked
24Karl und Veronica Carstens-StiftungNonprofit 82 not ranked
25RWTÜV (Germany)Company 68 not ranked
26Brick and Tile Research InstituteNonprofit 65 not ranked
27Stiftung MercatorNonprofit 34 not ranked
28Johnson Controls (Germany)Company 22 not ranked
29Berufsförderungszentrum EssenUniversity 22 not ranked
30Institut für Kälte-, Klima- und EnergietechnikResearch facility 20 not ranked
31CarboTech (Germany)Company 16 not ranked
32Ifm electronic (Germany)Company 15 not ranked
33VGB PowerTechInstitution 14 not ranked
34Deichmann (Germany)Company 12 not ranked
35Museum FolkwangArchive 8 not ranked
36Mercator Research Center RuhrResearch facility 7 not ranked
37QD Laser (Germany)Company 7 not ranked
38PLANCO Consulting (Germany)Company 5 not ranked
39Deutsches StiftungszentrumNonprofit 5 not ranked
40Brost StiftungNonprofit 4 not ranked
41mmb InstitutResearch facility 3 not ranked
42Evonik StiftungInstitution 1 not ranked
43Bildungsinstitut im GesundheitswesenInstitution 1 not ranked
44Hermann und Lilly Schilling-StiftungInstitution 0 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.

University of Duisburg-Essen: 72.5%Folkwang University of the Arts: 7.0%Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie: 3.1%FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management: 3.1%39 others listed: 14.3%72%largest
University of Duisburg-Essen54k · 72.5%Folkwang University of the Arts5,242 · 7.0%Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie2,319 · 3.1%FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management2,296 · 3.1%39 others listed11k · 14.3%

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

Which fields of science does Essen work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Essen is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (14%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,164 fractional works · 31.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,871 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 841 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 311 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 250 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 160 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 731 fractional works · 5.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 218 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 175 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 135 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 615 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 134 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 121 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 100 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 545 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 177 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 157 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 271 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 193 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 132 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4,145 fractional works · 31.4% of its workEngineering: 1,729 fractional works · 13.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 412 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 243 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 201 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 135 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 119 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 110 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 85 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 711 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 262 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 119 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 418 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 89 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 391 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 244 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 290 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 125 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 203 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 155 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 91 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 120 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 104 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,685 fractional works · 27.9% of its workMedicine: 3,262 fractional works · 24.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 431 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSurgery: 381 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 260 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 205 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 190 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 190 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 164 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 155 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 122 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 103 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 81 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 70 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 165 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 376 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 243 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,220 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 626 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 351 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 263 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 120 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 161 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 131 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 152 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEssen13kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences32%

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 Sciences4,16431.5%
    1. Social Sciences1,87114.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting7315.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities6154.7%
    4. Psychology5454.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2712.0%
    6. Decision Sciences1321.0%
    1. Engineering1,72913.1%
    2. Computer Science7115.4%
    3. Environmental Science4183.2%
    4. Materials Science3913.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2902.2%
    6. Chemistry2031.5%
    7. Mathematics1551.2%
    8. Energy1200.9%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences740.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering540.4%
  2. Health Sciences3,68527.9%
    1. Medicine3,26224.7%
    2. Health Professions3762.8%
    3. Nursing210.2%
    4. Dentistry140.1%
    5. Veterinary130.1%
  3. Life Sciences1,2209.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6264.7%
    2. Neuroscience2632.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1611.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1521.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics190.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Essen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Essen is most concentrated in History and Philosophy of Science, Management of Technology and Innovation and Biochemistry (3.4× the world share in History and Philosophy of Science).

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 61.4 works3.4×
  2. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 112.5 works3.2×
  3. BiochemistrySubfield · 25.3 works2.6×
  4. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 125.8 works2.5×
  5. Applied PsychologySubfield · 40.9 works2.5×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 134 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 529 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 143 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 226 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.22× its world share, 50 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 185 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 622 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 108 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 1,555 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 367 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 347 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 130 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.98× its world share, 254 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 338 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.26× its world share, 2,832 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.63× its world share, 549 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.66× its world share, 625 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 119 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 253 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 478 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 1,699 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting1.66×625 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.63×549 works
  3. Psychology1.34×478 works
  4. Medicine1.26×2,832 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.22×143 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.22×50 works
  7. Neuroscience1.19×226 works
  8. Social Sciences1.15×1,699 works
  9. Health Professions1.10×338 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.05×119 works
  11. Chemistry1.01×185 works
  12. Energy1.01×108 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.01×253 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.98×254 works
  15. Mathematics0.95×130 works
  16. Engineering0.89×1,555 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×529 works
  18. Materials Science0.85×347 works
  19. Veterinary0.74×12 works
  20. Computer Science0.69×622 works
  21. Environmental Science0.63×367 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×16 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×66 works
  24. Nursing0.30×17 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×134 works
  26. Dentistry0.21×12 works

Which keywords describe research in Essen?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology440▼ 0.84×130 topics
  2. Machine Learning347▼ 0.79×88 topics
  3. Sustainable Development316▲ 1.53×68 topics
  4. Sustainability296◆ 0.92×93 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence276▲ 1.47×44 topics
  6. Big Data273▲ 2.2×26 topics
  7. Digital Transformation270▲ 3.8×21 topics
  8. Governance260▲ 6.0×16 topics
  9. Globalization251◆ 0.97×116 topics
  10. Education244◆ 1.07×92 topics
  11. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse234▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Leadership205▲ 3.2×23 topics
  13. Immunotherapy195▲ 2.0×19 topics
  14. Chemotherapy193▲ 2.1×25 topics
  15. Identity166▲ 1.74×56 topics
  16. Customer Experience154▲ 7.2×4 topics
  17. Bildungsungleichheit153▲ 42×1 topic
  18. Ethnografisches Schreiben153▲ 42×1 topic
  19. Mobile Health152▲ 7.9×3 topics
  20. Gender150▲ 2.1×41 topics
  21. Information Technology147▲ 2.3×16 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations144▲ 2.5×23 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors141▲ 2.5×14 topics
  24. Business Models121▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Social Innovation118▲ 5.8×7 topics
  26. Organizational Change118▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Customer Relationship Management114▲ 6.2×2 topics
  28. Technology Innovation112▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Omni-Channel Strategy111▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Investment Decisions110▲ 6.8×3 topics
  31. Strategic Marketing98▲ 35×2 topics
  32. Digital Capital98▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Value Chains98▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Curriculum96▲ 7.1×9 topics
  35. Teacher Education95▲ 5.5×6 topics
  36. Socio-Technical Systems87▲ 26×3 topics
  37. Agility84▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Generation Management84▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Didactics83▲ 6.6×3 topics
  40. Competence81▲ 53×1 topic

What research is done in Essen?

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 144 works
  2. 2 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 91 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 83 works
  4. 4 Education Methods and Technologies Education 70 works
  5. 5 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 64 works
  6. 6 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 63 works
  7. 7 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 62 works
  8. 8 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 60 works
  9. 9 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 57 works
  10. 10 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 50 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 counting10%20%30%Essen16.1% 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 24.9% in 2016.

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