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Research in Flensburg

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Flensburg, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Europa-Universität Flensburg, Flensburg University of Applied Sciences and European Centre for Minority Issues.

Research institutions
8
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.9k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
6.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Flensburg

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 Flensburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Europa-Universität FlensburgUniversity 2,036 #3,073
2Flensburg University of Applied SciencesUniversity 568 #13,125
3European Centre for Minority IssuesNonprofit 204 #21,185
4DIAKOHospital / health system 90 not ranked
5Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (Germany)Company 32 not ranked
6Federal Motor Transport AuthorityInstitution 2 not ranked
7Dansk Centralbibliotek for SydslesvigArchive 1 not ranked
8EDAP TMS (Germany)Company 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.

Europa-Universität Flensburg: 69.4%Flensburg University of Applied Sciences: 19.4%European Centre for Minority Issues: 7.0%DIAKO: 3.1%3 others listed: 1.2%69%largest
Europa-Universität Flensburg2,036 · 69.4%Flensburg University of Applied Sciences568 · 19.4%European Centre for Minority Issues204 · 7.0%DIAKO90 · 3.1%3 others listed35 · 1.2%

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

Which fields of science does Flensburg work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research in Flensburg is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 669 fractional works · 67.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 395 fractional works · 39.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 176 fractional works · 17.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 86 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEducation: 51 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGender Studies: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 146 fractional works · 14.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 36 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 29 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhilosophy: 29 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReligious studies: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 52 fractional works · 5.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 51 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 25 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 207 fractional works · 20.9% of its workEngineering: 82 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 46 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 88 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMedicine: 57 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 30 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFlensburg990fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences68%

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 Sciences39539.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities14614.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting525.2%
    4. Psychology515.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance222.2%
    6. Decision Sciences40.4%
    1. Engineering828.3%
    2. Computer Science464.6%
    3. Environmental Science292.9%
    4. Energy181.8%
    5. Mathematics111.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy70.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.6%
    8. Materials Science40.4%
    9. Chemistry40.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine575.7%
    2. Health Professions303.1%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology121.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.6%
    3. Neuroscience60.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Flensburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Flensburg is most concentrated in Philosophy, Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory (7.4× the world share in Philosophy).

  1. PhilosophySubfield · 28.2 works7.4×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 28.3 works7.3×
  3. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 34.0 works7.2×
  4. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 76.6 works5.8×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.98× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 72 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.33× its world share, 136 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.67× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.16× its world share, 354 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.33×136 works
  2. Social Sciences3.16×354 works
  3. Energy1.98×16 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.67×48 works
  5. Psychology1.62×44 works
  6. Health Professions1.23×29 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×17 works
  8. Mathematics0.78×8 works
  9. Computer Science0.60×42 works
  10. Environmental Science0.60×27 works
  11. Engineering0.54×72 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.44×4 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×5 works
  14. Veterinary0.34×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.32×5 works
  16. Medicine0.30×50 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.27×5 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.25×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.25×3 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×1 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×10 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×5 works
  23. Materials Science0.09×3 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×1 works
  25. Nursing0.04×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Flensburg?

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

▲ 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. Globalization74▲ 3.8×80 topics
  2. Governance57▲ 18×11 topics
  3. Identity54▲ 7.5×41 topics
  4. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse53▲ 137×2 topics
  5. Renewable Energy52▲ 3.6×36 topics
  6. Education49▲ 2.9×46 topics
  7. Gender47▲ 8.8×29 topics
  8. Bildungsungleichheit38▲ 140×1 topic
  9. Ethnografisches Schreiben38▲ 140×1 topic
  10. Nationalism33▲ 7.5×22 topics
  11. Social Media30▲ 2.2×21 topics
  12. Human Rights29▲ 2.9×29 topics
  13. Literature29▲ 5.3×30 topics
  14. Sustainable Development28▲ 1.82×25 topics
  15. History25▲ 3.6×26 topics
  16. Philosophy24▲ 5.5×20 topics
  17. Neoliberalism24▲ 6.7×17 topics
  18. Cultural Studies22▲ 6.2×13 topics
  19. Ethics22▲ 4.4×23 topics
  20. Digital Transformation22▲ 4.1×14 topics
  21. Sociolinguistics21▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Professional Development20▲ 10.0×11 topics
  23. Teacher Education20▲ 16×6 topics
  24. European Union20▲ 9.1×15 topics
  25. Colonialism19▲ 4.0×24 topics
  26. Migration19▲ 5.6×14 topics
  27. Ethnicity18▲ 5.0×12 topics
  28. Multilingualism18▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Immigration18▲ 16×6 topics
  30. Feminism17▲ 5.7×16 topics
  31. Curriculum16▲ 16×6 topics
  32. Teaching16▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Learning16▲ 5.4×4 topics
  34. Bildung16▲ 50×3 topics
  35. Citizenship16▲ 13×6 topics
  36. Competence15▲ 131×1 topic
  37. Didactics15▲ 16×1 topic
  38. European Integration14▲ 26×4 topics
  39. Cultural Memory14▲ 27×3 topics
  40. National Identity13▲ 12×5 topics

What research is done in Flensburg?

Sociology and Education …36Sociology and Education Studies: 36 fractional worksEducation Methods and Te…14Education Methods and Technologies: 14 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…13German Literature and Culture Studies: 13 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 9 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 9 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 8 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 8 fractional worksEuropean Union Policy and Governance: 8 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 8 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationLiterature and Literary TheoryLanguage and Linguistics3 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 36 works
  2. 2 Education Methods and Technologies Education 14 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 13 works
  4. 4 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 9 works
  5. 5 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 9 works
  6. 6 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 8 works
  7. 7 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 8 works
  8. 8 European Union Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  9. 9 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  10. 10 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Flensburg17.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.7% in 2005.

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