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Research in Gelsenkirchen

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Westfälische Hochschule and Hochschule für Polizei und Öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Research institutions
11
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▲ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
115k
10.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Gelsenkirchen

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 Gelsenkirchen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Westfälische HochschuleUniversity 8,594 #5,117
2Hochschule für Polizei und Öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-WestfalenUniversity 450 #8,973
3Itasca Consultants (Germany)Company 411 #14,264 all time
4University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and ManagementUniversity 363 #15,153 all time
5Evangelische Kliniken GelsenkirchenHospital / health system 269 #19,439 all time
6Marienhospital GelsenkirchenHospital / health system 266 #19,319 all time
7Hygiene-Institut des RuhrgebietsNonprofit 118 not ranked
8Magnetic Resonance Institute for Safety, Technology and ResearchResearch facility 10 not ranked
9Cv Cryptovision (Germany)Company 5 not ranked
10Ball (Germany)Company 4 not ranked
11Forschungsinstitut für innovative Arbeitsgestaltung und PräventionNonprofit 3 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.

Westfälische Hochschule: 81.9%Hochschule für Polizei und Öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-Westfalen: 4.3%Itasca Consultants (Germany): 3.9%University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Management: 3.5%7 others listed: 6.4%82%largest
Westfälische Hochschule8,594 · 81.9%Hochschule für Polizei und Öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-Westfalen450 · 4.3%Itasca Consultants (Germany)411 · 3.9%University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Management363 · 3.5%7 others listed675 · 6.4%

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

Which fields of science does Gelsenkirchen work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research in Gelsenkirchen is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 446 fractional works · 57.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 233 fractional works · 29.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 91 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 69 fractional works · 8.8% of its workLaw: 27 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCommunication: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 92 fractional works · 11.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 38 fractional works · 4.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 27 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 55 fractional works · 7.1% of its workReligious studies: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 48 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 179 fractional works · 23.0% of its workEngineering: 82 fractional works · 10.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 47 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 114 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMedicine: 82 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 39 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGelsenkirchen779fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences57%

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 Sciences23329.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting9211.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities557.1%
    4. Psychology486.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance131.7%
    6. Decision Sciences50.6%
    1. Engineering8210.5%
    2. Computer Science476.1%
    3. Environmental Science202.5%
    4. Materials Science111.4%
    5. Energy50.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy50.6%
    8. Chemistry30.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Medicine8210.5%
    2. Health Professions253.2%
    3. Dentistry70.9%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology222.8%
    2. Neuroscience81.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences70.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Gelsenkirchen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Gelsenkirchen is most concentrated in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (10.9× the world share in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management).

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 33.6 works11×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 66 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.38× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.85× its world share, 53 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.60× its world share, 75 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.22× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 195 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.60×75 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.85×53 works
  3. Social Sciences2.39×195 works
  4. Psychology2.22×44 works
  5. Health Professions1.43×24 works
  6. Dentistry1.38×4 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×12 works
  8. Engineering0.68×66 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.66×4 works
  10. Computer Science0.63×32 works
  11. Energy0.61×4 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.56×1 works
  13. Medicine0.54×67 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×18 works
  15. Environmental Science0.50×16 works
  16. Neuroscience0.47×5 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×4 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×2 works
  19. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.31×7 works
  21. Chemistry0.22×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.22×3 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×5 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.09×1 works
  26. Nursing0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Gelsenkirchen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Leadership, Digital Transformation, Digitalization, Governance, Sustainable Development, Human Rights, Organizational Change and European Union.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development49▲ 4.0×28 topics
  2. Leadership48▲ 13×11 topics
  3. Digital Transformation44▲ 11×11 topics
  4. Human Rights42▲ 5.3×16 topics
  5. Digitalization39▲ 24×5 topics
  6. Governance37▲ 15×7 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence30▲ 2.7×18 topics
  8. Big Data30▲ 4.0×14 topics
  9. Innovation29▲ 3.7×24 topics
  10. Organizational Change27▲ 44×4 topics
  11. European Union24▲ 14×11 topics
  12. Employee Engagement23▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Innovation Ecosystems23▲ 29×3 topics
  14. Agility22▲ 198×1 topic
  15. Socio-Technical Systems22▲ 114×1 topic
  16. Security22▲ 4.2×11 topics
  17. Criminal Law22▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Youth Offenders21▲ 59×2 topics
  19. Prison System19▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse19▲ 64×2 topics
  21. Economic Crisis19▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Sovereignty19▲ 27×5 topics
  23. Crisis Management19▲ 47×2 topics
  24. Legal Reforms19▲ 248×1 topic
  25. Security Measures19▲ 183×1 topic
  26. Participation18▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Complex Systems18▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Policy Change18▲ 184×1 topic
  29. Public Administration18▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Financial Markets17▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Bildungsungleichheit17▲ 79×1 topic
  32. Ethnografisches Schreiben17▲ 79×1 topic
  33. Policing17▲ 674×1 topic
  34. Risk Governance17▲ 674×1 topic
  35. Social Innovation17▲ 14×5 topics
  36. Privacy16▲ 7.3×5 topics
  37. Customer Experience15▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Mobile Health15▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Legal Methodology15▲ 109×2 topics
  40. Business Models15▲ 27×3 topics

What research is done in Gelsenkirchen?

Corporate Management and…20Corporate Management and Leadership: 20 fractional worksPublic Administration an…17Public Administration and Political Analysis: 17 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 16 fractional worksCriminal Law and Policy15Criminal Law and Policy: 15 fractional worksGerman Security and Defe…15German Security and Defense Policies: 15 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 12 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 11 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …11Innovation, Technology, and Society: 11 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and Education: 11 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 9 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceSocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 20 works
  2. 2 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 17 works
  3. 3 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  4. 4 Criminal Law and Policy Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  5. 5 German Security and Defense Policies Political Science and International Relations 15 works
  6. 6 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 12 works
  7. 7 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 11 works
  8. 8 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  9. 9 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 11 works
  10. 10 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 9 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 counting10%20%30%Gelsenkirchen11.1% 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 28.3% in 2007.

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