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Research in Gelsenkirchen

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Westfälische Hochschule and Hochschule für Polizei und Öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Research institutions
11
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.8%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Gelsenkirchen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Westfälische HochschuleUniversity 8,594 #10,107
2Hochschule für Polizei und Öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-WestfalenUniversity 450 #17,421
3Itasca Consultants (Germany)Company 411 #32,159 all time
4University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and ManagementUniversity 363 #18,307 all time
5Evangelische Kliniken GelsenkirchenHospital / health system 269 #39,180 all time
6Marienhospital GelsenkirchenHospital / health system 266 #28,275 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 2022–2025. 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%

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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 predictsmore →

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Which keywords describe research in Gelsenkirchen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Leadership, Digital Transformation, Digitalization, Governance, Sustainable Development, Organizational Change, European Union and Innovation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Leadership43▲ 14×11 topics
  2. Sustainable Development43▲ 4.2×24 topics
  3. Digital Transformation36▲ 11×9 topics
  4. Digitalization36▲ 28×5 topics
  5. Governance36▲ 17×7 topics
  6. Innovation28▲ 4.1×23 topics
  7. Human Rights26▲ 4.0×13 topics
  8. Big Data24▲ 4.0×13 topics
  9. Organizational Change22▲ 48×3 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence22▲ 2.5×15 topics
  11. European Union21▲ 14×8 topics
  12. Employee Engagement21▲ 18×5 topics
  13. Innovation Ecosystems20▲ 30×3 topics
  14. Agility20▲ 220×1 topic
  15. Socio-Technical Systems20▲ 129×1 topic
  16. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse19▲ 71×2 topics
  17. Security19▲ 4.5×10 topics
  18. Crisis Management18▲ 66×2 topics
  19. Participation18▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Complex Systems17▲ 25×1 topic
  21. Policy Change17▲ 197×1 topic
  22. Economic Crisis17▲ 22×3 topics
  23. Sovereignty17▲ 28×5 topics
  24. Bildungsungleichheit16▲ 86×1 topic
  25. Ethnografisches Schreiben16▲ 86×1 topic
  26. Youth Offenders16▲ 56×2 topics
  27. Social Innovation16▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Criminal Law16▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Prison System15▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Financial Markets15▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Urban Development15▲ 6.3×8 topics
  32. Legal Reforms15▲ 237×1 topic
  33. Policing15▲ 779×1 topic
  34. Risk Governance15▲ 779×1 topic
  35. Security Measures15▲ 177×1 topic
  36. Workplace14▲ 26×5 topics
  37. Professional Development13▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Mobile Health13▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Telemedicine13▲ 15×5 topics
  40. Customer Experience12▲ 13×4 topics

What research is done in Gelsenkirchen?

  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

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