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Research in Heilbronn

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Heilbronn, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Heilbronn University and SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn.

Research institutions
8
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.2k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
9.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Heilbronn

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 Heilbronn?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Heilbronn UniversityUniversity 2,213 #3,709
2SLK-Kliniken HeilbronnHospital / health system 603 #19,334
3AIM Infrarot-Module (Germany)Company 147 #33,672 all time
4German Graduate School of Management and LawUniversity 141 #32,640 all time
5Ionic Liquids Technologies (Germany)Company 67 not ranked
6Azur Space Solar PowerCompany 38 not ranked
7Institut für Angewandte Verkehrs- und Tourismusforschung (Germany)Company 14 not ranked
8Amphenol (Germany)Company 8 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.

Heilbronn University: 68.5%SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn: 18.7%AIM Infrarot-Module (Germany): 4.5%German Graduate School of Management and Law: 4.4%4 others listed: 3.9%68%largest
Heilbronn University2,213 · 68.5%SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn603 · 18.7%AIM Infrarot-Module (Germany)147 · 4.5%German Graduate School of Management and Law141 · 4.4%4 others listed127 · 3.9%

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

Which fields of science does Heilbronn work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Heilbronn is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Social Sciences (17%), Computer Science (15%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 395 fractional works · 44.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 155 fractional works · 17.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 71 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 125 fractional works · 13.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 41 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 25 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 25 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 41 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 35 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 21 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 337 fractional works · 37.6% of its workEngineering: 162 fractional works · 18.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 30 fractional works · 3.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 133 fractional works · 14.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 44 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 130 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMedicine: 102 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHeilbronn899fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences44%

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 Sciences15517.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12513.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities414.6%
    4. Psychology353.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance252.7%
    6. Decision Sciences141.6%
    1. Engineering16218.0%
    2. Computer Science13314.8%
    3. Environmental Science182.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy80.9%
    5. Materials Science40.5%
    6. Energy40.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering30.4%
    8. Chemistry20.2%
    9. Mathematics20.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    1. Medicine10211.3%
    2. Health Professions273.0%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology192.1%
    2. Neuroscience80.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences70.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    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 Heilbronn strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Heilbronn is most concentrated in Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (8.6× the world share in Management of Technology and Innovation).

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 20.7 works8.6×
  2. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 39.2 works5.7×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 23.0 works5.6×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.80× its world share, 112 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.22× its world share, 146 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 93 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.14× its world share, 106 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 144 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.14×106 works
  2. Computer Science1.80×112 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.76×14 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.73×40 works
  5. Social Sciences1.43×144 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.42×24 works
  7. Health Professions1.23×26 works
  8. Engineering1.22×146 works
  9. Psychology1.20×29 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.85×2 works
  11. Medicine0.61×93 works
  12. Energy0.44×3 works
  13. Neuroscience0.40×5 works
  14. Environmental Science0.40×16 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×1 works
  16. Veterinary0.34×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.32×6 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×13 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×2 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×6 works
  21. Chemistry0.14×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.14×4 works
  23. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  24. Nursing0.13×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Heilbronn?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Digital Transformation, Sustainable Development, Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, Customer Relationship Management, Investment Decisions and Strategic Marketing.

▲ 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 Development55▲ 3.9×28 topics
  2. Big Data54▲ 6.3×18 topics
  3. Sustainability46▲ 2.1×42 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence46▲ 3.5×22 topics
  5. Deep Learning45▲ 1.46×54 topics
  6. Digital Transformation43▲ 8.8×12 topics
  7. Machine Learning41▲ 1.37×53 topics
  8. Leadership32▲ 7.4×11 topics
  9. Customer Relationship Management31▲ 25×2 topics
  10. Information Technology29▲ 6.9×6 topics
  11. Investment Decisions29▲ 26×2 topics
  12. Neural Networks28▲ 2.0×27 topics
  13. Strategic Marketing28▲ 146×2 topics
  14. Digital Capital27▲ 175×1 topic
  15. Value Chains27▲ 175×1 topic
  16. Customer Experience26▲ 18×4 topics
  17. Mobile Health23▲ 17×3 topics
  18. E-commerce21▲ 4.1×4 topics
  19. Business Models20▲ 31×3 topics
  20. Technology Innovation20▲ 66×2 topics
  21. Omni-Channel Strategy20▲ 106×1 topic
  22. Organizational Change19▲ 27×4 topics
  23. Social Innovation18▲ 13×6 topics
  24. Governance17▲ 5.8×10 topics
  25. Autonomous Vehicles15▲ 7.9×5 topics
  26. Urban Development14▲ 4.4×5 topics
  27. Socio-Technical Systems14▲ 61×2 topics
  28. Employee Engagement13▲ 8.3×4 topics
  29. Interdisciplinary Research13▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Agility12▲ 96×1 topic
  31. Generation Management12▲ 96×1 topic
  32. Professional Development12▲ 6.7×3 topics
  33. Innovation Policy12▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Digital Social Innovation12▲ 105×1 topic
  35. Knowledge Engineering12▲ 105×1 topic
  36. Fluid Dynamics12▲ 9.1×4 topics
  37. Emotional Regulation11▲ 52×2 topics
  38. Workplace11▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Coaching11▲ 69×1 topic
  40. Psychodrama11▲ 65×1 topic

What research is done in Heilbronn?

Corporate Governance and…26Corporate Governance and Management: 26 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 16 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 10 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 9 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 9 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 9 fractional worksLinguistic research and …8Linguistic research and analysis: 8 fractional worksCriminal Law and Policy: 7 fractional worksSocial and Demographic Issues in Germany: 7 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 7 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationSociology and Political ScienceComputational Mechanics4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 26 works
  2. 2 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 16 works
  3. 3 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  4. 4 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 9 works
  5. 5 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  6. 6 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 9 works
  7. 7 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 8 works
  8. 8 Criminal Law and Policy Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  9. 9 Social and Demographic Issues in Germany General Health Professions 7 works
  10. 10 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 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%Heilbronn16.8% 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 26.6% in 2003.

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