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Research in Hildesheim

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Hildesheim, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Hildesheim and University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen.

Research institutions
6
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.3k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
40k
7.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Hildesheim

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 Hildesheim?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of HildesheimUniversity 4,278 #2,906
2University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/GöttingenUniversity 447 #11,053
3St. Bernward KrankenhausHospital / health system 431 #19,954 all time
4Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Soziales, Jugend und FamilieGovernment institution 108 not ranked
5Norddeutsche Hochschule für RechtspflegeUniversity 7 not ranked
6Dommuseum HildesheimArchive 5 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 Hildesheim: 81.1%University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen: 8.5%St. Bernward Krankenhaus: 8.2%Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Soziales, Jugend und Familie: 2.0%2 others listed: 0.2%81%largest
University of Hildesheim4,278 · 81.1%University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen447 · 8.5%St. Bernward Krankenhaus431 · 8.2%Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Soziales, Jugend und Familie108 · 2.0%2 others listed12 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Hildesheim work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research in Hildesheim is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Psychology (10%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 783 fractional works · 60.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 413 fractional works · 32.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 183 fractional works · 14.2% of its workEducation: 68 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 47 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCultural Studies: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 174 fractional works · 13.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 43 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 39 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhilosophy: 27 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMuseology: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 124 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 44 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 35 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 47 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 255 fractional works · 19.8% of its workComputer Science: 120 fractional works · 9.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 44 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 24 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 59 fractional works · 4.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 52 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 187 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMedicine: 120 fractional works · 9.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 63 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 46 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 64 fractional works · 5.0% of its workNeuroscience: 21 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHildesheim1,290fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences61%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences41332.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities17413.5%
    3. Psychology1249.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting473.6%
    5. Decision Sciences141.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance120.9%
    1. Computer Science1209.3%
    2. Engineering594.6%
    3. Environmental Science524.0%
    4. Mathematics110.9%
    5. Materials Science40.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy30.2%
    8. Energy20.2%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    1. Medicine1209.3%
    2. Health Professions634.9%
    3. Dentistry20.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience211.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology191.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences191.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.3%
    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 Hildesheim strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hildesheim is most concentrated in Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory (7.8× the world share in Language and Linguistics).

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 39.7 works7.8×
  2. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 37.5 works6.1×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 109 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 52 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 105 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.83× its world share, 162 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.22× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.11× its world share, 110 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.56× its world share, 376 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.83×162 works
  2. Psychology3.11×110 works
  3. Social Sciences2.56×376 works
  4. Health Professions1.89×58 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.22×46 works
  6. Computer Science1.21×109 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.95×11 works
  8. Neuroscience0.94×18 works
  9. Environmental Science0.75×43 works
  10. Mathematics0.63×9 works
  11. Medicine0.47×105 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×11 works
  13. Dentistry0.34×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×17 works
  15. Engineering0.30×52 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×3 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×17 works
  18. Nursing0.26×2 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×3 works
  21. Energy0.13×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.12×3 works
  23. Veterinary0.12×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.06×3 works
  25. Chemistry0.04×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Hildesheim?

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

▲ 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. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse73▲ 146×2 topics
  2. Governance73▲ 17×6 topics
  3. Education65▲ 2.9×42 topics
  4. Gender61▲ 8.8×19 topics
  5. Identity57▲ 6.1×25 topics
  6. Bildungsungleichheit57▲ 161×1 topic
  7. Ethnografisches Schreiben57▲ 161×1 topic
  8. Sustainability51▲ 1.61×41 topics
  9. Globalization46▲ 1.82×48 topics
  10. History44▲ 4.9×19 topics
  11. Literature39▲ 5.5×17 topics
  12. Innovation37▲ 2.8×16 topics
  13. Philosophy29▲ 5.1×20 topics
  14. Leadership27▲ 4.3×8 topics
  15. Bildung27▲ 66×3 topics
  16. Narrative26▲ 13×7 topics
  17. Ethics26▲ 3.9×25 topics
  18. Digital Transformation24▲ 3.5×6 topics
  19. Cultural Policy24▲ 48×2 topics
  20. Art23▲ 20×5 topics
  21. Sociolinguistics22▲ 9.3×7 topics
  22. Professional Development21▲ 7.9×10 topics
  23. Teacher Education21▲ 13×6 topics
  24. Digital Communication21▲ 24×3 topics
  25. Social Innovation21▲ 10×6 topics
  26. Language Variation20▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Autorschaft20▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Literaturkritik20▲ 77×1 topic
  29. Teaching20▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Discourse Analysis19▲ 6.1×6 topics
  31. Tourism19▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Aesthetics18▲ 18×8 topics
  33. Digitalization18▲ 6.9×5 topics
  34. Curriculum18▲ 14×5 topics
  35. Interdisciplinarity18▲ 99×3 topics
  36. Phraseology18▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Multimodality18▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Communication Practices17▲ 69×1 topic
  39. Text Linguistics17▲ 69×1 topic
  40. Materiality17▲ 34×2 topics

What research is done in Hildesheim?

Sociology and Education …53Sociology and Education Studies: 53 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 19 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 16 fractional worksArts, Culture, and Music Studies: 16 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 15 fractional worksLibraries and Information Services: 14 fractional worksPublic Administration an…13Public Administration and Political Analysis: 13 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 11 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 11 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryLanguage and LinguisticsCultural Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 53 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 19 works
  3. 3 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 16 works
  4. 4 Arts, Culture, and Music Studies Cultural Studies 16 works
  5. 5 Education Methods and Technologies Education 15 works
  6. 6 Libraries and Information Services Museology 14 works
  7. 7 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  8. 8 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 11 works
  9. 9 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  10. 10 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 11 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%Hildesheim15.4% 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 29.0% in 1993.

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