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Research in Kassel

Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Kassel, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Kassel and Institut für Angewandte Statistik.

Research institutions
23
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
350k
15.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kassel

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 Kassel?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of KasselUniversity 18,333 #1,079
2Institut für Angewandte StatistikResearch facility 1,461 #17,150
3K+S (Germany)Company 154 #22,036 all time
4Gesellschaft für HochschulforschungNonprofit 148 #29,359 all time
5Paracelsus Elena Klinik KasselHospital / health system 139 #28,857 all time
6Landesbetrieb Landwirtschaft HessenInstitution 132 #31,820 all time
7Vitos Orthopedic Clinic KasselHospital / health system 129 #33,765 all time
8Ramboll (Germany)Company 85 not ranked
9Sozialversicherung für Landwirtschaft, Forsten und GartenbauInstitution 67 not ranked
10Ingenium (Germany)Company 50 not ranked
11International YMCA University of Applied SciencesUniversity 50 not ranked
12Museumslandschaft Hessen KasselArchive 46 not ranked
13Aus- und Weiterbildungseinrichtung für Klinische VerhaltenstherapieHospital / health system 34 not ranked
14Energie Aus Der Mitte (Germany)Company 22 not ranked
15Biaffin (Germany)Company 9 not ranked
16German Musicological SocietyInstitution 9 not ranked
17European Distributed Energy Resources LaboratoriesNonprofit 9 not ranked
18Documenta ArchiveArchive 7 not ranked
19Autarcon (Germany)Company 7 not ranked
20FLAVIA IT (Germany)Company 6 not ranked
21Archiv der Deutschen FrauenbewegungArchive 5 not ranked
22Senior Flexonics (Germany)Company 4 not ranked
23Institut für kybernetisches Planen und BauenResearch facility 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.

University of Kassel: 87.7%Institut für Angewandte Statistik: 7.0%K+S (Germany): 0.7%Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung: 0.7%18 others listed: 3.9%88%largest
University of Kassel18k · 87.7%Institut für Angewandte Statistik1,461 · 7.0%K+S (Germany)154 · 0.7%Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung148 · 0.7%18 others listed810 · 3.9%

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

Which fields of science does Kassel work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Kassel is in Social Sciences, 41% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Engineering (18%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,830 fractional works · 42.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 992 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 449 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 189 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 127 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLaw: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 268 fractional works · 6.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 55 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 227 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 79 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 65 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 206 fractional works · 4.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 71 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 92 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 59 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 46 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,757 fractional works · 41.2% of its workEngineering: 784 fractional works · 18.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 175 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 137 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 82 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 71 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 55 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 54 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 47 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 290 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 98 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 267 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 128 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 54 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 92 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 59 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 56 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 53 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 46 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 361 fractional works · 8.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 206 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPlant Science: 65 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 114 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 313 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMedicine: 198 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 91 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 101 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 81 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKassel4,261fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences43%

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 Sciences1,83042.9%
    1. Social Sciences99223.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities2686.3%
    3. Psychology2275.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2064.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance922.2%
    6. Decision Sciences461.1%
    1. Engineering78418.4%
    2. Computer Science2906.8%
    3. Environmental Science2676.3%
    4. Materials Science1283.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy922.2%
    6. Chemistry561.3%
    7. Mathematics531.3%
    8. Energy461.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences330.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2064.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1142.7%
    3. Neuroscience350.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
    1. Medicine1984.7%
    2. Health Professions1012.4%
    3. Veterinary80.2%
    4. Nursing40.1%
    5. Dentistry20.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kassel strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kassel is most concentrated in History and Philosophy of Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Political Science and International Relations (5.5× the world share in History and Philosophy of Science).

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 32.0 works5.5×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 39.2 works4.3×
  3. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 177.0 works3.1×
← 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: 0.98× its world share, 176 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 93 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 52 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 258 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.14× its world share, 40 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.23× its world share, 700 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 230 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.87× its world share, 116 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.04× its world share, 46 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 81 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 93 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 170 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.40× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.13× its world share, 234 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.48× its world share, 182 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 88 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.77× its world share, 206 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 920 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.13×234 works
  2. Social Sciences1.91×920 works
  3. Psychology1.77×206 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.48×182 works
  5. Veterinary1.40×7 works
  6. Engineering1.23×700 works
  7. Environmental Science1.22×230 works
  8. Energy1.14×40 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.12×41 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.09×88 works
  11. Mathematics1.04×46 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.98×176 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.95×81 works
  14. Health Professions0.93×93 works
  15. Chemistry0.87×52 works
  16. Computer Science0.87×258 works
  17. Materials Science0.87×116 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×29 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×93 works
  20. Neuroscience0.46×28 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.44×6 works
  22. Medicine0.23×170 works
  23. Nursing0.21×4 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×4 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.08×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Kassel?

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

▲ 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. Sustainability208▲ 2.0×82 topics
  2. Governance170▲ 12×12 topics
  3. Renewable Energy170▲ 2.8×40 topics
  4. Sustainable Development154▲ 2.3×49 topics
  5. Climate Change143▲ 1.24×91 topics
  6. Globalization140▲ 1.67×91 topics
  7. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse121▲ 73×2 topics
  8. Environmental Impact117▲ 1.61×53 topics
  9. Leadership106▲ 5.1×18 topics
  10. Neoliberalism103▲ 6.7×24 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties94▲ 2.3×35 topics
  12. Bildungsungleichheit92▲ 79×1 topic
  13. Ethnografisches Schreiben92▲ 79×1 topic
  14. Innovation89▲ 2.0×35 topics
  15. Digitalization74▲ 8.5×12 topics
  16. Digital Transformation72▲ 3.1×17 topics
  17. Gender71▲ 3.1×37 topics
  18. Social Inequality66▲ 5.8×14 topics
  19. Complex Systems65▲ 15×5 topics
  20. Imperialism65▲ 20×8 topics
  21. Ethics64▲ 3.0×39 topics
  22. Microstructure63▲ 2.9×15 topics
  23. Class Struggle63▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Environmental Sustainability62▲ 9.1×8 topics
  25. Renewable Energy Integration62▲ 4.4×6 topics
  26. Additive Manufacturing61▲ 4.6×7 topics
  27. Crisis Management61▲ 28×3 topics
  28. Participation61▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Public Administration60▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Critique60▲ 65×2 topics
  31. Professional Development59▲ 6.7×12 topics
  32. Direct Democracy59▲ 110×1 topic
  33. Policy Change59▲ 110×1 topic
  34. Political Power58▲ 29×3 topics
  35. Global Capitalism58▲ 26×3 topics
  36. Democratic Crisis58▲ 88×1 topic
  37. Post-Growth Economy58▲ 116×1 topic
  38. Social Innovation58▲ 8.8×6 topics
  39. Organizational Change42▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Social Policy41▲ 11×4 topics

What research is done in Kassel?

Sociology and Education …87Sociology and Education Studies: 87 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 58 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 56 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 32 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 29 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 28 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 28 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 25 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 24 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 23 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsNature and Landscape ConservationSocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 87 works
  2. 2 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 58 works
  3. 3 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 56 works
  4. 4 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 32 works
  5. 5 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 29 works
  6. 6 Education Methods and Technologies Education 28 works
  7. 7 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  8. 8 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 25 works
  9. 9 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 24 works
  10. 10 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 23 works

Research output over time

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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%Kassel14.5% 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 25.4% in 2013.

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