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Research in Konstanz

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Konstanz, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Konstanz and HTWG Hochschule Konstanz - Technik, Wirtschaft und Gestaltung.

Research institutions
14
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
28k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
825k
29.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Konstanz

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 Konstanz?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of KonstanzUniversity 25,454 #360
2HTWG Hochschule Konstanz - Technik, Wirtschaft und GestaltungUniversity 1,090 #6,219
3Klinikum KonstanzHospital / health system 783 #7,443 all time
4ChristianiUniversity 462 #19,753 all time
5International Solar Energy Research Center KonstanzNonprofit 177 #27,036 all time
6Allensbach UniversityUniversity 114 not ranked
7Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-WürttembergArchive 40 not ranked
8BioSystem (Germany)Company 34 not ranked
9GATC Biotech (Germany)Company 23 not ranked
10Hyperstone (Germany)Company 13 not ranked
11Johner Institut (Germany)Company 10 not ranked
12Chromasens (Germany)Company 8 not ranked
13Deutsche Gesellschaft für TransaktionsanalyseInstitution 7 not ranked
14Meritor (Germany)Company 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.

University of Konstanz: 90.2%HTWG Hochschule Konstanz - Technik, Wirtschaft und Gestaltung: 3.9%Klinikum Konstanz: 2.8%Christiani: 1.6%10 others listed: 1.5%90%largest
University of Konstanz25k · 90.2%HTWG Hochschule Konstanz - Technik, Wirtschaft und Gestaltung1,090 · 3.9%Klinikum Konstanz783 · 2.8%Christiani462 · 1.6%10 others listed429 · 1.5%

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

Which fields of science does Konstanz work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Konstanz is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Computer Science (9%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,478 fractional works · 42.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 690 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 252 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 161 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 58 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 47 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 261 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 76 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 68 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 66 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 255 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 54 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 40 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 148 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 61 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 82 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 54 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,309 fractional works · 37.3% of its workComputer Science: 324 fractional works · 9.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 115 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 66 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 291 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 107 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 189 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcology: 62 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 176 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 113 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 123 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 69 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 86 fractional works · 2.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 58 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 448 fractional works · 12.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 229 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 125 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 103 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 68 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 95 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 278 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedicine: 207 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 58 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKonstanz3,514fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences42%

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 Sciences1,47842.1%
    1. Social Sciences69019.6%
    2. Psychology2617.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities2557.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1484.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance822.3%
    6. Decision Sciences421.2%
    1. Computer Science3249.2%
    2. Engineering2918.3%
    3. Environmental Science1895.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1765.0%
    5. Materials Science1233.5%
    6. Mathematics862.5%
    7. Chemistry581.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences381.1%
    9. Energy170.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2296.5%
    2. Neuroscience1032.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences952.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology170.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
    1. Medicine2075.9%
    2. Health Professions581.6%
    3. Veterinary70.2%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Nursing30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Konstanz strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Konstanz is most concentrated in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (4.5× the world share in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics).

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 103.2 works4.5×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 84 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 194 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.74× its world share, 90 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.99× its world share, 50 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.18× its world share, 292 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 36 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 268 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 170 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.04× its world share, 115 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.05× its world share, 76 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.28× its world share, 161 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 184 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.56× its world share, 235 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 137 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 75 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.33× its world share, 225 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 641 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.56×235 works
  2. Psychology2.33×225 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.28×161 works
  4. Mathematics2.05×76 works
  5. Neuroscience1.74×90 works
  6. Social Sciences1.60×641 works
  7. Veterinary1.51×6 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.34×137 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.19×36 works
  10. Computer Science1.18×292 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.15×194 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.11×75 works
  13. Environmental Science1.08×170 works
  14. Materials Science1.04×115 works
  15. Chemistry0.99×50 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×36 works
  17. Health Professions0.65×54 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×84 works
  19. Engineering0.56×268 works
  20. Energy0.53×16 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×15 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.45×5 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×4 works
  24. Medicine0.30×184 works
  25. Nursing0.15×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.14×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Konstanz?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Governance, Globalization, Public Opinion, Climate Change, Human Rights, Solar Cells and Spintronics.

▲ 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. Climate Change122▲ 1.28×82 topics
  2. Globalization113▲ 1.63×86 topics
  3. Human Rights83▲ 2.3×52 topics
  4. Identity83▲ 3.2×49 topics
  5. Big Data66▲ 1.97×20 topics
  6. Governance63▲ 5.5×15 topics
  7. Gender55▲ 2.9×34 topics
  8. Literature49▲ 2.5×36 topics
  9. Public Opinion48▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Ethics47▲ 2.6×36 topics
  11. History47▲ 1.93×37 topics
  12. Invasive Species44▲ 3.0×18 topics
  13. Solar Cells44▲ 6.1×7 topics
  14. Democracy43▲ 3.5×18 topics
  15. Neuroscience40▲ 3.7×12 topics
  16. Political Economy40▲ 4.4×15 topics
  17. European Union36▲ 4.5×15 topics
  18. Fluid Dynamics36▲ 7.1×5 topics
  19. Spintronics35▲ 7.8×4 topics
  20. Income Inequality34▲ 7.0×7 topics
  21. Habitat Fragmentation32▲ 4.2×4 topics
  22. Photovoltaics31▲ 5.8×4 topics
  23. Entanglement30▲ 5.8×4 topics
  24. Social Policy30▲ 9.3×6 topics
  25. Embodiment30▲ 4.5×7 topics
  26. Quantum Computing29▲ 8.2×4 topics
  27. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse29▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Materials Science26▲ 19×4 topics
  29. Engineering26▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Mathematical Modeling26▲ 8.5×3 topics
  31. Welfare State26▲ 9.4×4 topics
  32. Regulatory Agencies26▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Turbine Technology24▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Migration Law24▲ 49×2 topics
  35. Perception24▲ 9.8×4 topics
  36. Political Science24▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Legal Methodology23▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Speech Perception23▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. Ideational Power23▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Institutional Change23▲ 19×1 topic

What research is done in Konstanz?

Physics and Engineering …23Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 23 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform…22Social Policy and Reform Studies: 22 fractional worksLaw and Political Science: 22 fractional worksSociology and Education …22Sociology and Education Studies: 22 fractional worksQuantum and electron tra…20Quantum and electron transport phenomena: 20 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 20 fractional worksData Visualization and Analytics: 19 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Po…18Electoral Systems and Political Participation: 18 fractional worksEuropean Union Policy and Governance: 18 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 18 fractional works
Computational MechanicsPolitical Science and International RelationsLawSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 23 works
  2. 2 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 22 works
  3. 3 Law and Political Science Law 22 works
  4. 4 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  5. 5 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 20 works
  6. 6 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 20 works
  7. 7 Data Visualization and Analytics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 19 works
  8. 8 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  9. 9 European Union Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  10. 10 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 18 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 counting20%40%Konstanz21.2% 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 31.2% in 2007.

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