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Research in Lüneburg

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Lüneburg, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Leuphana University of Lüneburg and Klinikum Lüneburg.

Research institutions
6
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.1k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
142k
20.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Lüneburg

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 Lüneburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Leuphana University of LüneburgUniversity 6,070 #1,455
2Klinikum LüneburgHospital / health system 973 #14,769
3Basys (Germany)Company 23 not ranked
4OceanWaveS (Germany)Company 19 not ranked
5ECOLOG-Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung und BildungNonprofit 6 not ranked
6Museumsstiftung LüneburgArchive 1 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.

Leuphana University of Lüneburg: 85.6%Klinikum Lüneburg: 13.7%Basys (Germany): 0.3%OceanWaveS (Germany): 0.3%2 others listed: 0.1%86%largest
Leuphana University of Lüneburg6,070 · 85.6%Klinikum Lüneburg973 · 13.7%Basys (Germany)23 · 0.3%OceanWaveS (Germany)19 · 0.3%2 others listed7 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Lüneburg work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research in Lüneburg is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,133 fractional works · 60.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 495 fractional works · 26.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 198 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 79 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 73 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGender Studies: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 225 fractional works · 12.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 67 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 40 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 159 fractional works · 8.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 41 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 146 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 52 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 63 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 41 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 44 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 522 fractional works · 27.9% of its workEngineering: 208 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 54 fractional works · 2.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 140 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 37 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 102 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 38 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 133 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedicine: 75 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 56 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 43 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 84 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 43 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLüneburg1,872fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences7%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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,13360.5%
    1. Social Sciences49526.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting22512.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities1598.5%
    4. Psychology1467.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance633.4%
    6. Decision Sciences442.4%
    1. Engineering20811.1%
    2. Environmental Science1407.5%
    3. Computer Science1025.5%
    4. Mathematics201.1%
    5. Materials Science181.0%
    6. Energy100.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences70.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy60.3%
    9. Chemistry60.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Medicine754.0%
    2. Health Professions563.0%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences432.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology201.1%
    3. Neuroscience191.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lüneburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lüneburg is most concentrated in Management of Technology and Innovation, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (5.5× the world share in Management of Technology and Innovation).

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 27.2 works5.5×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 20.1 works5.2×
  3. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 37.7 works4.8×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 84 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 178 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 123 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 52 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 61 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.88× its world share, 135 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.90× its world share, 205 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.64× its world share, 57 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.54× its world share, 126 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 434 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.90×205 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.88×135 works
  3. Psychology2.54×126 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.42×38 works
  5. Social Sciences2.10×434 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.64×57 works
  7. Environmental Science1.52×123 works
  8. Health Professions1.22×52 works
  9. Mathematics1.01×19 works
  10. Engineering0.73×178 works
  11. Computer Science0.67×84 works
  12. Energy0.65×10 works
  13. Neuroscience0.56×15 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.50×3 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×36 works
  16. Veterinary0.30×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.23×13 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×6 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×18 works
  20. Medicine0.20×61 works
  21. Chemistry0.19×5 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.16×6 works
  23. Nursing0.12×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×2 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Lüneburg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Identity, Globalization, Gender, Governance, Institutional Theory, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility.

▲ 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. Sustainability101▲ 2.2×76 topics
  2. Globalization83▲ 2.3×78 topics
  3. Climate Change63▲ 1.25×66 topics
  4. Identity61▲ 4.5×41 topics
  5. Sustainable Development58▲ 1.97×43 topics
  6. Innovation53▲ 2.8×35 topics
  7. Education51▲ 1.59×51 topics
  8. Gender50▲ 5.0×32 topics
  9. Corporate Governance44▲ 3.2×18 topics
  10. Renewable Energy44▲ 1.61×31 topics
  11. Governance42▲ 6.9×11 topics
  12. Social Capital42▲ 4.3×16 topics
  13. History41▲ 3.1×28 topics
  14. Human Rights39▲ 2.0×41 topics
  15. Leadership39▲ 4.2×23 topics
  16. Ethics38▲ 4.0×28 topics
  17. Neoliberalism38▲ 5.6×21 topics
  18. Environmental Management36▲ 4.7×10 topics
  19. Institutional Theory35▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Business Ethics34▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Corporate Social Responsibility33▲ 10×5 topics
  22. Literature33▲ 3.2×26 topics
  23. Biodiversity Conservation30▲ 4.2×15 topics
  24. Philosophy28▲ 3.4×23 topics
  25. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse28▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Nationalism28▲ 3.4×21 topics
  27. Entrepreneurship28▲ 3.8×10 topics
  28. Environmental Sustainability26▲ 8.7×7 topics
  29. Shareholder Value26▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Social Innovation25▲ 8.5×5 topics
  31. Social-Ecological Systems22▲ 8.5×3 topics
  32. Organizational Change22▲ 15×6 topics
  33. Sustainability Reporting21▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Environmental Disclosure21▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Stakeholder Theory21▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Bildungsungleichheit21▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Ethnografisches Schreiben21▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Imperialism21▲ 15×6 topics
  39. Complex Systems20▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Critique20▲ 49×3 topics

What research is done in Lüneburg?

Sociology and Education …20Sociology and Education Studies: 20 fractional worksCorporate Social Respons…18Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 18 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 15 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 14 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 14 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 14 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 13 fractional worksSustainability and Clima…13Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 13 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 12 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementMarketingLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  2. 2 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 18 works
  3. 3 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 14 works
  5. 5 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 14 works
  6. 6 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 14 works
  7. 7 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 13 works
  8. 8 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  9. 9 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  10. 10 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 counting20%40%Lüneburg22.6% 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 39.5% in 2010.

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