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Research in Oldenburg

Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Oldenburg, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Hearing4all and Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity.

Research institutions
23
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.5%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Oldenburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgUniversity 18,124 #1,337
2Institut für Technische und Angewandte Physik (Germany)Company 2,066 #3,756 all time
3Oldenburger Institut für InformatikResearch facility 1,382 #18,699
4Klinikum OldenburgHospital / health system 1,272 #14,933
5Hearing4allResearch facility 781 #9,700
6Landwirtschaftskammer NiedersachsenInstitution 434 #24,678
7Pius Hospital OldenburgHospital / health system 412 #19,339
8Evangelisches Krankenhaus OldenburgHospital / health system 381 #24,126
9PlanetCompany 344 #15,845 all time
10Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine BiodiversityResearch facility 186 #11,078
11Institute for Economic EducationNonprofit 123 #42,448 all time
12Institut für Palliative CareHospital / health system 103 not ranked
13Regio (Germany)Company 43 not ranked
14Energy & Meteo Systems (Germany)Company 27 not ranked
15EWE (Germany)Company 27 not ranked
16Overspeed (Germany)Company 14 not ranked
17Arbeitsgruppe für regionale Struktur- und UmweltforschungResearch facility 11 not ranked
18SmarAct (Germany)Company 7 not ranked
19European Science Communication InstituteNonprofit 4 not ranked
20Leonardo Film (Germany)Company 4 not ranked
21ForWind Zentrum für WindenergieforschungResearch facility 3 not ranked
22Hanse Institut Oldenburg Bildung und GesundheitUniversity 2 not ranked
23Institut für Rohrleitungsbau an der Fachhochschule OldenburgResearch facility 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg: 70.4%Institut für Technische und Angewandte Physik (Germany): 8.0%Oldenburger Institut für Informatik: 5.4%Klinikum Oldenburg: 4.9%19 others listed: 11.3%70%largest
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg18k · 70.4%Institut für Technische und Angewandte Physik (Germany)2,066 · 8.0%Oldenburger Institut für Informatik1,382 · 5.4%Klinikum Oldenburg1,272 · 4.9%19 others listed2,907 · 11.3%

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

What is Oldenburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Oldenburg is most concentrated in Sensory Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience and Oceanography (9.0× the world share in Sensory Systems).

  1. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 28.8 works9.0×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 171.5 works5.6×
  3. OceanographySubfield · 62.6 works5.3×
  4. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 64.4 works5.1×
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Which keywords describe research in Oldenburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hearing Loss, Health-related Quality of Life, Language Development, Speech Perception, Social Isolation, Cognitive Decline, Age-related Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Change166▲ 1.48×75 topics
  2. Deep Learning148◆ 1.04×69 topics
  3. Quality of Life126▲ 2.1×41 topics
  4. Hearing Loss117▲ 24×4 topics
  5. Machine Learning114▼ 0.83×67 topics
  6. Epidemiology111▼ 0.67×114 topics
  7. Renewable Energy111▲ 1.85×40 topics
  8. Health-related Quality of Life101▲ 10×6 topics
  9. Neural Networks92▲ 1.42×32 topics
  10. Sustainability91◆ 0.90×61 topics
  11. Language Development89▲ 18×5 topics
  12. Speech Perception89▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Social Isolation87▲ 10×3 topics
  14. Cognitive Decline84▲ 17×2 topics
  15. Public Health82▲ 1.36×43 topics
  16. Identity82▲ 2.7×29 topics
  17. Age-related Hearing Loss80▲ 52×1 topic
  18. Cochlear Implants80▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Gender78▲ 3.4×27 topics
  20. Governance76▲ 5.5×11 topics
  21. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse66▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Beamforming47▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Smart Grid45▲ 2.9×9 topics
  24. Bildungsungleichheit45▲ 37×1 topic
  25. Ethnografisches Schreiben45▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition44▲ 19×1 topic
  27. Speech Enhancement44▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Neural Plasticity41▲ 5.5×5 topics
  29. Bildung37▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Autorschaft36▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Literaturkritik36▲ 40×1 topic
  32. CFD Simulation30▲ 6.3×3 topics
  33. Environmental Noise28▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Noise Pollution28▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Cochlear Neuropathy27▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Epidemiological Study27▲ 9.6×3 topics
  37. Tinnitus27▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Healthcare Utilization26▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Socioeconomic Status26▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Data Collection26▲ 22×2 topics

What research is done in Oldenburg?

  1. 1 Hearing Loss and RehabilitationCognitive Neuroscience 80 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 45 works
  3. 3 Speech and Audio ProcessingSignal Processing 44 works
  4. 4 German Literature and Culture StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory 36 works
  5. 5 Noise Effects and ManagementSpeech and Hearing 28 works
  6. 6 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, GeneticsSensory Systems 27 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical StudiesGeneral Health Professions 25 works
  8. 8 Economic and Social IssuesSociology and Political Science 23 works
  9. 9 Physics and Engineering Research ArticlesComputational Mechanics 23 works
  10. 10 Education Methods and TechnologiesEducation 22 works

Research output over time

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