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Research in Oldenburg

Science Explorer records 21 research institutions in Oldenburg, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburger Institut für Informatik and Klinikum Oldenburg.

Research institutions
21
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
493k
19.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Oldenburg

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 Oldenburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgUniversity 18,433 #641
2Institut für Technische und Angewandte Physik (Germany)Company 2,066 #8,111 all time
3Oldenburger Institut für InformatikResearch facility 1,382 #10,044
4Klinikum OldenburgHospital / health system 1,272 #12,748
5Hearing4allResearch facility 781 #12,878
6Landwirtschaftskammer NiedersachsenInstitution 434 #19,139
7Pius Hospital OldenburgHospital / health system 412 #16,874
8Evangelisches Krankenhaus OldenburgHospital / health system 381 #20,663
9PlanetCompany 344 #15,242 all time
10Institut für Palliative CareHospital / health system 103 not ranked
11Regio (Germany)Company 43 not ranked
12Energy & Meteo Systems (Germany)Company 27 not ranked
13EWE (Germany)Company 27 not ranked
14Overspeed (Germany)Company 14 not ranked
15Arbeitsgruppe für regionale Struktur- und UmweltforschungResearch facility 11 not ranked
16SmarAct (Germany)Company 7 not ranked
17European Science Communication InstituteNonprofit 4 not ranked
18Leonardo Film (Germany)Company 4 not ranked
19ForWind Zentrum für WindenergieforschungResearch facility 3 not ranked
20Hanse Institut Oldenburg Bildung und GesundheitUniversity 2 not ranked
21Institut für Rohrleitungsbau an der Fachhochschule OldenburgResearch facility 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.

Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg: 71.6%Institut für Technische und Angewandte Physik (Germany): 8.0%Oldenburger Institut für Informatik: 5.4%Klinikum Oldenburg: 4.9%17 others listed: 10.1%72%largest
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg18k · 71.6%Institut für Technische und Angewandte Physik (Germany)2,066 · 8.0%Oldenburger Institut für Informatik1,382 · 5.4%Klinikum Oldenburg1,272 · 4.9%17 others listed2,598 · 10.1%

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

Which fields of science does Oldenburg work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Oldenburg is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (15%), Social Sciences (12%), Engineering (11%).

Physical Sciences: 1,962 fractional works · 40.9% of its workEngineering: 526 fractional works · 11.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 136 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 73 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 62 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 495 fractional works · 10.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 142 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSignal Processing: 72 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 307 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcology: 97 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 165 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 68 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 142 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOceanography: 75 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 103 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 71 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 101 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 55 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 77 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,290 fractional works · 26.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 570 fractional works · 11.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 238 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEducation: 100 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 93 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 268 fractional works · 5.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 230 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 74 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 60 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 87 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 74 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 55 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 60 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 921 fractional works · 19.2% of its workMedicine: 715 fractional works · 14.9% of its workSurgery: 123 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 59 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 50 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 90 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 189 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 96 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 623 fractional works · 13.0% of its workNeuroscience: 301 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 210 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSensory Systems: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 190 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 90 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 107 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOldenburg4,796fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences27%

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. Engineering52611.0%
    2. Computer Science49510.3%
    3. Environmental Science3076.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1653.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1423.0%
    6. Materials Science1032.1%
    7. Chemistry1012.1%
    8. Mathematics771.6%
    9. Energy380.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.2%
  2. Social Sciences1,29026.9%
    1. Social Sciences57011.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities2685.6%
    3. Psychology2304.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting871.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance741.5%
    6. Decision Sciences601.2%
    1. Medicine71514.9%
    2. Health Professions1893.9%
    3. Nursing110.2%
    4. Veterinary40.1%
    5. Dentistry20.0%
    1. Neuroscience3016.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1904.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1072.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology210.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 86 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 158 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.67× its world share, 248 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.38× its world share, 90 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.31× its world share, 425 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 117 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.91× its world share, 35 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 461 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 262 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 95 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.46× its world share, 72 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.64× its world share, 153 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 157 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 600 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.06× its world share, 248 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 79 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 47 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 72 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 200 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 524 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.67×248 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.06×248 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.78×117 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.64×153 works
  5. Psychology1.57×200 works
  6. Mathematics1.46×72 works
  7. Health Professions1.43×157 works
  8. Chemistry1.38×90 works
  9. Computer Science1.31×425 works
  10. Environmental Science1.26×262 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.16×47 works
  12. Social Sciences0.99×524 works
  13. Energy0.91×35 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×72 works
  15. Medicine0.75×600 works
  16. Engineering0.74×461 works
  17. Veterinary0.73×4 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×158 works
  19. Materials Science0.65×95 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.62×9 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×79 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×19 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×86 works
  24. Nursing0.24×5 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×3 works
  26. Dentistry0.11×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Oldenburg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hearing Loss, Health-related Quality of Life, Speech Perception, Language Development, 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-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 Change202▲ 1.55×80 topics
  2. Deep Learning172◆ 1.04×71 topics
  3. Quality of Life154▲ 2.2×43 topics
  4. Hearing Loss140▲ 25×4 topics
  5. Renewable Energy134▲ 1.93×40 topics
  6. Epidemiology131▼ 0.68×117 topics
  7. Machine Learning131▼ 0.82×70 topics
  8. Health-related Quality of Life123▲ 11×6 topics
  9. Neural Networks110▲ 1.49×33 topics
  10. Speech Perception108▲ 27×3 topics
  11. Language Development107▲ 18×5 topics
  12. Social Isolation107▲ 11×3 topics
  13. Cognitive Decline103▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Sustainability100▼ 0.85×65 topics
  15. Age-related Hearing Loss97▲ 55×1 topic
  16. Cochlear Implants97▲ 55×1 topic
  17. Public Health94▲ 1.34×47 topics
  18. Identity86▲ 2.5×29 topics
  19. Gender79▲ 3.1×28 topics
  20. Governance79▲ 5.0×11 topics
  21. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse72▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Beamforming53▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Rehabilitation50▲ 2.6×13 topics
  24. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition50▲ 20×1 topic
  25. Speech Enhancement50▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Neural Plasticity49▲ 5.6×5 topics
  27. Smart Grid48▲ 2.8×9 topics
  28. Bildungsungleichheit47▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Ethnografisches Schreiben47▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Bildung38▲ 25×3 topics
  31. CFD Simulation38▲ 6.8×4 topics
  32. Autorschaft36▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Literaturkritik36▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Language Acquisition32▲ 5.8×4 topics
  35. Neural Mechanisms32▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Cochlear Neuropathy31▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Tinnitus31▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Art30▲ 6.8×4 topics
  39. Environmental Noise29▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Noise Pollution29▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Oldenburg?

Hearing Loss and Rehabil…80Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 80 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 45 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Process…44Speech and Audio Processing: 44 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…36German Literature and Culture Studies: 36 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 28 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 27 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies25Health and Medical Studies: 25 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 23 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 23 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 22 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceSociology and Political ScienceSignal ProcessingLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 80 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 45 works
  3. 3 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 44 works
  4. 4 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 36 works
  5. 5 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 28 works
  6. 6 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 27 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 25 works
  8. 8 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  9. 9 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 23 works
  10. 10 Education Methods and Technologies Education 22 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%Oldenburg18.6% 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 26.9% in 2016.

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