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Research in Paderborn

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Paderborn, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Paderborn University and Hesse (Germany).

Research institutions
10
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
293k
13.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Paderborn

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 Paderborn?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Paderborn UniversityUniversity 20,347 #1,415
2Hesse (Germany)Company 743 #6,077
3Fachhochschule der WirtschaftUniversity 281 #19,747 all time
4Theologische Fakultät PaderbornUniversity 136 #31,051 all time
5Brüderkrankenhaus St. Josef PaderbornHospital / health system 124 #33,989 all time
6Benteler (Germany)Company 85 not ranked
7Westfalen-KollegUniversity 74 not ranked
8Diebold Nixdorf (Germany)Company 28 not ranked
9S&N (Germany)Company 11 not ranked
10Johann Adam Möhler Institute for EcumenismUniversity 8 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.

Paderborn University: 93.2%Hesse (Germany): 3.4%Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft: 1.3%Theologische Fakultät Paderborn: 0.6%6 others listed: 1.5%93%largest
Paderborn University20k · 93.2%Hesse (Germany)743 · 3.4%Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft281 · 1.3%Theologische Fakultät Paderborn136 · 0.6%6 others listed330 · 1.5%

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

Which fields of science does Paderborn work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Paderborn is in Physical Sciences, 40% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Social Sciences (16%), Computer Science (14%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,034 fractional works · 52.8% of its workEngineering: 900 fractional works · 23.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 199 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 183 fractional works · 4.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 103 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 76 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 72 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 67 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 539 fractional works · 14.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 205 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 79 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 51 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 47 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 173 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 115 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 158 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 122 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 65 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 48 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,524 fractional works · 39.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 619 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 253 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 133 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 78 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 393 fractional works · 10.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 77 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 73 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 64 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 46 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 244 fractional works · 6.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 61 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 46 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 140 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 65 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 165 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMedicine: 126 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 130 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 69 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 41 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPaderborn3,852fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences40%

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. Engineering90023.4%
    2. Computer Science53914.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1734.5%
    4. Mathematics1584.1%
    5. Materials Science1223.2%
    6. Chemistry481.3%
    7. Environmental Science481.2%
    8. Energy200.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering190.5%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences70.2%
  2. Social Sciences1,52439.5%
    1. Social Sciences61916.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities39310.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2446.3%
    4. Psychology1403.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance651.7%
    6. Decision Sciences621.6%
    1. Medicine1263.3%
    2. Health Professions350.9%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology691.8%
    2. Neuroscience431.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences130.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Paderborn strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Paderborn is most concentrated in History and Philosophy of Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Management of Technology and Innovation (6.7× the world share in History and Philosophy of Science).

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 35.6 works6.7×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 96.1 works5.4×
  3. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 54.3 works5.2×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 64 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 37 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.38× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.78× its world share, 42 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.76× its world share, 472 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.58× its world share, 818 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 45 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 104 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.66× its world share, 149 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.00× its world share, 154 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 115 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.42× its world share, 341 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.95× its world share, 217 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 57 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 63 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 120 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 565 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics3.66×149 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.42×341 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.00×154 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.95×217 works
  5. Computer Science1.76×472 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.71×57 works
  7. Engineering1.58×818 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.38×17 works
  9. Social Sciences1.29×565 works
  10. Psychology1.14×120 works
  11. Materials Science0.86×104 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.85×63 works
  13. Chemistry0.78×42 works
  14. Neuroscience0.66×37 works
  15. Energy0.55×17 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×64 works
  17. Health Professions0.35×32 works
  18. Environmental Science0.26×45 works
  19. Veterinary0.18×1 works
  20. Medicine0.17×115 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×2 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×7 works
  23. Nursing0.11×2 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×3 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×11 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Paderborn?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Big Data, Sustainability, Identity, Gender, Governance, Education and Bildungsungleichheit.

▲ 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. Sustainability171▲ 1.81×53 topics
  2. Education134▲ 2.0×61 topics
  3. Machine Learning132◆ 1.03×68 topics
  4. Big Data123▲ 3.4×24 topics
  5. Identity109▲ 3.9×35 topics
  6. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse103▲ 69×2 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties95▲ 2.5×27 topics
  8. Gender91▲ 4.4×34 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence84▲ 1.53×33 topics
  10. Digital Transformation83▲ 4.0×16 topics
  11. Governance77▲ 6.2×9 topics
  12. Ethics70▲ 3.6×35 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management69▲ 2.0×16 topics
  14. Literature69▲ 3.3×32 topics
  15. Bildungsungleichheit62▲ 59×1 topic
  16. Ethnografisches Schreiben62▲ 59×1 topic
  17. Biosensors60▲ 3.2×9 topics
  18. Cultural Studies59▲ 4.2×22 topics
  19. Philosophy59▲ 3.4×30 topics
  20. Teaching Methods56▲ 9.1×6 topics
  21. Teacher Education55▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Renewable Energy Integration54▲ 4.3×6 topics
  23. Mathematical Modeling54▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Additive Manufacturing48▲ 4.0×8 topics
  25. Professional Development48▲ 6.0×9 topics
  26. Customer Experience46▲ 7.3×4 topics
  27. Curriculum44▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Fluid Dynamics44▲ 8.0×5 topics
  29. Optical Modulators43▲ 7.9×3 topics
  30. Didactics43▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Teaching43▲ 8.5×4 topics
  32. Competence41▲ 93×1 topic
  33. Sociolinguistics40▲ 5.7×7 topics
  34. Narrative40▲ 6.6×10 topics
  35. Socio-Technical Systems38▲ 39×3 topics
  36. Organizational Change35▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Art35▲ 10×9 topics
  38. Multimodality34▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Digital Communication34▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Language Variation34▲ 16×2 topics

What research is done in Paderborn?

Sociology and Education Studies: 59 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 40 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 31 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 28 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 27 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 27 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…26Photonic and Optical Devices: 26 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 26 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 24 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, an…24Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 24 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationLanguage and LinguisticsComputational Mechanics4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 59 works
  2. 2 Education Methods and Technologies Education 40 works
  3. 3 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 31 works
  4. 4 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 28 works
  5. 5 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 27 works
  6. 6 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 27 works
  7. 7 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 26 works
  8. 8 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 26 works
  9. 9 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 24 works
  10. 10 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 24 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%Paderborn11.6% 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 22.4% in 2007.

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