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Research in Passau

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Passau, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Passau and Klinikum Passau.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.7k
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
74k
11.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Passau

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 Passau?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of PassauUniversity 6,324 #2,285
2Klinikum PassauHospital / health system 343 #21,511

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.

Which fields of science does Passau work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research in Passau is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Computer Science (21%), Arts and Humanities (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 984 fractional works · 56.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 519 fractional works · 30.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 199 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 129 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEducation: 40 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 32 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 206 fractional works · 11.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 56 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 115 fractional works · 6.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 47 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 68 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 44 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 578 fractional works · 33.4% of its workComputer Science: 357 fractional works · 20.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 122 fractional works · 7.1% of its workInformation Systems: 58 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoftware: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 116 fractional works · 6.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 56 fractional works · 3.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 103 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedicine: 79 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 66 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPassau1,731fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences57%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences51930.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities20611.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1156.6%
    4. Psychology683.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance442.6%
    6. Decision Sciences331.9%
    1. Computer Science35720.6%
    2. Engineering1166.7%
    3. Mathematics563.3%
    4. Environmental Science311.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy90.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.2%
    7. Energy40.2%
    8. Materials Science20.1%
    9. Chemistry10.0%
    1. Medicine794.6%
    2. Health Professions221.3%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology251.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences241.4%
    3. Neuroscience171.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Passau strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Passau is most concentrated in Language and Linguistics, Communication and Computer Science Applications (7.9× the world share in Language and Linguistics).

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 52.0 works7.9×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 28.1 works6.8×
  3. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 21.5 works5.8×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.69× its world share, 314 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 103 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.82× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 70 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.92× its world share, 170 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.09× its world share, 101 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.37× its world share, 451 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.92×170 works
  2. Mathematics2.82×50 works
  3. Computer Science2.69×314 works
  4. Social Sciences2.37×451 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.09×101 works
  6. Decision Sciences2.00×29 works
  7. Psychology1.29×59 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.28×41 works
  9. Neuroscience0.60×15 works
  10. Health Professions0.52×21 works
  11. Engineering0.46×103 works
  12. Environmental Science0.33×24 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×20 works
  14. Energy0.27×4 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.26×9 works
  16. Medicine0.24×70 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×16 works
  18. Dentistry0.13×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×2 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  21. Nursing0.05×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×2 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.02×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Passau?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Machine Learning, Governance, Human Rights, Colonialism, Identity, Gender and Democracy.

▲ 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. Machine Learning100▲ 1.73×59 topics
  2. Globalization90▲ 2.6×84 topics
  3. Deep Learning71▲ 1.20×52 topics
  4. Human Rights63▲ 3.5×42 topics
  5. Social Media52▲ 2.2×27 topics
  6. Identity49▲ 3.9×43 topics
  7. Governance45▲ 8.0×12 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence45▲ 1.83×31 topics
  9. Big Data45▲ 2.7×22 topics
  10. Colonialism45▲ 5.5×30 topics
  11. Gender44▲ 4.7×34 topics
  12. Sustainable Development43▲ 1.59×31 topics
  13. Nationalism40▲ 5.2×21 topics
  14. Democracy38▲ 6.2×17 topics
  15. Ethics34▲ 3.9×30 topics
  16. History33▲ 2.8×29 topics
  17. Sociolinguistics32▲ 10×6 topics
  18. Literature32▲ 3.4×26 topics
  19. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse31▲ 46×2 topics
  20. Discourse Analysis30▲ 7.1×5 topics
  21. Language Variation29▲ 31×3 topics
  22. Digital Communication29▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Phraseology28▲ 23×3 topics
  24. Communication Practices28▲ 82×1 topic
  25. Cultural Studies28▲ 4.3×19 topics
  26. Text Linguistics28▲ 82×1 topic
  27. Social Movements27▲ 5.3×14 topics
  28. Gender Differences27▲ 4.2×13 topics
  29. Imperialism26▲ 19×5 topics
  30. Bildungsungleichheit23▲ 49×1 topic
  31. Ethnografisches Schreiben23▲ 49×1 topic
  32. European Union23▲ 6.0×19 topics
  33. Information Retrieval22▲ 5.9×5 topics
  34. Intercultural Competence22▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Evolutionary Algorithms21▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Security Analysis20▲ 7.0×4 topics
  37. Gender Studies20▲ 7.4×8 topics
  38. Approximation Algorithms19▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Cultural Memory19▲ 21×5 topics
  40. Learning Analytics19▲ 9.0×2 topics

What research is done in Passau?

Linguistic research and analysis: 26 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 22 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 14 fractional worksPrivacy, Security, and Data Protection: 14 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 14 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…12Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 12 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 12 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 12 fractional worksTopic Modeling11Topic Modeling: 11 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsSociology and Political ScienceSoftwareComputer Science Applications3 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 26 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  3. 3 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 14 works
  4. 4 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  5. 5 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 14 works
  6. 6 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 12 works
  7. 7 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 12 works
  8. 8 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 12 works
  9. 9 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  10. 10 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 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%Passau16.4% 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 2012.

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